Simviation Forum - Bomb sights????

Jul 15^th, 2004 at 10:47am

gr31 Offline
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Am I missing something, or do verey few of the add-ons for CFS-2 have bomb sights for the bomber type aircraft? The Ar-234 has one, of sorts, but none of the others I have fouund so far. Any way to add one to those that don't have it?

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Reply #1 - Jul 15^th, 2004 at 1:56pm

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If the bombsight is a pop-up window in the panel you should be able to add it to the panel of any aircraft. You would need some knowledge of editing Panel.cfg.

Alternatively you could add this entry to CFS2.cfg.

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bomb_trainer=1

It will add a bombsight to all aircraft. This can be useful but if anything it's too accurate & can be a nuisance. There's no way to toggle it from within the sim so it's either on or off.

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Reply #2 - Jul 15^th, 2004 at 10:43pm

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If you decide to try the Bomb Trainer cheat Hagar mentions you can download Bill Potvin's CFO weather at: http://www.cfsops.com/Default.htm

It will allow you to toggle the bomb trainer on and off during flight as well as adding a variety of other useful features.

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Reply #3 - Jul 16^th, 2004 at 8:11pm

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There is a download for one, but I forgot what it was called

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Reply #4 - Jul 17^th, 2004 at 3:03am

gr31 Offline
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Actually, what I was looking for is a level bombing sight like the Norton in large bombers. So I have taken the one that comes with the ar-234 and revised it to make my own. If anyones interested, I'll release it once it's worked up.

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Reply #5 - Jul 18^th, 2004 at 8:42pm

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Not that anyone seems to be interested, but here is what the bomb sight I'm working on looks like.

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Reply #6 - Jul 19^th, 2004 at 5:34am

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Hi gr31,

I'm interested but no screenshot though;)

As most of the level bombers are missing descent bomb sight I'm always happy to see another one.
I have been using the one that came with K. Malinowski and J. McDaniel's Ju88's http://www.simviation.com/cfs2aircraft53.htm.

I assume you now know how to add the sight panel to any aircraft?

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Reply #7 - Jul 19^th, 2004 at 7:15am

gr31 Offline
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Quote:

Hi gr31,

I'm interested but no screenshot though;)

I assume you now know how to add the sight panel to any aircraft?

Kev

The screenshot works for me, try right clicking on it and use the "open in new window" link.

Yes, it can be added to any aircraft, I'll check out the JU88 sight tonight and see if it's better. Mine is based on the one in the AR234 (same one???), but with added features like guages for AS/Alt/Hdg and autopilot.

I am doing three versions, english, german, Japanese.

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Reply #8 - Jul 19^th, 2004 at 9:53am

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You might also find inspiration in the bomb sight to be found in Roy Chaffin's outstanding B-25J available at: http://www.roychaffin.com/rcs-panels.html

Back in CFS1, the standard bombsight seemed to be One_Eagle's - found on http://www.multicfs.com.

I remember it worked fine for me - based on my (limited) understanding of how panels go together, etc., I see no reason why it wouldn't work in CFS2 provided you brought the gauges over with it.

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Reply #9 - Jul 19^th, 2004 at 11:09am

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Hi All,

Another place for a bombsight is the AF=Midway Devestator. That is the one I use.

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Reply #10 - Jul 25^th, 2004 at 3:34am

gr31 Offline
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Well, I've come up with my own bomb sights and uploaded the package so it should be available soon. It has versions for Army, Navy, German and Japanese aircraft. The only drawback is that installation requires editing the panel.cfg file quite a bit, but all the instructions are there. Enjoy!

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