I could not use the mortar in training mode on the Maikop map. No mortar bombs. I could deploy the mortar and get out with Z but could not get back in with Z.
Exactly my problem. In fact I can find no difference in actual play mode,that is if you have [Use] bound to the <z> key. I have it bound to the <t> key.
There are a number of problems with the mortar:
1) Unless you deploy the mortar, you cannot see how many rounds you are carrying.
2) The mortar crewman does not seem to be able to pickup or carry mortar rounds at all, so there is no way to practice with the mortar.
3) Deploying is done by pressing the "Fire" button and not the "Ironsights" button as with the MG's.
Try to figure that one out in the heat of a battle *duh*.
4) Once deployed, it cannot be dismantled again. It's locked to the ground at that position for ever, and if you drop it (press the "Use" button), you cannot pick it up again.
5) Once deployed the mortar seems to act like a disabled tank. It wont move, and upon approaching it asks "Get in: M1939 mortar".
6) The mortar crewman doesn't get range read-outs, when looking through his binocular, strange.
Light mortars like the 50mm M1939 should work very similar to MG's as they are also crew serviced weapons. Deploy and dismantle should be done through the "Ironsights" button exactly as with MG's.
On the Maikop map on a server I could not see any explosions though I had the tube at 75 degrees and the vents fully open. Maybe it takes some practice runs.
I assume that the vents start closed (dark) and the more the indicator goes to light, the more they are opened, but being that it is impossible to practice with this complicated weapon, I just can't tell for sure.
So my question is: is there a simple training map with some obvious targets, bots for instance.
For the rest. Great sound on the ZB30. Scares the hell out of me. Get down in the dirt immediately.
The description of the mortar in the UsersManual is so-oo-oo miserable!
It tells you nothing about what keys do what nor how it should be used!
I am very impressed with what has been produced with CC, but simple things like this take a lot of the sparkle out of the product.