Guide for Artillery Spotting Missions?

[Russkly]

Is there one?

 

Can't see anything in the manual, and a Google search doesn't yield much.

 

The Lwin+1 key combo to bring up the arty dialogue isn't in the key mapping section so can't be mapped to my HOTAS, which makes it tricky for VR.

 

Does anyone have a guide for doing these missions in VR, please?

 

I haven't had a recon mission yet, but I imagine that I'll encounter similar issues with those.

[JG4_Moltke1871]

The problem can’t set LWin+1 we have to deal with, I also asked that, the answer was it’s hard coded whatever it means ??‍♂️

For the task itself fly to the target zone. You will receive a message when it’s possible open the coordinates paper with LWin+1. Compare the coordinates with the ground, you have to find artillery positions (mostly 2) and a ammo camp on the ground. If you find em you can make with your mouse a cross on the letter where you think the target is. You will see the arty impacts, if necessary mark corrections on the letter.

Take care hud is open to receive messages. If LWin+1 disappear you are too far, fly closer again. All in altitude of your choice, I prefer fly high. You will receive a message if the objective is complete.

Edited August 19, 2023 by JG4_Moltke1871

[Russkly]

9 hours ago, JG4_Moltke1871 said:

The problem can’t set LWin+1 we have to deal with, I also asked that, the answer was it’s hard coded whatever it means ??‍♂️

For the task itself fly to the target zone. You will receive a message when it’s possible open the coordinates paper with LWin+1. Compare the coordinates with the ground, you have to find artillery positions (mostly 2) and a ammo camp on the ground. If you find em you can make with your mouse a cross on the letter where you think the target is. You will see the arty impacts, if necessary mark corrections on the letter.

Take care hud is open to receive messages. If LWin+1 disappear you are too far, fly closer again. All in altitude of your choice, I prefer fly high. You will receive a message if the objective is complete.

 

Thanks, Moltke.

 

I'ce mapped the LWin+1 command to VoiceAttack, so that solves that problem, but otherwise tricky for VR users.

 

As for the rest, I've tried it out, but I'm struggling to match the arty grid map that shows up with what's on the ground. The orientation is unclear, and there is no compass direction shown on the arty map, so I have no idea how the arty map coords represent what's on the ground.

 

Say you start by selecting D5 for example. You see the rounds impacting a few hundred metres to the south of the target and want to adjust. How do you know where north is on the arty map, and how many metres is each box?

[JG4_Moltke1871]

North/South/East/West doesn’t matter. On your map you have coordinates similar to the paper you open with LWin+1. Look where the target is on the ground and compare it with the map and where it’s about on it.