Could someone tell me why my turreted weapons won't fire please?

[Fnool]

They only seem to fire if i set them to firing straight forwards, in other words making them fire as if they were fixed and not turreted. If i set them to 'target only' however, which is what i would like, they simply won't fire even though i can see the turreted lasers tracking the target.

 

[Britannkic]

You need to press fire button.

 

[Doolittle]

Not sure, but look at your power consumption when the turrets aren't fixed. It might be a little more and your power will not handle the added need of the rotating turret. Or possibly it could be that they are set to only fire at certain targets.

 

[Britannkic]

I wasn't joking with my comment above. Turrets don't auto fire. You need a fire group and press fire
it may also be that you don't have a bead on the target

 

[KriosHale]

Fire groups

Yes indeed, fire groups may be the root of the problem. Also, remember the differences between gimballed with signature tracking assist, or auto tracking.

 

[Fnool]

i have assigned them to fire groups as usual, i've just sold my fuel scoop and scanner to get the power down to 11.46/12.00 i hope it works, it's pretty confusing

 

[Britannkic]

i have assigned them to fire groups as usual, i've just sold my fuel scoop and scanner to get the power down to 11.46/12.00 i hope it works, it's pretty confusing

Also check your wep capacitor is sufficiently charged up, give it 4 pips to test it

 

[the-monk]

Actually you don't need them in fire group and you don't need to press fire if they are set to fire at will and fire at target.

 

[Fnool]

tried both fire at will and fire at target, gave 4 pips to the weapons, i'm at a loss, they fire when they are set to fire straight forwards, but at no other times. My only guess is that i must still not have enough power, i guess i'll have to downgrade a few items, i'm currently at 11.50 out of 12 in my viper

 

[KillaALF]

Why would you use turreted weapons on a Viper? All weapon mounts are at the front, facing forward, you're much better off with gimballed or fixed ones. Also, if your power consumption is below the output of your power plant then you have enough power.

 

[Fnool]

Why would you use turreted weapons on a Viper? All weapon mounts are at the front, facing forward, you're much better off with gimballed or fixed ones. Also, if your power consumption is below the output of your power plant then you have enough power.

Ok il swap them for those, thank you.

 

[ste]

They will fire without doing anything unless they dont have a line of sight, maybe the way they are positioned and the mount you use they arent getting a line of sight. And they only attack hostiles, that you have targeted, unless fire at will, then they attack any hostile they have a line of sight.

I know if you mount them on a cobra on the underside they cant and wont fire at anything above half way in your line of sight. They only fire at things below you. I dont know about a viper.