How do you know if you hit anything?

[AG-51_Fireball]

Ted asked this question in the thread about Thursday night's mission. I posted it here where more people might see it.

Are bombing scores posted anywhere after the mission?  I certainly don't see any as I disconnect, and it would be nice to know if I hit anything.

Since we're using HSFX 6 Expert mode, we don't see the 'Destroyed' messages that we used to see, so we don't get any immediate feedback.

In a co-op you would see points at the end of a mission for ships or static targets that you destroyed. In a dogfight mission, as far as I know, you don't accumulate points for any kills except other aircraft.

To see if you hit anything in a dogfight mission you have to look in your event log (eventlog.lst in your main game folder). Do a text search for your name. Fortunately in a dogfight mission, the log uses your name throughout the log (e.g. AG-51_Fireball), whereas in a co-op it logs everything using your flight identifier or whatever that is (e.g. USN_VT_51A010). So your entries are easier to find in a dogfight server.

I think that's how it all works anyway. If it's not right, let me know.

Here's all the human-caused destruction from my event log for our Thursday night strike on Peleliu:

00076: [3:25:34] Ki-61-I-Otsu shot down by AG-51_Bulldog:F6F-5 at -12384.316 9797.012
00077: [3:25:47] Ki-61-I-Otsu shot down by AG-51R_Rosco:F6F-5 at -14997.926 14904.252
00080: [3:27:53] Ki-61-I-Otsu shot down by AG-51_Hawg:F6F-5 at -7117.27 626.9196
00099: [3:32:07] 42_Static destroyed by AG-51_Fireball:TBM-3 at 33836.32 17115.63
00100: [3:32:07] 86_Static destroyed by AG-51_Fireball:TBM-3 at 33861.23 17114.69
00101: [3:32:10] 85_Static destroyed by AG-51_Croaker:TBM-3 at 33525.55 16921.45
00102: [3:32:13] 43_Static destroyed by AG-51R_Ted:TBM-3 at 33517.73 16943.97
00103: [3:32:13] 47_Static destroyed by AG-51_Razor:TBM-3 at 32877.34 16356.43
00108: [3:32:42] A6M2-N damaged by AG-51_Thud:TBM-3 at 34541.777 18031.23
00117: [3:33:15] A6M2-N shot down by AG-51_Thud:TBM-3 at 36000.984 17819.613
00135: [3:33:57] 45_Static destroyed by AG-51_Razor:TBM-3 at 33102.85 16675.95
00139: [3:34:07] Ki-61-I-Otsu shot down by AG-51_Fireball:TBM-3 at 30309.426 21290.695
00143: [3:34:24] 78_Static destroyed by AG-51_Sabot:TBM-3 at 34235.66 14331.94
00150: [3:34:36] A6M2-N damaged by AG-51_Cobraj:F6F-5 at 30824.691 19227.303
00151: [3:34:47] A6M2-N shot down by AG-51R_Rosco:F6F-5 at 30543.834 18630.715
00153: [3:34:52] A6M2-N shot down by AG-51_Cobraj:F6F-5 at 30400.318 18671.158
00158: [3:35:22] AG-51_Sabot:TBM-3(1) has chute destroyed by AG-51_Sabot:TBM-3 at 32636.678 15052.439
00167: [3:36:10] Ki-61-I-Otsu damaged by AG-51_Bulldog:F6F-5 at 28580.555 19483.37
00170: [3:36:14] Ki-61-I-Otsu shot down by AG-51_Bulldog:F6F-5 at 28506.357 19430.723
00187: [3:37:33] Ki-61-I-Otsu shot down by AG-51_Demon:TBM-3 at 32226.016 15209.405
00200: [3:38:20] Ki-61-I-Otsu shot down by AG-51_Cobraj:F6F-5 at 17112.914 26892.99
00206: [3:38:39] A6M5b shot down by AG-51_Cobraj:F6F-5 at 16942.2 28811.703
00233: [3:42:54] Ki-61-I-Otsu shot down by AG-51R_Rosco:F6F-5 at 4424.859 34887.023
00234: [3:43:05] A6M5b shot down by AG-51R_Rosco:F6F-5 at 11533.283 24475.076
00245: [3:46:48] Ki-61-I-Otsu damaged by AG-51_Hawg:F6F-5 at -5911.782 -13363.989
00275: [3:47:22] Ki-61-I-Otsu shot down by AG-51_Hawg:F6F-5 at -3632.7417 -13043.322
00281: [3:48:25] Ki-61-I-Otsu shot down by AG-51_Hawg:F6F-5 at 1007.95514 -10772.569
00292: [3:49:49] Ki-61-I-Otsu shot down by AG-51_Hawg:F6F-5 at 3251.8254 -7275.302
00421: [4:23:52] 74_Static destroyed by AG-51_Razor:TBM-3 at 34208.49 15596.53
00423: [4:23:53] 6_Static destroyed by AG-51R_Vinnie:TBM-3 at 33728.9 15839.23
00425: [4:23:54] 7_Static destroyed by AG-51R_Vinnie:TBM-3 at 33749.66 15856.53
00426: [4:23:54] 24_Static destroyed by AG-51R_Vinnie:TBM-3 at 33754.52 15850.37
00428: [4:24:05] 75_Static destroyed by AG-51_Demon:TBM-3 at 34181.12 15517.32
00435: [4:24:19] A6M5b shot down by AG-51_Hawg:F6F-5 at 33681.64 12592.473
00436: [4:24:21] 4_Static destroyed by AG-51R_Vinnie:TBM-3 at 33684.78 15802.03
00437: [4:24:23] A6M5b shot down by AG-51_Cobraj:F6F-5 at 36343.336 9149.81
00439: [4:24:28] 50_Static destroyed by AG-51_Razor:TBM-3 at 33702.2 14873.96
00443: [4:24:36] 9_Static destroyed by AG-51_Fireball:SBD-5 at 33873.56 16046.85
00444: [4:24:36] 10_Static destroyed by AG-51_Fireball:SBD-5 at 33892.94 16054.87
00445: [4:24:36] 11_Static destroyed by AG-51_Fireball:SBD-5 at 33914.03 16060.66
00446: [4:24:36] 19_Static destroyed by AG-51_Fireball:SBD-5 at 33865.12 16040.01
00447: [4:24:36] 23_Static destroyed by AG-51_Fireball:SBD-5 at 33876.78 16041.47
00454: [4:24:55] 53_Static destroyed by AG-51_Razor:TBM-3 at 33563.57 14990.5
00457: [4:25:08] 13_Static destroyed by AG-51R_Ted:SBD-5 at 33594.81 15939.86
00458: [4:25:09] 15_Static destroyed by AG-51R_Ted:SBD-5 at 33522.16 15926.09
00459: [4:25:09] 33_Static destroyed by AG-51R_Ted:SBD-5 at 33540.24 15943.87
00467: [4:25:52] A6M5b shot down by AG-51_Hawg:F6F-5 at 38443.39 12107.948
00475: [4:26:15] A6M5b shot down by AG-51_Cobraj:F6F-5 at 30512.719 14812.062
00482: [4:26:57] A6M5b shot down by AG-51_Cobraj:F6F-5 at 26652.375 14628.948
00505: [4:30:18] A6M5b damaged by AG-51_Hawg:F6F-5 at 15765.1455 23395.492
00507: [4:30:32] A6M5b shot down by AG-51_Hawg:F6F-5 at 16335.6875 23526.99
00515: [4:31:41] D4Y3 shot down by AG-51_Demon:TBM-3 at 18613.525 5487.2656
 

[Vinnie]

Or you can do this:

Go to Root Folder and select:
Files / i18n /Scroll down to "hud_log.properties" and copy ALL contents to clipboard.
Go to the file below "hud_log_ru.properties" Select all text and paste from the clipboard.
What you have just done is make both of the files the same.
This will let you see Flaps/Gear up etc and it will show you hits on target as though you were not in Expert mode.

Remember - back everything up!

[AG-51_Razor]

Good info Vinnie. Thanks