33LIMA 972 Posted October 18, 2011 View File ArcMod for Over Flanders Fields Phase 3 ArcMod alters the arcs of fire for the observers' guns in all OFF Phase 3's 2-seaters (except the the twin-Lewis-gunned FE2b and the fixed-Lewis BE2c). The aim is to provide a better experience for 2-seater missions and campaigns, whether flying or gunning, and without making life too much more difficult when flying scouts and attacking them. The spur for this was the quite severe limits in the stock arcs, which sometimes prevents gunners from firing when it looks like they should. If manning the gun yourself, it becomes very clear how severely how your arcs of fire are limited, downwards in all directions, especially. The main change is that ArcMod increases the depression limit for all aircraft (exceptions above) from 10 degrees stock, to 25 degrees. Elevation has been changed from 30 degrees (stock, except Brisfits) to 45 degrees (roughly the same as the stock Brisfit), again across the board. This will obviously give all observers a significantly better field of fire, including yourself when manning the gun, and thus a better chance of survival when attacked. Lateral fields of fire have been adjusted a little. Stock, there was a fair bit of variation but I have instead put planes into two groups - those with observers sitting roughly level with a wing trailing edge get 90 degrees either side (0=fully aft) while those who can fire ahead over the upper wing (just the Hannover, Brisfit, Roland) get around 160 degrees, leaving just a small-ish gap dead ahead. These new arcs are all somewhat arbitrary of course. Greater tho they are, they are still less than the theoretical maxima; but I hope they still take some account of the practical limits for effective fire, within the limits of the game engine. For example, I realise observers had some field of fire forward between the wings, but I have stuck with something close to the stock OFF approach, limiting the ability to fire ahead to those who planes whose observers can readily fire ahead over the upper wing, without risk to struts or wires - the Hannover, Brisfit and Roland. ArcMod still leaves a significant 'blind spot' underneath in all directions, but it is naturally a smaller one and on balance I think is much more realistic. There is still a considerable blind area ahead as well, except for the Hannover, Roland and Brisfit. By comparison, the Rise of Flight DFW CV has much greater depression and has 360 degrees traverse (tho it will damage its own aircraft, unlike OFF). Readme with installation instructions included (JSGME recommended) Submitter 33LIMA Submitted 10/18/2011 Category Modding Tools and Add-on Software Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
33LIMA 972 Posted October 19, 2011 Sorry this was not in the Readme, but it's recently been discovered that HPW's ultimate DM and ArcMod clash, as they both use modified versions of the same files. So at the moment, it's one or the other, they work quite happily on their own. A merged mod could probably be made quite quickly, if mutually agreeable and there is any demand for it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OlPaint01 0 Posted November 3, 2011 @33LIMA and HPW I vote for merging 33LIMA's ArdMod and HPW's UltimateDM mod OlPaint01 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vonOben 55 Posted November 3, 2011 Good idea 33LIMA! Thanks for making this mod! S! vonOben Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
33LIMA 972 Posted November 20, 2011 @33LIMA and HPW I vote for merging 33LIMA's ArdMod and HPW's UltimateDM mod OlPaint01 Done - thanks to HPW there's now a version of Arcmod that works woth HPW's DM 1.25, here. And the latest Arcmod for the FE2b has a version which is also compatible with the DM, here. Ok it's seaprate mods rather than a merged one but they can now be in use together. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
