Cannon not firing

[fred99]

After countless hours I still cannot use the cannon while in Sim mode. Even the space bar which is the default fire button for gun is not working. This is embarassing, am I missing something... cannon is working fine while in arcade mode.

 

thanks in advance.

 

-fred

[SuperKungFu]

did you flick the master arm switch?

[fred99]

yes, Master Arm is ON, the rockets are working.

[Highwayman-Ed]

Did you press 'c' key to enable the cannon?

[boomshekah]

Did you press the "C" key to select the cannon?

 

oops too late;)

 

and press the "space" key fire the cannon.

Edited December 21, 2008 by boomshekah

[Hornet12000]

Also, range to target should be from 3 to 4km I believe. And once in range, you see a 'C' signal in the HUD and TV.

 

S!

[Chillspider]

now I had trouble with it at first i couldnt shoot the cannon after turning master arm on and hitting c and have locked the taget. So in order for me to shoot i have to switch the weapon control system switch from Auto to manual and then it fires. Its right underneath master arm . So how do i use it in auto and i am in range. I cant even shoot vicker when auto is on.

[Slayer]

You have to turn on the laser....PEW PEW

 

Lock up the target {Return key}

 

Also helpful to turn on ground moving target for movers

 

Should be good to go {IF your in range per the previous poster}

Edited December 22, 2008 by Slayer

[Cobalt-VN]

master arm on

'C' to activate the cannon trigger

laser off (standby mode)

lock up target

pull trigger

 

FYI remember tho that your laser is off so if you go back to ATGMs you will need to recativate it

Edited December 22, 2008 by Cobalt-VN

[CAT_101st]

With the gun in auto mode and a target locked. laser in standbuy mode. weapons armed the trigger guard fliped up. aand last the target must be in the constraints of the gun or it won't start firing.

[fred99]

Thanks all for the help. I have reset the default keyboard controls and it is now working :music_whistling:

[nemises]

master arm on

'C' to activate the cannon trigger

laser off (standby mode)

lock up target

pull trigger

 

FYI remember tho that your laser is off so if you go back to ATGMs you will need to recativate it

 

Laser Off ?...no no, Laser should be in standby mode for all weapons, other wise there is no way for the targetting system to compute range to target! (note also, that if the LAser is off, it will not range Datalink targets either..so leave it on Standby!)

 

Note especially when you fire Cannon rounds at 3+ KM's that they arc up and "fall" on the target, where as if you are within 1 KM, they fly pretty much straight...the only reason this happens is that the targeting computer has allowed for the ballistics and travel, and aims the barrel up to compensate based on the laser range return. With the laser off , you would need to put the weapons control system in Manual mode, in which case, the cannon will still follow the Shkval, but will have no idea what range the target is,and therefore suffer greatly with accuracy.