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barrass808
05-01-08, 10:09 PM
does anyone know if u can change the type of ammo u use in gwx 2.1?

20mm has AP rounds at present and 8.8 has HE, can i change these?
ssconvert
05-01-08, 11:12 PM
Not as far as I know. The lack of option is due to GWX's realism. In WW2 the U-boats didn't carry star shells or Ap shells. Only HE.
mcf1
05-02-08, 01:05 AM
Hi Kaleun and welcome.
you can try to search the sh3 workshop forum for deck gun ammo,
you'l find what you need in there:up:
Uncle Goose
05-02-08, 11:15 AM
Not as far as I know. The lack of option is due to GWX's realism. In WW2 the U-boats didn't carry star shells or Ap shells. Only HE.


Which isn't a correct assumption since Kretschmer used incendiary ammo at least once to sink a ship as stated in the book "The Golden Horseshoe.
Jimbuna
05-02-08, 03:03 PM
This is and will always be open to debate. What is sure though is that AP for the deck gun is not included in GWX, only HE.

If you wish to know how to increase the number of HE shells for the deck gun, let me know or I'm sure someone will post the answer here for you http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/pirate.gif
mcf1
05-03-08, 03:01 AM
found this:
http://www.uboat.net/technical/guns.htm
not much about ammo, but some interesting info about deck guns
antikristuseke
05-03-08, 04:57 AM
Not as far as I know. The lack of option is due to GWX's realism. In WW2 the U-boats didn't carry star shells or Ap shells. Only HE.


Which isn't a correct assumption since Kretschmer used incendiary ammo at least once to sink a ship as stated in the book "The Golden Horseshoe.

But this is where the game engine limitations come in. Effectively HE shells function as if they were Incidiary shells in the game anyway, allso i have yet to see a ship sink due to fire damage in game.
Jimbuna
05-03-08, 07:21 AM
Damage to a ship is cumulative whether it be from flooding, explosion or fire. Once the required number of damage points are spent, the vessel should sink.
Brag
05-03-08, 10:16 AM
I don't know about GWX 2.1. In previous versions I've rran into the Swan from hell. The damn thing is on fire from stem to stern but will hound you to death. :roll:
Jimbuna
05-03-08, 02:28 PM
I don't know about GWX 2.1. In previous versions I've rran into the Swan from hell. The damn thing is on fire from stem to stern but will hound you to death. :roll:

It will/does take a while....but they do succumb eventually http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/4986/hitlersmileythumbnailiz3.jpg