Newcomer / Intro Multi-Cannon Will Not Fire

pete491

P
Guys,

I just installed a multi-cannon in my Eagle, assigned it to my #1 fire group, fire trigger 2 and bought ammunition. The problem I have is when I press the trigger it will not fire. There is a clicking sound but no firing. A red triangle appears upper right near "info". The multi-cannon appears in the HUD with ammunition amount. I've tried creating another fire group with only the mult-cannon. Same result. When I fire there is only a clicking sound, no firing.

Ideas?

Thanks!
 

krysohmyz

K
Maybe you have no points in WEP power and the pool is drained so it doesn't have power. Or your power plant is too weak.
Check Modules in right panel, if the MC isn't red and your consumption isn't over hundred percent.

Or you accidentally bought a turret (check the symbol next to the cannon). Or gimbal and it hasn't direct line of fire.
 
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Rob_the_Sparky

R
Only other thing I can think of is that there is a slight delay before it fires, this caught me out initially with multi-cannons.

Is power drawn when you deploy the weapons rather than press the fire button?
 

Painkiller

Painkiller
From the manual (about the pips in Weapons)

WEAPONS [WEP]
Increase weapon cooling capacity and not the damage the weapon does.
With 0 pips you will not be able to shoot at all when guns will overheat.
Note: projectile weapons like cannons and multi-cannons require at least
0,5-1 (i would even say if you shoot them a lot then even 1-2 pips are
needed) pip to WEP too from standard beta 1 or they will overheat and stop
working.

...so as krysohmyz said, overall maybe you had lack of minimal energy :)
 
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