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Title: Bomb Counter on Bombsite View Mode
Post by: ROX on January 29, 2009, 12:29:53 PM
May sound overly simplistic:

A bomb count indicator on the F6 bombsite view mode, underneath the other F6 view data.

Most of the time it's not all that hard to mentally keep track, but when mixing bombing with fending off fighters, keeping in touch on VOX and text, and navigating all at the same time...and we're all not 20 anymore  :)

It's a little like Dirty Harry---"Did I drop 6 sets of bombs...or only 5?....well...in all the excitement....."

Pretty easy wish, actually.

And thank you for having a wishlist forum.




ROX
Title: Re: Bomb Counter on Bombsite View Mode
Post by: thndregg on January 29, 2009, 01:18:26 PM
Sounds good to me.
Title: Re: Bomb Counter on Bombsite View Mode
Post by: Allen Rune on January 29, 2009, 02:57:31 PM
+1

Or you could stack beer cans in front of the bombsite and knock one down for every bomb dropped. You'd never lose track...

unless those cans were emptie. :aok
Title: Re: Bomb Counter on Bombsite View Mode
Post by: Spikes on January 29, 2009, 03:03:50 PM
I'd like this, also a toggle in it for which bomb set you have selected, such as the lanc....
Title: Re: Bomb Counter on Bombsite View Mode
Post by: Denholm on January 29, 2009, 05:38:24 PM
+2

Very good wish. :aok
Title: Re: Bomb Counter on Bombsite View Mode
Post by: EskimoJoe on January 29, 2009, 07:21:48 PM
I would like a bomb-counter... And something that tells me my .salvo setting...

 :aok
Title: Re: Bomb Counter on Bombsite View Mode
Post by: dkff49 on January 29, 2009, 09:52:04 PM
I would like a bomb-counter... And something that tells me my .salvo setting...

 :aok

your salvo setting is visible from the f6 view

look up in the upper left corner where the altitude and speed calibration is displayed/ it's in there


bomb counter would be awesome with a display to show which bombs are selected/heck just move the display from the pilot position to the f6 view
Title: Re: Bomb Counter on Bombsite View Mode
Post by: Ghosth on January 30, 2009, 04:52:56 AM
Yep, that would be nice.
Title: Re: Bomb Counter on Bombsite View Mode
Post by: druski85 on January 30, 2009, 11:48:22 AM
+1 for sure.  I can't really see a downside to this idea...other than quasi realism issues.  Still very good though, and coding would not be difficult.
Title: Re: Bomb Counter on Bombsite View Mode
Post by: dkff49 on January 30, 2009, 01:55:18 PM
+1 for sure.  I can't really see a downside to this idea...other than quasi realism issues.  Still very good though, and coding would not be difficult.

not sure what realism issues you are referring to but the bombadier would know how many bombs would be left and probably more so than the pilot would

here is a pic of a display from inside the bombadier position of a (if i remember right) B25 at the last WWII weekend in Reading, PA

(http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm146/dkff49/WWIIweekend043.jpg)
Title: Re: Bomb Counter on Bombsite View Mode
Post by: hammer on January 30, 2009, 02:26:34 PM
Definately needed.  :aok

Regards,

Hammer
Title: Re: Bomb Counter on Bombsite View Mode
Post by: druski85 on January 30, 2009, 02:39:55 PM
not sure what realism issues you are referring to but the bombadier would know how many bombs would be left and probably more so than the pilot would
(http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm146/dkff49/WWIIweekend043.jpg)

All I meant was that there was not (as far as I know) any indicator of how many bombs were sitting in the bay on many bombers. (particularly large loads of small bombs)  Obviously the b-25 had the little lights, as your pic shows...but if they load were changed the lights would not.

Still very much a good idea though
Title: Re: Bomb Counter on Bombsite View Mode
Post by: Belial on January 30, 2009, 05:12:24 PM
I agree belial and ebert give you two tunmbs up :aok
Title: Re: Bomb Counter on Bombsite View Mode
Post by: frank3 on February 02, 2009, 05:57:06 AM
Simple but effective, good wish  :aok

+1