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gilion

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Join Date: Jun 2012

Posts: 36

I just use spacebar for my energy weapons and depending on how many torpedo launchers I have (usually 4 on most of my cruisers) I bind each torpedo to a different number (1-4).

grylak

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Join Date: Jun 2012

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For my BOP, I have appeared to have binded my forward and rear torpedos to numbers, for quicker firing in fights, since the BOP seems to need to fire torpedos quickly, but with timing.

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matthew486dx

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Join Date: Jun 2012

Posts: 39

Quote:

Originally Posted by supergaminggeek

First, I click the power button, from settings 0-16. Then, I click a button, or pull a trigger, in the case of rifles.

I see what you did there.

I have autofire on for all weapons. I use torpedo DOFFs. And often have at least two torpedo launchers. They fire so fast. I couldn't keep up with them if they weren't on autofire.

obsidiusrex

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Join Date: Jun 2012

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With onomatopoeia.

But seriously, my beams and cannons auto-fire, while projectile weapons are manual so I can unleash hell... on my mark.

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anikaiful

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Join Date: Aug 2012

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Energy weapons on autofire. Torps manual.

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age03

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Join Date: Jul 2012

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How do you make a macro up?

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focslain

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Join Date: Jun 2012

Posts: 30

Quote:

Originally Posted by defalus

It's done in the game itself, you can type into chat:

/bind spacebar "GenSendMessage HUD_Root FirePhasers $$ +power_exec Distribute_Shields"

That makes the spacebar fire all energy weapons and distribute your shields at the same time.

For keybinds too long to type into chat you can creat a text file in your star trek online/live folder which you can load from in game to have a keybind like:

Space "+Power_Exec Distribute_Shields $$ GenSendMessage HUD_Root FirePhasers $$ +TrayExecByTray 3 9 $$ +TrayExecByTray 3 8 $$ +TrayExecByTray 3 7 $$ +TrayExecByTray 3 6 $$ +TrayExecByTray 3 5 $$ +TrayExecByTray 3 4 $$ +TrayExecByTray 3 3 $$ +TrayExecByTray 3 2 $$ +TrayExecByTray 3 1 $$ +TrayExecByTray 3 0"

That's an extreme example that would make every power in the 4th row of your tray bound to spacebar.

And it's all supported by the game itself, no fancy keyboards needed.

Copied and done, thank you! Now if only my autofire would work.

matteo716maikai

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Join Date: Jun 2012

Posts: 797

i bind all the weapons to space bar. i push space bar constantly. i have auto fire on.

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cyber1955

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Join Date: Feb 2013

Posts: 1

I read that if multiple weapons fire at the same time, then you get -10 (or so) to the Weapon power setting.

My question - I am using a Nostromo N50, which has a macro capability and I can spread out firing of the weapons by some fraction of a second. The question would be does that get around the drop in weapon power setting from firing multiple weapons?

I assume that if you use the Fire All, then weapons would tend to always fire at the same time getting the deduction. If a macro fires the weapons in sequence, does that get around the deduction?

I did set up a loop that fires the weapons sequentially along with triggering the Cannon Rapid Fire option each time through the loop. I finally got a working DPS program by doing some modifications to the COH damage program, so I guess I could run some tests, but I thought I would ask first.

jkstocbr

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Join Date: Jun 2012

Posts: 1,205

Everything on autofire + Spacebar = boom

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