• From: Manchester, United Kingdom
  • Registered: 2006-01-17
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Re: Lock on Lasers.

I cant wait to shoot down my first X-wing big_smile Hopefully Aqullis will be in it. I dont really like the lock on lasers idea, just leaves to n00b pilots shooting down anything!

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Re: Lock on Lasers.

Well it would be accurate to the movies if this was included. Perhaps mabye you had to be almost directly on target anyway for it to work? Mabye move the shots a few degrees to the left or right?

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  • From: Montréal, Canada
  • Registered: 2006-03-23
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Re: Lock on Lasers.

I believe the weapons lock you guys are referring to is the Targeting Computer.  As far as I gather from the films and SW flight sims (X-Wing through X-Wing Alliance) it's not an automatically-aiming laser assist at all.

Basically you just have a targeting computer that lights up indicating the optimal time to fire your non-guided lasers so you can hit  a target you're leading in your sights.

SW lasers behave like WWII machine gun fire for all instensive purposes, they're individual shots and have no guidance system like torpedos or concussion missiles.

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  • From: Melbourne, Australia
  • Registered: 2006-01-02
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Re: Lock on Lasers.

wink

If you watch the sceen where vader fires it deffinatley looks like the laser fires diagonally. The laser them selves don't track, the cannons are just able to pivot slightly.

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  • Registered: 2006-01-01
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Re: Lock on Lasers.

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  • From: Montréal, Canada
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Re: Lock on Lasers.

General Un-Co wrote:

wink

If you watch the sceen where vader fires it deffinatley looks like the laser fires diagonally. The laser them selves don't track, the cannons are just able to pivot slightly.

Ah okay aiming laser turrets on the fightercraft.

I believe the A-Wing is the other snubfighter supposed to be capable of this, though it's not documented in the films.

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Re: Lock on Lasers.

oh... How about give the pilot a tone when the target is in the sights? Following lasers is not the idea. Just watch ep. 4 and you will see what I mean.

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