Slightly confused by fire groups?

[NeilF]

When configuring firegroups, you can assign weapons to fire button 1, 2 or both?

But what confuses me is there are numerous columns of these assignments. The first column seems to be what your fire button 1 & 2 actually are, so if you set up column 2 or beyond what are those for, or how do you make those active?

Are those other column, alternative configs? Which you can flick between?

 

[Voz]

Are those other column, alternative configs? Which you can flick between?

Yes. So you could have missiles as the secondary fire on your second fire group. Or with the scanners installed you can have a firegroup with cargo scanner on primary and bounty scanner on secondary.

 

[Ipecac]

I was slightly confused at first too.

The thing I missed is that you select once to map to primary fire button, and twice for the secondary fire button. Each column is a different layout of the fire group.

You can have column one as both lasers on primary and group two be one laser on primary one on secondary for when you overheat, or whatever.

 

[Voz]

This has just made me realize a solution to a setup issue I have. I'm currently in an Eagle with two lasers and a multi-cannon. With the two lasers on the go all the time (on primary) I find the temperature manageable. When an opponent swings round and tries to charge me down I open up with the multi-cannon on secondary as well which is very effective but unless I grow a second thumb I then can't strafe with the thrusters on the hat control on my joystick.

So - what I could do is to have a second fire group that has the lasers and multicannon on primary leaving my thumb to control the thrusters. All that's needed is to switch the fire group depending on the situation.

 

[NeilF]

Yes. So you could have missiles as the secondary fire on your second fire group. Or with the scanners installed you can have a firegroup with cargo scanner on primary and bounty scanner on secondary.

So say:-
Fire group 1:-
Fire button 1=Laser
Fire button 2=Gun

Fire group 2:-
Fire button 1=Laser
Fire button 2=Missile

So you could flick between fire group 1 & 2 depending on your needs?


OK, so there's keys to flick between the different fire groups?

 

[Rog]

You can map any key/button to cycle fire groups.

If you get the various scanners, they go in a fire group too. Press the right button!

 

[NeilF]

You can map any key/button to cycle fire groups.

If you get the various scanners, they go in a fire group too. Press the right button!

OK! So I just need to look in the controller config to see what the controls are to cycle through the "fire groups".

Thanks!