Gun/Shield Energy question

normntaz · Post by **normntaz** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 3:47 am

Hi everyone,

I just started playing EM, and I have a question.
I'm trying to redirect energy from Guns to Shields, but it does not seem to be working. The numbers flicker, but they do not change.

I'm still in my starting ship (merc start). Am I missing a piece of equipment that is required before I can use this functionality, or is this a bug?

Thanks in advance.

49rTbird · Post by **49rTbird** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 4:19 am

Hello normntaz, in options under configure controls, check to see what keys are bound to the transfer of energy to the shields and to the weapons. I have mine bound to the left and right arrow keys for simplicity. Left to go to the Shields and right to go to the weapons.

soulsacrifice · Post by **soulsacrifice** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 10:10 am

Most likely, you have a joystick axis also bound to energy/shields distribution in which case the axis will override the buttons.

Munshine · Post by **Munshine** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 11:07 am

If you got extra buttons on a joystick, you can bind two of them to energy distribution

Busch · Post by **Busch** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 4:44 pm

The default keyboard keys bound to the energy bias adjustment are "[" for shields, and "]" for weapons. These keys may be reassigned in the "Configure Controls" option from the Options menu. There are three pages of key bindings which are scalable, for the most part. Don't forget to set your IDS increase and decrease while you're there. Page 3 of the key bindings chart, towards the bottom of the page. As the F11 and F12 keys are not currently being game-utilized, I'm using those keys for my own IDS scaling. Or, as suggested, you could bind to other available keyboard keys or joystick toggles. Good luck and hope to see you out there !

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 5:02 pm

Hi Normntaz, welcome to the game and forum!.....Hope to see you out there some time!.....

normntaz · Post by **normntaz** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 10:52 pm

From post: 130883, Topic: tid=8947, author=soulsacrifice wrote:Most likely, you have a joystick axis also bound to energy/shields distribution in which case the axis will override the buttons.

That's exactly what it was. Thank you.

normntaz · Post by **normntaz** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 10:52 pm

From post: 130901, Topic: tid=8947, author=Maarschalk wrote:Hi Normntaz, welcome to the game and forum!.....Hope to see you out there some time!.....

Thanks!