Blenheim bombs dont explode on ATAG

[III/JG53_Don]

Good evening gents
I have a problem flying the Blenheim on the ATAG server. I choose 250lb bombs with the Nr 27 Mk I fuze, but the bombs dont explode. Maybe they dont even get out of my plane, or maybe i dont even have the bombs loaded... ( I dunno i cant switch to exteriuor view of course and we dont have a haptic feedback after releasing bombs)

Therefore it can be possible that i dont have bombs loaded after all :D
I doublechecked this with a selfmade mission using Nr 27 MkI and 250lb bombs in medium and low altitude and with skip bombing at a ship.

Everytime these bombs explode. I see the bombs go out of my plane through exterior view and they blow up the ground or ship.

Anyway on the ATAG after the 2nd unsuccessful attempt to bomb the Ju-88 field (with absolutely no consequence) and now after a small experiment to release the bombs right after the start, I don't see that the bombs explode (to be more precise I dont even see the bombs at all :D I even tried to release the bombs right on the runway without any effect.

Of course I opened the bomb bay doors every time.

Any suggestions please? :confused:

[sveri]

Well, i am in the same boat.
I try to bomb something down with the blenheim, but just cannot.
Now i went with the BF 110 C-7, but it's the same result, even in a self made mission i cannot make the bombs explode, they just drop down to the earth, and thats it.

I'd like some suggestions too please.

[notafinger!]

With the Blenheim I take (4) 250lb bombs as a single 250 will destroy a ship. I use the 11 sec delay when going against ships and 1 sec against land targets. When you join the server and are on the Plane Loadout Options screen make sure you are selecting Ok and not Back or your changes are not saved. The Blenheim's bombs do not requiring arming and I have no problem with these setting on ATAG.

[wildwillie]

I've had the same problem early on. I do not know exactly what I did, but my bombs are blowing up now. My aiming is a different story, but the bombs are working. Not sure if the bombs have to be airborn for a specific period before they arm. Which case a low and fast approach might not give them enough time to arm.

As mentioned above, I set my bomb delay to 11 seconds. (5-8 seconds would be great, but that is not an option) As you noted the bomb bay doors need to be opened on the Blenhiem (You should see confirmation of this in the HUD log)

As for the Bf110 you need to manually arm the bombs before you release them. (No bomb bay doors though)

WildWillie

[ATAG_knuckles]

I had the same issue when I first started flying the Blenheim, I was trying to find someone that could look at my bomb bay to see if they were even there.

First off to see if they are loaded. Spawn in, dont even start, open bomb bay, drop all the bombs, if they are there you will see dirt fly up all over the aircraft.

With that said bombload HAS to be selected first on the "Weapons Set"

Central Bomb Bay ======= select the 500 or 250 lb bombs
Wing Bomb Bay and Bomb Rack will be empty (not modeled)

On Bomb Page Try the No. 27 Mk. 1 Pistol-General Purpose

11 second delay ALWAYS
See if that helps: Look for me on Comms and we can go to a help channel and get this sorted out. A Blenheim can really be versatile and fun (when your bombs work that is)

Knuckles

[III/JG53_Don]

Thanks for your answers! Maybe I hit the "back" button instead of "ok", it is possible. I will have to try that out first :)

Despite that I did all of that what you guys wrote.
Just a small sound effect of bombs released would be awesome, even if it is just a "click sound" due to the "release bombs" button ^^

[III/JG53_Don]

Hm sadly I can't figure out what the problem is.
I choose the Blenheim, choose the right loadout and fuze, hit "ok" and not "back". Click "create", appear on the battlefield.

My squadmate can confirm that my bomb bays open when I hit the right button, but when I want to release my loadout I don't see any dirt near my cockpit coming from the bombs hitting the ground and my squadmate don't see any bombs falling out the plane either.... :confused:

I found out that this is the case for all bombers on ATAG.... I once flew bomb runs with the He-111 against enemy airfields, but dont see any explosions. Since then I thought it was because of bad aiming, but now I'm convinced its because of the bombs dont fall.... or because I dont have any bombs inside :evil:

[ATAG_knuckles]

Don I know this is frustrating: not sure of the issue.

What I would really like to do is get on comms with you and start from scratch, do some flying so i can first hand see whats up.

The Blenheim is really a hoot to fly and bomb (what it works that is)
I'll be looking for you


Knuckles

[III/JG53_Don]

ah ok that would be awesome :) see you then!

[notafinger!]

In controls > aircraft, what key or button do you have Drop Ordnance bound to? Sounds to me like whatever key/button you are using is not working.

Just for testing purposes go on ATAG and take a Bf 110 C-7. The console behind the stick will show when the bombs are armed (Ctrl +W by default) and the lights will turn yellow. When you hit the bomb release button the light will go out. If it does not try binding Drop Ordnance to a different key.

[III/JG53_Don]

This can't be the case imho, cause all the controls work just perfect in Singleplayer.

I've done some research and there are definitely bombs falling on ATAG in the Ju-87 and the italian BR 20m. Dirt splashes around and with the STuka I did a successful raid of the Ramsgate Airfield.

The planes which obviously don't work are Blenheim, Ju-88, He-111, Bf-110
Since ATAG don't have the 109 E-3B/4B versions (at least I remember it this way) I don't know whats with them.

[Kozi]

I too had the 'missing bombs' problem when I first flew the Blenheim on the ATAG server (while it worked perfectly off-line). So frustrating!

Eventually I got it to work by starting the game, went to options > plane, selected the Blenheim IV, then Loadout, made sure I had 4x 250 lb bombs selected on the 'Weapon sets' tab, then hit 'save as' and save as default, hit Ok. Then went to 'Bombs' tab and selected 250 lb bombs and set No. 28 Mk. IIx Pistol - Ever-ready fuse with an 11 second delay and then hit 'save as' and save as default, hit ok. (With this option you dont need to arm the bombs prior to dropping.)

After doing this I joined the ATAG server and voila bombs were actually being loaded when I selected them, I can even select the 2x 500 lb loadout and have them work too!

The Luftwaffe bombers were never an issue for me.

I hope this fixes the problem for you too. Good Luck!

[III/JG53_Don]

Thank you for your reply. Have to try that out as soon as I am able too. :) This may do the trick

[HTuna]

Thank you for this post.. I was having the same issue.. thought I was missing by a mile or something, but was surprised I'd see no explosions at all..

Today.. I did all selections.. save as default and hitting ok.. and I had Explosions!.. Missed a lil to the left, but it was good to seem them landing and exploding!!!..

I'll have to try again tonight!