Is it possible to allow Helos to actually aim their guns?

[F5TigerIIGuy]

I've seen flexible gun mounts as tail gunners, but flying Dels' Comanche made me wonder, can you make the autocannon actually aim at its targets on helos? Or do flexible gun mounts not work for player-controlled weaponry?

[Menrva]

Not possible, I'm afraid, game engine limitation. The game never supported helicopters, they exist with many workarounds as mods.

[Gepard]

Air targets will be automatically engaged, but ground targets will be always ignored.

[Goob113870]

is there a way to make the ground targets appear to be air targets since the helicopter will engage air targets. would this not be a workaround? just curious.

[Jimbib]

53 minutes ago, Goob113870 said:

is there a way to make the ground targets appear to be air targets since the helicopter will engage air targets. would this not be a workaround? just curious.

I believe so... but with a catch.

If you were to make a copy of a regular aircraft and remove all mention of it's engines, fuel tanks, flight controls and sounds in the aircraft data ini file, you would now have an aircraft that can't fly. This aircraft can be placed in flights of one in scripted missions which your door gunners would shoot at, I think this has been done in the YAP-RW mod.

The catch is you can't make them appear in single missions or in campaigns in specific parked locations that the AI gunners would engage. There is also a chance that the game engine would try to spawn the immobile aircraft in a flight as an enemy or friendly.