I'm playing on a Vive if that makes any difference. Normally I target things by looking at them, seeing the square appear around them, and then hitting the button for target ahead. I find that when ships are in combat that the square never shows up when I look at them. It's not because of distance because I've tried this from very close up. Any ideas?
Why can't I target ships in combat?
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Hmmmz a poser....but if it also doesn't work on your pc, then it maybe a binding issue , if not its likely to be in your vibe set up ...not much help I know ..but I imagine that if the headlook in VR doesn't match the bindings in game....then it would be an issue.
Interesting. Never shows up? On any ship?
Normally I would suspect them using heatsinks during combat (you can't target them if they are too cold) but it's unlikely that all of them would do that all the time.
Could you perhaps share a videoclip of it happening? There's probably something you overlooked.
I was working on a mission of destroying 24 ships from the Progressive Pooter Party (or something like that) and I noticed this same thing.
At the time I thought perhaps my target launched a heat-sink and therefore my targeting computer lost track of the signal. If you have someone targeted you will lose your lock.
Isn't it true that when you launch a heat sink... for a brief moment your heat signature will disappear and you cannot be targeted?
At the time I thought perhaps my target launched a heat-sink and therefore my targeting computer lost track of the signal. If you have someone targeted you will lose your lock.
Isn't it true that when you launch a heat sink... for a brief moment your heat signature will disappear and you cannot be targeted?
It is.
try other keybinds - cycle target, select highest threat?
I'm fairly new to the game and have been mostly trading, not doing combat. But yes when I've tried some bounty hunting the target square only seems to show up if I look at ships that are not in combat. It's annoying because I can see the authorities attacking a ship and I want to attack it too for an easy bounty.
Do you have any of the UI panels open? This prevents targeting.
Try looking just below or above what you want to target, the shape of my face has the vive pointing a tiny bit upwards so i need to look just under my target to lock it.
It could be similar for you, an easy way to try this with a static target is to kill any npc and try targeting a material canister theyve dropped, those are small so you can learn how you need to angle your head.
It could be similar for you, an easy way to try this with a static target is to kill any npc and try targeting a material canister theyve dropped, those are small so you can learn how you need to angle your head.
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Agree with CylonSurfer - any of the UI panels open will stop you from targeting (but not from seeing the square)