Man the flak gun ?!

[Temujin]

I'm on surface. Near the English cost. Day time.
I pressed F6 - no one came.

I talked to the bridge officer and choose from its menu "Man the flak gun!"
He yield into my face "Man the flake gunnnn..." but again. Nothing.

hmmm... Am I missing something?


Temujin

[KiwiVenge]

Are you using the MoraleMod? If not then maybe there is not enough morale to follow those orders. Yes, it is silly, they are fixing it next patch. For now install the MoraleMod you can find in the mod section if you haven't yet.

Also, the useless flak gunners won't shoot at anything until you designate a target for them with your binoculars. Makes it fairly futile in my opinion. I am hoping i have missed something, maybe someone will enlighten me here.

[mcarlsonus]

I've managed to get the flak gunners to man their positions ONCE - and only after taking the gun myself and pressing F6 SEVERAL times. This was due to a SINGLE case where Beaufighter or possibly Mosquito aircraft out of Gibralter actually MADE threatening maneuvers around me. Operant term: "MADE" - they never fired a shot, just circled about. ANYWAY, after managing to target with the binocs, the flak gunners started banging away - but, unlike the deck gunners, couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. In typical SH5 AI fashion, two of five aircraft destroyed themselves with a lovely mid-air collision, complete with fireworks-type explosion. Rather like what one sees when freighters, etc. run head-long into seawalls, explode, and burst into flame.