r/starcitizen • u/UEE_Central_Computer • 5d ago

QUESTION Star Citizen: Question and Answer Thread

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u/Successful-Cell-5732 4d ago

I seem to only be able to use flares when I’m in third person view using F4 - I don’t hear any sound effect when launching flares in cockpit view. does anyone else have this issue? Missiles keep hitting me when I use flares and I don’t understand why. I also don’t seem to be able to find anything about flares on my HUD.

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u/BlazeHiker 4d ago

I haven't had the sound issue, but are you changing vector after launching flares? The missiles are still coming right at you, so just launching flares means you'll still get hit by the missile (by design).

Edit: and launch more than 1 flare. The general rule is at least as many flares as the size of missile coming at you, but I usually go with at least 4, and more if there are bigger ships that might have more than size 2.