Bradley Commander Blue Force Tracker (BFT) Screen

[notthatbreezy]

Add a commander-only, full-screen Blue Force Tracker (BFT) for the M2/M3 Bradley in Arma Reforger. When the commander activates the BFT, their view switches to a full-screen map UI that renders friendly tracks with filter toggles for:

• Leadership only (squad/group leaders)
• Friendly faction (same faction/allies)
• Vehicles only
• Show/Hide BFT markers (global toggle for our markers)

The BFT runs locally, queries already-replicated entities, and refreshes at a modest cadence (~2 Hz) to keep performance good.

Goals

• Commander can open/close a dedicated full-screen map from the Bradley.
• Render friendly tracks with the above filters.
• Auto-close when the player is no longer the commander.
• Minimal network footprint (client-side query + render).
• Clean UX: input is captured while open; restored on close.

User Flow

• Player occupies commander seat in a Bradley.
• Press bound action (e.g., Ctrl+B) or use cockpit button → BFT opens full-screen.
• Map shows friendly tracks; commander toggles filters (Leaders / Friendlies / Vehicles / Markers).
• Leaving the commander seat, dying, or pressing Close returns to normal view and restores input.

Acceptance Criteria

• BFT can be opened/closed only by the local player in the Bradley commander seat
• While open, world input is captured; on close, input is restored.
• Map centers on the Bradley on open.
• Friendlies toggle restricts tracks to friendly factions only.
• Leaders toggle shows only recognized group leaders.
• Vehicles toggle shows only vehicles.
• BFT Markers toggle hides/shows all BFT markers instantly.
• Tracks refresh at ~0.5 s intervals and are culled by distance.
• UI auto-closes if the commander leaves the seat, dies, or the vehicle is destroyed
• No script errors or replication warnings during typical use.

[Othello311]

Didn't mean to close. Re-opened. The BFT stuff will be a BN decision, currently they instructed no BFT to be used by the BN. If we do implement it will have to be available for the Entire BN, not just 1 seat of 1 vehicle.

[notthatbreezy]

Ok, got it - my thinking was this is a specific feature of the Bradley in real life so there wouldn't be a reason to not add it unless we are aiming for a specifically older version of the Bradley for ops, pre-ODS changes (e.g. changes made after experience in Desert Storm). If we want it to be realistic. Other vehicles could have this functionality as well if we add FBCB2 screens to them, which they do have in real life as well now. The Bradley has 2 FBCB2 screens - one for the commander and one in the back for the squad lead. I would propose we actually add functionality to both.

I don't think that it should be battalion wide - they could ask for the specific mods that provide FBCB2 - like a laptop, mobile device, or tablet when opened gives a Blue Force tracker or specific hardware carried. The Army currently supports this functionality on mobile devices and tables via a custom Android OS.

The paper map should absolutely not have this functionality though - that wouldn't be realistic.

[Othello311]

-map markers visible on BFT
-Only element leads have BFT marks on them showing position
-scroll-able functionality
-GPS data
-Available as a selectable screen in vehicles (Bradley VCs, Pilots MFDs, etc)
-Portable device for Infantry (Cell Phone?)
-ability to place down waypoints if possible or use it as a map marking tool
-if able make the Home Screen on it the Cav logo
-Grid Coordinates displayed (8 digit if possible)
-Possibly message capability?

-Big one would be to make sure its intuitive to use with controllers too. Control keybinds to activate it, interaction areas on it, etc

These are BN guidelines/requested functionality for the BFT. Essentially they would like the same functonality as the Ctab Android device from A3.

[notthatbreezy]

@Othello311 I could kiss you! This is going to be great