Can i make gun pods?

[Dili]

I mean a aircraft gun device that i put in extended range and replace for bombs in normal range?

[wdolson]

Probably not. Neither air to surface rockets nor napalm are modeled in the game either.

Bill

[Dili]

Thanks. What kind of devices must be replicated in 2 windows of aircraft editor device list? I see that engines don't need to. It is enough to put them in 1-10 list(or normal range). But for example guns seem need to be repeated. Camera seems it needs to be repeated. Actually it appears everything need to be repeated in either 1-10 and 11-20 except engines. Is this correct?
Also is there need for some kind o sequence? the guns seem to follow the same sequential position.

[Big B]

This is odd - because there is a device category for air to air(?) rockets..?

ORIGINAL: wdolson

Probably not. Neither air to surface rockets nor napalm are modeled in the game either.

Bill

[wdolson]

I only know of one case of air to air rockets in the Pacific. That was when a P-47 with air to surface rockets fired them at a Zero doing a head on pass. The Zero disintegrated.

The original WitP was supposed to model air to surface rockets, but the code never worked right and it was on the list for AE, but never bubbled up high enough in priority.

Bill

[Dili]

But there are air to ground rockets in the database, i even think they were put there in AE.

[Big B]

I only show this to illustrate that in the Device Type Data Base, it shows device type 01 GA Rocket (Ground Attack); and device type 11 Anti-Air Rocket.
So these devices are not really functional in code? ... I assume?

ORIGINAL: wdolson

I only know of one case of air to air rockets in the Pacific. That was when a P-47 with air to surface rockets fired them at a Zero doing a head on pass. The Zero disintegrated.

The original WitP was supposed to model air to surface rockets, but the code never worked right and it was on the list for AE, but never bubbled up high enough in priority.

Bill

[wdolson]

The database may have them, but I don't think any aircraft are designated to use them. I also don't think the code supports them very well.

The original WitP allowed drop tanks, but they didn't work very well. You could see huge boosts in range with just small drop tanks. That was fixed in AE, but we never got to fixing rockets. Michael may have visited them since.

Bill