Auto Assign FC not working

[replicant2699 (OP)]

I've designed a ship with lots of size 1 missile launchers (64 to be exact) to fight against a spoiler race. It has 8 fire controls, so I was expecting the Auto Assign FC feature to assign 8 launchers to each MFC. Unfortunately it's not working which makes these ships practically useless, since assigning all those launchers manually for 20+ ships is not something I want to do. Am I missing something here?

In addition to that, am I also supposed to assign the only missile type on board to each of these launchers? Is there an easy way to assign missiles to all launchers?

[Black]

Auto assign is bit wonky but you can save yourself some time. Set your fire controls for one ship and then use Assign All button (Naval Organization - Ship Combat) to copy it to all ships of the same class.

[replicant2699 (OP)]

I thought that button only assigned targets. You just saved my life, thank you!

[Droll]

I thought that button only assigned targets. You just saved my life, thank you!

That button copies the entire combat profile of the ship to every ship of the same class. As well as FC assignments this also includes any assigned targets.

Same applies to the "assign fleet" button which is very helpful if you want the whole fleet to fire on the same target.