Folks:
I have had pretty good success with dive-bombing maneuvers in smaller planes. However, I am missing something when it comes to scoring hits with the large bombers. I have seen references to accessing the bomb sight in some of the multi-engine bombers, but I have yet to figure out which key or combination of keys gives me that access. Is it similar to CFS3, where you push one of the F keys? Or is it different for different planes? Or is it a matter of assigning the proper keys in the settings menu? Hope this doesn't sound like a dumb question; it's something that's really been bugging me.

Poppa_J

~S~

There's a few bombsights around that might work for you.

The kind that I've seen most often in CFS2 aircraft is a panel implementation that gives you a view down through a set of crosshairs. These are set to be accurate (-ish) at given air speeds and altitudes. Ken Austin's bomb sights (http://www.simviation.com/members/cfs2panels12.htm)  use this approach and they look good, too!

There is also a level bombsight implemented in AF=Midway's TBD-1(http://www.simviation.com/members/cfs2missions15.htm).

This is excellent and seems highly versatile at various altitudes and airspeeds as it does the necessary calculations for you and puts you right on the money every time. I've checked this against the bomb_trainer and it's really very accurate indeed, provided you are absolutely straight and level.

I had some problems getting it to work at the outset - the sight was visible, but the screen was blacked out. I finally traced the difficulty to a couple of errors in the panel.cfg file. Replace the existing panel entry for Window02 as follows:

[Window02]
background=0,0,0
size_mm=640,480
position=0
visible=0
ident=38
render_3d_window=1
window_size= 1.000, 1.000
window_pos= 0.000, 0.000

gauge00=bombsight!sight,  173,53,299
gauge01=bombsight!Switchb,  0,0,139,480
gauge02=bombsight!Switchbb,  501,0,139,480

All the best,

Pads

~S~ Ken,

Credit where credit's due!

I have to say, I once spent the best part of a day trying to calibrate my own version of this kind of sight and it drove me nuts! (And still didn't look as good graphically as yours does  )

That AF=Midway sight is worth a look though if you enjoy level bombing. It seems to use the same game data that controls the appearance of the bomb_trainer, so is really bang on in terms of accuracy. Someone must have done some very clever programming!

All the best,

Pads