creating new aircraft questions

[WABAC]

I am about to get back into my Pentomic project and I need to create an aircraft or two.

First thing is I want to get the math right on creating the 6 x .50 (or 4 x 20MM) suite of guns right. Is it as simple as taking one of a gun and multiplying it across all of the columns?

Second, I am now getting into territory where I need to know what sensor codes are, and what the various specials are. I know the official guides aren't out, but is there anyway we could get a sneak-peak cut-and-paste?

Please and thank you.

[CapnDarwin]

All of the sensor and specials codes are listed in the game manual as to what they are. Guns. Not as simple. I'll see if I can get a detailed breakdown going today for you. Most values are based on what one gun can do. Range, accuracy, and specials are that way. The SA value is a diminishing returns per additional barrel as an abstraction of the aggregate firepower of the grouping.

[WABAC]

Read the manual?

There's an idea. The game was so easy to learn that it never crossed my mind.

Still, kind of embarrassing to get caught like that. [:D]

I did want to get the gun numbers right since aircraft in that era just before AAM's often mounted multiple guns.

So as not to embarrass myself further I checked ahead to see if you have the various revolver cannons in the spread sheet. [;)]

[CapnDarwin]

Just look at the air type weapons. There are a number of multi-gun systems in there.

[WABAC]

So for the F-100 Super Sabre I had four x M39A1 with an initial SA value of 5.

I looked at the Soviet two and four barreled 23MM and bumped the M39A1X4 to an SA value of 8, or one point for each extra barrel.

For the .50 x 6 I bumped the SA value from 4 to 6 as a guestimate mostly.

BTW I also added an AP value of 2 for the 20mm rounds. I notice that the .50 has an AP value but the western 20mm's do not.

[CapnDarwin]

I'll check the 20mm data and see which is messed up. I'm doing data updates/fixes for 2.04 so a good time to point out errors or wtf's.