Morten

Ahoy Members,
 
This is just a brief update on what's been happening internally and externally in AhoyWorld.
 
First, I would like to thank you all for the kind words regarding the change over.
It certainly has been an eventful few weeks. There has been a lot of discussions involving finances, staff structure, activity and how we can improve upon them.
First change I'd like to announce is how the staff structure is displayed: this will clarify the roles of each member and make easier to know who reports to who.
 
 
We will keep this updated here:
As you can see, there are positions available that we are looking to fill.
 
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Second change made is how we as staff communicate.
 
We've been using Telegram for the last few years for business-related chats, quick-fire questions and response and felt that it was time to move on. So without further ado, we have finally decided to migrate over to Discord. 
We felt that by doing this we could better accommodate you guys which should help us engage and interact with our members more. Being a gaming platform, hopefully it will expose and grow AhoyWorld again.
 
You're all more than welcome to click the banner below:
 
https://discordapp.com/invite/z5k8R3H
 
Please bear in mind that this will be a TEXT chat only and not a replacement for TeamSpeak.
 
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Now's also a good time to confirm something we teased a few weeks ago: Invade & Annex 4.
We have been hard at work developing the sequel to Invade & Annex, rewriting the mission from scratch with an emphasis on efficiency and security, meaning more fps and (hopefully) less hacking. We'll be running an open beta test in the near future, so stay tuned.
 
And lastly, I would like to take a moment to thank all the staff for their hard work behind the scenes, especially @Ryko for his rigorous testing and development of I&A4 and @GhostDragon for maintaining the back end stuff to making sure that you all have a smooth and enjoyable experience within AhoyWorld.
 
That's all for now, we look forward to seeing you on our various virtual battlefields.

Hello everybody. I've decided to make a guide on how to operate the UAV's.
I will be covering pretty much everything, from take-off to bombing with the UAV.
Before I start, I would like to credit Alganthe and Jason for their help creating this guide.
 
The guide will be split up in the following parts
Take-off Waypoints  Weapons on the UAV Bombing  Beginners tips Each part of the guide will be indicated clearly, so it will be easy to skip one part if you'd like
 
1. Take-off
- Open up your UAV terminal. Connect to the greyhawk you wish to operate.
- Taxi the Greyhawk to the runway and put your flaps all the way down.
- Take-off! Remember to put your landing gear back up by pressing G (default) or using scrolling to do it.
 
2. Waypoints
Whenever I play as a UAV Operator, I usually make my drones loiter around the AO awaiting targets.
You will need to keep it at an altitude on 2000m to avoid being shot down by AA.
To change the settings of a waypoint, simply right-click on it. Going to "Behavior" and selecting "Never fire" will ensure that your drone doesn't shoot off GBU's on its own when spotting an enemy.
This way you can also change whether you want your drone to be loitering or just moving to your selected location. 
 
3. Weapons on the UAV
The Greyhawk is armed with 2 bombs named GBU. That means you will only be able to strike twice before having to return to the base rearming, which can be quite time consuming. Therefore be precise when dropping those bombs!
The Greyhawk is also equipped with a "laser marker", making you able to lase targets for other drones or the wipeout. 
Pro tip: If you want your laser to lock onto something, press CTRL + T while aiming at that target to make your laser stay on it. If it's a tank it will move along with the tank and if it's a Radio Tower it will be staying on that tower even though your drone is moving around.
 
4. Bombing 
When someone is laser designating a target for you (or if you're lasering it yourself from your gunner):
- Make sure to be approaching the target from the same direction they're lasing from.
- Take controls of the driver and switch to manual fire.
- Make sure you're selecting your GBU's (press F to toggle)
- Now you gotta dive down a bit while pressing R until you see a square showing on the ground.
- Wait for a "diamond / circle shaped"-figure to appear in the middle of that square, and once it does fire your GBU.
 
5. Beginners tips
- You can activate base anti-air before taking off to make sure you won't get shot down by enemy CAS.
- If it's your first time flying the drones, try sticking with "loitering" as this is what you will be using the most.
- The options for loitering will determine the range the UAV will be circulating in.
- The GBU's are laser guided bombs.
- Lasering from the Greyhawk is unreliable since it's very shaky, therefore it's recommended to use the Darter-drone and make that laser designate for you.
- Try not to drop down below 1500m when bombing to avoid getting shot.
- If you feel uncomfortable flying the Greyhawk you can try downloading a sandbox mission and practicing offline.
- When flying the greyhawk at 2000m you need to change your view distance to be able to see the ground using your camera. To do this, go to the HQ at spawn, go to the Arsenal-guy and find the "View distance"-button. Now you have to edit "on foot" to somewhere around 4000 depending on your loitering radius.
 
If your Greyhawk blows up upon connecting to it at the hangar do the following:



 
Please keep in mind that you may not go bombing as you please.
Same rules applies to you as to the buzzard, you have to be called in! 
So wait for someone to call for air assistance and then you can laser yourself or get someone to laser for you.
Of course you may loiter around the AO calling out targets for the ground infantry, but no bombing unless requested.
 
Happy bombing!

When NATO flag is nice, but you want something metal instead.
 

No! Don't ever go over to the dark side!!!

Our mediator has made a decission, you will be unbanned, but this is your second and last chance.
 
But due to sending PM(s) to staff, you have violated the rules of the appeal process, your ban will be lifted after 7 days, on 10th December 2015, around 15.00GMT / 16.00CET.

Welcome to the forums

Seems kinda awesome imo, then it's no longer need to download mods for 3D-editing missionfiles

I've read that you will be first in line in the pecking order for a pilot slot at mission start.
The pecking order is something like this:
Paying Subscribers -> Teamspeak users -> Known pilots -> anybody else.
You will also be getting a AhoyWorld+ squad XML, where you will have the tag AW+ in your name and a logo to your uniform and vehicle.

Hello gents and ladies!
My name is Morten and I've just joined the forums of Ahoyworld and decided to introduce myself.
 
As mentioned, my name is Morten. I'm a 16 years old gamer from Denmark (if you've ever heard about such a small country before) and I have been playing Arma for around two years now.
I've been playing I&A since Arma 2 and I really enjoy the epic gameplay you get to experience by playing it.
 
Whenever I play I&A I prefer being a pilot or medic. So pretty much the support rules, since I find that these roles tend not to be played very well. I also enjoy providing some mortar fire if possible and blast up the AO! So if you ever see me in-game feel free to contact me, I'd be more than happy to team up and get some nice gameplay!
 
I started playing on your server a while back due to the good adminstration and population on it, and I hope to be able to play here for much longer and see the community grow!
 
Thanks for reading and
- cya on the battleground!