Weapons group.

[Zeltak]

Inside the game (preferably in space meaning undocked) do this:

Click the F1 button on your keyboard, from here go to Options > Controls > User Interface

Inside the User Interface window, scroll down til' you see these properties:

Activate Weapons Group 1
Activate Weapons Group 2
Activate Weapons Group 3
Activate Weapons Group 4
Activate Weapons Group 5
Activate Weapons Group 6

Here are the properties to activate (meaning you make the guns/missiles "green" on the bottom right weapon window.)

So lets say you have 6 Guns, I will call them A,B,C,D,E,F

In weapons group 1, you want Guns A, B, C and D activated.

In weapons group 2, you want Guns E and F activated.

So inside the Options > Controls > User Interface window, click on "Activate Weapons Group 1" to chose which hotkey you want to use to trigger Group 1.

After that, (now you must be in space), the bottom right window which shows all your weapons, after clicking on the hotkey you have chosen for Group 1, then click on Guns: A, B, C and D to make them green.

Then you setup another hotkey for "Activate Weapons Group 2", then once again fly in space and click on the hotkey you chose to trigger Group 2. Then activate (green the weapons) in the bottom right window for Guns E and F.

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Extra tip.

If you are flying a Very Heavy Fighter class vessel. The standard load out is 4 Hull Buster Guns and 2 Shield Buster Guns, along with either a Train CD / Mini-Razor / Torpedo Launcher.

It is most common to use three weapons group.

Weapons Group 1: 4 Hull Busters and 2 Shield Busters
Weapons Group 2: 4 Hull Busters
Weapons Group 3: Train CD / Mini-Razor / Torpedo Launcher

However this may vary, I go by this standard weapon group setup.