[XLO-JOKER]

Hi guys, hope you can help.I dont know how I did it, but I've went from being able to drop one bomb at a time (single) with the push of a button, to one push of the button and both come off the rails together(pairs). I cant find anything about switching from singles to pairs. Thanks in advance for any replies.


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[Storebror]

You're talking about the "Weapon Control Mod" by ZloyPetrushkO.
Here you go: viewtopic.php?t=24460

Best regards - Mike

[XLO-JOKER]

Thanks for the reply Mike, but I didn't recall ever downloading that mod, so I checked my "downloaded mods" folder. I've never had that one. I was never able to "choose" singles or pairs, my bombs just always dropped as singles up until now. Any other ideas? I am running UP 2.1.


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[RadPig94]

you must be using a ju88 torpedo plane, you must have picked the non-salvo pair of torpedos

[Storebror]

By default the salvo behaviour is different for each plane since it's encoded in the A/Cs classfile.
For instance the P-26 which we just raised to 4.10m compatibility had some serious ordnance issues (which even made their way into the big mod packs like HSFX and UP). During 4.10m upgrade I changed the plane's classfile in order to let it drop 2 out of 4 bombs each time you press the trigger. I could as well have left it at the "all at once" behaviour which it had previously, or one bomb each, or first one, then two, then the last - just as I liked.

If your IL-2 installation always dropped single bombs only, regardless which A/C you choose, then you must have had the Weapon Control Mod or some other mod with the same purpose installed.

Best regards - Mike

[RadPig94]

btw thanks for the link to that mod, so i'll be able to drop one at a time now? will i be able to pick what bomb drops first if i have different bombs loaded?

[XLO-JOKER]

I was dropping 1000 pounders from the F-86 25L and Fab 250's (I think) from the La-7.The "maybe another mod is doing it" idea sounds good to me. I'm going to start activating mods 1 at a time and see what happens. Thanks again Mike!



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[Storebror]

will i be able to pick what bomb drops first if i have different bombs loaded?

No. This is up to the A/Cs class for sure.
What the Weapon Control Mod does is to let you drop bombs at a time, but the order of the bombs is the one set in the A/C class, there's no chance to modify this from another class outside of the A/C.
Unfortunately that's one of the common mistakes modders make: They count the number of bombs, rockets or whatever ordnance else they applied to the A/C in "readers" direction from outer left wing to inner left wing followed by inner right wing to outer right wing.
An A/C from aft view will drop bombs hence in this order (assumed there are 4 bombs under each wing):

Code:

1  2  3  4         5  6  7  8

Whereas of course the better drop order would be:

Code:

1  3  5  7         8  6  4  2

Or even much better:

Code:

1  2  3  4         4  3  2  1

Or any similar kind. Unfortunately, as stated above, this requires the A/C class itself to be fine tuned.

Best regards - Mike