Sirens and SearchLights in FMB? How to use them? - Printable Version

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Sirens and SearchLights in FMB? How to use them? - mavyalex - 08.02.2009

Hello,

I searched how to set up Sirens and Searchlights in IL-2 1946 in the FMB but in vain...
I found the objects, placed them, put the time at around 7:30pm (dawn, almost night), but it doesn't work...Plus AAA doesn't fire.

Any idea how to do it?

SIncerely,

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- Guest - 08.02.2009

dude, depending on the map, searchlights will only activate at night , after 7:30-8:00, and you must check that for example, if the searchlights are Red (team), they will only be activated if an enemy (Blue) plane comes within a certain distance - i'm not sure offhand, i think the distance is about 8km, and vise versa. The sirens work in a similar fashion - activated at a certain distance, only if an ENEMY plane is near.
The only difference is that the siren will work day and night.
Hope that helps.

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Ok got it. Got the wrong time... - mavyalex - 08.02.2009

Hello,

I didn't know searchlights activated only after 8 pm or so...I wanted them to actovate in near dark sky (like around 7:30 pm...
I guess it depends on the regions: in Northern countries I guess it becomes dark earlier, so at 6 pm its already dark. But it also depends on the season, I agreee.
Its ok...For sirens I guess you can't hear them at more than 200 meters altitude, that's why (I was low pass with U-2 and couldn't hear anything..I guess the engine noise hoded the siren sound...)

Thanks anyway..

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- F4U-1_Corsair - 09.02.2009

ya. I'm looking for a way to increase the distance that sirens are audible, without making them blaring loud up close, even though they were

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