RE: Targeting Control Systems Skill

[ccwylde70]

I've watched tutorials on this and still can't get it to work. I'm using a PC, target the enemy ship with the E key, wait for the 'Lock' option to say it's locked, hit R key to supposedly get options to select different parts of the enemy ship with WASD ....

... and nothing happens.

I've gone back to Bindings in the Settings section and looked through the Spaceship/Flight section ... E's up there for Select Target but I see no sign of the R key (anywhere in bindings at all, for that matter) I also see nothing in Spaceship/Flight Mode that looks like a good candidate to assign R to.

I have to wonder if that's the problem or not, though, and not that the game's just ignoring my R key during combat, as I've noticed that even though Insert pops up to dock with ships or pull up planet info, I often have to leave the captain's chair and then sit my keister back down before the game acknowledges that the insert key is useful.

If I have to start leaving the Captain's chair just to get 'R' to work, it's not going to make the Targeting Control Systems skill much fun to learn or use.

If anyone has an idea of what I'm doing wrong, I'd be most appreciative of suggestions. Thanks, in advance!

[Ihateeverybody]

Hate to ask this, but I have to.

Did you take at least 1 level of the Ship Targeting Perk Line? It should be the furtherest Right Perk/skill on the Top. Right above the Shield Perk in the second row on the most right. Purple Section.

[ccwylde70]

Originally posted by Ihateeverybody:

Hate to ask this, but I have to.

Did you take at least 1 level of the Ship Targeting Perk Line? It should be the furtherest Right Perk/skill on the Top. Right above the Shield Perk in the second row on the most right. Purple Section.

Yep, I'm on the part where you're supposed to use that skill to kill 5 ships, but it remains at 0 of 5 no matter what I try doing.

I just tried getting up out of the Captain's chair during a 1 on 1 battle, but the R key still didn't seem to have any effect after making sure the Target Lock was still on ... I tried hitting WASD anyway, just in case, before reducing the enemy ship to cinders. Still didn't get any credit.

[Ihateeverybody]

Weird. I just tested it out.

You should see a slow motion effect. You can try binding to another key.

Any Mods or Creations? Game is up to the current version?

[ccwylde70]

Originally posted by Ihateeverybody:

Weird. I just tested it out.

You should see a slow motion effect. You can try binding to another key.

Any Mods or Creations? Game is up to the current version?

No mods, just running the vanilla version as this is my first outing. Picked Bounty Hunter as my class, so I think Targeting Control Systems was already selected as one of my skills, but don't quote me on that one.

Yeah, no slow motion effect or zoom in of target like I've seen in some of the videos, or cycling of things to target on enemy ships, etc.

What would I need to bind? That's the part I'm having trouble comprehending, as I don't see anything outside of Select Target and Ship Action 1 as potential combat options.

Hmmm, I did use the R key for Reload/Sheath Weapon in the Main/Gameplay Mode .... maybe that's my issue, will try reassigning that one ...

[Ihateeverybody]

Yep Ship Action 1 is the key. I just tried with assigning an Alternate key (I used \ and it it worked the same).

[ccwylde70]

Ok, I just figured it out!

Had to go to Ship Action 1 and designate 'R' as my secondary choice (it had been blank, with only Insert up there in the primary slot)

Also, although I did temporary reassign my Reload skill key, that didn't turn out to be necessary, so I can still R key reloads to my heart's content during personal combat.

Finally got a 1 out of 5 in that Targeting Skill column!

Yeah, it almost feels like VATS from Fallout when you do it ... or like drinking Blend from that pusher in Neon when you're in a fight, lol

Thanks for your suggestions and help :)

[Ihateeverybody]

Cool, you got it working. Nevermind all this then.