How to give control of your gunners back to the AI

[Blackdog_kt]

As evidenced by this thread: http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?p=427861#post427861

a player can only be assigned two positions on a multi-crewed aircraft.

Which means, that it keeps the two positions you selected last.

Now, all gunners seem to count as position of type "gunner", while the bombardier and pilot each count as a separate type (according to the net stats overlay at least).

In other words, if you want to give gun control back to the AI in your bomber, just cycle once between pilot and bombardier.

In aircraft like the Stuka and 110 that don't have a third position type (they only have "pilot" and "gunner") this will not work, but then again the visibility to the rear is adequate to take evasive action and let the AI gunner do the shooting.

For bombers however like the Blenheim, Ju88, etc, it is very useful. You can hop to your rear gunner, check your six and maybe take a couple of potshots at the target, then switch back to the front to take evasive action and the gunner will keep shooting.

[Skoshi Tiger]

Thank you very much!

[von Brühl]

Quick flight tests in the Ju-88 confirms this is not the case. Cycling through all slots de-activated all my gunners, and the Ju-88 don't dogfight so good :(

[tintifaxl]

As evidenced by this thread: http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?p=427861#post427861

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For bombers however like the Blenheim, Ju88, etc, it is very useful. You can hop to your rear gunner, check your six and maybe take a couple of potshots at the target, then switch back to the front to take evasive action and the gunner will keep shooting.

To me this feels like cheating ;)

[Peaveywolf]

To me this feels like cheating ;)

How can it be cheating. Its not like you have an edge when doing this. The game just allows you to play as a gunner. Its only the same as being able to switch between positions in a tank sim etc.

[41Sqn_Banks]

To me this feels like cheating ;)

It can be disabled in realism settings by the server :)

[ATAG_Doc]

To me this feels like cheating ;)

How?

[Blackdog_kt]

Quick flight tests in the Ju-88 confirms this is not the case. Cycling through all slots de-activated all my gunners, and the Ju-88 don't dogfight so good :(

You have to cycle to pilot, bombardier and pilot again.

I thought it worked in the 88 but i didn't specifically test it because i thought it held true for all bombers after seeing it work in the Blenheim.

[von Brühl]

I cycled through both directions, set up a mission with 4 Hurricanes attacking (so there'd always be 1 within range of the gunners). Either way I cycled, gunners were limp after I returned to pilot position. Maybe it will work different on a server?

[Blackdog_kt]

Actually that's a good point. Maybe AI takes over when connected online, as part of the whole "jump into crew position" feature (eg, what happens when the player who was manning your guns disconnects?).

[ATAG_Doc]

Hi

I have noticed that if you cycle though the stations and end up going from the top gunner station to pilot then your top gunner is occupied by you. It occupies the last 2 stations you were using.

So if you go from the pilot to bombardier and back to pilot via alt+1 after you've been in the top gunner position its clears the top gunner and AI takes over again.

The 110 and 87 you have no other choice to switch to another station.

[von Brühl]

That could be the case, since the 88 doesn't have that many positions, and maybe 4 hurri's aren't enough attacking planes to guarantee someone has a shot. Now I need a B-17G and a pack of Zero's chasing me.... ;)