[J_Hartikka]

The program triggers hardpoints in pairs (1 & 2, 2 & 3 , ...) It requires creating a duplicate hardpoint (without a weapon) for each hardpoint with a weapon. That is how it is done in the Do-335. I could do it except that I could never get the aircraft classes to recompile, or get assistance on this matter from AAA. Furthermore, slots would have to be duplicated to avoid this being considered a cheat (something I could also do if I could get the compiler to work...)

Knowing that there are people that can voluntarily develope this fine IL2 sim even after commercial companies have quit it gives this historical simulator a promising future. To me, it is not just game, it is part of our past - a feat of culture. That is why I greatly appreciate everyone developing this sim by his own interest!

I did not understand too much of your expert explanation, except that you understand it yourself, and that the realistic single bomb drop mod indeed can be done!

That sounds fine, of course - finally someone could fix the major authenticity fault of the otherways very good IL2 bombers!


Single bomb drop

Back to this major lack of bombers. If it makes making the one bomb at a time mod easier, it is not essential to modify the automatics that some bombers have for dropping bombs one by one. Auto aim & drop function is used very rarely in online wars, mainly because there most targets are small dot targets like tanks, which require manual aiming and bomb dropping for best accuracy.

Manual precision bombing is the style that would benefit from the realistic one bomb at a time function most: Flying long way and getting thru enemy flak and fighters to waste both bombs at one drop for a hard to hit tough armoured target is pretty frustrating, knowing that when having the original single bomb drop option one could get another possibility for hitting it...

Sure no air force back then or later would have accepted a bomber, which only allows drop bombs as pairs..! :lol:


Pic: An example of a precision bombing site of targets. In AW on-line war IL2 game, one must find and select certain AT guns and howitzers to bomb, from among a variety of unimportant flaks and vehicles of a scattered field camp site, to capture a city. Ringed ones are those that need to be hit.