In Xbox One Elite:Dangerous can you fire chaff outside a fire group
I realise that in the PC version this is probably a simple key binding; this question is specific to the Xbox one version of Elite: Dangerous, only.
I recently added a chaff launcher to my ship. I can fire it by adding it to a fire group, switching over to that group and pulling one of the triggers, but this is a pain in a firefight.
However the chaff always appears on the far left of the HUD, even when not assigned to a trigger - does this mean that there's some other way to fire it?
Can I fire chaff without binding it to a specific fire group?
Does that also apply to other manually applied modules (head sinks, shield cells, etc)?
Best Answer
No!
Unlike in the PC version, you cannot bind Chaff, Heat Sinks, etc, to unique buttons. Hence you must use Fire Groups to use all these utilities.
The UI feature you are talking about are the Weapon Brackets. The additional brackets where you are seeing your Chaff Launcher and other utility-mounted devices on are called Secondary Brackets. In the Xbox One version of the game they are only useful for seeing cooldown timers and remaining ammunition as button bindings are not available.
Source: Elite: Dangerous online manual page 52 and onwards.
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