Additional you need a Airdefence AI, so your Searchlight will get active if enemy planes are near.
Sample Mission added.

Keep these example coming very useful..thanks.

Regrading the OP.. it's funny how people see it different. Never playing IL2, when i loaded up the FMB and went thought the objects i was amazed how many there were, i was impressed. I agree, i was surprised by the lack of ships, but overall there are tons of objects that can be added to missions. I just wish there was some guide...

AHA !!! - so I need a genarator besides the searchlights to make them work !

Did you find that out by "try and error method" ? Because I could not find anything where it is written to do it that way.
Good hint also for the AA guns on trains.

Anyway, great Info that helps a lot in this case !
So I will be able to make some nightmissions.

Thanks a lot for your support folks !
:)

PS: did you see the buildings at night, you can see lights through the windows. With a snowy landscape it must feel like christmas, although according to black-out orders you would have the police comming for a visit if you light your house so brightly at night during the war, hehe,...

Hi Pluto,

I don't know exactly how it works yet, but this is where it was discussed back in 2008: http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpos...0&postcount=11


Edit: to show pictures (might help with object placement)

there is a function to add objects together in the FMB menu,s Does this play a part in directly attaching a generator to a search light system ? or is it the radius association u can make that dictates the positiong of objects that work together. ? and....what else can it do ?

...thanks Bliss for those nice pictures.
I have tried and put different generators near the searchlights, the small ones and the big ones.
But none of them seems to activate the searchlights when enemy planes aproach.
I also have tried the set function where you get a green string on your cursor with that bullseye at the end, but you cant position it anywhere. Maybe I have missed something? Well I keep on trying, ...
:confused:

:)

Pluto,

You need to include Airdefence AI, see FG28_Kodiak post

AA in train - manual method:

In FMB select any train - ie the first of list show bellow - define waypoints, etc.

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/7618/tremaa0.jpg

Save mission, ie. TrainAA

Go to C:\Users\User\Documents\1C SoftClub\il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover\missions\Single

And open TrainAA.mis file with notepad, an look in these lines:

Change - in [Chiefs] the select train to one with open wagons - you see wagons only in FMB 3D mode, not in Select Objets windows. ie: 0_Chief Train.C_Class_0-6-0_5x13TFlat gb <<< Loco, tender, 5 open wagon, brake car.

Obvious you can select this train under FMB. This bla-bla-bla is to illustrate. ;)

Result:

Then, in front of train name, add: /tow03_00 1_Static

Like:
And under [Stationary] add the Bofors.

Save and play the mission. You see active AA over the third wagon after loco, include thender. :)

http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/4586/tremaa2.jpg

If you add /tow03_00 1_Static /tow05_00 2_Static
and under [stationary]
You get a train with Bofors over third and fifth wagons.

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/3387/tremaa3.jpg

Now strafing trains is a bit more challenging.

Sokol1

tow00_00 also works with ships
[Chiefs]
0_Chief Ship.Tanker_Medium1 gb /sleep 0/skill 2/slowfire 1/tow00_00 0_Static
[Stationary]
0_Static Artillery.Bofors_StandAlone gb 0.00 0.00 0.00

if you need the second cannon add a /tow00_01 1_Static
to 0_Chief Ship.Tanker_Medium1 gb /sleep 0/skill 2/slowfire 1/tow00_00 0_Static
[Stationary]
0_Static Artillery.Bofors_StandAlone gb 0.00 0.00 0.00
1_Static Artillery.Bofors_StandAlone gb 0.00 0.00 0.00

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/7495/shipwithaaa.jpg

And Trucks
[Chiefs]
2_Chief Vehicle.Bedford_MW_open gb /tow00_00 1_Static
[Stationary]
1_Static Artillery.Bofors_StandAlone gb 0.00 0.00 0.00
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/9412/truckwithaaa.jpg

And tow01_00 with trailer trucks
[Chiefs]
1_Chief Vehicle.custom_chief68 gb /tow01_00 1_Static
[Stationary]
1_Static Stationary.Cruiser_Mk_IV gb 0.00 0.00 0.00
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/977/truckwithtank.jpg

Enjoy the possibilities.

Sample Mission added.

... cool, thanks for your hints !

I`ll try it tonight again, maybe I put the AA guns too far away from the searchlights, (they were just on the other side of the street, shouldnt be too far?)

:)

Can you attach your mis file so we could take a look at it?