Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. (if selected). Depending on what everyones flying its quite possible theyve got much bigger guns (e.g. Hi, there, folks. You dont switch between them , you either have one or the other that i have experienced . Air-to-ground missiles (AGMs) were added to the game in Update 1.79 "Project X" with the AGM-12B Bullpup. So then I expand the loadout, I add the 20mm cannon back into the mix, and discovered that whilst I can use the 'Switchsecondary weapon' key to change from the Aim7 to Aim9, when I press the 'Exit selected weapon mode' to fire the missile, it goes back to having the aim7 selected instead of the aim9. Backup plane allows you to use the aircraft twice in an Arcade battle, potentially handy if you have a particular favourite but by no means essential. I just assigned a key to switch weapon mods, and assigned the firing of secondary weapons to my usual missile key, that way i switch between missiles with one key, and fire them like i always did, simultaneously, i assigned my usual gun key to primary weapon, making it so i can also use my guns while selecting a specific missile. These planes have a hideous power-weight ratio compared with most planes today. This site uses cookies to analyse traffic and for anonymous statistics. It's one of the many "tricks" that you somehow must learn in this game that you either find by accident or have to ask. do I have to redo my settings? Required fields are marked *. The first of this type of weapon were used in the Vietnam War. Note if you are the last on team tickets will start to go down. I honestly thought that the mechanic was just removed or something. Oh god, thanks! Regarding weights, just to confuse things metric and imperial weights are used by different nations (e.g. Once launched, the missile will attempt to keep itself in the centre of the beam that is projected out from the launch platform. I want to use the 25mm and quickly switch to the hydras. The thinking is that it wouldn't be particularly useful, iirc hull MGs are only modeled on tanks that have no other machine guns otherwise (ex. The weapons I have selected on my planes in the hanger when I hit the TO BATTLE button have nothing to do with the MM. The Ballistic Computer is a system found on some modern aircraft and helicopters used to aid the player in the delivery of unguided air-to-ground munitions. There's new settings so you can fire all of your secondary weapons with the same button. This is more an issue for me in ground RB. Beam riding missiles are operated using a radar or laser beam to guide them to the target. and our Jagdpanther). Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, Boeing XF8B, sexy US Contra prop Gaijin plz. The key set for Maximum Value will pitch the plane up and the key for Minimum Value will pitch the plane down. . Then you can change into whatever. When you press Pitch Up/Down or Yaw Left/Right while in flight, it will temporarily disable Mouse Aim while you're pressing the button. In-game, they are a potent weapon to have at your disposal, allowing you to destroy enemy ground or naval targets from several kilometres away. A bit of a muck around but sure, it works so what ever. So I go ahead and try to do this so I can equip some rockets on my plane as I didn't originally spawn with them, but all I do is kill myself and lose my plane. To use torpedoes you generally have to be at low altitude and going relatively slow and a target line will appear to show the path of the torpedo when you launch it. In Aircraft settings, look for Main Control Axes. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. It doesn't seem far fetched that we should be able to change weapons/bombs(maybe even planes) on the airfield. Can someone explain to me the proper process? Changing those in game alters the intended selection process. Right now it's bugged for helis so if you select a weapon you lose your aimpoint. Once you have a bit of a feel for different maps and game types, you can tweak which plane you start with and its weapon load. What I've used for a while is binding rocket/bomb salvos to their usual buttons I use, then binding firing/dropping individual ones to "zoom+normal-button". Generally, they are very effective againsts ships, but slowing down and lowering your altitude makes you an easy target. New guns, like flight performance components, tend to grant a slight improvement to e.g. Small bombs (50kg/100lb) have to be very precisely placed, they do little splash damage, larger bombs give you a bit more leeway, particularly useful if youre intending to bomb from altitude where strategic targets need heavy ordnance to destroy them. Anti-spam word: (Required)* All rights reserved. 20112022 Gaijin Games Kft. Semi Automatic Command to Line of Sight (SACLOS), Air-to-air missiles#Command guided missile controls, [Devblog] New features upcoming with the "Ixwa Strike" update - Tactical air-to-surface missiles, [Devblog] AGM-12B Bullpup: They can't dodge, https://wiki.warthunder.com/index.php?title=Air-to-ground_missiles&oldid=158840, Keys to control the yaw (side to side) movement of the missile, Keys to control the pitch (up and down) movement of the missile. Flying the Phantom FGR. There is a setting, but you'll have to play around with the key bindings to what you're comfortable with, of course. IMPORTANT*** It is not broken and everything works fine. it will show what types of rounds are used pick whichever you prefer [deleted] 10 yr. ago Yea I got that part, but what is "Universal Ammo"? New guns, like flight performance components, tend to grant a slight improvement to e.g. By Add some colour to your garage of deadly hardware with these War Thunder skins. Ctrl for rockets and Space for bombs and torpedoes. Note that in-game these guidance systems might work differently than their respective real counterparts or the missiles might use a different guidance system than in reality. I personally just use bombs on ships instead since they work too. That's actually really nice and handy, I just wish there was a "Fire secondary weapons series" button so there would be no need to bind two additional buttons just to be able to fire salvos of rockets and bombs. CCIP continually calculates where munitions will . in your hangar select a plane, go to weapons tab mouse over where it says offensive 7.7mm you will get a drop down menu if you mouse over a type of ammo rack universal, tracer, stealth etc. ago. Video Card: Intel Iris Pro 5200 (Mac), or analog from AMD/Nvidia for Mac. When launched from an aircraft, the SACLOS guided missile will fly towards the direction in which the aircraft's nose is pointing. Thanks from my side also. Dirty_Rooster, October 25, 2020 in Air Force Academy. 1. . There are two key functions of the ballistic computer: Constantly Computed Impact Point (CCIP) and Constantly Computed Release Point (CCRP). 20112022 Gaijin Games Kft. Learn more about our. Im only using a mouse. Official channel. A. One think to note about blowing up ships is that for the most part you have to physically hit them rather than splash them. Wait and hope an enemy plane shows up. Thats probably whats been doing it. 3.Or go to menu and press "abandon plane". Several different types of AGMs exist: Manual Command to Line of Sight (MCLOS) also known as command guided, Semi Automatic Command to Line of Sight (SACLOS), Television guided (TV), Infrared guided (IR), Laser guided, and Beam riding. War Thunder is a vehicle combat game developed by Gaijin Entertainment. . Some aircraft can fit additional cannon in gun packs as secondary weapons or change the calibre of their main weapons, but those come later so dont worry too much for the moment. All trademarks, logos and brand names are the property of their respective owners. Naturally, combat on water is a far cry from what you might be used to in a tank or jet fighter. So in the new update you now have an option to use "Weapon Selection" this allows you to use any and all guns/ordnance with only 5 bounds keys and is essential if you have several types of AAMs on your aircraft. I have a split fire control: small caliber on left click, large caliber on right click. For a brand new plane, you wont be able to change any of these. I then discover that I also need to assign a key to the 'Exit selected weapon mode' option to be able to fire the missile I have chosen using the 'Switch secondary weapons' option, because whilst I can lock the target, I cannot fire either missile unless I have pressed the 'Exit selected weapon mode' key. You repair and reload and everything then when your finished and waiting there leave the plane. MCLOS guided missiles are typically guided either by physical connection to the launch platform by a wire, or by radio waves. To return how it was pre-Update 1.101, you then use the "Exit Selected Weapons Mode" Button. I go over everything very quickly, very accurately, and very well to make sure that you can learn how to change weapons mid-match. On paper it's awesome but actually trying to use it yeesh. It's super confusing but worth it for multiple missiles! My question is this: am I dumb and completely misunderstood what happened in the videos I saw or am I dumb and I did it the wrong way? The minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p. Like, a way to switch between Aim7 and Aim9 whilst still being able to press SPACE for bombs and Left Click for guns? I was told to abandon after repairing while still on the runway, change loadout, then respawn and take off. Web page: warthunder.com. Again, I wouldnt worry about using gold eagles on low rank aircraft. As well as researching new aircraft, you also unlock modifications for your current planes as you fly them, enabling you to knock out the worst of the dents and service the engine for a bit more speed. This is the control which will fire your selected primary weapon (usually your guns), so you should bind it to the same key you usually use for your guns (left mouse button by default). Torpedoes tend to be by themselves when you equip them. Powered by Invision Community. And the warning about unbound actions is kind of redundant now that this is a thing, wish there was a way to disable it. I land, repair (as in, wait the 30ish seconds), the screen turns black and the plane is reset at the beginning of the runway, then I hit options and "abandon plane." If I have the option to re-launch, I change my armament from nothing to 20mm cannons. 20112022 Gaijin Games Kft. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Ammunition unlocks are what I like to unlock first, Offensive 7mm in the above screenshots. Have fun~. In-game, they are a potent weapon to have at your disposal, allowing you to destroy enemy ground or naval targets from several kilometres away. Espaol - Latinoamrica (Spanish - Latin America). How can you do this? I'm tired of being forced to just crash or fly around useless. Did you set these bindings or are they default now? Fighters usually only have guns to start with, but some have pylon upgrades for a fighter/bomber role; the I-15bis can carry 2x50kg bombs with the DZ-40 upgrade, or 6 x 82mm rockets with the RO-82. After youve kitted yourself out with new weapons and ammunition on the upgrade screen, you can change the load of your plane before going into battle using the Secondary Weapons and Offensive 7.62mm options on the initial map/select screen. I just use bombs and rockets after turning off weapon selection mode. Many rounds combine two or more of those effects; for shooting down aircraft you generally want High Explosive and Incendiary, if available, these tend to be in Air Targets or Universal belts (Stealth often works well too, if you can shoot well without tracers). assign left click to the "Fire Guns" command, as well as to "Fire primary weapon"; though personally I find this more cumbersome, as for guns I need to decide within split seconds, if I want to use cannons, MGs, or both. The cumulative effects of a full set of upgrades is more noticeable in Historical and Full Real battles. However on second thought it could easily be added to the hanger itself. Now the IMPORTANT PART: Switch Primary Weapons - this control will cycle through any combination of your cannons and machine guns and display your selected weapons with a >> symbol next to your ammo count display (you can select your main cannon, secondary machine guns or both at the same time, just play around with it for 10 seconds and you will The upgrades can be bought with silver lions (earned in-game) after you unlock them, but if you really cant wait you can purchase locked upgrades with gold eagles (real money). So I remove the 20mm thinking it must just be a bug, but it's still broken! Now the IMPORTANT PART: Switch Primary Weapons - this control will cycle through any combination of your cannons and machine guns and display your selected weapons with a >> symbol next to your ammo count display (you can select your main cannon, secondary machine guns or both at the same time, just play around with it for 10 seconds and you will get what I mean) Switch Secondary Weapons - this control does the same, but for your ordnance. So now, I can disengage the weapon selector, and shoot as usual with separate gun control. Both are IR guided. Often an additional targeting pod is needed for this, which will take up one pylon. As the camera does not provide any infrared information, it may sometimes be accidentally locked onto high contrast objects in the vicinity of the intended target instead, which can cause a miss if the target subsequently moves away from the area. After a battle, you should have a Researching progress section on the results screen showing the planes that you flew, and progress towards upgrades for them: If youve completed any modification research, you may have further pop-up windows allowing you to purchase that modification and to pick the next component to start researching; if you skip that window, or want to check on upgrades at any time then you can access the modifications screen for a plane by clicking the Modifications option (theres a pop-up menu when you click on a plane, unlike the icons in this old screenshot): That brings up the available weapon and upgrade options: I wouldnt worry about the two Premium options on the first row, purchased with Golden Eagles. 20mm [LMB], 7.92mm [RMB], & 37mm [SHIFT+LMB] on the Hs 129 B-2). 250lb bombs on the British Blenheim, 250kg bombs on the Soviet Su-2). How to switch between weapons So I've been test driving the LAV-AD, and by default it binds the hydra rockets to the 25mm and shoots both at the same time. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. If you want to see the exact contents of an ammunition belt hover your mouse over it, in this case the Soviet Universal 7.62mm belt: Ammunition choices depend on the country and calibre of weapon. I unlocked the Sparrow missiles. Now there are no planes for me to shoot at and 20mm air targets are useless against pretty much any ground vehicle with a roof. 20mm or 12,7. I then discover that I also need to assign a key to the 'Exit selected weapon mode' option to be able to fire the missile I have chosen using the 'Switch secondary weapons' option, because whilst I can lock the target, I cannot fire either missile unless I have pressed the 'Exit selected weapon mode' key. The GF spawn system will still deduct spawn points from you and treat it as spawning back in in a vehicle of the same type. 862K subscribers Subscribe 2.8K 61K views 6 months ago In this episode: 00:00 . Flying the Phantom FGR. I want to fit both the aim7 and aim9. 20112023 Gaijin Games Kft. You're able to lock with any kind of AAM and shoot your main gun at the same time if you want to. Dont worry too much, though, theyre not particularly expensive, and even if you go on a crazy spending spree and have no money left at all you can always equip the default options for free. I unlocked the Sparrow missiles. Enabling sight stabilization will also display the range to the target in the gunner view. The weapons on your planes in hanger are part of the current MM process for team member selection. Underneath those are the upgrades that need to be researched, four tiers grouped into Flight Performance, Survivability and Weaponry. You will control this MG the same as the turret, only it works the top MG insted. Unlike Aviation. This can also often be set to centre automatically on a designated point on the ground (the "sight stabilization" keybind), which accounts for the relative motion of the helicopter and maintains the image in the gunner view, thus allowing for smooth guidance of the missile even when the helicopter is performing extreme manoeuvres. I myself haven't really checked on the tutorial, Today has just been one thing after after another Thank you for tip, Changing weapons and load-outs on the airfield. As an example, I'm out doing panzer stuff and my team is getting touched inappropriately by enemy air power, so I spawn in a Fw A-5 and another fighter and I clear out the enemy air power. The OP is right, I shouldn't have to land, eject and then change the load out, if I land and repair, I should be able to change the load out, without having to eject. Your email address will not be published. Attack drones feature a similar view. Hopefully anyone else who doesn't know will see this and learn also, Agreed but then again maybe they have. Video Card: Radeon Vega II or higher with Metal support. As with aircraft ranks, you need to purchase a certain number of upgrades in each tier (shown on the left) before you can start researching items in the next tier. How easy to press shortcuts: 91%. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Once you start flying the plane in the mission you can't change your loadout until the mission is over. You can land during matches and leave the plane when it's repaired. Good question! War Thunder Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. I found that to be a pretty good way of doing air superiority, but it falls apart as soon as you try to carry rockets, bombs, and whatnot. I hope this helps! I was now struggling a bit, now it works. 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