Combat Targeting

XpertDBA

XpertDBA
I know this is a really dumb question, so excuse me that I'm even asking it.

Whenever I've done combat before, I haven't really targeted any subsystem on a ship (like Power Plant)....just seemed like too many keystrokes to get out and subtarget, so I never did it. Would just blast away at a ship until it blew up.

I was watching some guy on a YouTube video that showed he had his subtargets coming up in his little enemy window in the bottom left of the screen while in combat.

It shows the name of the ship, level, wanted status, affiliation and then below that the subsystem to target with a percentage of how damaged the subsystem was.

My question is, how do you automatically get the subsystem thing to come up on that subwindow in the bottom left screen and how to you cycle through the different subsystems once you get it there on the screen?

Thanks.....Commander West
 

Ian Skippy

Ian Skippy
XpertDBA said:
I know this is a really dumb question, so excuse me that I'm even asking it.

Whenever I've done combat before, I haven't really targeted any subsystem on a ship (like Power Plant)....just seemed like too many keystrokes to get out and subtarget, so I never did it. Would just blast away at a ship until it blew up.

I was watching some guy on a YouTube video that showed he had his subtargets coming up in his little enemy window in the bottom left of the screen while in combat.

It shows the name of the ship, level, wanted status, affiliation and then below that the subsystem to target with a percentage of how damaged the subsystem was.

My question is, how do you automatically get the subsystem thing to come up on that subwindow in the bottom left screen and how to you cycle through the different subsystems once you get it there on the screen?

Thanks.....Commander West
Click to expand...

Options->controls->next/previous subsystem. :)
 

Vacendack

Vacendack
As has been said before, is a key you configure in your options you have "cycle next subsystem"and "Cycle previous subsystem" i do not remember the default keys as i changed them to my joystick a long time ago, but you will find it in the config pannel
 

fennster

fennster
On most ships the power plant is 6 clicks to the left on the targeting defined keys, becomes second nature after a while.
 

Jake Savage

Jake Savage
I have voice attack do it for me. When I have targeted. Ship I say "power plant" and I have VA setup so it 'clicks' the next subsystem button 7 times, and it's done. Depending on the ship I'm targeting the power plant is usually 7 clicks, if not then it's only I click off, in. Which case I just click the next subsystem button on my joystick.
 

Deadspin

Deadspin
I play Keyboard & Joystick and have my cycle keys bound to "R" and "F" for previous/next. A couple of quick taps and a glance down to verify I'm where I want to be and then I let it go until the enemy ship goes poof or I have to run to save my own butt.
 
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