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This is now integrated into ALiVE as of version 1.0 RC

You can find it as part of the C2ISTAR module

Development for the script portion will cease

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Main

https://gyazo.com/09494ebcb2edabd60d63677a9a0a16ad

This was the initial part of the menu that drove me to create this. It allows you to call in nearby ALiVE groups to assist you in your goal. There are currently 3 methods in doing so and 2 parameters for changing how many groups are called in.

Request Reinforcements: It will search for nearby ALiVE (non player) groups and waypoint them to your position.
Request Assault: Nearby ALiVE groups will be notified of the location you specified. They will move at a normal pace to a "staging position" ~300m out from the objective. from that point they will enter a combat pace and move the remaining distance.
Request Recon: A nearby infantry group will be chosen. They will move to the clicked location, and after a short delay, mark all visible enemy groups with a marker. After doing this they will retreat to their original position. It's important to note that each enemy group must be visible from the recon team's location. so terrain like mountains will block enemy groups from being marked.

Each group grabbed (regardless of it being for reinforcements,assault, or recon) will be the closest groups to the location in order to maintain the quickest response time.

All of this can be modified slightly with the given parameters as seen in the pictures;

Radius: The radius in which nearby groups will be searched for, this can be used to grab assistance while trying not to disturb groups that are too far away. It can also be used to get assistance from groups very very far away.

Groups to send: Same concept as above, can be used to grab groups without disturbing too many. If assaulting a large objective, you may want to ask for 5 groups. If being attacked by a single squad, you may only want to request a single reinforcement group.

Battlefield Analysis

https://gyazo.com/09494ebcb2edabd60d63677a9a0a16ad

The Battlefield Analysis section is designed to give you enough information to plan your moves around the overall battle while not giving you any "cheating" information.
(Player's faction) Commander's orders: Marks each objective known to your factions commander (if any exists)and color-code it based on how he prioritizes that objective.
Mark Units: Puts a blue marker on every unit on the same side as you.

Group Manager

https://gyazo.com/dcae2fcdb53de670f6372690ce85e630

This section of the menu includes some simple controls to manage your squad. You can view a list of all units in your squad. When you click on a unit in that list, their gear will pop up on the side including a list how many of each item they possess.

Using the group manager, you can also easily change your group's formation and combat mode. I because frustrated with how difficult it became to control the AI in your squad, especially when you run mods such as ACE. Now you can simply open the group manager, select your preferred formation and combat mode and go.

High Command

https://gyazo.com/b0de8631ce6e14d463110aa14f8af464

https://gyazo.com/30ebb30ebfee60ff89020f38b4b54fae

Read Below for more details on how this features works. I'll update this section in the future once it is 100% completed

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Download links: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0ch67la3hlp8bgc/ALiVE-Tactical-Command.zip?dl=0
https://github.com/SpyderBlack723/ALiVE-Tactical-Command/tree/master

First public release v0.5
Added:

• Updated all features to be MP compatible (excluding the high command portion, WIP anyway)
• Code optimizations
• Added Objective filter "orders", color codes objectives based on current orders based on your faction's opcom
• Opcom no longer gets greedy and steals your requested reinforcement/assault units

Known issues:
- Forcepool indicator doesn't update (shows starting forcepool (Maybe not possible?)

V0.52
Added:
- Profiles are now handed back to opcom properly when they are complete their waypoints

V0.7
Added

• Optimzation
• Recon mission option
• Mark units analysis option

Changed

• Urgency is now set to yes automatically (removed player input)
• UI Rework (Thanks Friz for the ALiVE Tablet)
• Units are handed back to OPCOM in a much safer way

Removed
- Marking objectives by occupation (way too performance heavy)

High Command Update V0.8
Added
- Added High Command features (went from 5% to 95% in terms of functionality)

Changed
- Consolidated functions

Last updated: 8/30/15 (U.S DateTimeFormat)
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Thanks to Friznit and Highhead for assistance, guidance, and clarification.

This might please you then
https://gyazo.com/2d430d9004814dae68e42084e1650c24
Unassigned:White
Idle: Yellow
Reserve: Green
Defend: Blue
Attack: Red

I've also managed to optimize the "Display Objectives" toggle to display almost instantly no matter what filter is used (even when doing a dominantFaction check is ran on 100 objectives when at 15 fps). Makes using only Battlefield analysis a bit more satisfying.

Awesome this needs to be added as an ALiVE module

I could but it might be a bit weird, (all information past this point is for an upcoming version, it doesn't exist in the currently released version) basically every objective at mission start is given a randomized priority based on size/priority rating (I think, could be wrong). OPCOM will prefer to take these objectives in that order. I can try to display it but it probably end up on every objective regardless if OPCOM controls it or not. You would just have to look for the lowest number priority out of all objectives that are currently being defended/attacked/ set to be attacked and that would be the "#1" priority at the current moment.

As far as I know there is no dynamically available priority list to get the most valued objective at the time.

If any of that was actually explained in an understandable manner, sweet.

Quick note on progress, currently working on MP compatibility. Have gotten Battlefield analysis to work in both SP and MP, will work on giving the profiles waypoints in MP next.

And more good news, I have managed to get "Request Reinforcements" and "Request Assault" to work in MP with minimal issues. With hope I can do a first release tomorrow.

Alright,
https://www.dropbox.com/s/epus2lgp0xsjbry/SpyderTacticalCommand_v0.5.rar?dl=0

Obviously it could still use some work, I really want to learn how to put a picture on an RscButton so you can tell the difference between the two objective filters without having to read the tooltip.

Please let me know of any errors you get (especially if you play with -showScriptErrors on). Suggestions are also highly valuable as well. From this point I'll just leave any update notes and an updated download link at the bottom of the main post.

On the ToDo list:

• Mark units (marks all friendly units and known enemies with a marker).
• Flesh out high command to be usable
• Optimize code as much as possible

A bit of a warning when it comes to mark objectives, this can sometimes take awhile to initially appear on missions with a lot of objectives and units since it must do a dominantFaction check for each objectives. I'll work on it if I can but there might not be much I can do. However, once the data is initially recovered, it stays active on your pc for 15 seconds, meaning every toggle for 15 seconds after the initial toggle will be much faster.

Maybe, it shows all of the units however, where I would prefer to mark only enemy profiles that are within X meters of a friendly profile. That said, I haven't even started working on it so I'll take a look at it because it could be very useful.

This is an OUTSTANDING addition for those groups of us who aren't part of a 30-100 man ARMA unit.

Combining this with CISTAR, Player Combat Logistics, and Player Combat Support provides almost complete and total tactical control of hundreds of units on the battlefield while running with a "skeleton crew" of human players.

Small groups can run giant military operations with little difficulty. Great job Spyder.

Yeah the error will pop up on every initial use in a mission. My guess is I'm missing some define in my GUI, need to investigate it further. For now, it's an annoying but harmless error.

Besides that initial error the only thing I see is the 3 boxes alongside the right upper part of the map display have nothing in them

It's just not done yet, I don't know how to overlay a picture onto each button which would be my preferable option. They still work though.

Awesome, thanks for the feedblack. Really look forward to continue making these types of enhancements. I'll let you know if I have anything needing testing.

Edit: Fixed the error that pops up when you open the tablet

The units will be handed back to opcom whenever they have completed their waypoints (also exits the loop if they die).

As for the difference between reinforcements and assault, when you call reinforcements, the units will move at "FULL" pace towards the location you have specified. When you choose assault, the units will move to a "staging position" 300m out from the objective at a normal pace, once they reach the staging position they will enter a combat pace (use cover and cover advancing squad members) and proceed the rest of the way towards an objective.

To fix the action being removed on death, you can add an onPlayerRespawn.sqf in the root of your mission folder and put this inside of it

player addAction ["Tactical Command Interface","CreateDialog 'Spyder_TacticalCommand'"];

This will re-add the action everytime the player respawns. This is MP compatible.

You might also need to still add the action through the player's/unit's ingame init line depending on your description.ext settings.

I've got a big update coming soon, UI rework, performance improvements, code consolidation, and some other additions.

Sneak peak: https://gyazo.com/5eaf9bdc43b8e880c7c65c09089e046e
(Recon is my favorite 'mission' yet)