Newcomer / Intro About the Kill Warranty Scanner

Caty_Feila

Caty_Feila
If I have a KWS, do I have to scan a ship only once?
I mean, if I scan a ship then target another ship then go back to target the ship I had scanned before, do I need to scan it again or it retains the information in memory?
 

SlickPBW

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You can identify a ship that is already scanned with your KWS. When you re-target the ship, the KWS graphic on your HUD will be “filled in”. Ships not yet scanned will show “empty”.

To make things easier, just bind your KWS to the same group and trigger as (for example) your lasers. You will simultaneously scan while taking down the enemy shields. Engineer the KWS for fast scan G5 and it will complete in 2 seconds.
 

aRJay

aRJay
The HUD should also say Completed under the bar for any ship that you have fully Kill Warrant Scanned, I too recommend engineering the KWS to reduce scan time though I usually don’t bother to make it much faster than the built in target scanner as I wait for that to complete and show the ship as wanted before I start shooting.

I have the KWS on my secondary trigger where the alternative binding is on one of the rotaries on my throttle so I can have the scanner permanently on, this does mean I have to disable the trigger deploys hard points option.
 

SlickPBW

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I’m not at home so I can’t post a screenshot. I’m talking about the KWS indicator on your HUD, in the same area just outside the combat mode brackets. KWS is shown along with your weapons in that fire group.
 

Caty_Feila

Caty_Feila
aRJay said:
The HUD should also say Completed under the bar for any ship that you have fully Kill Warrant Scanned, I too recommend engineering the KWS to reduce scan time though I usually don’t bother to make it much faster than the built in target scanner as I wait for that to complete and show the ship as wanted before I start shooting.

I have the KWS on my secondary trigger where the alternative binding is on one of the rotaries on my throttle so I can have the scanner permanently on, this does mean I have to disable the trigger deploys hard points option.
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Yes, I see the Completed now.

I have my KWS on a fire group as the main trigger and my lasers on the secondary trigger.
How do you set the bindings to have it permanently on??


SlickPBW said:
I’m not at home so I can’t post a screenshot. I’m talking about the KWS indicator on your HUD, in the same area just outside the combat mode brackets. KWS is shown along with your weapons in that fire group.
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Ah I understand now.
Yes I see what you mean.
Thanks.
 

Ashnak

Ashnak
Caty_Feila said:
I have my KWS on a fire group as the main trigger and my lasers on the secondary trigger.
How do you set the bindings to have it permanently on??
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You need a locking (or at least non-self resetting) control on your HOTAS. Wheels/rotary encoders or the throttle sliders on some sticks, toggle switches on others - or a salt shaker (or a sharpened matchstick) if you're playing kb+m.
You assign one fire control to that switch, and then assign the KWS to that fire control. Also works very well for the PWA. The downside is of course that you lose the possibility of two independent fire buttons for your actual weapons.
 

Caty_Feila

Caty_Feila
I wanted to assign it to the pinky trigger on my HOTAS but I still haven't find a way to make it work. I can't bind anything to it.
 

metatheurgist

metatheurgist
Caty_Feila said:
What do you mean by "shift profiles"?
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Default - Pinky switch is trapped by profile.
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ED - Pinky switch is not trapped by profile.
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