Using guns in turrets?

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by smink1701

I use trackir5 and am having some trouble controling and aiming guns in turrets. In il2 when you switch to gunner position the plane goes into auto pilot and you use your mouse to move and aim gun. With CLOD my mouse doesnt move gun although left click of mouse will fire weapon. Also, tried to program mouse in controls but game won't let me. Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong???

Thanks to anyone who will shed some light.

First of all a little tip, the aircraft in IL2 doesn't go on autopilot if you don't want it to (you can toggle it on/off), there are many people flying the plane and shooting from the gunners seat at the same time.

In CoD now, you need to do these things in sequence:

1) If your turret has a parked position (usually to streamline the fuselage and burn less fuel during cruise) you need to set it to the active position first, the default key command is ctrl+O i think.
Aircraft with such a turret are the Blenheim, Br.20 (both top and belly guns), Stuka, He-111 (the top gun) and the 110.
I might be missing one, so just press the relevant combination just in case. In some aircraft the turret needs power on to transition between positions (electric/hydraulic,etc). For example, you need the engines to be running to do this in the Blenheim, while the ones in the Stuka and 110 are manually operated so they work right off the bat.

2) You must enable mouse look to control the gun with the mouse. This means disabling the mouse cursor, default key is F10.

3) You can now use shift-F1 view for turret guns, which greatly helps with aiming.

4) Some turrets feature not only a moveable gun but a moveable mount as well. Examples are the Stuka, Blenheim and the top turret on the He111. When moving the mouse you move the gun. When pressing the keys that move the mount, you can turn the entire gun mount assembly around and get a different field of fire for your gun's range of motion.


Known Issues: There was a conflict last time i tested, if you use a mouse button to fire the gun you can't move it at the same time. If you set another button for firing, you can keep moving the mouse and the gun will respond. I don't know if this has been fixed.

Also, the Br.20 top turret controls were reversed.