I've randomly started having an issue with one front turret on my Hyperion, it just refuses to fire, manually or automatically. All other turrets are behaving.
I've tried installing/uninstalling various weapons to no avail.
Any ideas anyone?
Hyperion Turret refuses to fire?
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ubuntufreakdragon
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Which game? Any mods active? (this includes self created ones, and also mention disabled mods or mods applied to TC when playing AP)
there are 2 causes for a turret not to fire.
1: no energy/ammunition
2: something is corrupt in the turret definition:
a) the guns and the camera are looking towards different directions in the scene
b) the turret model is not mentioned in TDummies or TComponents
c) someone messed up the indices in the Tships corresponding to the scene indices
If something was changed in the turret definition the changes would apply on the next sector change.
Btw. My Hyperion turrets work(X3 AP current beta)
there are 2 causes for a turret not to fire.
1: no energy/ammunition
2: something is corrupt in the turret definition:
a) the guns and the camera are looking towards different directions in the scene
b) the turret model is not mentioned in TDummies or TComponents
c) someone messed up the indices in the Tships corresponding to the scene indices
If something was changed in the turret definition the changes would apply on the next sector change.
Btw. My Hyperion turrets work(X3 AP current beta)
My X3 Mods
XRebirth, things left to patch:
In General; On Firing NPC's; In De Vries; Out Of Zone; And the Antiwishlist
XRebirth, things left to patch:
In General; On Firing NPC's; In De Vries; Out Of Zone; And the Antiwishlist
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Spearthrower
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Simple checks first.
1. Make sure gun is installed in the turret!
2. Check turret commands.
3. Make sure the turret is active - to do that change your view until you are in that turret and make sure the gun icon in the bottom left is not dull. If it is dull then you might have to add it to a group to ensure it is active. This can happen if you have gun groups set up and you change them whilst you are in the turret.
1. Make sure gun is installed in the turret!
2. Check turret commands.
3. Make sure the turret is active - to do that change your view until you are in that turret and make sure the gun icon in the bottom left is not dull. If it is dull then you might have to add it to a group to ensure it is active. This can happen if you have gun groups set up and you change them whilst you are in the turret.
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SteelCityColt
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RAVEN.myst
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If you are in normal piloting mode (ie. not in any turret) the turrets should be independent of your weapon group switching (as far as I'm aware, to switch groups on a turret you have to be on that turret - it's possible maybe they're all linked, not sure, but they're separate from the main guns). So now that you have it working, you shouldn't have more problems with it. I reckon just test it - pick a fight, then switch weapon groups from the cockpit to check that it stays operational 
Good hunting!
Good hunting!
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Not in my experience. I've only ever had a problem when I've changed the weapons group whilst not realising I was in the turret for some reason.SteelCityColt wrote:Thank you all for the replies, turns out that the turret wasn't active for some reason despite being in the weapons group. Removed it and re-added eh voila, one working turret.
Does this mean if my turrets aren't say in group 3 they will stop auto firing when that group is selected?
I run 7 EBC + tractor beam in the front of my Hyperion. I use weapons groups to manage them:
Group 1: 7 EBC
Group 2: 2 EBC
Group 3: TB
Group 4: No guns
This allows me to control fire on targets, move factories / mines and make sure I have a safety (group 4) so I don't accidentally shoot something when doing non combat tasks. (I run a Thrustmaster HOTAS and the config I run means I generally only have to touch the keyboard when changing weapons groups, building factories and renaming factories / ships.)