What are the keys to call up & use a camera equipped a/c

[TempestV]

And does it have to be set up in the mission to do photo recon? Looked at the manual and it doesn't seem clear like ROF.

I can bring up the bomb sight with V key command

Edited January 28 by TempestV

[Russkly]

6 hours ago, TempestV said:

And does it have to be set up in the mission to do photo recon? Looked at the manual and it doesn't seem clear like ROF.

I can bring up the bomb sight with V key command

 

I had the same issue.

 

They don't seem to have put these instructions in the manual having ported the recon/arty spotting over from RoF.

 

On a thread about it a while back, someone kindly posted the RoF instructions, but I can't find that thread for some reason.

 

Anyway, from memory, once you're over the target area, you will be prompted to press Lwin+1, which will bring up the camera or arty spotting dialogue.

 

Be aware though, that using the recon camera is not like using a bomb sight - it's more abstracted, which was a disappointment for me personally.

 

How you suss it out.

[LukeFF]

Note that it's also the correct altitude you need to be at for the camera interface to appear. Once that happens it's a matter of clicking on the camera until you have taken the requisite number of photos.

[TempestV]

Thread I found in my search.

 

 

[Russkly]

58 minutes ago, TempestV said:

Thread I found in my search.

 

 

 

Well done!

 

You searched better than I did then!

 

Hope you work it out and, more importantly, enjoy it once you have done.

[TempestV]

If I make a mission that works in FC I will post.

Attached is a Central Power/Entente photo recon mission for ROF. I got it somewhere back in the mists of time.

Photo Recon Missions.zip

[PatrickAWlson]

20 minutes ago, TempestV said:

If I make a mission that works in FC I will post.

Attached is a Central Power/Entente photo recon mission for ROF. I got it somewhere back in the mists of time.

Photo Recon Missions.zip 156.95 kB · 0 downloads

 

PWCG now has working photo recon and artillery spot missions.  Anybody can generate one by starting a WWI recon campaign, selecting "mission with role" and choosing recon or artillery spot.

 

Getting the photo recon to work isn't bad.  Getting artillery spot to work is IMHO semi nightmarish.  I only pulled it off because the grid is exactly the same as RoF.  I pulled my code from PWCG RoF, modified it a bit to fit into PWCG FC, and, luckily, it worked.  

[TempestV]

Very much appreciated!

[LufberyJAA]

What is PWCG?

 

Also, what are the keys to take photos? Luke, what do you mean by clicking on the camera? I haven't been able to use the mouse to click on cockpit controls.

 

Thanks!

[LukeFF]

Pat Wilson's Campaign Generator. 

 

There are no keys to take photos - when the camera appears, you'll be able to use your mouse cursor to click on the middle of the camera. 

[LufberyJAA]

Thanks!