Guns Safety Switch?

[Denholm]

In WWII pilots in most planes had a switch that allowed them to switch their guns from "SAFE" to "FIRE". I've read some stories of when pilots forgot to switch to "FIRE" and so they lost an easy kill.

I'm wondering if we can implement the same method into AHII. Instead, by default the switch is on "FIRE" so that begginers won't have any issues remembering to switch to "FIRE". I would enjoy this because it gets annoying when you're flying in a formation and someone gets bored forgetting that there's airplanes ahead and hits the trigger.

It's rather annoying, so the "SAFE" option would really help out, not only so people can press the trigger when they're bored, yet also protecting the planes ahead from the deadly wave of lead.

[Lusche]

Originally posted by Denholm
(...) not only so people can press the trigger when they're bored, yet also protecting the planes ahead from the deadly wave of lead.

Protecting planes ahead? Friendlies are protected by killshooter. Enemies don`t need protection.

Don`t put your finger on your trigger until needed

[Denholm]

I'm not an MA player, so I don't know if killshooter is on or not, the only arenas I fly in don't have that enabled.

[Spikes]

maybe a safe could elimate KS completely


but others will kill friendlys for fun

especially the noobs

[Benny Moore]

Actually, depending on the airplane, getting your guns ready for combat could be a royal pain as time-consuming as dropping your tanks (which was not a quick flick of a switch as it is in the game).  You might have to turn on a heater, turn on a bulb, and charge the guns.  Apparently, fighters didn't just fly around prepared for combat all the time.

[Denholm]

Yes, that is true, yet this is virtual, and I think adding a "SAFE" switch might be fun.

[hubsonfire]

If you go to options/controls/mapping, you can simply unmap the fire buttons. That would be extremely safe, and wouldn't require HTC to waste any time changing things just for the freeloaders.

[NHawk]

Originally posted by hubsonfire
If you go to options/controls/mapping, you can simply unmap the fire buttons. That would be extremely safe, and wouldn't require HTC to waste any time changing things just for the freeloaders.

I was thinking the same thing. Just switch stick modes for safe/fire.

[Denholm]

Originally posted by hubsonfire
If you go to options/controls/mapping, you can simply unmap the fire buttons. That would be extremely safe, and wouldn't require HTC to waste any time changing things just for the freeloaders.

http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=185588

Not all ideas shared by freeloaders are considered rubbish by the top-men.

[68Hawk]

I posted something on this a while ago, but from what I hear HTC is extremely busy right now, so I wouldn't expect any action on this soon.  It's a good idea though, and I personally would love to see it implemented.

[Serenity]

Killshooter is your friend. We were giving one kid a hard time because he was ordering around my XO, and I will NOT stand for some snot-nosed, whiney little brat insulting my XO in such a way... anyway, I offered to see if he could shoot me down there in the MA, knowing full well KS was on. He took off, I let him 'win'... "takka takka takka" "Boom!" He comes on shouting "WHOS SHOOTING ME! STOP IT!!!" lol. I felt bad... so I let him do it 3 more times. lol. It was FUNNY!

But yeah, I fly with my goon door open (For realism and speed of deployment) but I am ver trigger happy. Luckily I have an X-45, and I have that middle red button mapped to secondary fire, so I just flip that closed, so even if I do push down on there, I cannot depress the button.

[Kweassa]

Actually, a safety setting for ordnances would be a very good idea.

 It isn't really a problem for fighter planes that can switch back and forth between on-board guns and ordnance, but take for example the Ju-87; the primary fire trigger shoots the machine guns, and the secondary fire button handles the bombs. You can't switch the secondary fire button to anything else in this case, and accidental/unintentional drops do happen.

 I've once suggested to Pyro that it might be helpful if the game can put in a 'safety' setting that can be cycled in armament. In this case, (the Ju87 for example), the pilot could press the button he uses to cycle through ordnance like other aircraft, and the secondary armament will cycle between bombs and "safety". The pilot could switch back to 'bombs' in the secondary armament when he is ready to drop.

[Spikes]

i like that,

would be useful,


i rearm, say in a JU88, i get back up and make a turn for the enemy, and i hit the bomb button, drop it on a friendly, and there goes say 5 kills

[Denholm]

Originally posted by Kweassa
I've once suggested to Pyro that it might be helpful if the game can put in a 'safety' setting that can be cycled in armament.

That sound's great. Even that would work if we can't implement an actual safety button. Just cycle through the armament to "SAFE".

[hubsonfire]

Originally posted by Denholm
http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=185588

Not all ideas shared by freeloaders are considered rubbish by the top-men.

The difference between bogie's idea, and yours, is that his idea wasn't stupid.