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Autofire desynchronized

nighttaxusnighttaxus Member Posts: 0 Arc User
edited March 2013 in Federation Discussion
Hi,

so I'm trying to use the autofire. I've got 4 dual heavy cannons and 1 dual beam bank.
If I don't use the autofire I'm just hitting spacebar but there is always one weapon that do not fire. (well at least the cool down is not triggering on it so I assumed it's not firing) .

So I tried the autofire system, but instead of doing "Burst > regen weapon power cycle > burst etc.." after the first burst it desynchronizes and I've got 2 weapons firing, then 2 other etc...

So my weapon power is never maxed :/

Any suggestion ?
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  • eisaakazeisaakaz Member Posts: 112 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Depending on what keyboard you have the easiest thing to do is set up a macro that has a .5 to 1.5 pause between each beam fire.

    I am willing to bet since the 5 forward weapons is a new feature and seeing how poorly Cryptic handled the Andorian build in the first place, I doubt that the space bar all fire knows to check for five weapon slots. It wouldn't surprise me at all.

    Eisaak
  • akurie666akurie666 Member Posts: 289 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Try replacing one of those heavy cannons with a regular dual cannon. The cool downs of the weapons may not allow for so many to be active at once.
  • nighttaxusnighttaxus Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Well I don't have a keyboard for that... but thanks to answer .

    akurie666 - I spent a lot of dili and fleet credits for those cannons ... but I'll think about it :p
  • yargomeshyargomesh Member Posts: 179 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    First, make sure you've pulled all your weapons on to the ability tray (each weapon counts as a seperate ability) and that they are all surrounded by a green border; that means they're autofire enabled.

    You'll experience some desynchronization since the cannons and the beam array have different firing times. Or it might be the weird Dual Heavy Cannon bug where sometimes one just doesn't want to fire with all the others.
  • eisaakazeisaakaz Member Posts: 112 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    yargomesh wrote: »
    First, make sure you've pulled all your weapons on to the ability tray (each weapon counts as a seperate ability) and that they are all surrounded by a green border; that means they're autofire enabled.

    You'll experience some desynchronization since the cannons and the beam array have different firing times. Or it might be the weird Dual Heavy Cannon bug where sometimes one just doesn't want to fire with all the others.


    ummm you can right click on each weapon in the weapon tray (the default tray where they already sit) and it puts a green autofire border around them as well.

    No need to take up important tray slots.

    Eisaak
  • smokeybacon90smokeybacon90 Member Posts: 2,252 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    An alternative is to download or make your own keybind macro. I use one which binds all abilities in rows 7 and 8 to the spacebar, then you could drag the weapons into one of those rows, as long as they are not already on autofire.
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  • millimidgetmillimidget Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    eisaakaz wrote: »
    No need to take up important tray slots.
    There are ten hotbars; you don't need to put them on any of the ones which have default keybinds.

    At least, that's what I've done, because for some reason the weapon and boff abilities keep migrating to the hotbars on their own every so often when I don't bother to bind them.
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  • eisaakazeisaakaz Member Posts: 112 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    millimidget wrote: »
    There are ten hotbars; you don't need to put them on any of the ones which have default keybinds.

    At least, that's what I've done, because for some reason the weapon and boff abilities keep migrating to the hotbars on their own every so often when I don't bother to bind them.


    I have 15 hotbars myself and all 15 are taken up with Captain/console abilities. On most of my ships I have to use another 5 for incidentals, like fireworks, diplomatic immunity, and sector space speed boost.

    But I do watch a ton of really dumb youtube videos that show all kinds of jacked up setups.

    Eisaak
  • lordmalak1lordmalak1 Member Posts: 4,681 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    eisaakaz wrote: »
    Depending on what keyboard you have the easiest thing to do is set up a macro that has a .5 to 1.5 pause between each beam fire.

    I am willing to bet since the 5 forward weapons is a new feature and seeing how poorly Cryptic handled the Andorian build in the first place, I doubt that the space bar all fire knows to check for five weapon slots. It wouldn't surprise me at all.

    Eisaak

    Hmmm, can a macro with pauses be setup in the bind file, or run externally in the OS via software ? My keyboard isn't programmable.
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  • millimidgetmillimidget Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    eisaakaz wrote: »
    I have 15 hotbars myself and all 15 are taken up with Captain/console abilities. On most of my ships I have to use another 5 for incidentals, like fireworks, diplomatic immunity, and sector space speed boost.
    Are we even talking about the same thing?

    I doubt you could push more than twenty hotbinds from consoles and set bonuses.

    Where are you finding something like 60+ more abilities to bind?
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  • yargomeshyargomesh Member Posts: 179 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    eisaakaz wrote: »
    ummm you can right click on each weapon in the weapon tray (the default tray where they already sit) and it puts a green autofire border around them as well.

    Ah, I run at setting 4 which removes that and the Bridge officer trays. I've done so for so long that I had forgotten that tray had existed.

    Don't know where you're getting 15 bars though. I've only got three and it barely has any space left. Wouldn't if I put some abilities I never use there.
  • eisaakazeisaakaz Member Posts: 112 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Sorry my bad I miss typed.

    I have 3 hot BARS and have to use a fourth for incidentals. Five buttons/slots per bar.
    Sorry about that.

    Eisaak
  • chilleechillee Member Posts: 176 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    eisaakaz wrote: »
    Sorry my bad I miss typed.

    I have 3 hot BARS and have to use a fourth for incidentals. Five buttons/slots per bar.
    Sorry about that.

    Eisaak

    You should have 10 bars available with 10 slots per bar... only 3 bars visualized max at any one time unless you use the side bar as well
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  • eisaakazeisaakaz Member Posts: 112 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    right. But for combat I don't like having to flip back and forth between bars.

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