Range text?

[atlau]

Hi, thanks for adding a range text channel. Correct me if im wrong but teammates need to be tuned to that channel to receive correct? I found out that most people arent, which seems to defeat the purpose. If they are tuned to country should they also automatically get local country text?

[The Fugitive]

I. the release notes it said that if you already have the game you must turn it on. new downloads will have it on as default.

[atlau]

Gotcha. Also, when I "transmit" nothing shows up in the buffer, which seems weird. I can't find the setting that would change that.

[Lusche]

Have you enabled it in your chat window?

[atlau]

Just did.. now can see it. However it appears that most people don't have it enabled, which kinda makes it worthless. I wish it were more of a subset of country channel.. where if you were on country < XX miles you could at least see the text.

[Lazerr]

I think a MOTD in the MA for a few weeks notifying current customers that it needs to be set.  This is a great idea for range communication to help cut down some voice chatter and for volks without a headset.

[atlau]

Yeah I was out for several weeks. I've noticed though that most people haven't changed it.

[TDeacon]

AH should set it automatically.  We can remove it if desired. 

MH

[atlau]

As long as youre tuned to country channel you should automatically receive range.

Kinda like guard on radios in real planes. Dont need to be tuned to transmit to receive.

[Skuzzy]

AH should set it automatically.  We can remove it if desired. 

MH

It does, in new installations of the game.

[TWCAxew]

hmm that's why I don't see it. will fix it for myself tonight.

DutchVII

[SJ001]

Have you enabled it in your chat window?

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Where is this window? Ive never seen it in game.

[Lusche]

Where is this window? Ive never seen it in game.

Right click on the tab title.

[SJ001]

Thank you!

I didn't know we could customize tabs, very helpful!

[Lusche]

Thank you!

I didn't know we could customize tabs, very helpful!

You can also drag indivdual tabs out of the chat window to create a second one on screen. If you have enough room, you could monitor several channels at once in different windows that way.