DD_Friar Posted July 27, 2023 Posted July 27, 2023 Salute Using an historical unit set on the Normandy 44' map, is anyone able to advise me please which trucks provide ammo for Allied and Axis tanks? I have tried using the "Jimmy" and the M30 but despite using up all my shells in the Sherman and hitting LeftAlt + R nothing happens (plus I am right next to it) I do still have some machine gun bullets left - do I have to be COMPLETELY empty for re-arm to work - bit naff if that is the case and will stop the idea I am currently working on. Your advice / assistance as always appreciated. DD_Friar. Visit the Dangerdogz at www.dangerdogz.com. We are a group based on having fun (no command structure, no expectations of attendance, no formal skills required, that is not to say we can not get serious for special events, of which we have many). We play DCS and IL2 GBS. We have two groups one based in North America / Canada and one UK / Europe. Come check us out.
razo+r Posted July 27, 2023 Posted July 27, 2023 (edited) Each truck that has a black ring around it is suitable for rearming units. For the Axis, there would be the Opel Blitz and for the Allied there is Jimmy truck. The M30 is not set up to rearm other units in DCS. Edited July 27, 2023 by razo+r
DD_Friar Posted July 27, 2023 Author Posted July 27, 2023 @razo+r - I have tried the Jimmy but am not seeing the ring. Does that mean I have a mission setting wrong perhaps and explains why the rearm is not working? Visit the Dangerdogz at www.dangerdogz.com. We are a group based on having fun (no command structure, no expectations of attendance, no formal skills required, that is not to say we can not get serious for special events, of which we have many). We play DCS and IL2 GBS. We have two groups one based in North America / Canada and one UK / Europe. Come check us out.
razo+r Posted July 27, 2023 Posted July 27, 2023 No. The ring is visible at any time in the mission editor. The radius of the ring however is rather small.
SparxOne Posted July 28, 2023 Posted July 28, 2023 (edited) On 7/27/2023 at 7:10 PM, DD_Friar said: Salute Using an historical unit set on the Normandy 44' map, is anyone able to advise me please which trucks provide ammo for Allied and Axis tanks? I have tried using the "Jimmy" and the M30 but despite using up all my shells in the Sherman and hitting LeftAlt + R nothing happens (plus I am right next to it) I do still have some machine gun bullets left - do I have to be COMPLETELY empty for re-arm to work - bit naff if that is the case and will stop the idea I am currently working on. Your advice / assistance as always appreciated. DD_Friar. Hello, These would be the keybinds you're looking for to instruct a manual reload and stop that reload. Why would you want to stop it you'd ask ? Because it can be quite long on certain vehicles with certain ammo types, +-15 minutes IRL for a full reload. While reloading, you are also blocked from any movement/interactions. (These keybinds you're seeing in the printscreen are not the default ones i think, i cannot remember if i changed them from the default) To know which trucks will allow you to rearm, my method is as simple as placing each vehicle or truck from the same faction in the mission editor and playing the missions and thus checking which one has the black circle around it in F10 view. null Edited July 29, 2023 by SparxOne
DD_Friar Posted July 29, 2023 Author Posted July 29, 2023 On 7/27/2023 at 8:19 PM, razo+r said: No. The ring is visible at any time in the mission editor. The radius of the ring however is rather small. Perhaps I am not zoomed in enough on the truck. I will take another look. Many thanks for the reply. Visit the Dangerdogz at www.dangerdogz.com. We are a group based on having fun (no command structure, no expectations of attendance, no formal skills required, that is not to say we can not get serious for special events, of which we have many). We play DCS and IL2 GBS. We have two groups one based in North America / Canada and one UK / Europe. Come check us out.
DD_Friar Posted July 29, 2023 Author Posted July 29, 2023 Ok, so i did have the ring (I was actually zoomed IN too far!) I have fired off some shells from my Sherman and neither of the commands shown above seem to do anything. Can anyone vouch for this process and say that it does work in the current open beta version? and that the issue is at my end at the input side to the keyboard? Visit the Dangerdogz at www.dangerdogz.com. We are a group based on having fun (no command structure, no expectations of attendance, no formal skills required, that is not to say we can not get serious for special events, of which we have many). We play DCS and IL2 GBS. We have two groups one based in North America / Canada and one UK / Europe. Come check us out.
razo+r Posted July 29, 2023 Posted July 29, 2023 14 minutes ago, DD_Friar said: Ok, so i did have the ring (I was actually zoomed IN too far!) I have fired off some shells from my Sherman and neither of the commands shown above seem to do anything. Can anyone vouch for this process and say that it does work in the current open beta version? and that the issue is at my end at the input side to the keyboard? Working fine on my end. Got reloaded from 18 shells to 30 shells in the Sherman with a Jimmy behind. Perhaps you didn't use the correct keys?
DD_Friar Posted July 29, 2023 Author Posted July 29, 2023 Hmm... Thanks for helping once again. Visit the Dangerdogz at www.dangerdogz.com. We are a group based on having fun (no command structure, no expectations of attendance, no formal skills required, that is not to say we can not get serious for special events, of which we have many). We play DCS and IL2 GBS. We have two groups one based in North America / Canada and one UK / Europe. Come check us out.
Skewgear Posted August 31, 2023 Posted August 31, 2023 Did you solve this? There's a longstanding bug with WW2 ground units not rearming from supply trucks. Seems to mainly affect armour, artillery and AAA. DCS WWII player. I run the mission design team behind 4YA WWII, the most popular DCS World War 2 server. https://www.ProjectOverlord.co.uk - for 4YA WW2 mission stats, mission information, historical research blogs and more.
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