Pat Pattle
SOH-CM-2025
Gunstations...is there a limit to the number that an aircraft can have?
I've hit a wall with 6, is that correct?
I've hit a wall with 6, is that correct?
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Gunstation question
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Pat Pattle
SOH-CM-2025
From what I've looked at so far, you can have more listed in the xdp, but there seems to be a limit to the number that you can cycle through with f8.
Pat Pattle
SOH-CM-2025
That's interesting Wayne, I'll look at the aircraft with it.
Hi Pat,
It's likely that it's the same as CFS2 ie that although you have a limit of gunstations (with CFS2 more that six), you can have more than one gun at a gunstation.
A turret maybe a gunstation but it has two guns etc, so eg a B-17G might have chin, ball, tail, upper..4 gunstaions, and you may have to double up the waist guns as one station and either side of the nose as one station... 6 gunstations but 11 guns.
Caleb Flerk did a set of CFS2 How it all works guide https://sim-outhouse.org/sohforums/resources/caleb-flerks-guide-to-speshul-efeks-for-cfs2-zip.624/
I know they're for CFS2, but may help in some way?
Cheers
Shessi
It's likely that it's the same as CFS2 ie that although you have a limit of gunstations (with CFS2 more that six), you can have more than one gun at a gunstation.
A turret maybe a gunstation but it has two guns etc, so eg a B-17G might have chin, ball, tail, upper..4 gunstaions, and you may have to double up the waist guns as one station and either side of the nose as one station... 6 gunstations but 11 guns.
Caleb Flerk did a set of CFS2 How it all works guide https://sim-outhouse.org/sohforums/resources/caleb-flerks-guide-to-speshul-efeks-for-cfs2-zip.624/
I know they're for CFS2, but may help in some way?
Cheers
Shessi
Pat Pattle
SOH-CM-2025
Thanks for the tips Gents!
This B17 shows 8 gunstations both in the viewer and in the <GunStations> section of the xdp.
Only 5 are 'crewable' in game which are those listed in the <Seats> entries. There are 5 matching 'cockpit' models.
I'm guessing the remainder are ai controlled.
Also, there seems to be little correlation between the position names in the gunstations to seats entries, the stock JU88C6 is an example of that.
Without a source file it's difficult to figure it out. I'll keep at it.
This B17 shows 8 gunstations both in the viewer and in the <GunStations> section of the xdp.
Only 5 are 'crewable' in game which are those listed in the <Seats> entries. There are 5 matching 'cockpit' models.
I'm guessing the remainder are ai controlled.
Also, there seems to be little correlation between the position names in the gunstations to seats entries, the stock JU88C6 is an example of that.
Without a source file it's difficult to figure it out. I'll keep at it.
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Pat Pattle
SOH-CM-2025
I'll check the eye points.
This has only come up because the PB4Y-2 has 6 gunstations but CFS3 won't toggle through them all. I think I'll have to do the same as this B17.
Pat Pattle
SOH-CM-2025
Yes, checked that one out too Wayne, it has one less gunstations. Every modeller seems to have done it a slightly different way and though they all work, doesn't help my fuzzy brain in trying to unravel it!
