Having trouble figuring location of utility mounts/hardpoints

[Riekopo]

I have an Asp and I'm trying to outfit it. When I go to the Outfitting it zooms so close in on the mounts and hardpoints that I can't tell where it is located on the ship. The location matters because there are firing arcs which the game doesn't show. Also, there's locational damage when hit. I'm having the same problem with the utility mounts. If I'm using a point defence system then its firing arc will be limited by where I place it on the ship. Is there a guide that shows the location in 3D of the hardpoints and utility mounts on ships?

 

[Alexei TND]

I have an Asp and I'm trying to outfit it. When I go to the Outfitting it zooms so close in on the mounts and hardpoints that I can't tell where it is located on the ship. The location matters because there are firing arcs which the game doesn't show. Also, there's locational damage when hit. I'm having the same problem with the utility mounts. If i'm using a point defence system then its firing arc will be limited by where I place it on the ship. Is there a guide that shows the location in 3D of the hardpoints and utility mounts on ships?

the easiest way i found of doing this it to hover close to a dock, go to debug cam mode with hardpoints deployed, then manually circling my ships to view the placements of hardpoints and utility mounts

 

[Brakespear]

The loadout screen does need a lot of work. You really shouldn't have to go to such lengths to figure out what you're putting where - you should know at a glance.

Pretty much every other game has a more informative loadout screen.



Except maybe Skyrim. That interface was the spawn of satan.

 

[Astronut57]

I have an Asp and I'm trying to outfit it. When I go to the Outfitting it zooms so close in on the mounts and hardpoints that I can't tell where it is located on the ship. The location matters because there are firing arcs which the game doesn't show. Also, there's locational damage when hit. I'm having the same problem with the utility mounts. If i'm using a point defence system then its firing arc will be limited by where I place it on the ship. Is there a guide that shows the location in 3D of the hardpoints and utility mounts on ships?

I had that problem too when I first got an Asp. It's much easier with the smaller ships up to and including a Cobra.
I'm not aware of a guide as such but I can tell you the top and bottom utility mounts are the first and last respectively in the list of 4. These mounts are ideal for point defence turrets - the first one is at the front top of the ship and the last one is at the rear bottom of the ship (between the main engines). If you use the external debug camera and move around the ship you'll easily be able to work out where everything is mounted.

 

[Riekopo]

The loadout screen does need a lot of work. You really shouldn't have to go to such lengths to figure out what you're putting where - you should know at a glance. Pretty much every other game has a more informative loadout screen.

Yeah it's very strange. It's kind of important information. Even the location of the internal compartments matters because weapons can penetrate the hull and hit modules depending on where they are and where you get it.