My turret has a tractor beam in it, but I can't use/fire it without firing my main guns... when I switch to my turret and press the trigger, my guns fire as well as my tractor beam (thus, when i aim at cargo, it blows up due to the guns).
What key activates the tractor beam without firing guns? Is there a way to just switch the tractor beam on and the guns off? I checked the manual and it has no such key.
how do I use tractor beam without firing guns?
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According to the VSWiki, G is bound to "WeapSelKey", so if you look for that function in your vegastrike.config for PR, you should be able to find what key it's bound to, if any.
I checked in my old Privateer Remake install (1.0 Release Candidate) and it looks like WeapSelKey is bound to some obscure joystick switch or 8th mouse button, but I don't see a key binding for it. Not sure if this changed in more recent versions of PR, but you could add a key binding for it in your config if one doesn't exist.
Not hard to do by just copying some other binding in the XML but you have to make sure to assign it to an unused key. Here's a javascript keybinder utility that might be of help (I never tested it with PR though.)
I checked in my old Privateer Remake install (1.0 Release Candidate) and it looks like WeapSelKey is bound to some obscure joystick switch or 8th mouse button, but I don't see a key binding for it. Not sure if this changed in more recent versions of PR, but you could add a key binding for it in your config if one doesn't exist.
Not hard to do by just copying some other binding in the XML but you have to make sure to assign it to an unused key. Here's a javascript keybinder utility that might be of help (I never tested it with PR though.)
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Yeah, it's G for scrolling through gun configurations, and W for scrolling weapons, like missiles.
I can't remember if the tractor beam is a "gun" or a "weapon", tho
I think it was a W-eapon, as it uses the Enter key to fire, or didn't it; I got a flu and a fever, and my brain isn't working, so maybe you'll have to dismiss this post.
I can't remember if the tractor beam is a "gun" or a "weapon", tho
I think it was a W-eapon, as it uses the Enter key to fire, or didn't it; I got a flu and a fever, and my brain isn't working, so maybe you'll have to dismiss this post.
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