Direct fire weapons should include a camera like the turrets.

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Ronin Planetary Industries has Space Engineers

Oct 16 @ 7:32pm

Direct fire weapons should include a camera like the turrets.

I'm a bit frustrated with trying to aim direct fire weapons with camera blocks. I don't know if its a condition of being on a server. But I can be at a standstill with six large railguns at 600 meters from something, and the zoom on the camera does not stay on axis. It zooms in crookend.

My ♥♥♥♥ pit is directly behind the camera. surrounding the camera is are the railguns. In theory, whatever is directly in front of me at a ded stop and 600 meters away should get hit or at least skimmed by at least one railgun sabot. The shot is way off, no where close to target.

So put a camera on the direct fire weapons and have the site picture line up just as well as the turrets.

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ShadedMJ

Oct 16 @ 9:01pm

Sure you aren't using the camera pan tilt mod or something? My camera is staying centered.

emuinatrenchcoat has Space Engineers

Oct 16 @ 9:46pm

i think a camera directly on the block will have the same problems, also they said in SE2 blocks can have property's from lots of different block which i assume means it's not possible in SE1

MekaDovah

Oct 18 @ 4:44am

Originally posted by Ronin Planetary Industries:
I'm a bit frustrated with trying to aim direct fire weapons with camera blocks. I don't know if its a condition of being on a server. But I can be at a standstill with six large railguns at 600 meters from something, and the zoom on the camera does not stay on axis. It zooms in crookend.

My ♥♥♥♥ pit is directly behind the camera. surrounding the camera is are the railguns. In theory, whatever is directly in front of me at a ded stop and 600 meters away should get hit or at least skimmed by at least one railgun sabot. The shot is way off, no where close to target.

So put a camera on the direct fire weapons and have the site picture line up just as well as the turrets.

Yeah I stuck a block with a camera on top of my railgun set up and always have to remember the shots are going to go a bit below the "crosshair" I see. Given the sheer size of the railgun, you'd think they'd at least have a built in camera to aim the dang thing easier.

Last edited by MekaDovah; Oct 18 @ 4:44am