KWS

[Cmdr Scorpion]

Can the Kill Warrant Scanner be assigned a button?
I have seen it used in Voice Attack but can't seem to find it in the key bindings.
Any help would be appreciated.

 

[EUS]

Assign it to a fire group like you do with weapons.
AFAIK, you cannot assign it to a KB button, but I've been wrong before.
Once by my count.
Always by my wife's count.

 

[AeonPrime]

The keybinds got an overhaul with the rift 1.3 introduction but some things are still missing, like the KWS.

Voice attack uses the API to my knowlege but quoting EUS here, I have been wrong before.

 

[d8veh]

If you have a HOTAS, put it in a secondary fire group, then assign it to any switch that latches. If you don't have any switches that stay on and off, you can use the slider or one of the rotational controls. When you go to the battlefield, you can then switch it on and leave it on, so it works automatically for every ship you target. That saves a lot of time and danger. Sometimes, though, it won't start scanning, so you have to re-initialise it by switching it off and on again after targeting a ship.

 

[J. Calvert (Joshua)]

I have my Kws bound to secondary fire in my firegroup and bound the secondary fire button (in options) to the 2nd firebutton on my joystick AND to F12 and use F12 as the key to press and hold in VA so if I want to scan I can hold the 2nd firebutton or say "scan" which makes VA press and hold F12 for 60 secs. When the scan is complete I say "scan complete" and VA releases the key. One thing to mind though is that when your active firegroup has multicannons (or other weapons) bound to secondary fire saying "scan" results in them starting to fire for 60 seconds so always check the active firegroup

 

[Nutter]

Short answer is NO - You can only assign it to a fire button.

I have two fire groups, for this. First group is for Primary Lasers (For taking down shields) and Secondary KWS, Second Group uses Primary Laser, secondary cannons (For Hull).

The idea being than I can scan while taking the shields down.

Sorry forgot to mention, assign VA to switch fire groups

 

[shadragon]

Easy way, assign KWS to your secondary fire group with lasers on the primary. As you are wearing down their shields with lasers, KWS them. When done, the shields should be down and you swap to a second FG with auto-cannon or whatever on secondary to wear down the hull.

Works brilliantly.

 

[Conch]

I put my second firebutton on the slider of my X55. No more holding the button for KWS or mining lasers.