You can tell them to attack a specific enemy by pointing at them or highlighting them on the map (if they're visible on it), but they'll attack all hostiles by default unless you tell them not to. Once they reach their destination, they will stop there and await further orders If the friendly unit is in the driver's seat of a vehicle, they will use the vehicle to go there. Again, select the unit with its F key and then just click on the area of the map you want them to go to, or you can use the mouswheel menu whilst hovering over a map location. You can also issue movement orders from the map.

Look towards a particular location and you can order a unit to move there via the action/mousewheel menu. You can then issue an order in a number of ways. When you press the F key of a unit, you'll see their box light up to show they are selected. You are F1, so the first AI unit is F2, the next would be F3 and so on. Each unit hasĪ function key (F key) that corresponds to it. To issue an order to a unit, you first have to select it. This is the bit that confuses most people. They don't need to eat or drink and they don't suffer from the effects of radiation. They never run out of ammunition (they're programmed to have infinite ammo) although they do have to reload. They do not loot bodies or buildings (and there's no way to make them do this). They will shoot at zombies and they will be attacked by them. They're not the smartest cookies in the box, so don't be too surprised if they think lying down in the middle of a field is the best tactic for engaging a group of enemies. They will shoot at any hostile units and seek cover wherever possible. If a friendly unit dies, their icon will disappear - it won't disappear immediately, but only once their death has been confirmed.īy default, recruited friendly units will follow you around.

The second (and any subsequent ones) depict the friendly units that you have recruited. Down in the bottom left of the screen you'll see a couple of square boxes. Select it and the friendly unit will join you. If you get close enough to them, you'll find an extra option on the action/mousewheel menu that says Recruit Unit. If you have the difficulty set to display tags, when you encounter a friendly unit, the game will show a green

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Arma 3 ai recruitment