Ship weapons.

[TacticalCobra1119]

This may be a noob issue, but I can't get the ship weapons to work. I dragged the corresponding weapon into the inventory bar when I was inside the ship, I made sure it was on and then I attempted to fire it with LMB, but it didn't work.

[Thedutchjelle]

Are you in Creative mode? If not, does the weapon have ammo?
Do you have ownership of the relevant blocks? ( you can force set it to "me" to avoid issues)
Try CTRL to fire?

If all else fails:
Make a screenshot if your ship (F12) and upload it here so we can take a look.

[Castellan]

Also make sure you ahve power...

[TacticalCobra1119]

I'm trying to use ship weapons only on the quickstart/creative mode. I used the prebuilt fighter ship, so I assume it's equipped with everything it needs. I made sure to set ownership of the gatling gun and rocket launcher, but not all the blocks that are used on the ship. If I need to set ownership of every last block that's used to fire the weapon before it works, then that's horribly inaccessible. I understand this is alpha, but using a ship's weapons should be streamlined in creative mode.

[sneaky_hobbitses]

I was having the same issue. You have to press "G" while inside the cockpit, then choose the submenu "Weapons and Tools". Then right click on the weapon (or tool) that you want to use and it will put it in the slot at the bottom. Choose the number and go to town.
This seems very strange, but there are alot of things I haven't figured out about this game yet so this may have a reason for being like this.

edit * It seems strange because you cannot do the same thing from the first menu that comes up when you press G. It wants to toggle the block on or off..

[TacticalCobra1119]

Thanks for your help. I realized that all I was doing wrong was selecting the gatling gun and rocket launcher blocks from the "all blocks" tab instead of the "weapons and tools" tab. The all blocks tab just allows you to assign a quick on/off switch for your ship's guns. The actual weapon shows the available ammo whereas the on/off switch for the weapon doesn't. The system makes perfect sense now.