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Originally Posted by Stargazer
As for the deck gun, as was pointed out, I was incorret about what I had as standard initially. I do start with HE rounds not AP's as I first said.
Clicking the shell sure enough does load the gun ready for use and bring the ammo counter up to 220.
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Don't feel bad, I can't remember how many times I've given the order to "feuer frei" and then sat here fuming because NOTHING WAS HAPPENING.
And then I would remember that I didn't go to the gun and select HE before trying to make the crew load it.
If nothing else, questions like yours help remind everybody of some of the little quirks of the game that it's all too easy to forget about in the heat of the action.
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You said that the other types of shell were removed for realism? Can I assume then that they make a return at a later date?
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In GWX I think the deck gun ammo stays the same throughout the war, and honestly the later into the war you get the likelihood of using the gun at all decreases down to zero due to a variety of factors. At some point (in RL) they started removing the deck guns from u-boats entirely, to decrease dive times by losing the weight and/or to replace them with more AA guns because Allied aircraft had become the #1 threat. So having more and different ammo available later in the war would be kinda pointless.
Altho I did think about modding in 1 round of AP ammo, just to see if having it there would let the crew start loading the gun without my help - one round of AP to start the process, and then they'd move right on to the HE as intended. I think the general consensus was that it wouldn't work (maybe there's actually a stock bug that borks up the whole thing no matter what ammo you've got). Can't remember that I ever actually tried it, though, just to see for myself.
