Laser guided bombing and the Buccaneer

[Mr_Tayto]

I downloaded ODS during the week, I've been so excited to play it with Desert Storm being the first "TV war" I lived through while I was at school. I've been desperate to fly a Buccaneer in a sim my whole life, too.

 

Firstly, what a step-up from SF2:V; not in terms of the aircraft necessarily (after all the Bucc is a contemporary of my favoured Thud), but in terms of the battlespace and enemy defences. While I got used to the cockpit of the Bucc fairly quickly, the lack of a radar display was strange - is this important and if so, how can I view it? Also, while I wasn't expecting a CCIP, am I to assume that (dumb) bombing is conducted the same way?

 

I've had zero experience of LGBs in this game so far. My first mission in the Bucc was to bomb a barracks with a mix of laser-guided and dumb bombs - in pitch black. I didn't have a clue about the LGB employment and missed. How should I be setting up a run for LGBs? I had the objective targeted as normal, so I could order the wingman, but it didn't seem to matter.

 

Any advice gratefully received.

[EricJ]

I'm sure you can add The Range map to ODS (or not, but I assume you can) and practice that way. I don't know any Buccaneer drivers to recommend.

[Wrench]

wasn't there a tutorial on using LGBTQ+ weapons in (one of) the Knowledge Base(s)?  I disremember ....

[Mr_Tayto]

12 hours ago, Wrench said:

wasn't there a tutorial on using LGBTQ+ weapons in (one of) the Knowledge Base(s)?  I disremember ....

I'll have a dig around, thanks.