Master Star Citizen's New Precision Mode in 3 Minutes | Star Citizen 2024

[@Starbuck.Laniakea]

Also note, when zoomed in - and moused over a component (engines for instance), you can lock that item . Also - for those of us using Tobii eye tracking, manual mode allows for eye gimballing. Where you look is where you fire - with respect to what the gimbals range of motion can provide. Not all gimbals are treated equally.

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

Pinned.

[@Jan_Strzelecki]

How can you "lock that item"?

[@lestrike2707]

@@Jan_Strzeleckicycle by hitting R

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

@@Jan_Strzelecki Maybe scan first and press R? Or press R? I am in the process of testing it now.

[@Jan_Strzelecki]

@@BuzzCutPsycho Thanks. I won't be able to play SC for another two weeks, so I'm looking forward to other people doing all the hard work 😁

[@PoisonTaco]

Precision mode is very useful on bunker turrets! It lets you hit them from beyond effective range and you can easily dodge the shots if you know what they're doing.

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

Gonna pin this

[@asog88]

Great! Another exploit to make vehicles useless. :(

[@h3llofademon]

@@asog88 what exploit?

[@Jan_Strzelecki]

_If_ I could actually see those bunker turrets before they start shooting at me, that would've been useful.

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

@@Jan_Strzelecki yeah they engage super far now

[@Aztaable]

while in precision targeting mode press R to cycle between targeting the components. Once a component is selected you can back out from precision targeting mode, and it will keep that component targeted, and the PIP will aim at that component, rather than just the whole ship it self.

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

This is good info and I didn't even know that. I'll likely update this video in the near future for this.

[@shd_samurai9676]

I accidentally pressed the keybinds to enter precision mode without realizing it was in. It was like a whole new world of possibilities opened up before my eyes right then and there.

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

That is the magic of SC. Tons of hidden nonsense and esoteric knowledge!

[@GunShocka]

I have been using this to shoot off Cutlass engines in bounties. Makes easy work. But also if you scan a ship before engaging or during. This mode also gives access to targeting/locking shooting the ships components as well as components have health pools now apparently. Its cool since ballistics and missles can now be more accurately deployed to take out things like shield gens or power plants

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

I'll improve this in the future. Lemme try using this sub component target stuff. I never used it except for the old system. Time to learn!

[@GunShocka]

@@BuzzCutPsycho Trust me it's fun. It also makes missiles a but more dangerous since they have a higher chance of just knocking our components off rip. So it's entirely possible to get lucky and break shield generators and have a completely defenseless ship. Saw a video of someone doing it to a hammerhead. Pretty interesting. Though I'm not sure if this only applies to bigger crew ships or all ships

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

@@GunShocka It sounds like my old sub target video i did. Which is amusing since to my knowledge the old system was supposed to be replaced entirely by this new system. I wonder if it is a bug or feature at this point.

[@GunShocka]

@@BuzzCutPsycho might be a feature now considering they are pushing the team to making engineering. Erkul now shows the health pool of components, they also have started differentiating the types of components class wise. Like that the military components having much larger health pools than the civilian class of ship components

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

@@GunShocka Just tested it and it works independently of scans or precision mode. It has some quirks i discovered. I'll do a short video about it. It is better than the old system.

[@terriorx]

Short, right and informative as usual very great video Watched it, pull out my redeemer (of coz) to try it out, still not as good as auto gimbal but at least now I can aim at the target not the pip

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

Glad it helped. You will also be happy to hear cig is not happy with the state of the redeemer so expect a buff sometime this year

[@terriorx]

@@BuzzCutPsycho the turn rate is really bad without auto gimbal it took me years to take out the defender in a vlrt lol I'll look forward to wtever change they bring but now im better off fight ing in an A1 or the lightning 🤣

[@thechroniclesofcriss942]

ooooh there's another keybind I had to press. so that's why it didn't work when I tried it. thanks for the video! informative as always.

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

Glad I could help! It's absurd how many keybinds this game has. I plan to do a video about that, a rant even. it's so bad for the new player imo.

[@digitalben420]

Dude.. your videos are so helpful. An excellent man of the people you are. o7

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

I appreciate that! I like to help people out honestly. Short and sweet.

[@DentzSetzer]

what about targeting with T, then R to cycle through "sub" component? is it going to lock on a specific part?

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

Never worked for me personally. I figured it was a legacy feature.

[@grygaming5519]

So now I can actually say this phrase: "Target their engines and targeting computer"

[@vireo-sc]

нацеливаитесь на их двигатели и компьютер наведения

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

Yes. It is a sci fi fantasy made manifest

[@grygaming5519]

@@BuzzCutPsycho yo, are you gonna do a debunking of A1's cryfest on how we're stuck in 3DoF now with MM vs 3.22 6DoF....its weird. Is A1 playing the same game I am because I still have 6DoF in my Scorp no issue (tho now its even more fun since I can now effectively split engines more effectively for some crazy moves). I tried listening to it, got to 20 minutes in and started to winder if we even play the same game. Tho its funny he uses Star Wars and BSG, yet doesnt use B5 fights...MM feels more like Babylon 5 than BSG/Expanse. Also side note. Maybe if he would stop complaining about MM and instead tell people these tips.... oh right...he's gotta make sure those secrets are never outed.

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

@@grygaming5519 Maybe. More focused on getting the short guides out. I prefer not to give that dork too much attention. But I will suffer through his video tonight.

[@grygaming5519]

@@BuzzCutPsycho Oh, by the way I have a video that will add extra to your points. Look up Babylon 5 Siege of the Raiders. If you want a honest picture of what MM is going to turn out to be in the end when Maelstrom comes into play. Starfury combat is by far the best example of the combat SCM. Funny since the Starfury and Merai ship look similar and do operate in a 6DoF axis. Even NASA got the go-ahead from Straczynski to use the Starfury as a concept ship further down the line when they figure out how to build it.

[@FloxieImpy]

Is there a way to disable the auto zoom when in the precision mode when locking on targets?

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

Not to my knowledge

[@Vertexnine]

Thanks for the rundown, Buzz! Question, when I hit G in precision mode, my crosshair changes like it's going to follow my cursor but the gun still only points down the nose. It was working as intended before on the same ship, but something broke? Do you perhaps have any idea? Thanks

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

The weapon must be mounted on a varipuck which is the gimbal. Not all ships can gimbal. Which ship is it?

[@squirrellordsgaming2772]

Useful information

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

Glad you think so!

[@diminios]

Now I just wish that all those Reclaimers that spawn on bounties showed up properly on our target MFDs. I had tried this against one, but 1) I'm bad and 2) I couldn't see which shields were still up, other than by observing visual effects when my shots hit the ship.

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

If you focus one engine you will generally hit the shield space it is covered by. Usually. Try that out. I doubt you're that bad ;)

[@518UN4]

I somehow managed to make my guns auto aim at sub components while I was in a turret. Idk if that's only in engineering mode tho

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

That's awesome. I never got it to do that. And I've never been able to actually target them either. So I have to aim over them

[@Azkr-]

So it's not that I just turn Precision Mode on and the turrets point towards the desired component on their own; I have to keep the cursor over the component so shots.... somehow laser more towards it? How's this better over being in normal mode without all the insane magnification, while enabling manual gimbals and just shooting? Is this change aimed more in favor to HOSAS players? Because this looks like an extra layer of difficulty for MnK

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

Without precision mode it will always gor for enter of mass unless you use lag people. I don't really know the purpose of the change but it is overall very stupid

[@supraeric]

Based

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

super based

[@vireo-sc]

Good info; wasn't aware (im kind of a dumbss). Well that was only about 3 minutes; you sure you don't want to rehash cig tweets or spectrum posts for 15 more minutes?

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

Yeah LOL or I'll read patch notes

[@festersmith8352]

Its amazing what you find and learn in keybindings if you play around with them. Game Settings has some cool stuff too.

[@wkvalader]

Master Modes is fantastic. I really hope the loud detractors of the gameplay do not get any traction clawing the old system back. It was terrible.

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

I don't think they will. Cig has worked hard on this and won't toast it for them

[@BGIANAKy]

Mastermodes is dogshit

[@TheMaxDilllion]

@@BGIANAKyis it because you have to relearn how to fly or are you just that bad to begin with?

[@BGIANAKy]

@@TheMaxDilllion lol. Because it has zero skill now to fly. It’s boring. Doesn’t make sense at all

[@Anonymous-i1b3b]

master modes is stupid

[@mateuspm]

Thx master of Master mode!

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

Any time!

[@arthurvartanov2573]

Main disadvantage of this mode is you don't have pip

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

Yeah, it's overall kinda worthless in most cases.

[@fastgamingchannels7024]

So noob question, what to target on ships etc?

[@AthosRac]

Whatever you want. Shield generator, weapons, quantum drive, etc.... Most fights you just want to destroy it so youll not use this.

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

As he said whatever you want but in general i do engines on certain ships

[@fastgamingchannels7024]

@@BuzzCutPsycho Thanks , that kinda makes sense :)

[@Weevil-Knievel1134]

Sure it was slower. But a well timed shot was very rewarding in a Connie with size 5 M7A laser cannons using precision mode. Point,click ,delete On the smaller ships it was funny to see up close. o7 🚀

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

M7a rips when it hits

[@igorpniak8308]

How tf you can make very informative video about combat in SC when 'best players' struggle with making videos shorter than 30 minutes?

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

Because I am not a stupid goon.

[@lordseptomus441]

@@BuzzCutPsycho you're a legend is what

[@festersmith8352]

Kiss... Keep It Simple Stupid Though, there are those who can't grasp simple sometimes. Like taking the time to go through keybindings and discover press and hold Y, gets you out of any seat or bed. And in Game Settings one can set that to a tap. Buzz gets it.

[@digitalben420]

@@BuzzCutPsychofact.

[@eclipse3037]

the new precision mode seems extremely tedious and useless. I watched a video showing it off and it slows down fire rate aswell as gimbaling slowing down fire rate... How is this any better then what we had before? Before we had a way to use gimbaling by downgrading our weapons 1 size, But from what i see this puts a massive gap between players because if you try to use precision mode you lose fire rate and you don't get any aim assist whatsoever. Also why introduce this mechanic when the ships modules aren't fully introduced? I can't see anyone using this unless they wanna keep a ship alive but that doesn't make sense with the new soft death feature. This mechanic was made for no one in perticualr and it gives no help in combat whatsoever because alot of the ships either die extremely fast with fixed or take an extreme amount of time to kill in a 1v1 and this feature would make that so much worse because it hurts fire rate and it fixed you in a sort of orbit in order to be used which can lead to the destruction of your own ship.

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

Agreed its dumb. No argument from me.

[@Cooper_hitec34]

I guess main target if it is NPC then soft dead important cause loot inside ship.... For PvP , Crimes are important nor Soft Deads... so SC want Explode in Verse and increase the population in Klescher Rehabilitation :) But, mankind (@Buzz) could find another solution

[@festersmith8352]

This was a nice addition to the game. Can we get it on helmets now (binoculars)? This does take a little to get used to. It breaks immersion for me, but I get its use. Have you been able to lock gimbals to an off center vector yet? I can't seem to get it to work. Though I don't see much use for it.

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

I can totally seeing this happen on helmets. I actually think it will for some sort of recon helmet. Along with scanning.

[@asiftalpur3758]

component highlight and targeting in precision mode is yet another baby handholding for im not even sure who asked but this should be a LEARNED THROUGH EXPERIENCE system and not a UI overlay. Think war thunder damage indicator on the top right. we have to learn about internal layout of components and modules and crew placement and that's what seperates crayon eating premium players and experienced veterans.

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

I agree 100%. It is super stupid and I hate it

[@Jasonz1919]

I don't want this

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

It ain't great imo makes big ships suck more

[@clarky.]

I love your videos. And want to say a BIG thank you for helping me understand more to enhance my gameplay. 🫡

[@BuzzCutPsycho]

Happy to help! This game has too much crap that gets in the way and I hope to cut it down.