How Ship Hardpoints Work | Star Citizen

How Ship Hardpoints Work
Your weapon hardpoint can be either fixed
or gimbaled
And are classified by their size and damage type
Sizes range from size 1 up to 6
And even higher in the future
Fixed weapons is a weapon of matching size to the ship hardpoint directly is what we call a Fixed weapon mount, and has the inherent benefit of being capable of using the largest weapon made possible by that hardpoint while contending with limited aiming and a requirement to land their shots more accurately.
So basically fixed aiming means skill to aim and hit on target, where your nose is pointing, the gun will shot.
And gimbaled weapons are an alternative to attaching the maximum sized weapon to your itemport/ hardpoint,
you may choose to use a Gimbal Mount. Gimbals allow players to attach a smaller sized weapon that will enable the user to line their shots up with more ease than a fixed on it’s own.
The Gimbal Mount must be the same size as the hardpoint, but can only support a weapon at least one size smaller due to the space it occupies.
So Seer how do i figure out what size weapon my ship holds???
*You go to your mobiglass and at the bottom you have a ship icon, open this and at the top right select the desired ship, and then at the left select the weapons tab, and hover over the ship slot, it will show you the max hardpoint size allowed*
So how do you change out a weapon to make it gimbaled?
In order to make the hardpoint gimbaled you will need to purchase a gimbal mount and then attach it to the hard point, you can purchase a gimbal at any dumpster depot
once you do this then you can put a weapon on the gimbal.
So remember, take the max size for a hardpoint get the equivalent gimbal size, then step the weapon of choose down a size.
So if your ships maximum weapon hardpoint size is a size 3, get a size 3 gimbal and a size 2 weapon, and it will fit.
Don't be like me when i was new and try to put a size 6 gimbal on a vanguard warden attempting to make a size 5 M7 gimbaled.
So now Why would I fly fixed then Seer gimbals seem to be the bee's knees to me!
Since fixed weapons are one size bigger than the gimbaled weapon you enherat Higher dps,
and for dual joystick users they generally fly fixed as well
How do i change from gimbaled to fixed weapons?
Then remove the gimbal, and place the max size allotted weapon of your choosing in the hardpoint slot and boom you have a fixed gun
Don't forget to save the loadout!
Another reminder, if you have a gimbaled weapon you can press R inflight you can gimbal lock your weapons if you do not want to step up the size of your guns to make it fixed
On the arrow you can make the size 3 turret gimbaled by removing the turret and placing a size 3 gimbal and then a size 2 gun on…. Or a fixed size 3 weapon on top.
Next we have missiles hardpoints
missiles themselves range from sizes 1-4
Sizes 5 and up are then classified as a torpedo
What is the difference between the two?
So, bigger higher damage
How do we fit them?
This is where things can get a little tricky equipping and swapping
Missiles use missile racks… on racks on racks..
To simply explain this
the size of the rack equals one missile of that hardpoint size being attached.
So if you have a size 2 missile rack i can hold a size to missle
To get two missiles attached to that rack, drop the missiles down one size.
So that same rack can hold two size one missiles
To get four missiles attached to the rack, the missiles sizes must drop two sizes.
SO if your ship uses a size 3 missile rack then you can put 4 size one missiles on that rack, or 2 size 2 missiles, and one size 3
And The legendary “Octo” racks mean you must drop the missile sizes down by three. This also means the rack itself must be at least S4
So instead of using a size 4 missile, you can have 8 size one missiles
Reminder
Some ships have individually bespoke racks (e.g. Constellation, Starfarer Gemini, Freelancer MIS) that are modeled directly into their hull. These cannot be exchanged for others.
The only customization possible in these cases is the swapping of the missiles themselves.
Here is a small list of examples, feel free to pause and observe the list if needed
Other than that you can see the max missile rack size in the ship tab in the weapons portion we discussed earlier
You can also now see at the far left the missles on the ship too
All of this can be found at center mass at arcCorp
There was a lot of information covered today but again If the video helpful feel free to like it , and share it with others to get the information out
#Seerthe6th
#Starcitizen
#Understandingshiphardpoints

[@JayNot2Tuff]

Damn man oh my gosh you started in 2014? I put this game off for a couple of years. Your video was a TREMENDOUS help man. Thanks!

[@PrototypeNZ]

Got here from reddit, really good stuff man. Been flying for months and was never shown any of this. Clear, concise and very help full. Get this man more subscribers!

[@mknevel9483]

Almost 2 years later but still helpful, thanks!

[@Seerthe6th]

WITH THE RELEASE OF THE BALLISTA WE NOW HAVE MISSLES SIZES 1 -7 AND TORPS SIZES 5, AND 9 AND FOR SOME SHIPS YOU CAN HAVE A GIMBLED SIZE ONE WEAPON WITH A SIZE ONE GIMBAL Hope this helped o7 Feedback is always appreciated! REDDIT:www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/bfu5yi/understandng_ship_hardpoints_star_citizen_35/

[@MaculaPravus]

Thanks for the hardpoint info. The info on missile racks was helpful.

[@Seerthe6th]

NP mate o7

[@panathaninf]

Thank you finally understood the bloody missile rack naming

[@-NateTheGreat]

I wish they would simplify this more, especially for new players. You explain it well!

[@Seerthe6th]

Ty!

[@ianbaxter9668]

Great explanation on hard points and weapon attachments.

[@Seerthe6th]

Ty!!

[@stephenflippin9711]

Very nice and perfect. Been looking for this explanation on lunch breaks for a week now!

[@038alpha]

Thx again, really learned something today !

[@silvershady22]

Thanks for your videos, I've been a backer since 2013 but I never fully understood the weapon systems so I've never bothered upgrading them. With your videos I was able to get a better understanding of everything. Thanks again.

[@StayFrostyOfficial]

Good video and explanation seer, coming from a new player all this info is hard to take in but after a few watches it's easy to understand. 10/10

[@jamesdavis4009]

Thanks so much for the info, was kinda confused until you clarified this! And you can thank Astropub (Paul Shelley) for the sub, was watching his most recent stream and saw you on there, you're awesome for doing these videos, keep up the good work!

[@xXLtDudeXx]

Thank you for explaining how missile racks worked and where to get them. Proved incredibly difficult to find.

[@alucard0712]

thank you! thats exacly the video I needed!

[@Seerthe6th]

You're so welcome!

[@GregDV]

This video really helped me, I have been a little confused on how to upgrade my warden vanguards weapons.

[@aries144]

This is exactly the kind of explanation I was looking for. Thank you for the clear, concise explanation. I feel like you're the kind of man who could teach a drooling crayon eater to work on delicate, complex equipment. I just have that feeling.

[@dudebremnajs]

racks on racks on racks got me. lol

[@betfoyetk9019]

Very helpful video. There's a big market for star citizen tutorials

[@jamesp7987]

Does anyone know if there will be fixed double mounts in the future? For example, on the Vanguard, this could mean that I could attach two fixed S4 weapons on the nose.

[@andresfelipegaviria4982]

great short summaries, keep it up, thank you

[@LordTiberius52]

Yeah, the missile part was especially helpful. Question: is there a way while flying to select what missile will fire next? Suppose my ship has some size 2s and some size 3s. And I am in a battle with an Arrow and a Cutlass So I want to fire a size 2 at the Arrow, and save my size 3 for the Cutlass. I have no idea what middle is going to fire. "luck of the draw?"

[@Seerthe6th]

At the minute you can not prioritize your missiles, which urks me cause in the weapons page you "have" that option Buut id use the size 2 for arrow and size 3 for cutty

[@Lordparable]

Doing gods work my friend

[@duffmanapb]

Do you know of the old work around to save components/weapons of a destroyed ship is still viable? I heard you could unequipe them before reclaiming the ship, but never got it to work, either in old patches or 3.5. Also, videos of tips and tricks could be up your alley for helping new pilots: how to interact with landing pads, managing heat during QT, breakdown of over clocking components, power management... etc. There seems to be space for that kind of content, epically in video form. o7

[@Seerthe6th]

Ill be covering those pretty soon here, made a previous one but its outdated Thank you And the way to keep your weapons(well the old one) was to go into your persknal hanger and remove all your weapons and then back in the PU you claim a ship

[@severelylegendayperson]

Great video buddy! Really loving these.

[@Seerthe6th]

TY!

[@chilli-beef3200]

Great Ty

[@andreagaleazzi2279]

Thanks! Just one question: is it possible to substitute a missile rack with another weapon (gimballed or not)?

[@Seerthe6th]

Sadly no a they are missile hardpoints so only missle/rockets can be put in place

[@letshacktogether533]

Thanks for the awesome video. I’m trying to get a s3 attrition 3 on the top turret but doesn’t seem to work it only lets me put in on the wings. Do I need another attachément I need?

[@isaacmack1316]

Can you put on a larger gimbal mount to fit that size weapon

[@25BDominique2021]

Thanks I'm new and this video really helped me

[@roy8200]

very well done thank you

[@ZebraActual]

Great info.. Thanks!

[@Seerthe6th]

Np :) o7

[@BarazalMatazawad]

Very Helpful thanks homie

[@Seerthe6th]

Np o7

[@user-fi8sp4dp3u]

Which would you recommend for HOTAS

[@itzjustkris7964]

Why can’t u take the gimbal off of the MSR?

[@matthewpena3932]

I will say the UI could be clearer and easier to understand on the ship equipment page.

[@Seerthe6th]

Agreed

[@informedchoice2249]

Great vid :)

[@joan61]

so one cuestion, can I take of the turret of my cutlass and put other weapon, like a fixet weapon one level more than turret or semething?

[@Seerthe6th]

You can swap out the weapons but they only can be of the same size for a turret.

[@joan61]

@@Seerthe6th but it doesnt let me to change the turret for a notmal gimbal or fixet weapon, how is to do it?

[@Seerthe6th]

@@joan61 what ship are you trying to do this on?

[@joan61]

@@Seerthe6th on a cutlass, I m triing to take of the high turret (player pilot turret) and put a gimbal or fixet weapon, but it doesnt let me, is posible or only can change a turret for turret?

[@joan61]

@@Seerthe6th ond on other way, how is to get an lti insurance? I was upgrate my mustang on a cutlass and I dont wana lose 100$

[@alokin0073]

Somehow I can't upgrade weaponary on my mustang alpha

[@ecevansevans2566]

Damn good video.

[@Seerthe6th]

TY!!!

[@pali1327]

Very helpful video helped a LOT, just one question: I bought 2 marksman l, and I can’t equip it to my aurora mr even it says it’s size 1.

[@Seerthe6th]

Ty!! And size 1 missile hardpoint means that can not put mire missles on A rack

[@nataliesantana3309]

I’ve fallen in love with your videos but I do have 1 critique/suggestion (maybe you’ve already done this but it’s hard to go through every single video). Can we get a video of examples where you’ve used the things you’re talking about to see it in action across a variety of fighters? Put together a loadout for a F7CM or Arrow or something and explain why you’re making the choices you are and what the trade-ofs are. Let us see it in action as well. I feel like I learn a lot of theory from your videos but I’m not always sure if my thinking is correct when attempting to put together my own loadout.

[@Seerthe6th]

Hello! And i do do this in my avionics guides, toward the ebd of the vids i go over some loadouts and my recommendations.

[@cdanielh128]

I bit older info perhaps I have no Idea but great video. I am working through your series. I am a returning player who now has a bit of time on his hands and I never got to learn any of this before. Fantastic videos. Subbed, Liked and trying to hit all your vids for likes. Keep up the great work brother! Hope to see you in the verse. Drinks on me!

[@Seerthe6th]

Im happy the video helped! :)

[@andrewalther2497]

So if I have a size 1 weapon slot I can't put gimballed gun on it?

[@Seerthe6th]

Yes you can some ships now have gimbaled size ones like the Aurora and hawk, they recently changed this

[@duramirez]

Some aspects of star citizen look so much like Elite hehehe :-P

[@aries144]

I feel like it would have been so much more intuitive if they used letters for the rack size. Like, you know an A rack is going to support something smaller than a C rack.

[@Seerthe6th]

I agree mate

[@betfoyetk9019]

How do I install weapons? It says Read Only and it doesn't let me make changes.

[@Seerthe6th]

That means that the ship is being used or its destroyed. When you log into the verse and go to pull a ship it will say all ships are destroyed give the console a couple seconds to update so it will show you ship available to spawn in and then it won't be read only

[@Power5]

@@Seerthe6th Was going to say this would have made a good addition to the video. How to actually get it to be able to be swapped out. Was really the only thing you glossed over in this excellent video. Great work on this. You can only swap weapons and systems for ships that are ready to be retrieved from the kiosk. So if you go to the kiosk and your ship says, "destroyed" or "on yela

[@nickokona6849]

Can you put a gimbal on a size 1 mount?

[@Seerthe6th]

Hello and yes this was recently added, you can add a size 1 gimbal to a size 1 weapon to gimbal it o7

[@nickokona6849]

Seerthe6th I thought so, but haven’t played in a while as SC blew up my old pc. I melted my Freelancer and picked up the C8X. Was thinking gimbals on the four guns might help me as I have quite poor eyesight. I appreciate the reply btw

[@FirstNameLastName-wd2xp]

Done a new one?

[@jimiseverus]

lmao. Dumpster Depot

[@StayFrostyOfficial]

Good video and explanation seer, coming from a new player all this info is hard to take in but after a few watches it's easy to understand. 10/10