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Using the Machine Gun on the tank. Cant get it to shoot
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2015 5:53 pm
by Hogweed
How do you get the machine gun on the tank to shoot? The Cannon shoots with the space bar, but when I press Q to switch to the machine gun, and it does highlight that it switched ( to the right), I press space bar and nothing happens. I do have ammo in the gun. I can take a snapshot if needed!
Appreciate any help!
Re: Using the Machine Gun on the tank. Cant get it to shoot
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2015 5:57 pm
by orzelek
Hogweed wrote:How do you get the machine gun on the tank to shoot? The Cannon shoots with the space bar, but when I press Q to switch to the machine gun, and it does highlight that it switched ( to the right), I press space bar and nothing happens. I do have ammo in the gun. I can take a snapshot if needed!
Appreciate any help!
You need a target to shot with machine gun or use C key (by default) to force fire at something.
Re: Using the Machine Gun on the tank. Cant get it to shoot
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2015 7:00 pm
by Hogweed
Ok- I will give that a try! Thank you!!
Re: Using the Machine Gun on the tank. Cant get it to shoot
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2015 9:04 pm
by bobucles
All the hitscan weapons are smart fire. They'll only shoot if there's a hostile, and they'll automatically hit.
Vehicle smgs are mounted on a turret that has to rotate in order to fire. The command to rotate is given only when the turret is told to shoot and has something to shoot (rather than tracking sooner or following the mouse), so there is some lag involved.