Frontline

(formerly Radio Airstrike)

Coming from Radio_Airstrike? Uninstall it first. This is the same mod under its new name, and your settings carry over.

Call in airstrikes with a radio, fly your own FPV kamikaze drone, and fight off jets, helicopters and enemy drones. Works on PC and Quest (one download) and in Fusion lobbies, where PC and Quest players can play together.

Menu (BoneMenu > Frontline)

• Mod On: everything on or off
• Airstrikes: strike type, test strike, cancel, Bomb Cam, per-strike settings, radio controls
• FPV Drone: Fly Drone / Stop Flying, then Flying, Goggles & Sound and Controllers (PC)
• Enemies: Air Battle, Enemy Drones, Clear The Sky
• Multiplayer: Use In Other Lobbies, Show My Drone In Lobby, Host Settings
• Effects & Sound: volume, popups, Debris & Smoke

Airstrikes

Hold an empty hand up to your ear and pull the trigger to key the radio, point at the target (a red laser shows where) and pull the trigger again to confirm. Hand back to your ear + trigger cancels.

• Artillery: a barrage of heavy shells.
• Mortar: a tight cluster of rounds you hear fired, then whistle in.
• Precision Bomb: a B-2 flies over and drops a bunker buster. Bomb Cam follows it down on your desktop view.
• Mini Missile: a fighter jet screams in, fires a missile, and climbs away.

FPV Drone

Pick your drone (FPV Drone > Drone): 7-inch quad, KVN fiber-optic (signal never cuts out; the fiber cable spools out behind it), Ukraine FPV or VT-40. Then FPV Drone > Fly Drone. The goggles go on: CONNECTING, then CONNECTED, with a Betaflight-style analog OSD. You see the warhead nose at the bottom of the picture (turn off See Warhead In Camera for a clear view). Your body stays where you left it.

VR controllers: left stick climbs/sinks and turns, right stick flies, A arms, right trigger detonates, left trigger turbo, left X thermal camera, B disconnects. Acro Mode (Flying page) is real rate mode for experienced pilots.

Gamepad on PC (Xbox, PlayStation and other pads, no extra software; Steam Controller / Steam Deck with Steam Input on):

• Left stick: fly (forward / back / sideways)
• Right stick: turn, climb / sink
• RT: speed, RB or X: detonate, A: arm (or just push the right stick up), Y: thermal camera, B: disconnect, Start: launch
• PS4 / PS5: R2 speed, R1 or Square detonate, Cross arm, Triangle thermal, Circle disconnect, Options launch
• Acro Mode on: real FPV Mode 2 sticks instead: left stick throttle / yaw, right stick roll / pitch

Thermal camera: every drone has one. Switch it on and off while flying (Y / Triangle / left X) for a white-hot picture: players and NPCs glow white against a dark grey world. On Quest it may not be available, depending on the game's graphics settings.

FPV radio on PC (USB joystick mode): 1st switch arms, 2nd detonates, 3rd disconnects, 4th launches.

Get shot down, fly out of range or run the battery flat and the picture cuts to DISCONNECTED. Die while flying and the drone drops while you respawn.

Enemies

• Air Battle: dogfights in the sky, jets low over you, attack helicopters. Just for looks; it can't hurt you.
• Enemy Drones: FPV kamikaze drones hunt you. Shoot the warhead to blow it up in the air, or the drone to drop it.

Multiplayer (Fusion)

• The host's strikes are seen by everyone, even players without the mod.
• Host Settings: let players call strikes (and pick who), let players fly FPV drones (off by default: only the host flies one until they allow it), sync enemy drones for everyone, hide popups for players.
• Everyone in a lobby should be on the same version.

Troubleshooting

• Radio won't key, or gripping keys it: Airstrikes > Radio Controls > Radio Button > TriggerOnly.
• Controller not flying the drone: make sure FPV Drone > Controllers (PC) > Use Controllers / FPV Radio is on, then run Calibrate Controller (it tells you which stick isn't getting through).
• Install Miscellaneous Explosive Devices (BaBaCorp) for the best explosions.

Made by thezabiggarry.