Radio Messages

Radio Messages are a form of communication in BATTLEGROUNDS to communicate to squad members who don't have microphones.

Summary

Playing with players from different regions in random Duo or Squad matches or players with no access to voice chat have made it difficult to establish team-based strategy through close communication between team members. To help solve this problem, we are introducing text-based Radio Messages that will help you communicate with your team more quickly and easily for successful strategic gameplay .

Related articles:

• Tactical Map Markers

Radio Comms

"Affirmative." "Cancel" "Copy that." "ENEMY HERE!" "ENEMY SPOTTED!" "ENEMY CONTACT!" "Here! {ItemName}." / "Here is {ItemName}." "Hold." "I need {AmmoType}." "I need meds." / "I need healing." Negative." / "No can do." / "Nope." "Need Ammo" "Need Med" "Oops." "PING" "Sorry." "Thanks." / "Thank You." Update history Pre-Update #31 (Season 4 - Update 4.1) - vN/A The maximum range of automatic marker placement using Radio Messages has been reduced from 500m to 300m. Pre-Update #30 - vN/A Hold the mouse wheel or F3 to open the Radio Message Wheel UI. There are 8 types of messages provided–selected messages will be displayed on the left screen and immediately shown to your teammates. Ping and Enemy Spotted, in particular, can be used in various circumstances. You can use them more quickly with separate key bindings. Ping: Click the mouse wheel or press F3 Enemy Spotted: Double click the mouse wheel or double press F3. Pings has various interactions. Select Ping near a certain item, and you can share the name and location of the pinged item with your teammates. You can also use Ping on Care Packages or death crates to share their location. Ping the direction you want to move toward to share the direction with your teammates. All these features above automatically place a marker on the map and will be useful to utilize together with the Tactical Map Marker. Enemy Spotted allows you to quickly share the location of an enemy you've spotted. Use Enemy Spotted at the enemy's location to mark it on the map and share it with your teammates. Ping and Enemy Spotted send messages to teammates within 500M. Messages vary by distance: Near Range: less than 50M Medium Range: less than 200M Long Range: 200M or more Example: ENEMY SPOTTED! Long Range 300 Need Ammo works dynamically, with the message reflecting the ammo type of the weapon you are holding. Example: If you select Need Ammo while holding an M416, the message sent to your teammates will be "I NEED 5.56mm." You can mute Radio Messages from teammates individually in the Team Management menu. Datamined Leak - 5/15/19 Radio Messages were found in datamined files of Update #29. References