no bug No 20mm cannon tracers.

[lipas70]

Hi. After last patch I don't have 20mm cannon tracers. I tested all ammo types and no result. 

Is this a bug or is it supposed to be?

[DD_Fenrir]

It's as it's supposed to be.

[Samtehram]

I've have the same issue- even when I'm selecting belts that have (Tracers) in them. 

 

[lipas70]

Rather not, especially since you can choose bullets with tracers. I'd rather hear ED's opinion on this.

[razo+r]

You can choose 7.7mm with tracers. But not 20mm. They are labeled with HEI/SAPI, and not HEI-T or SAPI-T. 

[Worrazen]

Yeah no tracers for me as well, looks like it's not just me.

 

So is it a bug or the defaults have changed to no tracers?

 

EDIT: Seems like In an earlier custom mission my ammunition is set to no tracer, I don't remember setting that, might have been a coincidence or something.

Works fine and defaults are with tracer, tested in a new fresh mission file.

Edited June 6, 2021 by Worrazen

[NineLine]

From what I found in my research tracers were not used on the 20mm, rather the .303s were used for lining up.

[Nealius]

Don't they have different trajectories? I've always had to walk the 20s on target because they've never hit where the 303s have been hitting.

[NineLine]

They should all be harmonized to hit at the same area, so you would be able to use them to guide the cannons. 

[Nealius]

Do you know offhand what the convergence distance is? I always set my sights for 500~600 yards thinking they were about the same as the 1200ft convergence on the Mustang and Tbolt, but I don't recall seeing a proper convergence distance chart for the Spitire like I have the others. I may have been incorrectly setting it.

[philstyle]

If historically accurate it should be in the 250 to 300 yard range.

[Art-J]

^ I believe it is. I remember testing it back when the module was released (taxiing to the tall building next to Nalchik apron, shooting at it to find convergence point, measuring distances with map ruler + F11 cam and using basic trigonometry). Not a perfect method but sufficient to get a ballpark figure. I don't recall the result but it was roughly about 250 metres (270'ish yds). I suspect that didn't change in later game versions.