M2 .50 cal NO TRACERS mod for 5.001

[CrazyhorseB34]

The book The 357th Over Europe page 65, by Merle Olmstead, has a war time quote from Maj. Leonard K. "Kit" Carson.

 

" We don't use tracer ammunition. It gives a false illusion of distance and direction. But when the steel cores of your .50 caliber ammunition hit the target, they strike sparks, which appear as winking lights, and you know you are scoring."

 

Now you can be like the top scoring ace of the 357th Fighter Group by using this simple mod. 

 

 

M2 mod NO TRACERS 5.001.rar

[Hopper64]

Great idea. Does this mod also produce the sparks on the target as described? Thanks!

[Jade_Monkey]

2 hours ago, Hopper64 said:

Great idea. Does this mod also produce the sparks on the target as described? Thanks!

Sparks are there in the base game, so there should be no need to add it.

[Hopper64]

53 minutes ago, Jade_Monkey said:

Sparks are there in the base game, so there should be no need to add it.

Thanks. Appreciate your efforts!

[CrazyhorseB34]

The only problem is it removes all the .50 tracers too include AI such as friendly AAA. 

 

Too get around that, delete the folder "ammunitionfornpc," in the mod.  

 

data/LuaScripts/worldobjects/ballistics/ammunitionfornpc

 

But keep "projectiles" folder in "ballistics."

[GADDY]

On 9/24/2022 at 4:11 PM, Jade_Monkey said:

Sparks are there in the base game, so there should be no need to add it.

There's a mod called 'More Hitflash smaller calibre guns' which is pretty cool. I'm not sure if/or to what degree it would work with the no tracers mod. I think it's worth a try though. I'm using the hitflash mod and it's not over the top or anything, it's very safisfying.

[Hopper64]

Still using this mod myself. I wondered about the Bf109 tracers. Noticed a lot of tracer fire from this particular plane. Is that accurate historically? Did the German fighters have tracers like that? Thanks.