Alternate firing for multiple AC on same fire group?

Llandrenel

Llandrenel
Ok, so, am I remembering this wrong or am I jus tnot finding it?

I swear last time I played before I made this alt there was an option to have, for example, 4 AC (the big cannons mot the machine guns) on the same fire group and have them fire in sequence, rather than at the same time, to create a more persistent firing pattern rather than 4 shots > wait, 4 shots > wait.....?

If not, there should be. :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
 

Michael Whatever

M
AC ? (Ax multi-cannon / cannon?)

Sorry, I think you might be misremembering, I don't think there is any (official) way to get them to fire in sequence (without macros etc.) rather than synchronized.
I agree it would be nice if there was. Would be nice for other weapons like PAs also.
 

Trollymctrollerson

T
Just let your power distributor get really low while holding down the trigger and then put 1 pip back into weps once it fires a single shot. Then put 1 more pip back to weps while holding trigger down and there you go, staggered fireing cycle. Works especially good with APAs.
 

Vandaahl

Vandaahl
You could assign one fire button to fire the weapon AND switch to the next firing group, and setup the firing groups accordingly. One press would fire group one and switch to the second fire group, the next press would fire the second group and switch back to the first. You have to edit the button mapping by hand though, in order to accomplish that.
 

Grumpy181155

Grumpy181155
Vandaahl said:
You could assign one fire button to fire the weapon AND switch to the next firing group, and setup the firing groups accordingly. One press would fire group one and switch to the second fire group, the next press would fire the second group and switch back to the first. You have to edit the button mapping by hand though, in order to accomplish that.
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Good thinking. Does that actually work though? Not that I am interested because when I press the button for my m/c I want the target to melt as quickly as possible.
 

Llandrenel

Llandrenel
Mr Slime said:
Sure you're not thinking of MechWarrior Online? You're even using their name for the cannons.
I do wish it had that here though.
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Yea, probably that to be fair.

Thanks for the help in repairing my broken recollection folks. 😁
Off to the suggestion section!
 

Vandaahl

Vandaahl
Grumpy181155 said:
Does that actually work though? Not that I am interested
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Machnette

Machnette
These are the hardpoints for a Phantom, or Viper, but the principle can be used on any ship.
1 2
3 4
I used to have 1 and 4 on the 1st firegroup and 1-4 on the 2nd firegroup. I'd fire off 1 and 4 with the 1st firegroup and then, I'd quickly switch to the 2nd to fire off 2 and 3. I'd then have the recharge staggered, allowing me to go full auto with Imperial Hammers, burst lasers, cannons, PA's, etc, while still having useful sights to aim with.
 

Vandaahl

Vandaahl
Trollymctrollerson said:
Vandaahl why dont you like APA? Is there a bug going on with them lately?
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Ok, a quicky, as it is off topic...

Its a broken weapon anyway. Since the shot speed is the same as normal PA's, it remains a weapon where you have to steer to the opportunity to fire the thing, or the opportunity presents itself in a split second and is gone in the next. While the APA is sort of viable in the situation where you point your nose to your target and go ham on the fire button until you melt either your target or yourself, in other words, you need time on target. If you got time on target, why not use a normal PA?

The thing is pointless.
 
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