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1) You must remove all components before redeeding a ship. If it's an MP ship, you must remove all internal decorations/items.

2) The "green box" is your lead indicator, or the game's best assumption on where to fire to achieve a hit. You can only really trust it against slower moving ships, as faster-moving craft tend to change speed and direction so rapidly that the indicator can sometimes have trouble reporting the best firing solution. The best advice I can give is eventually you'll learn to eyeball it and use the lead indicator as a suggestion.

You don't want to center your crosshairs directly over a moving target or you'll undershoot every time (unless the target is travelling in a straight line).

3) No.

4) No.

5) Press "G" in-flight (preferably while not engaged) and assign your weapons to groups. This is relatively straightforward when you see it. Each group is (by default) assigned to number keys 1 through 0. You can assign weapon 1 to 1, 2 to 2, or both to group 3. Then map those to a mouse button or joystick button. It's advisable to add projectile weapons in groups 1-4, and missiles/countermeasures in groups 7-10.

Take my advice, though - and only use one weapon. It makes more sense to have one weapon and a stronger shield than two weapons and a weaker one.

6) Highly unlikely. The "easiest" Imperial squadron is Inquisition. You WILL NOT be able to solo all T3 missions for Black Epsilon, and you sure as hell won't be able to solo Storm Squadron's T3s.

Message Edited by KaylBreinhar on 12-19-2004 05:24 AM

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gunner4life wrote:

3) is there anyway to make the toolbar on topstay on screen at all times ( like it does on the ground ). currently it only appears when i press the alt key .

Yes, but you need to be using a flightstick to do this(press Alt to go into Mouse mode so you see the entire HUD, then use the flightstick.)

4) is it possible to display shield and armor status at all times ( in numerical values , cause the reticle shield looks like it is at full power even when it is almost dead .

The Shield and Armor are not shown by the reticle, they are shown on the radar. The two blue semi-circles represent your shields, while the two red semi-circles represent your armor.

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gunner4life wrote:

hi , i have been searching the forums but could not find the answers to a few very basic questions . hopeing someone can help .

1) can i redeed a ship that already has components inside it . if i can , will doing so destroy the components or will they still be there when i undeed the ship later ?

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No. You must take all components out of your ship before you redeed. Now, if you have a multipassenger ship, like the Decimator, and you have furniture in there, you will lose everything inside the ship if you redeed

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2) i use a mouse when i play . when i target an enemy ship a green box appears , usually slightly ahead of the ship . should i be trying to aim my fire at the green box of the enemy . if so should i be trying to allign my targeting green box or the little blue box onto the enemy green box ( damn i cant explain myself clearly but i hope someone can understand what i am asking )

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Aim for the + that is inside of the little green box, this will almost guarantee a hit at any given time.

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3) is there anyway to make the toolbar on topstay on screen at all times ( like it does on the ground ). currently it only appears when i press the alt key .

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I always just hit alt and move the arrow over to the bottom right corner of my screen where it's not seen. Makes it much easier to know what exactly I'm doing.

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4) is it possible to display shield and armor status at all times ( in numerical values , cause the reticle shield looks like it is at full power even when it is almost dead .

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No Sir.

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5) when i get a ship that can have 2 projectile weapons , will i be able to fire them both at the same time , or is the option of having 2 projectile weapons only for the purpose of being able to switch from blasters to cannons / disruptors etc . if we can fire both weapons simultaneously , will my default attack button on the mouse suffice .

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You can decide whether you want to fire both at the same time, to cycle them, or to have one key for each projectile. If you just want the default ordinance button on the mouse to lauch both of the projectile weapons, just set that mouse button as the fire ordinance group button, and select which ordinances you want to put in that group. I believe that the key for this is "G" while in space.

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6) will i be able to solo tier 3 missions with a tie bomber , assuming i have average skills and decent components , ( i was told by someone that it is impossible to hit moving targets with the bomber due to terrible maneuverability , is this true )

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Don't go after anything higher than a Tier 3 craft in that bomber, and you should be fine to get through the mission solo. It takes more than average skill to do this though. I used an Interceptor for this one.

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any help would be graetly appreciated . thanks .

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You're welcome.

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