Monitors

01What it does

Monitors keeps an eye on the two big PvE bosses, the Bradley APC at Launch Site and the Patrol Helicopter, and tells the whole server when something changes. Players love knowing when Bradley's just been taken, because it means loot is sitting there and somebody is about to get rolled for it.

Bradley Monitor and Heli Monitor are separate, and both are on by default.

02What players see

Out of the box, these messages show in large text in game chat:

• Bradley taken down: "Bradley is Taken Down!!!!" repeated three times, so nobody misses it.
• Bradley respawned: "Bradley Respawned"
• Heli taken down: "Heli is Taken Down!!!!"
• Heli left the map: "Heli Sadly left the map!"
• Heli respawned: "Heli Respawned"

When Bradley or the heli is taken down, Surge also drops a crash-site marker on your Dynamic Map, placed where the wreckage landed.

03Setting it up

1. 1Open Features > Monitors. The top line shows whether the bot is connected to your server.
2. 2On the Bradley Monitor tab, flip the switch ON or OFF. It saves straight away.
3. 3Edit the two Bradley messages if you like, check the previews, and press Save Bradley messages.
4. 4Do the same on the Heli Monitor tab and press Save Heli messages.

While a monitor is switched off, its message boxes are greyed out. Turn it on to edit them.

04Every setting explained

• Bradley Monitor: turns Bradley announcements on or off.
• Bradley Taken Down message: sent when Bradley disappears.
• Bradley Respawn message: sent when Bradley is back.
• Heli Monitor: turns Patrol Helicopter announcements on or off.
• Heli Taken Down message: sent when the heli is gone and wreckage is found.
• Heli Left the Map message: sent when the heli is gone with no wreckage, meaning it flew off or despawned.
• Heli Respawn message: sent when a new heli shows up.

Monitor messages have no placeholders. Rich text like <b>, <size=35>, <color=#FF3D00> and <br> works fine.

05Taken down or just left?

The heli doesn't always die. Sometimes it just finishes its patrol and flies off. If it was shot down, you get the Taken Down message and a crash marker on the map. If it just flew off, you get the Left the Map message instead.

Bradley can't leave, so if it disappears it's always treated as taken down.

06Good to know

• An announcement can land up to about 20 seconds after it actually happened.
• After a restart, nothing is announced until Bradley or the heli actually goes down, leaves or respawns.
• If you clear a message box and save, it goes back to the default text. To stop the announcements, switch the monitor off.