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[Pursuivant]

The real problem though is that "fire for effect" would be a barrage, not just one shot from each gun, so 2-3 minutes between shots is just as unrealistic as rapid fire...and much less fun

Of course, you could say that the F.O. only has one gun "assigned" to him, or that he is just calling in fire from one gun to conserve ammo. Or, you could have a 2-3 minute delay followed by a whole salvo of shots. Possibly it could be modeled by installing a bunch of invisible, weightless, etc. rockets.

It also occurs to me that a F.O. calling in fire from a ship might also have fewer guns to fire for effect than if he was sighting for an artillery battery. Depending on the ship's position and bearing relative to the target, only 1-3 guns might be able to bear, especially if it was a destroyer operating close to shore.

Anyhow, enough "hand waving" about how to justify the effect. This is an amazingly fun mod, and proof of why an arty spotter plane was the most dangerous ground attack aircraft in the sky!

[Avimimus]

To make it a bit more believable and to tone it down a bit, would it be possible to put a delay fuse on your shots (like those for rockets or bombs), so that they only go off after a 2-3 minute delay?* That would sort of simulate your FO calling in the target to the battery, trajectory calculation, battery response time, shell flight time, ranging shots, etc.

A really simple trick I used when modding Fighters Anthology was to simply give the rounds a very low velocity (thus adding a time delay). An improvement on this is to give the rounds no gravity drop, but to model them like rockets with very low powered engines (this means that they take time to accellerate but eventually get up to speed - the result is that the difference in delay isn't as dependent on the aircraft's distance from the target). It is also nice to have several rounds fired in a burst and give the rounds high dispersion.

A final technique that can be used is to mount the weapon on an invisible hardpoint high above the aircraft (this is what I used when I was modding Ka-52 Team Alligator). However, in a non-helicopter sim there is the potential that a pilot could roll his plane upside down and fire rounds from underground...

However, there may be better techniques to use in Il-2. One problem with Il-2 is that it gives the round fired the aircraft's velocity - so it might require the addition of very high drag levels on the rounds). Every sim is different.

[pilotsden]

Great mod and equally great mission......thanks to both......i will adapt this mission for online play....right after i clean my shorts after being buzzed by a b-24...lol
well done gents,
pd

[EoW_Drew]

I fly online and have no-gripes with this mod, it was hilarous to fly this in servers with my squadron, and they thought Oh whats "Drew" gonna do with his L-5 in Air America Colors, it won't hurt us, next thing they knew, their whole base was destroyed, and I was laughin soo hard on comms.

[brett16]

when i install the L-5 the game ses error and closes i got the latest baton file and i fave a lot of modding experience so i know ime putting it in right pleas help it looks fun :'(

[Checkyersix]

when i install the L-5 the game ses error and closes i got the latest baton file and i fave a lot of modding experience so i know ime putting it in right pleas help it looks fun :'(

Do you have the original L-5? You might need that to run this one.

[brett16]

Do you have the original L-5? You might need that to run this one.

ya i figured that out right after i posted see there was know download file for the original L-5 so i thought that it was put in the L-5 arty spotter but then i found a download file for the original L-5 right after i posted HAHAHA lol but i must say i really like the plane its really fun to yous  great mod 

[RAF_Loke]

@ Checkyersix.

Could you make a Fieseler Storch as an arty spotter too?
I know it's properly not very realistic but it would even it out between Allied and Axis.

[Friedrich-Wilhelm]

Yes, A "Storch" would be really nice as an artillery spotter. Were they not sometimes used in that capacity during the war? If not the Storch, how about an FW-189 then?

Thanks,

FW

[Checkyersix]

Should be possible...

I'll put it on the list.

CY6.

[Patton]

I fly online and have no-gripes with this mod, it was hilarous to fly this in servers with my squadron, and they thought Oh whats "Drew" gonna do with his L-5 in Air America Colors, it won't hurt us, next thing they knew, their whole base was destroyed, and I was laughin soo hard on comms.

I can say that many a time, Drew, over there takes off and I happen to be doing the run up in my FW-200 and preflight next thing you know the control tower is missing and half of my wing is blown off. When I successfully took off I preceded to climd to 6000 meters and airburst the krap out of the L-5A in Mid Flight, only sad thing is I forgot to film and realized that it was a very funny hit first the wing and then the tail followed by the bail and then the second salvo finished him off pilot and all.

[LV 426]

This mod... Is a fu... mod!!!! it create new kind of playing. A new dimension!! It's great, thanks a lot, really! (sorry for my english...)
Just one question: would it be possible to guide on a target the AI attack plane whit this plane?