Aircraft Armament mod [2.5.2]
Included in this mod are several solutions to expand the weapons selection available to dedicated bombers. Since version 2.0 the mod also holds a large variety of gun-based weapons and dumbfire rockets for attack fighters. This sum selection includes:
- An APS mantlet with functionality similar to the Cram bomb chute: quick tracking speed, low recoil, shell velocity and cooldown – but high accuracy. Hook it up to a regular APS system and just fly over your target!
- An array of small and large simple weapon freefall bombs in a selection of hardpoints.
- An array of small and large custom shell freefall bombs in a selection of external hardpoints and internal bomb bays.
- A set of cluster bombs to hose enemies with a swarm of individually weak he pellets.
- An APS barrel that allows you to achieve acceptable levels of Brrrrrt even with smaller APS setups on your aircraft.
- A set of machine cannons and miniguns with a variant set each, for mounting anywhere on your aircraft (nose, wings, gunpods, …). Both with custom and simple shell weapons
- Rocket pods for strike fighters and helicopters in an array of variants with either custom or simple shells.
- A set of larger dumbfire rocket racks for a suitably big punch on rocket strike fighters.
Subscribe to this mod, and use the modding workshop button under the content tab in the main menu to find subscribed mods. Install the mod from there. If you accidentally re-upload this mod, be sure to delete it from the workshop to prevent clutter and accusations of plagiarism.
When using custom shell bombs, always include at least a single gunpowder module in your custom shell. This is required to give sufficient initial velocity.
Use firing, range and altitude restrictions on both the weapons and the LWC controlling them. Disabling failsafes might be neccesary on internal bomb bays.
Active defenses cannot intercept simple weapon projectiles. This means that the simple weapon bombs are uncounterable for most enemies. If you feel this is too cheeky, you can use the APS bomb mantlet or custom shell bombs.
Version 2.0 is a large update to this mod which contains quite a few new aditions, among which rocket pods, dumbfire rockets, custom shell cluster bombs and several gun-based armament solutions.
This mod was designed originally for my personal use in From the Depths version 2.5.2 where I mostly hang out nowadays. This mod should however be compatible with newer game versions as it does not use a plugin. This might mean that the overall mod balance might also feel slightly ‘off’ considering how the game has changed since 2019.
