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[E Carmine]

I equipped two Ultra AC5s on my hunchback only for them to jam up early in the fight, I was unable to fix them and was useless to the team. I did ask but got no help in game

How do I unjam them?

[AlphaPiAlpha]

You can't, afaik.

Would be cool to have some key or something to hit and keep hitting until it works again (shake canon )

[E Carmine]

Thanks for the reply Gartenlaube, it inspired me to google the problem and found how unjam the weapon. It just goes to show there's a need for clear explanations of the more advanced game mechanics.
http://blackrabbit29...uac5-guide.html

MechWarrior Online UAC5 Guide by Bigchunk1

The UAC5 has become a special weapon. It not only fires once per cycle, but twice. Holding down the trigger on a UAC5 to fire two shots in a single reload cycle is called "Double shotting". This sharp increase in firepower, however, comes at a price. If you double shot with a UAC5, you suffer a 10% chance for the weapon to jam. If your weapon does jam, it will not fire until you unjam the weapon.

How to unjam your UAC5:

Step1: recognise your UAC5 is jammed by observing the blue flashing numbers on the bottom right of your HUD

Step 2: Select the row of the UAC5 and column of the flashing 1 using the arrow keys. Press right control twice.

Step 3: Select the 2nd column in the same row by pressing the right arrow key and press right control twice.

Step4: Continue resetting the jam of the weapon by pressing right arrow, right ctrl, right ctrl, until all fire groups are reset.
Note: each control group can be reset in any order.

Edited by E Carmine, 05 November 2012 - 01:13 AM.

[Sawa963]

This thread is valuable.

I just tried out my UAC5 for the first time. Of course, I jammed it almost immediately. Luckily 2 people in my pub game were able to help (one was even on the enemy team!)

[Snib]

If you run the weapon regularly I'd suggest configuring a macro for the unjam sequence, allows you do it pretty much instantly and it's a pain to do it in combat otherwise. Can't configure macros in game obviously but there are tools like AutoHotkey or e.g. my mouse comes with a macro function.

[Steel Fire]

Yeah, there definitely needs to be a better way to clear the jam than going through and double tapping across the fire groups. It's bad enough that there is a jam mechanic but it's understandable and I can accept that. Having to take your hand off either the movement keys or the mouse for the time it takes to clear is pretty much a death sentence.

[Stingz]

Snib, on 17 November 2012 - 11:47 AM, said:

If you run the weapon regularly I'd suggest configuring a macro for the unjam sequence, allows you do it pretty much instantly and it's a pain to do it in combat otherwise. Can't configure macros in game obviously but there are tools like AutoHotkey or e.g. my mouse comes with a macro function.

I am quite certain there is such a device floating around the net, though I'm not cleared to tell you where.