Change gun loadout in campaigns

[CoolingThunder]

Hi,
I just got the game, and I was wondering how to change ammo types on guns. I always aim for the engines or the wings, but when I open fire with the hurricane, it takes ages before it goes down. I feel like my guns don't have the right ammo type. I see parts flying off, but never flames or something like that. I remember from il-2 1946, that bombers always ripped up after a couple of salvos. I have to turn on unlimited ammo before 1 goes down. I have the idea to be shooting with a BB-gun. Or maybe it's because I'm just a big noob lol

[5./JG27.Farber]

Put in a nice ammo mix like:

6 AP
4 ball
1 incendiary
1 Tracer

Shoot to your convergence.

[bw_wolverine]

Convergence is more important than the load out.

I found that the default (and incidentally pretty accurate from a historical point) load out for the 8 brownings is pretty deadly to both wings and pilots if you configure your gunsight correctly.

Personally, I use 136 vert/164 horizontal which works out to 180 yards convergence.

Memorize the wing sizes of the various aircraft (or make a cheat sheet for your desk) and set your sight before attacking that aircraft.

[SEE]

The default loadout uses both Observer rounds and Tracers (and in a very odd gun pattern), which seems to be at odds with historical sources I have read and no where near as effective as custom loadouts. The Observer rounds are as useful as disc brakes on a tortoise!

The problem is that all the stock missions/campaigns use this default loadout and the only way to overcome that is to create custom loadouts and then edit the mission files using notepad or the FMB to use one of those instead.

There are quite a few threads on how to do this as well a example loadouts that work far better than the default one - best search the forum and have a read.

Multiplayer is not such a problem - create your loadouts, name them and save but there is a bug in the way you exit the loadout menu which prevents the custom loadout being saved - all the info is in the various 'loadout' threads.

Ang yes. Bombers are more difficult than IL1946 so convergence, etc, is important,

[CoolingThunder]

Oh Ok. I was wondering how to change the default loadout in campaign missions, but now I get it. What is FMB? Full Mission Builder?

[JG26_EZ]

Originally Posted by CoolingThunder

What is FMB? Full Mission Builder?

Yup.

[bw_wolverine]

Originally Posted by SEE

The default loadout uses both Observer rounds and Tracers (and in a very odd gun pattern), which seems to be at odds with historical sources I have read and no where near as effective as custom loadouts. The Observer rounds are as useful as disc brakes on a tortoise!

The problem is that all the stock missions/campaigns use this default loadout and the only way to overcome that is to create custom loadouts and then edit the mission files using notepad or the FMB to use one of those instead.

There are quite a few threads on how to do this as well a example loadouts that work far better than the default one - best search the forum and have a read.

Multiplayer is not such a problem - create your loadouts, name them and save but there is a bug in the way you exit the loadout menu which prevents the custom loadout being saved - all the info is in the various 'loadout' threads.

Ang yes. Bombers are more difficult than IL1946 so convergence, etc, is important,

Hm, I'll have to check again. I didn't think I saw any observer in my default load out. Tracer/incendiary in the outer guns, two guns with AP, three guns with ball, and 1 gun with De Wilde. That's pretty much spot on I think.

And I've tried many many different variations including half AP/half de Wilde, 4 to 1 ratio all belts AP to de Wilde, etc. The default works just as well (and seems to work better sometimes) if you get the convergence right when you're shooting.

[CoolingThunder]

OK. This might be stupid, but I'm a noob to this game, where can I find the FMB? Because in no menu I can find I am able to edit my gun loadout.