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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace Discussion => Topic started by: TwoCables on December 07, 2014, 08:58:06 am

Title: Cycle Primary Weapon Rate?
Post by: TwoCables on December 07, 2014, 08:58:06 am

The default is 'O' (not zero, but the letter 'o'), and as far as I can tell, it doesn't do anything. Have you ever used this? When does it do something? Is it only for certain primaries?

This applies to the retail SP campaign.

Title: Re: Cycle Primary Weapon Rate?
Post by: zookeeper on December 07, 2014, 09:22:41 am

It'll only work if the ship has the "dynamic primary linking" flag (which retail ships won't have), and it'll toggle the firing pattern; for example if the bank has 4 firepoints, it'll toggle between 1x4 (chained fire, one firepoint at a time), 2x2 (paired shots) and 4x1 (regular salvo fire).

Title: Re: Cycle Primary Weapon Rate?
Post by: TwoCables on December 07, 2014, 09:39:25 am

Oh, ok. Thank you.

Title: Re: Cycle Primary Weapon Rate?
Post by: Rhys on December 08, 2014, 04:50:08 pm

Wait, this is a thing?

Title: Re: Cycle Primary Weapon Rate?
Post by: niffiwan on December 08, 2014, 10:29:39 pm

yep, seems to have been included in the new pilot code commit, so would have been in FSO since 3.7.0

Title: Re: Cycle Primary Weapon Rate?
Post by: TwoCables on December 09, 2014, 12:11:09 am

Oh, I didn't know that it's not a part of the retail FS2. It has been several years since the last time I played it.