Jagdflieger campaign, can't fire guns

[LCYCowboy]

Hi everyone!

 

I have just got into DCS (after a few years away) and I thought I would fly the Jagdflieger campaign in the 109.  I have got to mission two (which starts cold and dark on the ramp).  But after start I am unable to fire the guns/canons.  I have checked everything.  The cover is flipped on the stick, the switch on the top left of the dashboard is up, but I can't fire.  If I start one of the missions in the air (like the Ju88 escort mission on the channel map) it all works fine.  But from Cold and Dark on the ramp I cannot get the guns/canons to fire.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks

 

Neil

[Gadreel]

You could check the circuit breakers. Press all but "Kennlichter"(Position lights)

There is a second switch to activate the Cannon. (below  the MW50 switch, right = on)

You need to charge the cannon with a button on the stick (the one on the low left) Press and hold that button and you hear a sound which stops when cannon is charged. 

 

This is all I can think of. Hope it helps.

[Flying-Kane]

Hi LCYCowboy,

 

please upload a short video/saved track from your cold start.

 

@Gadreel The switch below the MW50 switch isn't for the cannon (MK108), it's for underwing cannons.

[Reflected]

Hey. On cold starts you need to charge the cannons first before you can fire them. Airstart missions have everything set up for a fight for you, but when you do a cold start, you have to know how to operate each system of the aircraft, and set them up yourself, that's what I like so much about them

 

 

[Gadreel]

27 minutes ago, Flying-Kane said:

 

@Gadreel The switch below the MW50 switch isn't for the cannon (MK108), it's for underwing cannons.

Oh, I didn´t Know that. But the 109K4 doesn´t have underwing cannons, right? So that switch is useless?

[Hog_driver]

Sorry, I was wrong. Still hungover after the party after shooting down those B-17s

You've got to press Alt + Space and keep them pressed for a few seconds (you'll hear a "whoosh" sound).

Checked again and it worked this time.

Hope that helps.

[LCYCowboy]

Thanks chaps.

 

That did the trick (although I can't work out why the guns wouldn't fire if you don't charge the cannons).

 

Now I have the next problem.  I get airborne and follow my leader.  We get instructions to fly heading 060 and climb to 7000 to intercept the bombers, but the whole flight of 109s just keep flying wildly overhead the airfield and never continue on with the mission?????

[Hog_driver]

Well, the general rule with guns (pistols, carbines, rifles, cannons, etc.) is that you have to reload the weapon first to place the first round (cartridge) in the chamber.

Then when you pull (or push) the trigger, the recoil pushes the bold (slide) back and another round is placed in the chamber, and the cycle continues as long as the trigger is pressed and/or there's any ammo in the magazine.

 

Don't you have to press Space at some moment to contact control or something?

I completed the campaign a few days ago and had no problems with missions, triggers, etc.

[Reflected]

1 hour ago, LCYCowboy said:

Thanks chaps.

 

That did the trick (although I can't work out why the guns wouldn't fire if you don't charge the cannons).

 

Now I have the next problem.  I get airborne and follow my leader.  We get instructions to fly heading 060 and climb to 7000 to intercept the bombers, but the whole flight of 109s just keep flying wildly overhead the airfield and never continue on with the mission?????

please post a track if you can. AI orbiting was broken until the last patch, and if it still is, ED will ask for a track so they can fix it. Strangely enough, the mission works for me, I just flew it again. 

[Flying-Kane]

23 hours ago, Gadreel said:

Oh, I didn´t Know that. But the 109K4 doesn´t have underwing cannons, right? So that switch is useless?

 

As long as we don't get them, that's correct.

[Migparts]

Well I press this charging button and there is no result. It does not seem to work. 

[PawlaczGMD]

On 3/24/2024 at 2:01 PM, Migparts said:

Well I press this charging button and there is no result. It does not seem to work. 

Guns switch (near ammo counters) up

Safety off

Wing cannons off

To charge cannons, HOLD the charge button for 2-3 seconds, not just press 

[LeCuvier]

8 hours ago, PawlaczGMD said:

Guns switch (near ammo counters) up

Safety off

Wing cannons off

To charge cannons, HOLD the charge button for 2-3 seconds, not just press 

Wing cannons switch has no function in our version. Ignore.

The plural in "cannons" is not right. We have only one cannon: the Mk-108 in the propeller axis.
The charge button only charges the Mk-108. It does nothing for the two MG-131 machine guns. The machine guns are ready to fire once the Guns switch is ON, the Safety latch on the stick is OFF, and the propeller is rotating at > 500 U/min (even on the ground).