Best way to strafe with gun or rockets?

[isoul]

Isoul, FC2 will have a mission planner feature that will hopefully allow you to graphically select weapon loadout at start (and, for that matter, edit waypoints and so on). If we are very lucky we might get that feature ported to DCS:BS. Cross your fingers with me. :D

 

I did check .lua files and found out that S-8OFP2 CLSID is there!

(check file ...\Scripts\Database\db_weapons.lua)

S-8OFP2 CLSID is B_8V20A_OFP2

S-8KOM CLSID is {6A4B9E69-64FE-439a-9163-3A87FB6A4D81}

 

 

The disappointing thing though is that initially you can't rearm at any configuration during mission that includes the S-8OFP2 unless it is designated as "standard mission armament" in the mission editor.

 

So I went to ...\Scripts\Aircrafts\_Common\Rearm.lua and changed lines 524,530,536,542 replasing the S-8KOM CLSID with S-8OFP2 one(as stated above). These changes made one option in Rearming Menu (Rearming->CAS->F1) to actually equip my heli with 4 x S-8OFP2 rockets instead of instead of S8-KOM ones. Although the option stated the same "B8V20A" armament, it was actually the S-8OFP2.

 

The result was as the following screen shots show...

 

Briefing(starting with a weird custom payload that I created in Mission Editor... used mission Shooting Range)

In game(see the pointy rocket pods? dunno why these were shown instead of the classic ones) EDIT - Due to a mistake in CLSID the B-8M1 rocket was loaded(the correct CLSID is B_8V20A_OFP2 resulting the typical S-8 pod to be loaded)

Debriefing (just a proof that I did equip/fire the S-8OFP2 rocket)

 

Isoul, FC2 will have a mission planner feature that will hopefully allow you to graphically select weapon loadout at start (and, for that matter, edit waypoints and so on). If we are very lucky we might get that feature ported to DCS:BS. Cross your fingers with me. :D

 

EtherealN, it would be nice to have a mission planner implemented in the in the briefing screen! Till then I hope I did something to help guys out there to stop wondering around with fully A-T weapon load..! (fingers crossed)

Edited January 20, 2010 by isoul

[EtherealN]

As far as I know, the mission planner, as currently being implemented for FC2, will essentially be a stripped-down version of the mission editor that gets loaded between your selecting the mission and initiating it. You would be able to edit your weapon loadout and your waypoints. So it will indeed be linked to the briefing screen.

 

I do not know if this will be backwards portable to DCS:BS though.