[AP] Question about Automatic Laser switching (turret command)

[telapo]

Forgive my noobness but how does it work? Is it wat i think it is, when facing with fighters, it will auto swap to anti fighter weapons such as flaks?

But wat if i don't have flaks in my freight but something more efficient than anti-capital weapons? For example, i have an osaka that equipped PSP and has M/AMs in freight but no SSC. So when facing fighters will it swap to M/AMs? Will it do the same for e.g EMPC to M/AM when facing capital ships? If i am totally wrong, kindly correct me

Thanks in advance.

[ConCorDian]

not sure of the details of how it works but essencially your correct...

auto switching should pick the best weapon for the job... how it defines them i cant comment.

[kurush]

auto switching should pick the best weapon for the job... how it defines them i cant comment.

Not sure about "best weapon for the job". It appears to just select a gun based on its range. So, it would go from PPC, to HEPT, then to FLAK and then to IRE when your are getting close to your target. Even if that target is another destroyer Sometimes it is useful, but you have to be careful what guns do you have in cargo. Some salvaged guns can really create a mess in the middle of a battle.

[ConCorDian]

okay, cant say weapon switching for me has created a mess... then again im not a huge fan of it, i find it strange that these large turrets on the outside of your ship can change in the blink of an eye. tell you one thing the F1 pit teams just now should have something to learn from this!!

[MetroWolf]

When selecting the option to Utilize Automatic Weapon Selection did you keep the Weapons Bays empty or did you select the initial load-out and the AI removed replaced as needed?

[arnak]

Hi,

Just read the question and tried to find it in my game but can't seem to find that command in the turret menu?

Where should I be looking for that command please?

Arnak

[X2-Illuminatus]

Ingame Options -> Gameplay -> Advanced Game Settings -> Turret Command Configuration

[arnak]

Hi,

Ah, great, the one place I didn't look.

Thanks very much,

Arnak

[arnak]

Hi,

Update to my last post.

I have found the advanced turret configuration but all that is in there is :-

4 x attack options, 1 x protect, 2 x missile, 3 x command alpha etc.

In alpha, 8 x attack, 1 x missile, 1 x protect.

So please tell me which one is it that swaps the guns around automatically?

I am flying a Centaur if that makes any difference?

Thanks for any advice,

Arnak

[X2-Illuminatus]

You can click on each command in that menu and configure it at will. One of the selectable options is then the automatic laser switching.

[Falcrack]

auto switching should pick the best weapon for the job... how it defines them i cant comment.

Not sure about "best weapon for the job". It appears to just select a gun based on its range. So, it would go from PPC, to HEPT, then to FLAK and then to IRE when your are getting close to your target. Even if that target is another destroyer Sometimes it is useful, but you have to be careful what guns do you have in cargo. Some salvaged guns can really create a mess in the middle of a battle.

Not exactly true. It is more sophisticated than that. For example, when firing on another destroyer that has shields, it will use its ion cannons if it has them, since they do more dps than PPCs against shields. The second the targets shields are down, it will switch to using PPCs, which do more dps against hull than ion cannons.

[kurush]

The second the targets shields are down, it will switch to using PPCs, which do more dps against hull than ion cannons.

Whoever wrote that script please stand up I haven't noticed any smart behavior such as that and I am too lazy to locate and look into its source code. From what I noticed, it only takes range into an account. IC -> PPC switch can be also explained by getting some additional distance between your ship and the enemy destroyer.

[arnak]

Hi,

It's obvious that I need new glasses....

I totally missed that command....

Thanks,

Arnak