Cliffs of Dover FAQ, subject to change due to patches

[David198502]

hey blackdog!as i already said, great thread!
but regarding the loadouts,...i claim again that you are wrong, and now with more confidence.
have a look at my thread "info about loadout bug" (i dont know how to link my thread in this one)

[Jatta Raso]

thank you sir

[335th_GRAthos]

Originally Posted by schnorchel

can we do the similar thing to enable and disable the icon of AC?

I am not sure which command your mean (I presume those very long commands we used in IL2FB for the size, color and distance before appearance of the icon) yes you can.

Practicaly, you can allocate a shortcut for any command you would type in the console.

I have not tested myself but there should be no limitation.

~S~

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by David198502

hey blackdog!as i already said, great thread!
but regarding the loadouts,...i claim again that you are wrong, and now with more confidence.
have a look at my thread "info about loadout bug" (i dont know how to link my thread in this one)

I saw your thread

To be honest with you, it's perfectly possible you could be right and i'm wrong. The loadouts was one of the first things i tested and as such, it's been a few patches ago and things could have changed in the meantime.

However, i can still load bombs and change fuzes and what not in the stock QMB missions with the method i described (changing settings and saving on each screen under the same loadout profile name, then selecting the loadout in the QMB), that's why i assumed it also works for the ammo belting.

[David198502]

yes thats true.and you were right in describing how to save those loadouts correctly.including the fuel and weapons.the fuel and the weapons will be selectable with the way you suggested.meaning that if you saved a profile, set a certain amount of fuel and enabled to carry bombs in that profile, then this profile will be selectable(everywhere even in the stock missions).
but if you load the profile, it will only load the fuel amount and the bracket to carry bombs.im not too sure if its the same with the bombs as with the bullets, but i assume that the game then will load default bombs.
but im absolutely confident that regarding bullets, you can save them in your profile, but they wont be loaded with the profile, except you changed the mission parameters in the FMB. but it will work as you described online without a problem.but you can only use one profile at a time as cheesehawk found out.the last one you saved will be used automatically by the game, no matter whether you want to choose another one or not.

oh, and im sorry if my previous post was a bit harsh in its approach.that wasnt my intention and wasnt meant as an offense.
it was meant as an addition to your excellent guide.

[JG53Frankyboy]

i also have proplems with the ammobelts of the guns.
even when i change it in the FMB

I can select the saved loadout for the guns (they are even in the user ini !) in this "QMB" (a joke in comparison to old IL2 IMHO!), but IN the mission there is no change.

I realy give up now with changing gunbelts - have already wasted to much time in it. Online it works, but offline i have no luck (in 99% of the tries).
waiting for a more sophisticated and reliable working GUI .................

The bombloadouts, i saved in the FMB, are working btw

[David198502]

well frankyboy,...if you change the loadouts directly in the FMB, then those loadouts will be loaded with the mission.if you load the mission, and say you have 3loadouts saved, then you have the choice to select them in the menu,...BUT it will automatically load the one loadout you selected in the FMB.
try it,...try to make a mission with for example only full metal jackets in the FMB. then load the mission.if you have saved other loadout profiles,...you will be able to choose them, but no matter which profile you select, your plane will have only those full metal jacket bullets.you wont see tracers.

[JG53Frankyboy]

i know, BUT, these loadouts are not loaded in these "QMB" missions. The name of the loadout is selectable, but the actual belts will not load IN the mission itself.

[David198502]

did you change those quick missions in the fmb??
i didnt try it yet,as i only play self made missions now, but i think it should work if you change the loadout in the fmb for the quick mission you want to play.
i will try it now....

[JG53Frankyboy]

most propably, but, THAT is not the point !