Ships Imperial courier weapon error?

[Killasandara]

Good evening Elite. a question on the Imperial Courier and its weapons. I have two lasers mounted and set them to weapon group 1. I can deploy them however, when i try to fire these i get an incorrect cockpit mode error? I have a frag cannon on weapon slot 3 and set to group 2. this fires easily. so i tried to swap these and put the frag cannon in group 1 and the lasers in group 2. now the lasers do nothing and no errors? you can see below the errors and groupings. Any ideas? I am sure i have something off, but cant figure out what.

 

[Born Free]

Press M to toggle between analysis mode and combat mode

weapons need combat mode
mining lasers and scanners need analysis mode

 

[Killasandara]

No joy there. i tried this and Burst lasers fall in the weapons category.

 

[NickM67]

That dialog is for the scanner. Even though it's on the analysis mode, it still throws that error. I think that the burst laser won't fire if the target is too far away or if no target is selected.

 

[Dillon Fallon]

Yes, from the first screenshots, you've included the discovery scanner on the same fire group as the lasers and that can only used in analysis mode. Take that off and you should be fine.

The data link scanner should work in both mides, but if you're still having issues, take that off the fire group as well.

 

[Danspy501st]

A futher thing. You in theory dont need a fire group for you Shield Bank Cell. You can add that to a short cut, which I have done, so you have that fire group free

 

[Bigmaec]

A futher thing. You in theory dont need a fire group for you Shield Bank Cell. You can add that to a short cut, which I have done, so you have that fire group free

True.

But it's the only way to currently see the charges, as the update borked the right hand panel.

 

[Killasandara]

That dialog is for the scanner. Even though it's on the analysis mode, it still throws that error. I think that the burst laser won't fire if the target is too far away or if no target is selected.

you got it. i was just not in range or near a target. now for a new one. the lasers fire automatically without me using the trigger???

 

[Danspy501st]

True.

But it's the only way to currently see the charges, as the update borked the right hand panel.

Ah, that explains it then. I didnt knew that was broken like that. I havent really been in my corvette for a while, which is currently the only ship that has it for me

 

[shadowhand]

you got it. i was just not in range or near a target. now for a new one. the lasers fire automatically without me using the trigger???

That's because you put turreted lasers on there. Once you activate the trigger group, they will auto fire until your current attacker is dead (or you move out of range)

I strongly suggest you replace them with gimballed ones, (or fixed ones if you're a really good shot with a steady hand.)

 

[Killasandara]

That's because you put turreted lasers on there. Once you activate the trigger group, they will auto fire until your current attacker is dead (or you move out of range)

I strongly suggest you replace them with gimballed ones, (or fixed ones if you're a really good shot with a steady hand.)

ya.. finally figured that out. first time with turrets. and you are correct, refit with gimballed. Appreciate the response