Support Specials And Tactical Modules Atlas

Support Specials And Tactical Modules Atlas

This atlas maps support calls, specials and tactical modules: paratroopers, paradrops, UAV, artillery, ICBM/Nuke, MASH, airlift/ZetaCargo, service actions and supply mission hooks.

How To Use This Page

This page is the support/tactical gateway. Use it to identify which runtime family owns an effect, then follow the owner page before editing authority, economy, networking or smoke status.

Need	Start here
Tactical menu entry points, button gates and local support flow	Tactical Menu Entry Points below and Client UI systems
RequestSpecial server authority and forged-payload risk	Server Dispatch And PV Paths, Server authority migration map
ICBM/nuke hardening	ICBM authority
Artillery visibility, commander-built ARTY and fire-mission smoke	Construction and CoIn systems, Testing workflow
Supply missions, service actions or client-side funds/debits	Supply mission authority cleanup, Service menu affordability guards, Economy authority first cut
MASH, UAV, ZetaCargo, AAR or aircraft ordnance leaf behavior	Module Deep Dives and Aircraft Ordnance Guardrails below
Branch/release readiness for support fixes	Feature status register, Source fix propagation queue, Testing workflow

Current Branch Scope

Checked 2026-06-14 against docs checkout 6c919abf, stable origin/master cf2a6d6a, Miksuu b8389e74, origin/perf/quick-wins 0076040f, release a96fdda2, origin/feat/upgrade-queue-stacking b061c905, origin/feat/drone-saturation-strike 8ca4be90 and origin/feat/recon-uav 563418ea.

Targeted diffs from ff8dd884 to HEAD over checked Chernarus and maintained Vanilla Tactical UI, RequestSpecial, artillery, UAV/Nuke/Zeta/MASH, AAR/ordnance, para-ammo and Rsc parameter paths returned no source changes. ff8dd884 remains line-anchor provenance; 6c919abf is the visible docs-head source-continuity checkpoint.

This atlas carries support orientation and selected source anchors. Deep hardening status belongs on owner pages: Server authority migration map for RequestSpecial, ICBM authority for nuke, Service menu affordability guards for service actions, Supply mission authority cleanup for supply, Feature status for branch-only drone/recon support, and Testing workflow for branch-only smoke.

Source Snapshot

Current docs checkout anchors for the maintained Chernarus root:

Surface	Source anchors
Tactical UI	Client/GUI/GUI_Menu_Tactical.sqf:58-61 defines support labels, fees and cooldowns; :252-283 gates buttons; :293-347 routes button actions; :371-373, :463-527 send support/nuke requests; :531-605 owns artillery status, fire requests and ammo loading.
PVF transport	Common/Functions/Common_SendToServer.sqf:12-18 wraps client requests as SRVFNC*; Server/Functions/Server_HandlePVF.sqf:9-14 compiles/dispatches the handler; Server/PVFunctions/RequestSpecial.sqf:1 forwards into HandleSpecial.
Server special router	Server/Functions/Server_HandleSpecial.sqf:13-31 handles group-query; :43-64 handles paratroops/ammo/vehicle/UAV; :67-73 handles upgrade-sync; :97-111 handles ICBM; :133-170 covers track-playerobject and repair-camp.
Artillery path	Common_GetTeamArtillery.sqf:10-32 discovers group-owned guns; Client_RequestFireMission.sqf:8-13,50-72 starts local fire and cooldown; Common_FireArtillery.sqf:9-23,37-72 validates gun/range/fire mechanics; Common_GetArtilleryAmmoOptions.sqf:41-72 and Common_LoadArtilleryAmmo.sqf:18-53 own ammo options/loading.
Adjacent support modules	Client/Module/UAV/uav.sqf:27-52 creates/debits/tracks UAVs and Server/Support/Support_UAV.sqf:6-20 monitors cleanup; Client/Module/Nuke/nukeincoming.sqf:7-23 sends the ICBM request and Client/Module/Nuke/damage.sqf:13-34 applies nuke damage; Client/Module/ZetaCargo/Zeta_Hook.sqf:34 and Zeta_Unhook.sqf:1-20 show the detach-argument gap; Common/Config/Core_Root/Root_RU.sqf:36 still comments out WFBE_%1PARAAMMO on the starting-vehicles line.

Tactical Menu Entry Points

The main support UI is Client/GUI/GUI_Menu_Tactical.sqf. Use Source Snapshot for current line anchors, then follow the owner pages in How To Use This Page before changing authority, economy or smoke status.

Key source refs:

• GUI_Menu_Tactical.sqf:58-61 defines support list/fees/cooldowns.
• :146-217 owns fast-travel destination discovery, fee-mode filtering and local fee marker text.
• :252-282 gates support buttons by funds, upgrade level and local cooldown state.
• :403-406 locally debits paid fast travel after destination click.
• :371-373, :513-527 send RequestSpecial support requests.
• :463-505 performs the ICBM local launch flow.
• :532-605 requests artillery/fire mission behavior.

RequestSpecial scout route: source Chernarus still has active sends or server cases for update-teamleader, group-query, Paratroops, ParaVehi, ParaAmmo, RespawnST, uav, upgrade-sync, update-clientfps, update-town-delegation, ICBM, process-killed-hq, connected-hc and repair-camp. track-playerobject has a server case around Server_HandleSpecial.sqf:133-145, but no active Chernarus caller was found in the checked static search. Use Server authority migration map for the tag-by-tag trust-boundary matrix instead of repeating it here.

Local navigation cautions:

• Tactical menu gates are client-side first; do not treat them as server authority.
• Artillery is a local/group-gun path, not a RequestSpecial asset-spawn path.
• UAV creation/cost remain client-led, while old UAV cleanup is server-observed.
• Fast travel and service actions are local support families and should stay separate from RequestSpecial hardening.
• upgrade-sync remains tuple-parser cleanup debt; the compact branch matrix below keeps the stable inbound anchor used by Feature Status and Source Fix Queue.

Upgrade-Sync Branch Matrix

upgrade-sync is consistency/cleanup debt rather than a proven current runtime break: Server_HandleSpecial.sqf:3 sets _args = _this, so today's mixed _args / _this reads resolve to the same payload. The cleanup is still patch-ready because it makes the RequestSpecial tuple contract explicit before broader router hardening.

Root / branch	Evidence	Status
Docs checkout 6c919abf / line-anchor checkpoint ff8dd884	Targeted diffs show no checked handler/caller/process-upgrade source-path drift. Chernarus and maintained Vanilla still have Server_HandleSpecial.sqf:3,67-73 assigning _args = _this, reading _side from _args select 1, then _upgrade_id / _upgrade_level from _this select 2/3; GUI_UpgradeMenu.sqf:171 sends ["upgrade-sync", WFBE_Client_SideJoined, _this select 0, _this select 1]; Server_ProcessUpgrade.sqf:26,29,35 owns the sync variable.	Mixed-source reads remain; current behavior is equivalent but fragile.
Stable origin/master cf2a6d6a, release a96fdda2 and upgrade-queue b061c905	All checked maintained roots keep the same mixed parser. Stable and upgrade-queue callers sit at GUI_UpgradeMenu.sqf:268; release callers sit at :254; Server_ProcessUpgrade.sqf:26,29,35 still owns the sync variable.	No stable/release/queue rescue; only caller line drift from the docs checkout.
Miksuu b8389e74 and origin/perf/quick-wins 0076040f	Both checked maintained roots keep the same mixed parser, caller line GUI_UpgradeMenu.sqf:241, and Server_ProcessUpgrade.sqf:26,29,35 sync-variable ownership.	No upstream/perf rescue.

Patch order: normalize the branch to read side/id/level from _args only, add a short tuple comment or helper-local guard if editing the router, keep RequestUpgrade authority migration separate, propagate maintained Vanilla, then smoke normal commander upgrade completion, non-server client timer sync, malformed/short payload rejection and AI commander upgrade progress.

Authority And Owner Routes

Surface	Local signal	Canonical owner
Non-ICBM RequestSpecial effects	Paratroops, ParaVehi, ParaAmmo, uav, RespawnST, repair-camp and group-query trust payload side/team/object data after client-side UI gates. No live RequestSupport symbol was found in source Chernarus; support/special effects route through RequestSpecial.	Server authority migration map, Feature status
ICBM/nuke	Tactical UI and NukeIncoming send RequestSpecial ["ICBM", ...]; server damage uses client-supplied payload objects.	ICBM authority
Fast travel and Tactical UI fees	Fee-mode destination hiding and debits are local Tactical menu behavior, not RequestSpecial server authority.	Client UI systems
Service/EASA support actions	Repair/refuel/rearm/heal and EASA affordability are local/client-authoritative economy paths.	Service menu affordability guards, Gear/loadout/EASA atlas
Supply truck respawn and old AI logistics	Economy menu still sends RespawnST; current stable/release safe-disable old AI supply-truck logistics while older roots need the raw-spawn caveat.	AI commander autonomy audit, Supply mission architecture
Commander-built ARTY visibility	Fire missions are local/group-gun flow; commander-built ARTY visibility depends on the target branch's construction/artillery ownership shape.	Construction and CoIn systems, Source fix propagation queue
Branch-only drone/recon support	Drone saturation and recon UAV are separate branch-review support features with no maintained Vanilla propagation claim here.	Feature status, Testing workflow

Client-bound support feedback uses the sibling PVF path (Common/Functions/Common_SendToClient.sqf:9-18, Client/Functions/Client_HandlePVF.sqf:19-22); route transport hardening through Networking and public variables and Public variable channel index.

Adjacent server runtime surfaces: grouped base areas are enabled only when WFBE_C_BASE_AREA > 0 (Server/Init/Init_Server.sqf:565). Side logic seeds wfbe_basearea at Init_Server.sqf:380; Server/FSM/basearea.sqf:46-80 then polls every 20 seconds, prunes invalid/remote base-area logics, and schedules delayed orphan-defense cleanup through _onAreaRemoved (basearea.sqf:12-43). Server/FSM/groupsMonitor.sqf:1-14 is a dormant debug monitor that logs allGroups counts every 30 seconds; its only source start point found in this pass is commented at Init_Server.sqf:567.

Support Feature Matrix

Feature	Status	Notes
Tactical support menu	Partial	UI works, but most fee/cooldown/upgrade gates are client-side only.
Fast travel	Working/partial	Local Tactical flow. Fee mode hides unaffordable towns and debits locally; branch/root matrix and UX decision live in Client UI systems.
Paratroopers	Working/partial	RequestSpecial -> HandleSpecial -> KAT_Paratroopers; server creates transport/units and sends marker callback. Missing server-side fee/cooldown/upgrade validation.
Ammo paradrop	Working/partial	Client-gated by WFBE_UP_SUPPLYPARADROP and shared lastSupplyCall; server creates aircraft/crates.
Vehicle paradrop	Working/partial	Similar to ammo paradrop; server creates cargo vehicle and empty-vehicle cleanup.
UAV	Partial	Client creates UAV, deducts funds and sends tracking request; server mostly monitors cleanup and reveal broadcasts.
Artillery	Working/partial	Local/client fire authority with upgrade-gated UI/ammo/timeout behavior.
Anti-air radar (AAR)	Working/partial	Base structure and client marker feature are live when enabled; upgrade levels change marker detail and refresh rate, but the per-aircraft marker loops are client-local and should be performance-smoked on busy air games.
ICBM/Nuke	Partial/high-risk	Client deducts funds and sends RequestSpecial ["ICBM", ...]; server applies nuke damage from payload. Stale adjunct paths remain.
MASH	Partial/stale	Local officer deploy path supports respawn lookup, but marker sender/relay/receiver are split or disabled.
ZetaCargo/airlift	Broken/partial	Hook attaches nearby unmanned land vehicle; detach action does not pass the lifted vehicle even though unhook expects it.
Service menu	Working/partial	Repair/refuel/rearm/heal effects and deductions are client-side; local support scripts recheck world state but not full money authority.
Supply mission	Partial	Server validates return proximity but trusts client-set SupplyFromTown / SupplyAmount.
Supply truck respawn	Safe-disabled / authority gap if revived	Economy menu requests RequestSpecial ["RespawnST", sideJoined]; Server_HandleSpecial.sqf:55-60 still trusts the payload side and damages the side logic's wfbe_ai_supplytrucks list. Current origin/master cf2a6d6a and release a96fdda2 initialize that list and log-disable old AI supply-truck logistics at Init_Server.sqf:382-384 in both maintained roots instead of raw-spawning UpdateSupplyTruck; the old worker still points at missing Server\FSM\supplytruck.fsm at AI_UpdateSupplyTruck.sqf:17. Canonical branch matrix: AI commander autonomy audit.

Server Dispatch And PV Paths

RequestSpecial.sqf is intentionally tiny and forwards payloads; see Source Snapshot for the current transport/router anchors. That makes Server_HandleSpecial.sqf the important hardening boundary. Today, several high-impact support effects rely on the client UI having already enforced role, upgrade, fee and cooldown.

Use Server authority migration map before adding public support features. Use ICBM authority for the nuke path specifically, because it has public-server blast radius.

Economy Cooldown And Upgrade Gates

The tactical UI keeps support fees and intervals locally. Button enabling checks funds/upgrades/cooldowns client-side; future public-server patches should re-check the same facts on the server before spawning assets or applying map-wide effects.

Do not treat those UI checks as security boundaries. Public-server hardening should separate:

• RequestSpecial server validation for server-spawned assets and map-wide effects.
• local correctness guards for service/EASA/artillery UI paths.
• a broader economy ledger decision for client-side funds/effects.

Module Deep Dives

Anti-Air Radar

AAR is a live base-support system, not only a historical changelog item. The build/action layer recognizes AARadar structures (RequestStructure.sqf:14; updateavailableactions.fsm:189-222), and unit init starts Common_AARadarMarkerUpdate.sqf for opposite-side aircraft when WFBE_C_STRUCTURES_ANTIAIRRADAR > 0 (Init_Unit.sqf:111-114). The marker loop hides work while the map is closed, requires an AAR in range, applies the configured detection altitude, and reads WFBE_UP_AAR to move from speed-only markers at 5 seconds to altitude at 3 seconds and aircraft type at 1 second (Common_AARadarMarkerUpdate.sqf:53-121). It also records PerformanceAuditAARMarkerScripts and aar_marker_update samples, so large-aircraft smoke should include map-open/map-closed performance.

UAV

Client/Module/UAV/* owns creation/cost/PV behavior, interface toggles and reveal broadcasts. The server monitors/trashes the UAV when the leader leaves or the UAV dies. Current authority is client-led for spawn/cost and server-led for cleanup tracking.

ICBM And Nuke

Client/Module/Nuke/* owns launch UI/marker/object flow and sends the special request. Client/FSM/updateclient.sqf:19-20 still registers an ICBM_launched event handler, but no current publisher was found. NukeIncoming PVF exists but the current launch path uses RequestSpecial.

MASH

Client/Module/Skill/* owns officer MASH/supply actions. MASH deploy creates local tent state used by respawn lookup. Marker sync is stale: the server relay exists, the client receiver compile is commented, and no maintained Chernarus/Vanilla sender was found. The 2026-06-05 branch recheck found the same orphaned relay shape on stable, Miksuu upstream and the current release branch; modded eden/lingor sender lines are drift, not maintained-marker proof. Use Respawn/death lifecycle for the live respawn split.

ZetaCargo Airlift

Client/Module/ZetaCargo/* defines lifters/types and hook/unhook behavior. Airlift action is gated by WFBE_UP_AIRLIFT, but the detach action does not pass the lifted vehicle while Zeta_Unhook.sqf expects it in action arguments.

Logistics Supports

Paradrops, service actions and supply missions overlap with economy authority:

• Paradrops are server-created assets but client-gated requests.
• Service actions perform local timed repair/rearm/refuel/heal support and client-side debits.
• Supply mission completion adds side supply server-side but trusts truck variables set from client mission start.

Use Supply mission authority cleanup, Service menu affordability guards and Economy authority first cut for implementation sequencing.

Aircraft Ordnance Guardrails

Current source has live ordnance guardrails, but they are not all equally active:

• Bomb distance restriction is live for Bo_FAB_250 and Bo_Mk82. Plane setup attaches HandleShootBombs (Common/Init/Init_Unit.sqf:118-121); the handler exits unless the ammo is one of those bomb classes, requires the local player as shooter, reads WFBE_C_GAMEPLAY_BOMBS_DISTANCE_RESTRICTION, checks cursorTarget, hints STR_WF_MESSAGE_BombDistanceRestriction and deletes the projectile when the target is beyond the configured distance (Common/Functions/Common_HandleShootBombs.sqf:15-30).
• Bomb altitude is config-present but runtime-dormant in that handler. Rsc/Parameters.hpp:284-288 exposes WFBE_C_GAMEPLAY_BOMBS_ALTITUDE, default 2000, but the altitude check/delete block in Common_HandleShootBombs.sqf:32-44 is commented out.
• Incoming missile range limiting is live when WFBE_C_GAMEPLAY_MISSILES_RANGE is non-zero. Non-man units get an incomingMissile handler (Common/Init/Init_Unit.sqf:125-128); Common_HandleIncomingMissile.sqf:9-21 deletes IR-lock missiles, with a dumb-bomb workaround, once they exceed the configured range.
• Terrain-masking missile blocking is live for tanks, cars and air units through a Fired handler (Common/Init/Init_Unit.sqf:207-212). Common_HandleShootMissiles.sqf:95-140 detects guided missile-like ammo, uses cursorTarget, checks vehicle-to-target terrain intersection with ASL positions and deletes the projectile with STR_WF_MESSAGE_MissileTerrainMaskingRestriction plus MissileLaunchBlocked.
• The terrain-masking handler has a commented _limit_distance section (Common_HandleShootMissiles.sqf:107-117), so current enforcement is terrain-intersection based rather than "only under configured distance".
• Aircraft AA gating is partial/path-dependent. Build, buy, rearm and EASA paths remove/filter AA missiles through upgrade and parameter checks (Client_BuildUnit.sqf:287-293; Server_BuyUnit.sqf:155-162; Common_RearmVehicle.sqf:53-60; GUI_Menu_EASA.sqf:15-20), but start/pre-placed vehicles or unusual creation paths should be smoke-tested before claiming complete coverage.

The main risks are locality and player-facing false positives: bomb distance and missile masking lean on local cursorTarget, the unit init path exits for non-local player scope, and bomb altitude has a lobby parameter without active enforcement. Treat future aircraft-balance work as runtime-test-heavy, not just config editing.

Wave N Dispatch Notes

Wave N rechecked leaf support assets and found two source-level traps worth keeping on this owner page:

• RU para-ammo config is effectively commented out in Common/Config/Core_Root/Root_RU.sqf:36: the WFBE_%1PARAAMMO assignment appears after //--- Starting Vehicles on the same physical line. Server/Support/Support_ParaAmmo.sqf:59-60 exits unless WFBE_%1PARAAMMO is an array, so RU ammo paradrop support needs a config-line repair before it can be treated as feature-complete.
• Client/PVFunctions/NukeIncoming.sqf:7 plays airRaid, while Assets/config/localization/parameters atlas confirms no class airRaid in Sounds/description.ext. If NukeIncoming is revived, add or replace that sound reference.

Patch-Ready Hardening

Finding	Patch shape
RequestSpecial trusts client-side gates	Add server-side requester/side/role/funds/cooldown/upgrade validation before dispatching assets or map-wide effects.
Base-area cleanup private-list nit	If editing basearea.sqf, add _unit to the _onAreaRemoved private list before its static-gunner cleanup block. This is low-risk hygiene, not an urgent behavior bug.
Bomb altitude parameter is dormant	Either revive and smoke the commented altitude block in Common_HandleShootBombs.sqf, or rename/document the parameter as historical so admins do not expect it to enforce.
Ordnance guardrails depend on local target state	Test lock/no-lock, pilot/gunner, AI crew, JIP and remote locality cases before tightening bomb or missile restrictions.
AA missile gating is path-dependent	Verify start vehicles, purchased aircraft, client-built aircraft, rearmed aircraft, SAMs and EASA loadouts all pass the same WFBE_C_GAMEPLAY_AIR_AA_MISSILES / WFBE_UP_AIRAAM policy before calling AA restrictions complete.
RU ammo paradrop config is commented out	Split Root_RU.sqf:36 so the starting-vehicle comment does not swallow WFBE_%1PARAAMMO; smoke RU para-ammo request after the fix.
upgrade-sync mixed argument source	Use the upgrade-sync branch matrix. Normalize Server_HandleSpecial.sqf:67-73 to read side/id/level from one payload shape, then smoke upgrade completion synchronization.
Zeta detach missing vehicle arg	Pass [_vehicle] when adding the detach action in Zeta_Hook.sqf, or revise Zeta_Unhook.sqf to find the lifted object safely.
Stale ICBM adjuncts	Either wire the ICBM_launched / NukeIncoming paths intentionally or remove/document them as dead. If revived, fix the missing airRaid sound reference first.
MASH marker flow is split	Reconcile sender, server relay, client receiver, delete replay and JIP resend, or remove/archive the stale marker relay.
Supply mission cargo/source trust	Recompute cargo/source/reward server-side from trusted truck/town state.
UAV creation/cost client-owned	Move UAV spawn/cost validation server-side or validate requested type, side, funds and existing UAV before accepting tracking.

Validation Checklist

• Paratrooper, ammo and vehicle paradrops with valid/invalid upgrade levels and insufficient funds.
• UAV spawn, reveal, leader disconnect and cleanup.
• Artillery request with each upgrade level and local/remote gunner state.
• ICBM request from valid commander and forged/non-commander payload.
• MASH deploy, respawn availability and marker sync.
• Zeta hook/unhook with vehicle attached.
• Service actions with changing funds/world state between button enable and click.
• Supply mission cargo reward and cooldown after truck reuse.

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