Trip Mine Help?

[6Taylor4]

I've played this game through many times; it's a great game. I never used trip mines, never figured out how to use them. All other items you hold down or just press the use key and it is done - with trip mines there's a green wire that comes out and then you duck walk around and click every key and nothing happens, unless you accidentally hit the 3rd mouse button and a new weapon is equipped and the trip put away.
How do you complete the placing of a trip mine? Might as well learn how, just started playing the challenges; explosives work so well on submissive AIs. Thanks.

[ReeNoiP]

Press the use key like any other item. Go to where you want the end of the tripwire to be and press it again. You now have a tripwire trap spanning between the two points where you pressed use.

The range is limited, but you should have no trouble covering a corridor or some stairs.

[6Taylor4]

Thanks, but... I use the Num* for 3rd weapons and I press it and it places it and the string comes out but i press again and nothing! That's the process I expected, a spaced double press, but it doesn't work. I just use the anti-personel mines, just as useful, especially in a choke point.

And what's with the switching to iron sights just because of a tiny positional change? ))
Thx again.

[Slogger]

F puts the mine down then stretch the wire keeping it green then when you find a suitable spot to put the other part down you double tap F ...sorted

[6Taylor4]

yeah, nope, I have remapped everything to the numpad or near it, no defaults left. crazy, huh?
Thx.

[Rydall]

6taylor4 iv sent a friend request, ill try and show you if you want

[6Taylor4]

Well I just reset the key to a differnet one and then back to my choice. I kept hitting the key and moving a little and one time it worked; so it works, I'm just too dumb to figure out how to make it work well. I won't miss them, and now i know it works, sort of, so thanks for the help, it made me keep at it.
The little personel mines are fine, especially in a doorway or hall.

[jimco]

My key bindings, right ALT places it and then right ALT again to place wire.

[6Taylor4]

Yes, and I am hoping that if I ever actually USE a trip wire again, that is how it will work.
Thanks.

[Bigjohnboote]

seems buggy to me, sometimes it works, sometimes i have to fiddle with it, but i use it alot. always protect your six.

[6Taylor4]

UPDATE: I remapped several keys, and then was messing around and found out this:
First tap plants the Trip mine, then lateral move to extend it, then DOUBLE TAP the same key to set the wire! I did this by accident, then proved it to work, at least for me. You can't be too close to a wall or it may not take; you know, just like when you are pinned against a wall and they're coming in the door when suddenly you only have Iron Sights! Man, that panics me so bad, I die every time trying to get the series of buttons and moves in a reasonable order! ;)

Trip Mines are actually pretty useful, o if that helped, let me know.
My six sir - yessir - always sir!

[Hootmon_Y_Knot]

In addition to how you click it, it can be a bit finicky in terms of distance between the spots and the nature of the terrain and objects close by. It often takes some time to find two workable spots.

[6Taylor4]

yes - almost always fits a doorway/path or a hallway intersection, but does have length limits.
I usually pack 1 of these, med kits, and 'nades and search for the rest.

[Rydall]

on multiplay most servers are one shot so the use of medkits are nil, so i pack 2x plate mines, 2x bounce bettys , , 1x trip, and 1 granade, thats my loadout

[6Taylor4]

good to know; i do not use multiplayer, as my experience can be summed up as previously stated: spawn/die/repeat. I have had no success there and no fun. GL.

[Rydall]

sorry to hear that, but if you ever come on to inglorius basterds servers say hi and ill help you ?, show you some tips to make the game more fun for you