ABC 101: Aim Mode and Weapon Panel

Hey Tankers!

Today, we'll break down the weapon control systems in the Armored Battle Crew!

Dakka Dakka! Take aim at your targets!

Aim Mode

The first person aim gives you direct control of a selected weapon. You can enter and exit the aim mode by using the “Shift” Key when the weapon is manned. Once in aim mode, use the mouse to Aim and fire using a mouse click!

Additional shortcut keys:

• Right Mouse Button or “Z” to toggle zoom
• “F” to cycle through ammo selection if any
• “Q” or “E” for quick activation of crew abilities if any
• “T” for safety toggle (Safe/Fire)
• “G” for fire mode toggle (Burst/Auto)

Firers, watch your front!

Pros

Why take manual control when your crew can do it f or you?

• You will be able to target weak spots on enemies and deal damage more effectively. This is especially true for enemy tanks.
• Weapons will rotate faster, increasing your engagement speed.
• Weapons will be more accurate (unless you're not). This is useful for long range engagement and targeting weak spots.
• You will be able to shoot beyond the maximum range of the weapon.
• It’s FUN!!! (trust me, i'm a engineer video game designer)

Cons

Well, nothing is perfect!

• Lack of overall situation awareness because won’t be able to see what's happening around your vehicle. So, be sure to Shift in and out of the aim mode!
• You may miss too. I mean, you may.

Weapon Panel

Moving on, let's talk about how you control your weapon in non-aim mode.

You can bring up the Weapon Panel (located at the bottom of the screen) by selecting your weapon or the crew member manning it.

Info Bar

This bar displays basic stats such as health, repair, fire and ammo status.

Ammo

A maximum of 4 ammo types is allocated to each weapon but only one ammo type can be selected at any moment.

Fire Modes

Toggling between Auto or Burst mode affects the accuracy of weapon.

Burst Mode increases accuracy by telling your crew to regulate his/her firing by taking aim between firing bursts of rounds

Auto Mode on another hand commands your crew to dump all the rounds on the target. This mode is ammo intensive and significantly less accurate, but great for close range encounters against multiple targets.

Do note single shot weapon will only have the Auto firing mode.

Safety

This is pretty straightforward. Set weapon Safe to stop crew from engaging targets and Fire to engage target.

Target

All targets can be classified into one of the following: Infantry, Soft, Hard or Air.

Infantry and Air are self-explanatory.
Soft refers to crew served weapons such as the AT gun and field artillery.
Hard refers to targets with armor plating such as the Tank.

Each weapon comes with a default targeting setup based on its strength and weakness, but you can customize this based on your needs.

For example, a machine gun would have Hard turned off by default because they are not effective against tanks.

Crew Abilities

This only appears If the Crew member manning the weapon has relevant abilities.

Click on the ability to activate them, but take note that they come with a cooldown duration, so use them wisely!

That’s all for now. Stay tuned for more insights and be sure to WISHLIST the game so you can be the first to join the battle!

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Armored Battle Crew Team