Weapon facing and firing arcs
Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2022 6:56 am
Hi All,
I'm making some updates for a scenario in the editor and have got some questions around the weapon "facing" settings.
1) Does the "center facing" setting refer to a mount that can fire in ANY direction, or one that can fire to left or right, but not forward or rear?
Given that there is an "all sides" facing option I assume its the latter??
2) Does anyone know if firing arcs are assumed to be 90 degree quadrants or 180 degree half-spheres?
For example, can a mounting that is set to "forward facing" also fire to the left and right, or only engage to the front?
AA guns in particular were often mounted in positions to give a wide firing arc, so if the game assumes that a weapon can only engage targets in the direction of its facing, then I'll need to have a bit of think as to how I set these up for the most realistic representation in game.
Thanks for any advice.
I'm making some updates for a scenario in the editor and have got some questions around the weapon "facing" settings.
1) Does the "center facing" setting refer to a mount that can fire in ANY direction, or one that can fire to left or right, but not forward or rear?
Given that there is an "all sides" facing option I assume its the latter??
2) Does anyone know if firing arcs are assumed to be 90 degree quadrants or 180 degree half-spheres?
For example, can a mounting that is set to "forward facing" also fire to the left and right, or only engage to the front?
AA guns in particular were often mounted in positions to give a wide firing arc, so if the game assumes that a weapon can only engage targets in the direction of its facing, then I'll need to have a bit of think as to how I set these up for the most realistic representation in game.
Thanks for any advice.