Auto Turrets on Ships

[Rutiger Murray]

Got the 400k ship from Ryojin Industries and it comes equipped with automatic laser turrets, they can't be fired in space combat and I don't know how to make them fire automatically, does anyone know how they work?

[His Divine Shadow]

If they’re turrets they fire on their own

[NegativeZero]

I think they can only fire forward, they can't swivel around, so the enemy has to park themselves in front of it.

At least that's what I've heard people claim. I haven't tried it out myself or gotten any turrets to work personally.

[JimmyTheSaint™]

I didnt get far into that tree but is there a skill you have to have to use them?

[Aerisana]

Just started the game, but make sure they have enough power to operate.?
Or maybe they need to have the enemy grab aggro ( fire first) before they "turn on".?

[Just Chill]

Originally posted by NegativeZero:

I think they can only fire forward, they can't swivel around, so the enemy has to park themselves in front of it.

At least that's what I've heard people claim. I haven't tried it out myself or gotten any turrets to work personally.

Welll... There is a difference between Auto Turret and Auto Gun.

The Auto Turret aims and fires at enemies on its own.
An Auto Gun fires just in front, but as soon as you hit the fire button, it won't stop firing until the energy is depleted.
At least that's how I experienced it.

[Jonah Falcon]

Question: do you have the skill that ALLOWS you to use auto-turrets?

[Dailao]

Originally posted by NegativeZero:

I think they can only fire forward, they can't swivel around, so the enemy has to park themselves in front of it.

At least that's what I've heard people claim. I haven't tried it out myself or gotten any turrets to work personally.

You can put them in other places.

[poomanchu]

You might also have to specifically target the ship you want them to fire on. (on PC, aim and press 'E' to set your target)

[roach112683]

Originally posted by NegativeZero:

I think they can only fire forward, they can't swivel around, so the enemy has to park themselves in front of it.

At least that's what I've heard people claim. I haven't tried it out myself or gotten any turrets to work personally.

I saw a video that says they should be put facing the rear. That way they can auto fire on enemies behind you.

[Offline]

I am using the shield breaker and the turrets are shooting above too. Not having any turret skills, those only improve the performance but they also work without them

[Tenoshii]

Originally posted by Rutiger Murray:

Got the 400k ship from Ryojin Industries and it comes equipped with automatic laser turrets, they can't be fired in space combat and I don't know how to make them fire automatically, does anyone know how they work?

Not sure if there is something specific about your laser turrets, but in the process of maxing out my Starship Design skill I decided to try out some turrets.

I put three on my 3rd weapon group. I went into space combat and my turrets were shooting at something outside my cockpit view the moment I came out of fast travel (I didn't even have time to target what they were shooting at). I don't have any points in the turret skill in the Tech tree, and the turrets I placed on my ship were at the front facing forward:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3035335836

They do need to be "powered" to fire and will stop firing if you take all the power from them manually.

[leqesai]

Originally posted by roach112683:

Originally posted by NegativeZero:

I think they can only fire forward, they can't swivel around, so the enemy has to park themselves in front of it.

At least that's what I've heard people claim. I haven't tried it out myself or gotten any turrets to work personally.

I saw a video that says they should be put facing the rear. That way they can auto fire on enemies behind you.

Yeah this is good advice. You may want to have some on the top+bottom of the vessel as well.

[Rutiger Murray]

Originally posted by Just Chill:

Originally posted by NegativeZero:

I think they can only fire forward, they can't swivel around, so the enemy has to park themselves in front of it.

At least that's what I've heard people claim. I haven't tried it out myself or gotten any turrets to work personally.

Welll... There is a difference between Auto Turret and Auto Gun.

The Auto Turret aims and fires at enemies on its own.
An Auto Gun fires just in front, but as soon as you hit the fire button, it won't stop firing until the energy is depleted.
At least that's how I experienced it. :wellok:

Basically the turrets have an angle of action, if the enemy is at said angle the turrets fire automatically, positioning them correctly is essential to make them work to the player's liking in the shipyard