Blinking guns.

[Siggi]

I want the mini-gun on secondary and the laser on primary, such that I can fire the laser with my main trigger and the mini-gun on my second trigger. Is it possible? So far all I've been able to do is fire the mini-gun with the second trigger IF I switch to a separate group but going back to the main group both weapons fire on the main trigger.

I get the feeling this fundamental ability is not even modelled, let alone just bugged. I hope I'm wrong and it's just me being an idiot and missing something.

 

[Raf von Thorn]

Well, thats how i set my weapons (left mouse button is lasers, right is miniguns). Actually my first group is all the weapons on the left button, kill warrant scanner on right. After scanning the enemy i switch to my second group, where the lasers are "1" and the miniguns are "2", it works as you described. In your case it may be a bug or a wrong setting, but it works for me, as you described.

 

[FX2K]

I want the mini-gun on secondary and the laser on primary, such that I can fire the laser with my main trigger and the mini-gun on my second trigger. Is it possible? So far all I've been able to do is fire the mini-gun with the second trigger IF I switch to a separate group but going back to the main group both weapons fire on the main trigger.

I get the feeling this fundamental ability is not even modelled, let alone just bugged. I hope I'm wrong and it's just me being an idiot and missing something.

A screenshot of your weapon groups would help determine if its a bug or just setup wrong.

 

[Siggi]

In the fire-groups tab I can change those numbers in the circles, so that the mini-gun is "2" (with a blue back-ground in its circle) but it still fires off the main trigger and off the second trigger only if I switch groups. It also switches to the left of the HUD if I select the secondary group but goes back to the right of the HUD, with the laser, when I switch back to primary group.

 

[FX2K]

Sounds like a bug then.. perhaps try selling some of the weapons, check the groups and then re-purchase and assign again... might work?
Also, probably worth raising a ticket with a complete list of the equipment on the ship. It could mess up in previous beta's with certain modules. Edit (The point defence turret mainly)

 

[Siggi]

It's a bug. Went into the game to get a screenshot and this time when I set the mini-gun to "2" it came up correctly on the HUD.

Last time there were three circles (left to right) for each item in the fire-group panel. This time there were only two. I didn't use TrackIR on this occasion, maybe that has something to do with it. TiR seems to make things act weirdly.