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Author Topic: Permanent Alternating Fire Arcs  (Read 376 times)

TheMineKnight

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Permanent Alternating Fire Arcs
« on: October 20, 2024, 04:41:50 AM »

A lot of the time, when I use alternating fire, it's on slower weapons that have high per-shot damage, to stagger the damage on a target so they can't just keep their shields down for a few seconds to de-flux. However, I have noticed that I am starting to find it very frustrating not being able to see where all my guns are pointed with the reticle and arcs in a protracted fight. Would love an option to Turn on all Arcs for alternating fire.
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Re: Permanent Alternating Fire Arcs
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2024, 05:35:05 AM »

A fine suggestion.
It could be neat for inactive arcs in alternating mode to stay visible but with opacity reduced by a certain amount.
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Re: Permanent Alternating Fire Arcs
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2024, 12:14:31 PM »

Exactly. I'm not sure how hard it would be to code in a setting to just reduce the opacity for unused arcs and such, but it would be helpful for sure. It gets a little annoying at times when you're in a hectic battle to constantly see your arcs change.
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