Is there any console command to force a situation in which OPCOM requests reinforcements? Perhaps there's a way to delete profiles or something?

I have a mission sent out to some people for testing and I'm getting reports that they aren't getting any battle casualty replacements. I've been at this for a quite some time tonight and I see what they're saying, I can't get BCR's either.

I think the issue might be instances in which the player's friendly virtualized units aren't holding objectives so OPCOM isn't sending anything. I think you need at least one objective held to get BCR's, correct? And even if you fall well below the threshold for needing more troops, you won't get any if you don't hold anything, right?

But just to be sure, is there a dev way to coax a battle casualty replacement situation or do any of you have any advice how to quickly figure out if the system itself is working in a mission?

Yeah I really think I'm missing something here. I have it set to infinite troops with a replenish threshold of "constant." The type is set to dynamic. I started with 20 BLUFOR groups in my operations section in my tablet.

An hour has passed. I have 8 BLUFOR groups and am holding 2 objectives (they are "occupied") and OPCOM still hadn't requested reinforcements.

I can ask for logistics no problem. But I can't figure out why OPCOM won't replenish my troops.

Thanks Friznit but I've read through the wiki. I know for sure it's working with vanilla; I get the radio chat message frequently that reinforcements have arrived.

I really don't think it's working in one of my Assymetric missions on Takistan though so it's making me wonder if I'm utilizing the map correctly (it has very few military objects). I let the mission run several times, sometimes for upwards of over an hour and not once were they ever replenished.

Even changing it to static, moving the mil log module near a mil objectiv, holding the objective and placing an HQ there is still getting me the same results.

I know you can't troubleshoot this for me, but Is there any really fast way to get to a point where OPCOM will request reinforcements, aside from putting the virtual AI speed to 125% and changing some waypoints to a mil obj? The process of telling whether or not it is working is very very cumbersome. Are there any in-house debug commands I can use to "kill" profiles with just to try and speed the process of troubleshooting this up?

Test in SP and crank up the speed to 4x

Where do you crank it to 4x? Isn't the highest 125% in the Virtual AI module? I'll double check, I'm not at home.

Also, I'm wondering, is it possible what I'm seeing on Takistan is "normal" because OPCOM doesn't deem any of my objectives important enough to resupply from? From the wiki:

Dynamic - LOGCOM chooses the best insertion point from available friendly held objectives. High Priority objectives such as airfields and military bases with heli pads are preferred. If there are no suitable locations, LOGCOM will look for low priority military establishments or marine civilian locations (sea ports). These have a significantly lower logistics capacity than major military bases and resupply will take longer.

Basically, there's two airports. One is the base I spawn at (which is not in the AO. I don't let any troops at all spawn here) and the other is OPFOR's main starting point and stronghold. It would be very very hard for us to take this over in the beginning.

Is it possible since I'm not "holding" either airport, OPCOM simply cannot resupply me because all of the other objectives on the map I can hold are just too small?

Sorry by 'crank it to 4x' I mean speed up the playing time while previewing - start the mission and hit the + and - to increase/decrease game speed.

With regards to your BCR question yes that is possibly what is happening - if there are only small/low prio objectives it might not give you anything

I'm assuming what I'd want from the wiki is the "standard" logcom request script to test the BCR's? I don't see a "test_ML.sqf" file on the scripts snippet page though so I take it that means I'd need to write it.

It's ok. I have a feeling it's just a matter of the objectives being too small in the general AO on Takistan, aside from the one airport OPFOR usually holds. I'll try the 4x trick (I was unaware you could do this. Thanks Savage!) and if I have to, I'll add the airport I spawn at to the main AO too. I bet that's what I was doing wrong and that will work, at least if I'm understanding the wiki entry properly.

To test a standard logcom request:  execVM "\x\alive\addons\mil_logistics\tests\test_ML.sqf"
 
To test a airdrop logcom request:  execVM "\x\alive\addons\mil_logistics\tests\test_ML_AIRDROP.sqf"
 
To test a heli insert logcom request:  execVM "\x\alive\addons\mil_logistics\tests\test_ML_HELI_INSERT.sqf"

The test .sqf files are part of the ALiVE install - no need to write them just execVM them from your debug console et voila!!!

Ah sweet!!! I should have just asked way earlier yesterday. I wish I could get 4x of my night last night back. ;)

Ok sweet. The issue is solved. I had to include the airport base I spawn at in the TAOR section of my mil/civ obj modules. I put the marker name I use to keep civilians out of my base in the TAOR section and I had reinforcements within 30 minutes (like 7-8 minutes real time thanks to the 4x cheat.:) ).

So I've been making my first ever conventional battles. One vanilla, one modded. What I'm trying to do is, well, I really enjoy filling as much of the maps as possible with profiles and objectives so I can go in any direction and just explore, knowing danger could be around any corner while I begin the gameplan of taking objectives.

Basically, I don't usually let several KM go without some chance of stumbling on some fighting. These are full map warfare missions. I'm currently setting both sides to Invasion so I'm not sure if that's ok or not. I've also messed around with Packets and Constant but anyway...

Both missions have a nice even spread of two sides trying to take objectives from one another in the beginning. However, when resupply (BCR's) begin occurring, I'm seeing some the landscape change.

What's happening is, both sides demolish the other pretty evenly (I intentionally try to make both sides equal in strength) for the first 30-60 minutes. Troops on both sides spread out nicely. However, when it comes time to resupply I'm noticing the map pretty much split in two; BLUFOR on one side and OPFOR on the other. Both holding their own large military objective so they can get their replacements (I realize most maps spread large military objects out so I realize there's not much that can be done about that).

So when this happens, and BCR's start raining down from the skies, the maps in both missions are essentially void of any fighting, leaving large swaths of KM after KM just completely barren. BLUFOR on one end, OPFOR on the other. I'm actually ok with this - I like how both sides seem to be "regrouping " - however it seems to take a very very long time for the BCR units to get given any waypoints.

I'm noticing it takes maybe 15 minutes for all the reinforcements to touchdown and get set. However, even though both side's military objectives where they are resupplying don't have any opposing fighters, ALiVE seems to need to make sure the objectives where the BCR's are is considered "occupied" again - even though it was occupied at the time of replacements - before giving the new troops new waypoints.

I'm seeing in the neighborhood of 45 minutes before the maps begin to get peppered with troops again. I'm not really complaining (I does feel realistic), but when I'm out on patrol this time can essentially lead me to do a whole lot of nothing for miles and miles and miles before I have some opposing troops to counter again. So all I can think of doing is maybe just taking an objective and holding it for a bit. I guess taking advantage of the "empty map." However, without the virtual AI module being debugged, I don't think the average player would have any clue wherever they were heading would be empty.

I'll have to take a screenshot or two to show you what I mean.

Again, this is more of an observation than a complaint. I'm sure getting OPCOM to give these BCR troops waypoints faster would just hurt performance and I don't want that. Though I wonder why the resupply points, which can be void if opposing forces, isn't already considered "occupied" when troops are already there. I mean it is, but then it's not as the resupply comes and then needs to be "occupied" all over again. Maybe it's just me? It just seems to prolong the process a bit.

Anyway, sorry for the rant. I noticed this and was wondering what you guys thought.

How do you have the MIL Logistics module configured?

I think what is happening here is 30-60 minutes into the mission the initial 'big clash' is over.. and both sides get a large lump of BCRs at the first opportunity. OPCOM runs in 'cycles' so the units will sit there until the next OPCOM cycle in which the AI commander will take them into account and assign orders. I'm betting this will smooth itself out over time as groups get eliminated at more 'staggered' times rather than within a short period @ mission start.

That's a good point. My impressions are just from the first battle wave plus the first attempt at resupply on both sides, which in two instances happened at the same time (which I'm sure is what is making the map feel barren). I bet you're exactly right that as the landscape changes and we establish our respective objectives, the missions will take a nice new "shape." I'll have to let one run for a few hours and see how it looks.

I really really like the idea of Packets for both OPCOMS, but I've tried both Constant and Packets with varying degrees of success - of course this "split battlefield" thing I'm sure is more pronounced with Packets, especially if both sides are equally strong in profiles and ability.

In brief testing, Constant reinforcements seems to shift the evenness of the battlefield quite a bit in the early stages. If one side gets replenished while the other quite hasn't, when the replenished side gets back to full strength they just goes on a tare and decimate the opposing side for a bit.

Of course, that probably isn't a bad thing because that's the way war is; one side has the edge until suddenly they don't anymore. I'll have to spend more time with each option to see which is right for me. :)

I'm loving it though. One of the missions is vanilla(ish) on Altis and I forget how great that map is to explore! It's awesome.

All in all I think I'd appreciate it if the OPCOM cycles happened faster, but I also don't mind things being "slow" and just exploring - especially if cycling OPCOM would hurt performance (I can't see how it wouldn't. It definitely would not be worth the trade off if that's the case).

Oh I have Mil LOG configured to allow all unit types for both sides.

I also meant to ask, and I've seen it discussed in the past, but about the resupply HEMTT trucks that get paradropped (note: I'm referring to a modded mission here that uses a custom StaticData file for resupply so disregard if this doesn't apply to vanilla).

Do they serve any function aside from just being a faster way to transport troops (or maybe the troops inside aren't being transported but these trucks are physically dropping of resupply items?)?

I've noticed over my time with this mod that if you're unfortunate enough to be in the viscosity of the drop, a lot of them land onto buildings or, in the event they were lucky enough to make safely onsolid ground, it's all crash bang boom because Arma driving AI sucks.

I've debated on removing them, but I see they become available in my Operations underneath "motorized." What purpose are these HEMTT's serving. If they are actually fighters and not resupplies I may try to replace them with vehicles that actually have guns in the StaticData.sqf I've been using.

AFAIK they are merely troop transports - they have no other purpose. They are used for player re-supply however so you could see a mix of troops and supplies being dropped off at the same time.

Cool. In my vanilla(ish) Altis mission I stumbled upon a three truck OPFOR resupply convoy and it was really spectacular. I've been missing a lot of what ALiVE has to offer just playing insurgencies all this time. I'm glad to have clarification they serve a resupply purpose aside from just troops.

I kept thinking it would be cool to get a jump on these guys and triangulate their path so I could set up some charges in the road and deny them. That would be fantastic. :) I just need to spend some more time scouting I would think. Regardless, it's pretty neat.