Attack commands for Weapons Only ("Stand Ground" when in attack mode.)

SpaceCat

If you want your weapons stay focused on target but moove your ship freely.
Or if you want your ship to stay in one place but turn to attack it's target there should be an option!

I have noticed that when you attack a specific part of a ship and you fly by it aims at that part again (butonly sometimes?) How does this work exactly?

Sombreroman

SpaceCat It's a pretty good idea!

Mc2

SpaceCat This i need too.
You can focus weapons, then fly to spot where you want to stand ground without attack comand, but once you want to focus weapons again, you have to attack once again, set target for weaposn and then again set movement to spot where you want to be.
Then there are other ways, but to complicated, just key binded order stand ground (and turn on spot for atacking) and move again could be good.

Walt

SpaceCat If you want your weapons stay focused on target but moove your ship freely.

This works if you select the weapons and then give them a target, but I get the desire to be able to do this without selecting the weapons first. Perhaps by holding Ctrl?

SpaceCat Or if you want your ship to stay in one place but turn to attack it's target there should be an option!

So like, an attack command that rotates but doesn't move?

SpaceCat I have noticed that when you attack a specific part of a ship and you fly by it aims at that part again (butonly sometimes?) How does this work exactly?

Weapon targets are remembered even after canceling an attack command (because target orders are not actually tied to the attack command), so if you get back in range/arc of the target, the weapons will re-acquire it.

Dalas120 And it would be great if you could issue move commands while maintaining facing.

Probably coming in the command UI revamp soon-ish.

Dalas120

Yeah, I agree. It would also be great if you could tell your ship to aim at a specific enemy part, instead of at a specific angle.

And it would be great if you could issue move commands while maintaining facing.

SpaceCat

Dalas120 And it would be great if you could issue move commands while maintaining facing.

Like attack commands only for Weapons - would also work.
You can move your ship but weapons stay focused on targert.

I have noticed that when you attack a specific part of a ship and you fly by it aims at that part again (butonly sometimes?) How does this work exactly?

SpaceCat

Walt So like, an attack command that rotates but doesn't move?

Yes rotate but stay at coordinates - or get to new coordinates but face enemy!
Move to new coordinates freely - but your ship tries to maintain rotation towards attack-target.
Kind of similar to the "omnidirectional-travel" idea, only that rotation/orientation is not fixed but "face-enemy".

Would rather see this via icon and not keyboard shortcut- expalining in next qote:

Walt Weapon targets are remembered even after canceling an attack command (because target orders are not actually tied to the attack command), so if you get back in range/arc of the target, the weapons will re-acquire it.

Very Nice to be sure of that! So half of this idea is already implemented!
SO maybe when selecting new targets while holding ctrl (is this shortcut not already used?) you select new targets but the ship keeps flying towards its move-command-coordinates.
Like: Ctrl&Attack unties the target selection from going into attack-movement-mode.

Then again can you even focus ona non targeted ship closely enough to select specific parts(?)

Maybe this whole idea comes down to a switch where you link/unlink attack mode from attack-movement mode.

This idea might still be green behind it's ears - just me having 2 much ideas 😉

(PS.: i have noticed that with new thrusters it has even become more critical that collision avoidance is always on - collision avoidance makes sense for travelling but almost never in fight or whenever enemy crafts are involved.)