4.13.2 de-bugging

[Tolwyn]

My first best guess is you're forgetting the Course Autopilot key.

What plane are you flying.
What map.

Fill out this form (edit it for yourself):
http://files.tolwyn.com/il2_keycommands.doc

Obviously you know of these keys:
Increase Sight Distance
Decrease Sight Distance
Increase Sight Altitude
Decrease Sight Altitude
Increase Sight Velocity
Decrease Sight Velocity



HOWEVER YOU MUST have a key bound to Course Autopilot (Mine is Z in the doc above) if you wish to control the plane in the bomber position. This is the only way (aside from rudder trim) that you can take advantage of the new features and the new bomber autopilot.

It is my STRONGEST recommendation that you ONLY engage or disengage the Course Autopilot command FROM THE BOMBER POSITION. NEVER from the PILOT position. You as the BOMBER are COMMANDING the Course Autopilot.

ONCE this is finished, depending upon the plane and if Realistic Bombing is on... the other keys you MUST have for guiding the plane are:
(depending upon the plane):

Toggle Bombsight Clutch (this is pointing the sight to a point on the ground with it DISENGAGED and then when engaged, it "flies" the plane to that point. So:

Toggle Bombsight Clutch

Sight / PDI / Course LEFT
Sight / PDI / Course CENTER
Sight / PDI / Course RIGHT

Obviously:
Open Bombay Doors
Toggle Bomb Release Mode (single, pair, (others), train)
Toggle Bomb Train Amount
Toggle Bomb Train Delay

Some planes you can command the compass COURSE with the clutch DISENGAGED and once the Clutch is ENGAGED, it will turn the plane to follow that course.

This needs the following keys:
Compass/Course Heading +
Compass/Course Heading -

Originally Posted by Tennie

I've been using the bombardier's seat. I've basically been trying everything that I think I actually need: I have hotkeys for the basic bombsight input settings, but not for the more complex/heavily involved stuff for the Norden bombsight (e.g. clutch movement). I'm starting to wonder if that is necessary to get it to work (Though, logically, I don't think it should matter, unless there's something in the programming that disables it unless all the bombsight controls have been given hotkeys--which I hope actually isn't the case!).