BO able to talk to all marines

[Szunti]

Summary (a quick, 2-3 sentence summary):
By the round end squads got mixed and there should be a way to talk to mixed squads efficiently. Currently the only way is to use all four channels one by one.
Ideal solution would be to be able to merge those squads from the bridge, but I don't think dev team accepts suggestions about that big changes and being able to talk to all marines would be a huge step.

Benefits (How this will benefit the server and game as a whole):
At round start squads are more or less a thing, but by the end squads are mixed and the common orders are like "every marines to the northeast caves". But there is no easy way to talk to every marines. Yesterday I saw through SL cam marines attacking the chokepoint in the cave. I tried to advise them how to fight, CO told them to bring sentries, but they may missed it. I wanted to repeat. As there was an SL, easiest way looked like to tell it to the SL, but he was new and didn't respond.

[MedicInDisquise]

Is there a problem with using the common's channel for this? Sorry, I don't play much command, but that seems like an easy way to give an order to everyone.

[Szunti]

Is there a problem with using the common's channel for this? Sorry, I don't play much command, but that seems like an easy way to give an order to everyone.

Common channel is deceptive. There are two networks actually. One for the planet and one for the Sulaco. They can't hear each other.

[MedicInDisquise]

Ah, ok then, I misunderstood. So this would be kinda like a combined channel for all squads. While Command should do this (because every squad SHOULD have a SL), it doesn't work out like that.

+1

[apophis775]

You mean like, sending a command message using the comm panel?

[Szunti]

You mean like, sending a command message using the comm panel?

More like the squad channels just to everyone. The ideal would be if the remains of the squads could be merged into one and a single BO or the CO could handle the whole force. At roundstart it's not needed but when all that is left is eight marines two from each squad without any SL, bridge should be able to coordinate them without sending every message four times. Comms are not good enough because the rate limit.

[Snypehunter007]

You do realize that not even the CDR can talk on all four channels at once right? Also, BOs can access the command console right?

[Szunti]

You do realize that not even the CDR can talk on all four channels at once right? Also, BOs can access the command console right?

The thing is you can talk to all four channels with ctrl-c ctrl-v. And sometimes it's really needed. Why make it unnecesseraly complicated?

[KingKire]

You mean like, sending a command message using the comm panel?

well, i've found that theres an occasional need to send a mass communication to all squads available, but the only two ways of delivering a mass communication is:

- broadcast on the ships alert system: which sends a message to "everyone with a radio", whether or not they were military troops.
- copy paste the same message on multiple bands: Tedious and time consuming. The copy-paste method really brings you out of the moment as you paste the exact same message syllable and all to several squads. Unfortunately, this is the also the only way to send messages to multiple military squads and mil. squads only.

Having an option to communicate with all military squads broadcast would be great, BUT if possible, i think investing resources where you could send multiple messages to diffrent radio frequencies at once might be really nice, as well as give colonial marines a unique addition to ss13 code.

possibly via :Q/:b/:c/:p " message" to send a message to squads A, B, C, and police?