Free grouping of weapons

[Lusche]

I would like to see an option in hangar, where the player can assign weapons to "primary" and "secondary" as he likes.

For example I do not like the 2 different 20mm guns in the 190A-5 both "to be secondary", I would like to be able to fire the long barreled MG 151 together with the BB guns as primary and add the short range MG-FF as secondary when getting close.
Or being able to fire the Mk-103 separate from the MG-151s, by setting the MK as "secondary" and the MG-151 together with the smaller guns as "primary".

[Butcher]

+1 certainly a great idea

[SmokinLoon]

A decent and legit wish, no doubt.  However, if fighters had 2 triggers for the most part and HTC has the guns grouped as they were in WWII, then I vote to keep them as is.  I'll give HTC the benefit of the doubt on this one. 

[TDeacon]

+1

MH

[Volron]

Was it something that pilots did during the war, changing what trigger fired what group of guns?  Was it something that was common or did only a select few do it?  If the guns are historically set and it wasn't common practice, then I will have to say no.  However, if it was common practice for pilots to do this, then I don't see a problem.

[WING47]

+1 

[smoe]

I would like to group all my 5-cals in the (especially for the US planes) set to primary and only have bomb loads and drop tanks on the secondary.

[FBred1]

sounds like a great idea.
+1

[ScottyK]

I would like to group all my 5-cals in the (especially for the US planes) set to primary and only have bomb loads and drop tanks on the secondary.

You can do this, just make mode 3 the same as mode1, then set your primary weapon to fire all.  I have this set on my Saitek Av8r, one flick of a switch im from mode 1 to 3 and your bombs/rockets are secondary.

[Bino]

I would like to see an option in hangar, where the player can assign weapons to "primary" and "secondary" as he likes.

For example I do not like the 2 different 20mm guns in the 190A-5 both "to be secondary", I would like to be able to fire the long barreled MG 151 together with the BB guns as primary and add the short range MG-FF as secondary when getting close.
Or being able to fire the Mk-103 separate from the MG-151s, by setting the MK as "secondary" and the MG-151 together with the smaller guns as "primary".

+1 

...or even have a "tertiary" weapon?  (Might be too complicated for too little gain.)

[STEELE]

Real 190s had on/off switches for all 3 banks,  1 for mgs, 1 for 20s, 1 for 30s,  and they did fire them seperately as needed

[smoe]

You can do this, just make mode 3 the same as mode1, then set your primary weapon to fire all.  I have this set on my Saitek Av8r, one flick of a switch im from mode 1 to 3 and your bombs/rockets are secondary.

I may need a some more help here.

I currently have "Button 0" set for "Fire all guns", but when the secondary weapons select is drop tanks/rockets/bombs (no guns), only 2-out-of-6 .50-cal guns will fire in a p51. What I want is have "Button 0" fire all my .50-cals no matter what is selected in the secondary weapons box.

[lyric1]

 

[ScottyK]

I may need a some more help here.

I currently have "Button 0" set for "Fire all guns", but when the secondary weapons select is drop tanks/rockets/bombs (no guns), only 2-out-of-6 .50-cal guns will fire in a p51. What I want is have "Button 0" fire all my .50-cals no matter what is selected in the secondary weapons box.

 I see what your saying now, i appologize. 

[guncrasher]

I may need a some more help here.

I currently have "Button 0" set for "Fire all guns", but when the secondary weapons select is drop tanks/rockets/bombs (no guns), only 2-out-of-6 .50-cal guns will fire in a p51. What I want is have "Button 0" fire all my .50-cals no matter what is selected in the secondary weapons box.

no, it's either you are ready to fire rockets/drop bombs or fire all the guns.  I like it that way and I'll tell you why.

let's say I am chasing some guy and want to make him nervous, so i fire the primary which is 2 mg's just to get him nervous, instead of wasting bullets by firing all 6 mgs.  when I have a target solution then I will fire all 6 mgs.  this is only possible because we have 2 mgs set as primary and 4 as secondary.  same for the spitfire.  I dont want to waste canon so i do a quick tap of the mg's to make the guy nervous while saving the canon for when i have a good shot.

I wouldnt want to always fire all weapons all the time, it's a waste of ammo.  would you really like to fire all 30mm cannons in the 262 for a kill?  that would be a waste of 30mm.  same for the il2, I never fire the primary which is mg's to kill tanks it's a waste as it cant damage a tank and obscure the target, I only shoot the 37mm cannons.

if you drop bombs/rockets and keep forgetting to press backspace then it's a training issue for you.


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