Thanks, Sal

But who will fly the C-130 while you are busy with the side guns? 

Granted you are alone the Weapon is more like figher-pilot experience.

Then all you need is to set desired side view angle for the weapon panels (3 of them) in panel.cfg

Hi Sal.

I 'll take a look and work out how to do it.

Mark

Thanks Markoz. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

-Sal

Sorry guys, I've forgot to mention re-setup of the CSWeapon.xml. The Weapon won't work to the side. All stores positions are calculated from the long axis.

Hi Alex.

I need clarification on a few things please.

(1) <!-- Station position (x,y,z) meters, angle of incidence, ammo units quantity --> this lines gives details for six (6) areas
     <Station name="Nose" params="0,9,0,0,-0.039,0,1200" /> This has numbers for seven (7) areas. What is the extra one for? And which one is the extra one?

(2) <Station name="Nose" params="0,9,0,0,-0.039,0,1200" /> Is the one in red the angle that the guns are pointing? If it is. Does 270 = left (as in 0 = north = forward and so 270 = west = left of forward)

(3) I changed the angle for the AC130 to 90, saved it, started FSX and the guns were still shooting forward. Do I need to make it "aircraft dependent" in here: <!-- aircraft dependent weapon settings -->. If I do, how do I do that? My understanding is that the line is commented out by the <!-- and not read by the CSWeapon.dll gauge, or do I have that wrong too.

Thanks in advance

Mark

0,9,0 - position
0,-0.039,0 - angles
1200 - units
Thanks Alex. That makes all the difference!

Everythig between <!--  --> is just a comment.
I thought that was the what <!--  --> meant.

And there are no north or south, everything is in LOCAL aircraft frame of reference.
I might not have explained it well enough. But it doesn't matter any more.

Hope that helps.
Yes it does. I'll be able to sort out the guns for the AC130 now!

Mark

Woe is me.

No matter what I try, I can't get the guns to fire at 90^o to the left. I can get it as far as about 50^o but no further.
I have been able to get it shooting up 90^o and to the rear (180^o) changing the -0.039 entry. But not 90^o left or right using the other two entries that deal with the angle of the firing.

I have no idea why. So once again I need some information from Alex.

0,-0.039,0 - angles <--- modify these numbers, I have tried the following
-0.5,-0.039,0 and 0.5,-0.039,0
0,-0.039,-0.5 and 0,-0.039,0.5
-90,-0.039,0 and 90,-0.039,0
0,-0.039,-90 and 0,-0.039,90
without getting the result I need. Where am I going wrong?

I'm not sure if I'm following this correctly, but these lines:
<OptimumAOA>3.0</OptimumAOA>   <-- Optimum Angle Of Attack? I assume.
<!-- aircraft cruise angle of attack. Degrees -->
make me think that the 0,-0.039,0 is a 3.9^o UPWARD angle for the weapons to fire at. If I'm correct, then 1.0 is the largest number you can use. That makes 0.5 or -0.5 either 90^o or 180^o. Seeing as the numbers can be positive or negative, I think that 0.5 should be equal to 90^o.

It seems like once the number gets above 0.5 the angle on the guns (left or right) go no further. I'm at a loss until I get put back on track.

Mark

Hi Alex.

I shall give that a try. Just so you know, I'm not very good with radians. I learned them at school, but until now, haven't needed to use them. It's amazing what you can forget after 35+ years since leaving school!

I'll see if Windows default scientific calculator has something that will help. LOL

I have the CameraDefinition all set. It was just those angles that had me beat. I'm off to continue my task.

Thanks again.

Mark

Don't worry Jim. I'm a whole LOT closer now than I have been in two days of fiddling. Once I am done, it will be available to everyone.

I have got 2 M61 Vulcan Cannons firing out the left side, located on the two that can be see in external view. I have made (using gmax) a shell for the 105mm Howitzer, but I can't find a sound that suits it. I could use a rocket sound (YUK!) for now. Same deal with the 40mm Bofor.

If anyone knows where I can get them, let me know. Or if anyone knows how to extract the sound from a video, that will help too.

Mark

Hi.

I found the files for the AC-130 Weapons Panel so I'm going to use them. I'm sorry this is taking a while to do, but I get carried away shooting things when I'm testing. Not to mention that sometimes, I switch to another aircraft and just start shooting anything and everything that I possibly can.

I'm also not very good with UV mapping in gmax (probably one of my weakest points), not that that is too much to worry about, seeing as you can't really see the shells themselves.

Oh well. Back to the grind.

Mark

This sounds awesome, but can someone make a step-by-step instruction?

hmm is it possible for you to upload the files to simviation or something?

I thought of doing that, but because they are a part of the Captain Sim C-130 X-perience, I don't really want to touch them, if you know where I'm coming from.

But it just got a whole lot worse. I did something to mess up my installation of the C-130 X-perience. I uninstalled it, then deleted all the aiurcraft folders associated with the C-130. I then reinstalled it and once everything was working fine, I emptied my recycle bin. Guess what went out with the trash?

As you can well imagine, I am very angry with myself over this. I'll just have to start all over again.

I figured it out.  I had to put "1+2" in the mode of fire for both guns to fire at the same time.  Now my MH-47 has door gunners who can shoot.