Janky Turrets

[Neon_42]

Is anyone having problems with turrets not firing in the right direction/getting stuck in weird positions? I build pretty simple turrets that can rotate 0-360 in azimuth and 0-90 in altitude. I have more than enough mass enhancers too. Nothing has been rotated but my turrets fire 90 to the side where they're facing. They also get stuck pointing straight up every so often. Has anyone else had this problem and is there a fix?

 

[Panpiper]

Yes, I have this issue frequently. Turrets are still very buggy.

I have turrets that are ball turrets able to rotate so as to face any direction, including straight down, without obstruction. (Of course they still cannot 'fire through' themselves or the ship they are mounted on.) Those ball turrets are perfectly capable of getting stuck on absolutely nothing.

 

[godmars]

Yep. Have died many times to a missile due to PD turrets locking up and not firing. It seems to be a bigger issue with AMCs. I have laser turrets that are more reliable, albeit they do shoot backwards

 

[StormWing0]

Hint Boat-tons of Rail mass Enhancers, and if that doesn't work turrets are as buggy as ever.

 

[Sgtwisky]

hum... Ive seen this bug when I tested some drones on a station once (a version or two back). The drones kept shooting out of their sides and not facing the target. No idea why it happened that way, only that it did.

 

[alterintel]

having mass enhancers on the base of the turret instead of the mother ship seemed to help a bit.

 

[AnthonyAnderson]

Look at the orientation of your weapons computer. From what I've noticed, that's what determines the direction that the weapons fire. The "screen" should be facing rear of where you want your weapons to be pointing

 

[StormWing0]

I look at the arrow in the block more than anything because it tells you the real facing direction. But yes the facing direction of the computers is just as needed as the cores. As long as the comps aren't facing a direction you don't want them to be firing in than the turrets shouldn't really care.

 

[Sgtwisky]

I am aware of the computer face direction. That was the first thing I checked on said drones. Though this only happened once, and never occurred again. The same drone rack was deployed on multiple other occasions and the drones never derped like that again. I am assuming it was ether a bug, or server weirdness.

 

[Lancake]

Can you provide a blueprint of that turret platform (the platform + turrets, not only the turrets)? If anyone else has turrets that lock up randomly, please provide a blueprint.
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having mass enhancers on the base of the turret instead of the mother ship seemed to help a bit.

You need enough mass enhancers on both the entity that the turret base is docked to AND the turret base itself. They only enhance 1 chain dock far.

 

[Neon_42]

Can you provide a blueprint of that turret platform (the platform + turrets, not only the turrets)? If anyone else has turrets that lock up randomly, please provide a blueprint.
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You need enough mass enhancers on both the entity that the turret base is docked to AND the turret base itself. They only enhance 1 chain dock far.

I have plenty of mass enhancers in both the turret and the base. I will try and get you a blueprint after I get home from work today.

 

[Neon_42]

Lancake I've added a blueprint to the bug tracker

 

[Lancake]

Lancake I've added a blueprint to the bug tracker

Thank you, I'll check it out as soon as I have some spare time.

 

[MacThule]

if each of those twin barrels is a separate entity docked to the linking entity they will always have firing problems because each barrel is trying to aim at something different. looks like they're moving together though, so that's probably not it.