Target Reticle and Lockboxes

[bigerals]

Can someone shed any light on the Target Reticle when aiming at Lockboxes.

I have a little circle with a white dot in the middle, all OK until I aim at one of the locks on the Lockbox. The dot leaves the circle and drops down meaning I need to re-aim and align the dot. The moment the sights are off the Lockbox the dot is back in the circle again.

I have tried all the settings I can find from Auto Aim to No Auto Aim. Not targeting the Lockbox etc, etc.
Iv'e tried it from in ship to out of the ship in my space suit chair and have the same result.

I am playing in X4 Cradle of Humanity.

Any advise would be greatly appreciated. :)

[eMYNOCK]

turn off the aim assist if you want your shots going to were you aim with your cursor.

if that mentioned aim assist is "on" your weapons will try to fire towards the indicator you see.

as i just have said, this is an indicator were you should aim if you want to hit a moving target... with aim assist your weapons will do that for you, without it you have to do it your self.

thats all there is to say.

[bigerals]

I have turned aim assist off it makes no difference. once I aim at the lockbox or the locks on the Lockbox the small white dot jumps out of the small circle.

I'll go and double check that aim assist is off if that is what you say the problem is.
Thanks for the reply.

[eMYNOCK]

you can also just deselect the box, in that case there won't be any target reticle at all.

just make sure that your weapons are indeed firing at your cursor before trying to aim for the locks... the very first shot tends to go straight forward.

[Zloth]

I've been having the same issue. It seems to be worse if the gun is far from the centerline.

If the lockbox isn't rotating, it's pretty easy to just slide the ship over a bit and get the lock under the little dot. (Best to have just one weapon enabled when shooting at lock boxes.) I assume what's happening in that case is that the turret is aiming at a point under my cursor that's well behind the lock box.

What gets confusing is what happens when the box is rotating. The aim point starts jumping all over the place; way more than what I would expect because the aim point is in the distance!

[cwsumner]

Look at your ship from the outside, the guns are not usually mounted right in front of your gunsight. That means that the guns are shooting towards each other, to make a triangle with your target at the point. The guns move when the target is locked, and the distance matters.

So, when you shoot at a lockbox from 10 meters away, your guns are "trying to shoot at the end of your nose"!

As the box turns the dots will hit the box and lock as they pass. This makes it look like the dot moved, but it really didn't, because it's a laser that you only see when it hits something..

The way to do it, is turn off the sight computer autoaim and don't look at the crosshair. Instead look at the dots for each gun and use just one, with the others missing the box. Careful here, if the other guns hit the box you can blow up every time. Best to disable all but one gun, if you can set it up that way.

Once you get the idea, you can open it every time (almost). 8-)

[arrak]

Also, controll check. in "Loadout" within your ship menue of ship you're flying, if your Targeting Software did not "disapear".

And if, then an equipment dock shall be your first stop again

[Ariochaotik]

i was having major trouble opening boxes myself. the trick was, use middle mouse, not spacebar. fire once with middle mouse button before you line up the shot.

[trooperrob]

use a smaller ship with a centre mounted gun. you can use the jumping sight to help you, aim slightly off the box, when it rotates so the red is close to your sight, the curser will jump onto the box, fire then. If you miss because the cursor jumps back, then you dont damage the box.

[Astasia]

Originally posted by bigerals:

I have a little circle with a white dot in the middle, all OK until I aim at one of the locks on the Lockbox. The dot leaves the circle and drops down meaning I need to re-aim and align the dot.

The white circle doesn't mean anything relevant here, the dot is the only thing that matters. Where the dot is is where your shot goes. The white dot will "drop" a little when you mouse over something because it's adjusting for distance to the recognized target. Deselect the box, put the white dot on the lock, press middle mouse to fire at where your dot is. As mentioned it helps a lot to make a weapon group with only a single weapon selected for doing this.

If it's too frustrating you can tell your pilot to do it for you, they are really bad at it if you are on the ship watching them, but if you order them to open a box from another system they have a pretty good chance of getting it.

[Daddy Shark]

You're too close to the box. Back up.

[xPEDx]

lol i destroyed 100% of mine , until i got out my ship and shot them with my hand gun :)

[gerald2]

add another firing group to fire just one gun,you will be more precise and have less risk to destroy lockbox if you hit it.
If i understand mechanics correctly if you fire with spacebar ship is firing at reticle ,if u use mouse middle gun willl try to shoot at your cursor (if gimbal angle will allow this).

[Sabaithal]

Should be noted that some weapons are really terrible at opening lockboxes. Namely plasma.

Beam lasers are pretty good. All you need to do is tap-click on each point once aimed properly, since they are hitscan.

[eMYNOCK]

Originally posted by Sabaithal:

Should be noted that some weapons are really terrible at opening lockboxes. Namely plasma.

Beam lasers are pretty good. All you need to do is tap-click on each point once aimed properly, since they are hitscan.

Plasma is not that bad... with some practice one can open Lockboxes even with a Destroyer Main Gun...

[Sabaithal]

Originally posted by eMYNOCK:

Originally posted by Sabaithal:

Should be noted that some weapons are really terrible at opening lockboxes. Namely plasma.

Beam lasers are pretty good. All you need to do is tap-click on each point once aimed properly, since they are hitscan.

Plasma is not that bad... with some practice one can open Lockboxes even with a Destroyer Main Gun...

Killing a fly with a sledgehammer approach. Sure, you can eventually master it after however many days of practice, but why bother when you have a swatter?