Hello all I am trying to build a Fun Little mission, but i am Stuck, I cannot get my artillery to fire, and none of my ships. I am using Gualdacanal map. any help to make the arty fire in the general direction i am trying would be great. Thanks you.

I just built a mission using the Guadalcanal map and had no issues with setting up artillery that fired on an airbase. I would guess that you forgot to zoom in and adjust the direction that the artillery pieces are aiming. (To change the direction something is pointing, select it and use the number pad 7,4&1 to rotate left; 9,6&3 to rotate right.)

I have no idea why your ships wont fire if an appropriate enemy target is within distance. Are you talking about AA fire or artillery fire?

I hope this helps.

Good luck,
===Blindman===

Blindman No idin't zoom in and turn them towards the airfield Ill try that.next.

OK i got the ships to fire, but cannot get the Artillery to fire. the AAA around the Artillery fires but not the Arty I m lost??

The G-G Artillery must consider two things: 1. Within range for the particular gun, and 2. Must be line-of-sight to the target. Unlike real guns, these won't shoot at things they can't actually see. :/

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Originally posted by NHawk52:
The G-G Artillery must consider two things: 1. Within range for the particular gun, and 2. Must be line-of-sight to the target. Unlike real guns, these won't shoot at things they can't actually see. :/

Number 2 is incorrect. The IL-2 artillery does not need to actually 'see' the target to fire on it.

Check out the small test mission below. There is a sizeable rise in terrain between the arty and the target. The arty does not have line-of-sight to the target yet does fire on it. Check out the external cameras for proof.

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[MAIN]
MAP Kuban/load.ini
TIME 12.0
CloudType 0
CloudHeight 1000.0
army 1
playerNum 0
[NStationary]
0_Static vehicles.artillery.Artillery$Howitzer_150mm 2 154102.81 83028.30 360.00 0.0 0
1_Static vehicles.stationary.Stationary$Wagon1 1 159290.31 82144.94 600.00 0.0
[Buildings]
[StaticCamera]
153874 83019 50
158015 82108 100
[Bridge]
[House]
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Aviar

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Originally posted by Thundergrunt:
OK i got the ships to fire, but cannot get the Artillery to fire. the AAA around the Artillery fires but not the Arty I m lost??

1. Is the AAA too close to the artillery? Try moving them further away.

2. Is the artillery from the Artillery list? Artillery objects from the Stationary Objects list don't fire.

Set up the simplest situation possible: Line of sight at say 1km range to some enemy units. It's gotta work brudda.

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