Check that all your guns on the Brit fighters are actually firing bullets

[hegykc]

I too did a new instal and still the same problem, loadouts only work through FMB.

I did not fiddle with any files directly. Only changed them in -options-plane-loadouts-save, and that's when I think the problem started.

[notafinger!]

1) I would recommend you disable Steam cloud. Then you will have direct control of you user.ini file inside the 1C Softclub folder. If you don't have a user.ini file or it's empty inside it is because of Steam cloud. Disable it.

2) Your custom loadouts will not work in singleplayer, it's been a bug since release. Configure your ammo belt in the Options > Plane screen and use Save As. Be sure to hit OK and not Back after saving. Now you can either join a multiplayer server to test or open a single player mission in the FMB, select your loadout, and play through FMB.

[Ataros]

When you do clean install it does not delete your Documents\1C SoftClub\il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover folder unless you delete it manually. Then clean install does not overwrite Steam cloud files.

The user.ini file is located in this directory Documents\1C SoftClub\il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover (last file in my list).

[jakman]

Originally Posted by notafinger!

1) I would recommend you disable Steam cloud. Then you will have direct control of you user.ini file inside the 1C Softclub folder. If you don't have a user.ini file or it's empty inside it is because of Steam cloud. Disable it.

2) Your custom loadouts will not work in singleplayer, it's been a bug since release. Configure your ammo belt in the Options > Plane screen and use Save As. Be sure to hit OK and not Back after saving. Now you can either join a multiplayer server to test or open a single player mission in the FMB, select your loadout, and play through FMB.

Disabled Steam Cloud and now have the User ini folder,the only thing is that in doing so I had to reassign all my joystick and keyboard settings from the default ones,a pain but not the end of the world.
I understand how to change loadouts for single missions via the FMB but how would one do it for campaigns such as The Enlightened Flourist Campaigne or any others as the FMB only seems to show single missions.
It is hard for me to understand that a game that has been on the market for this long and has had numerous patches not to mention the last one that is supposed to be the fix all has not addressed this issue.

[Ataros]

I guess the devs' idea was that a mission maker defines historical loadouts for missions and campaigns, not a player.

It is possible to copy and paste key settings to a separate text file if you want to delete the old one.