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If I creat a new weapon, like say a 50 KG bomb, when I see the combat report I will not see it shown as being used, but whater the load out for the plane in queastion would normaly be?

For Instances Say I creat a 50 KG bomb type for the Japanese Army, then I switch the load out on the Lilly to use 50 KG bombs instead on the 100 KG bombs, when I see the combat report it will display 100 KG bombs right? Or is their a way to change this?

When you change the loadout on the Lily, do you then go to each of the Lily airgroups in the editor and reselect the Lily? If not, I think the airgroups retain the original aircraft spec, rather than automatically cross-referencing to the new spec.

In fact, if so, this could perhaps be used as a feature, just as in editing BTR, for creating specific loadouts for specific units. The early Oscar units in play at start, say, could be left with 2 x 7.7mm, but the default aircraft then be changed to 1 x 7.7, 1 x 12.7 to reflect the most common armament. One would reselect the Oscar for units arriving later, to ensure they entered play with the new armament. And if the mechanisms are anything like BTR, it is possible that replacement aircraft joining the early units would arrive with the updated armament, thus slowly transitioning the unit to the later standard.

David

Yes, you would have to go back and select the plane type again for it to update. You can, in fact, have custom loadouts for each air group, even if they are all the same plane type. For example, in one of my games, I added torpeodes to the float planes on my subs. It's like having a CV that can submerge. [:)] As long as I keep them away from REAL naval groups and just go after cargo ships they actually get a torpedo hit once in awhile.

Ok, so in the data editor, I creat the weapon (a 50KG Bomb) and then in the data editor, I go to the Lilly and switch it to 50 KG bombs from the 100 KG bombs it carrys and then I nead to and edit the scenario file and the individual units to get them to switch to the specific load out I wanted the 50 KG bombs?

Exactly. All you need to do with the individual air groups is to select another aircraft type from the pick list for half a second, then reselect the Lily. This forces the database to cross-reference with your new data for the Lily.

Excelent, TY[:)]