stupid bomber question

[jimski]

Is there any way in csf2 to get the gunners on your bomber to shoot at an attacker as the AI bombers do (sometimes)?

Better yet, is there a way, as in the game IL2, to set your bomber on autopilot and control the defensive guns with the mouse?

Jimski

[Corsair Freak]

No, and no.

B24 Guy tried to aim the guns on the bombers but it was a no-go.

[Woodlouse2002]

Tis impossible. Get CFS3.

[james007]

I agree with you, you can do that with CFS3.But also recommend for you to keep CFS2 and you be able to enjoy the Sim world a lot more. With CFS2 you can mimic or make many of the historical battles that you will never be able to in other Sims.

You have a world map and you can fly with practicaly every airforce in the World that participated in the war once you learn how to add all the addition adddons offer by this great communitty.


James007

[jimski]

You mean CSF3 won't fly around the world?? Might as well stick with IL2 if I need to shoot back.

Jimski

[H]

Excuse my quizzical entry here but I am a bit lax for CFS2 familiarity. I added rear guns (and observers seat) to a WW1 scout for CFS1. This, of course, meant adding and adjusting the gun in the .dp; I also utilized the "canon" button to act as a seperate control to operate the observers guns. I was actually surprised when I first shot down an assailant on my tail.
Am I to understand that this feature works in CFS1 but not CFS2?

[stiz]

You can have gun entrys so that you can have guns in the positions of the turrets but you cant man them and aim them yourself like in cfs3 and il2.

[H]

But each gun can be fix-aimed differently (perhaps an unfair cheat) even though they're in the same position (clustered). My inquiry was whether or not that was possible in CFS2 since I'd expected so?

[Woodlouse2002]

But each gun can be fix-aimed differently (perhaps an unfair cheat) even though they're in the same position (clustered). My inquiry was whether or not that was possible in CFS2 since I'd expected so?

You can have rear guns in the sense of fixed guns facing backwards. You can even alter your panel views to give you a gun sight when you look backwards (though it does take some calibrating). However it is impossible to jump into a gun turret and to start swinging the thing around shooting aircraft down.

[Hagar]

I would also argue with James that what he's saying is not possible in all the CFS series. It's perfectly possible to create historical missions for any part of the world covering any time period between WWI & the Korean War (& possibly beyond that) in CFS1. The fact that it's taken longer for the CFS3 developers to come to grips with it does not change that.

[james007]

Hadgar you and I are both right and wrong. You are right that in CFS1 and CFS3 you can recreate historical missions all over the World.

But its also true that it will take a lot longer and more work. You need to

[james007]

As a matter of fact I just flew two missions last night

[Woodlouse2002]

What James is saying is possible in all CFS versions. I believe I'm right in saying that the entire earth is modelled in CFS1 as the game was beaten out of FS98.

CFS3 is getting there. There is already a Korean Campaign and we're soon to get the Med as well. Once every single CFS3 developer in the world has finished with the Med who knows what they'll do next. Maybe we'll get Norway or Burma or even the Pacific as James seems to so desperately want.

We'll just have to wait and see.