MAKING SCRIPTS IN THE FMB AND ORGANISING FOLDERS
First off navigate to your il2 missions folder.When you open it you will see Multi and Single folders.Next to these folder make an Axis and Allies folder.You can keep it basic and stop there,or go further,open up your Axis folder and create subfolders in there called Flak,Searchlights,Airfield etc.That is the place where we are going to put the scripts that you make in the FMB.Better to be organised otherwise you will have a hundred scripts you scroll through everytime you want to place something.
You can see how i have set it out above,i already have four scripts sitting in my flak folder for four different flak positions
I am making a whole bunch of invasion barges to fill some of the harbours and estuarys.So after i lay a block of barges i simply ALT+LEFTCLICK and draw a box with your mouse around the objects you want, this highlights the selected items and then right click brings up the paste/copy.Select copy.
Next you need to save it and this is where your premade folders come in handy.I made one called invasion barges in my Axis folder as you can see,so thats where i save it.
Now every time i want invasion barges i just right click,paste,select my barges and ping , instabarges. The only bummer i have found with things set out in a tight group like the barges is if i rotate them to suit different angled piers or wharves they all move seperately and not as a block so i would have to make Barges , Barges15degree,Barges20degree etc and see which one applies to the area i am working in .Still quicker than making the barges individually every time.
Flak emplacements and little airfield setups are not as bad as they are more widely dispersed and can be rotated and still look right.
Now every time i want invasion barges i just right click,paste,select my barges and ping , instabarges. The only bummer i have found with things set out in a tight group like the barges is if i rotate them to suit different angled piers or wharves they all move seperately and not as a block so i would have to make Barges , Barges15degree,Barges20degree etc and see which one applies to the area i am working in .Still quicker than making the barges individually every time.
Flak emplacements and little airfield setups are not as bad as they are more widely dispersed and can be rotated and still look right.