Shield cell fix

nickspry · Mar 22, 2015

I'd like to see a fix that prevents shield cells being used when the shields are at full power. I've lost count of the number of times i've accidentally used a cell while fumbling for another joystick button.

Walter2 · Mar 22, 2015

The misuse of equipment should not be without consequences.

nickspry · Mar 22, 2015

Walter2 said:
The misuse of equipment should not be without consequences.

Hmmm, would you like to see guns without safety catches?

Kavid · Mar 22, 2015

No 'fix' is needed as its not broken. The fact that YOU pressed to wrong button is not FD's fault.

Regards

nickspry · Mar 22, 2015

Kavid said:
No 'fix' is needed as its not broken. The fact that YOU pressed to wrong button is not FD's fault.

Regards

Why not make things as user-friendly as possible? If it's easy to waste shield cells accidentally, let's fix it. It's to the benefit of the pilot. We have safety catches on all sorts of things for this reason.

Kavid · Mar 22, 2015

nickspry said:
Rather than going down the punishment road, why not make things as user-friendly as possible? If it's easy to waste shield cells accidentally, let's fix it. It's to the benefit of the pilot.

There is still no 'fix' needed, as I said it is you who hit the wrong button. The 'fix' you are looking for is for YOU to reassign the button on your joystick, which you must of assigned in the first place, or use a keyboard key.

Regards

nickspry · Mar 22, 2015

Kavid said:
There is still no 'fix' needed, as I said it is you who hit the wrong button. The 'fix' you are looking for is for YOU to reassign the button on your joystick, which you must of assigned in the first place, or use a keyboard key.

Regards

If you don't like the word "fix", call it a "tweak". I still maintain that a shield cell system that does not allow accidental triggering is better than one that does.