Crew sharing in co-op?

[Panzerlang]

Is it possible? I'm assuming not, as all I saw in the loading screen when I ran a canned tank co-op mission were three tanks to be occupied by the player. But I might have missed something so I'm asking.

TIA.

[DD_Friar]

Yes I am sure you can multi crew in a co-op. Over at the dogz we run lots of tank dog fight missions and it is possible. We do it a lot in our co-ops for planes. If someone gets killed or joins late they jump in a gunners seat.

 

You need to go to Spectate and then select "become a gunner".

The options will show which units have seats available that are unlocked.

 

You then click on that unit and you are in.

 

Multi Crew in Tanks is THE way to do it. Working with a team mate is a great experience. And for some reason is a lot more fun when you get blown up!

 

Edit: I notice you do not have Tank Crew listed in your modules. It should still work as we tested it for a squad mate who did not have TC but was able to become a gunner in my tank.

Edited August 17, 2021 by DD_Friar

[Panzerlang]

Ah, that had occurred to me because it works that way in MP. Thanks, we'll give it a go.

I do have TC, it's in my other account.

[Panzerlang]

Well, it works (  ) but a new issue came up. It appears that a player joining as crew can't switch positions. Hopefully he's missing something obvious but the keys that work in his own vehicle don't work when he's in mine.

[Luftschiff]

2 hours ago, Hetzer-JG51 said:

Well, it works (  ) but a new issue came up. It appears that a player joining as crew can't switch positions. Hopefully he's missing something obvious but the keys that work in his own vehicle don't work when he's in mine.

 

That's unfortunately correct, just like with airplane gunners there is no way to switch position as a gunner. A limitation in how it's coded I guess. If you want to switch position you have to 'finish flight' and select spectator/become a gunner again, with a new position instead. I hope one day they can change how that works because it would make multicrew, tanks especially, much better.

[DD_Friar]

The owner of the tank can move around but as @Luftschiff states the "guest" in your plane or tank can only occupy the one position.

So in the tanks you have to decide who wants to do what before starting. For example if in our squad we go T34 then I pick the tank which makes me driver and my squad mate will take gunner (and commander). In a Panzer 4, 5 or 6 If I take driver and my squad mate takes gunner, I can be commander and radio/bow machine gun as well. There is nothing stopping you having 3 people as well. We have also done driver, gunner and commander, which requires good team work and whisper channels on comms otherwise it gets a bit hectic with 3 or 4 tanks with 2 and 3 people in each tank all talking to each other in the tanks and to other tanks.