Fire arrows do not work for gate in Shanty Town - help

[hubrecht.duijker]

After the helicoper and ambush battles in Shanty Town I have to open a gate that is stuck. Apparently this has to be done by shooting fire arrows in the white cloth around a bar in this gate - but the arrows do not work. Also, I noticed thatb the numer of arrows in my possession does not change when I shoot the arrows, it stays on 30. What to do? I am really stuch here.

[bvkelly]

You need to press "1" to alternate between fire arrows and normal arrows

[Thumper]

the arrow count does not change if you shoot rope arrows (a red X rope arrow), if the tip of the arrow is not burning it's not a fire arrow. you cycle reg. fire, and exploding arrows, rope arrows are a different key. check your key config for what the key's do.