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Offline flatiron1

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« on: October 25, 2007, 03:44:01 PM »
for some reason I can't get the f6 button to take me to the bombsight, any ideas? thanks

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« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2007, 03:45:23 PM »
Make sure you are in the pilot seat first.  Also check in case you have a function lock button on your keyboard that has been toggled off.
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« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2007, 03:50:26 PM »
Excuse me when sounding a bit silly, but also make sure you are flying a plane equipped with bombsight. Many people are confused by the fact that one B-25 has a bombsight but the other B-52's do have none.
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« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2007, 03:52:14 PM »
thanks but that didn't help

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« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2007, 03:53:57 PM »
maybe thats it how do you tell if the plane has a bombsight

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« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2007, 04:01:39 PM »
Planes with bombsight:

B-17
B-24
B-26
Lancaster
Boston III
Ki-67
Ju 88
TBM
B5N
B-25C: Glass Nose version (when in hangar, select the appropriate weapons loadout - the two strafer versions don't have one)

Hope I didn't forget one.
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« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2007, 04:08:18 PM »
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Excuse me when sounding a bit silly, but also make sure you are flying a plane equipped with bombsight. Many people are confused by the fact that one B-25 has a bombsight but the other B-52's do have none.


When did we get a B52? *ducks and runs out chorteling like a drunken troll
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« Reply #7 on: October 25, 2007, 04:08:48 PM »
Just a question, but, are you going anywhere or do you stay in the pilots seat?  Reason i ask is because the other day i was hitting F6 and getting into the bombers position, but was getting a black screen.  took a number of tries to get the bomb sight to appear, and even then it was only half of it.

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« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2007, 04:14:26 PM »
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When did we get a B52? *ducks and runs out chorteling like a drunken troll


We premium subscribtion users did get one. :p
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« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2007, 04:15:13 PM »
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Just a question, but, are you going anywhere or do you stay in the pilots seat?  Reason i ask is because the other day i was hitting F6 and getting into the bombers position, but was getting a black screen.  took a number of tries to get the bomb sight to appear, and even then it was only half of it.


Sounds absolutely like flying a non-bombsight B-25 ;)
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« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2007, 04:44:08 PM »
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We premium subscribtion users did get one. :p

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« Reply #11 on: October 25, 2007, 05:46:36 PM »
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Sounds absolutely like flying a non-bombsight B-25 ;)


Keep readin'. The sight did show up eventually but was rendered wrong.  I am sure it was a 25C.

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« Reply #12 on: October 25, 2007, 06:06:48 PM »
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Keep readin'. The sight did show up eventually but was rendered wrong.  I am sure it was a 25C.


When the B-25 was first released, the non-bombsight (strafer) versions of the B-25 acted exact the way you described. All black, but one could finally manage to get a not fully rendered bomsight to show. That has been corrected, it's all black now when you hit F6.
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« Reply #13 on: October 25, 2007, 06:19:33 PM »
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We premium subscribtion users did get one. :p


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« Reply #14 on: October 25, 2007, 08:56:12 PM »
thanks problem was i was in the b25 strafer, One more question, why do my bombs make holes but I don't see the actual explosion ( fire/flames) when they go off