AA gunner won't fire

[Platapus]

My anti Aircraft gunner won't fire his weapon.

I have a skilled PO assigned to the AA guns
I have selected the "man the aa gun" button and the AA gun area of the crew management screen is grey (active
I have selected either fire at will or fire at closing targets (tried them both)

and no shootin

And since the last patch did not fix the graphic blocking of the AA position, I can't even make the AA gun myself

What am I missin? <img>

Do I need to call the entire crew to battle stations???

Try swapping out a crewman from damage control or something, see if he fires.

If not, try swapping a new mount when you head back to port or something.

I had that bug in SH3 sometimes, but I got around it by unmanning-manning the AA crews.

[Platapus]

I tried calling the crew to battle stations but still no firing of the Anti Aircraft gun.

No one else has this problem

I sure do wish the next patch fixes the graphic blocking issue

[-Pv-]

You can mitigate the blocking by using evasive manouvers (which you should do anyway rather than making yourself a sitting duck) and your targets will move into target position more often if you turn the sub. In the real war AA gunnery was used as a last ditch defense when you could not get away in time. More subs were sunk by aircraft (or with the assistance of aircraft) than any other means.
-Pv-

[Snowman999]

Originally Posted by Platapus

My anti Aircraft gunner won't fire his weapon.

I have a skilled PO assigned to the AA guns
I have selected the "man the aa gun" button and the AA gun area of the crew management screen is grey (active
I have selected either fire at will or fire at closing targets (tried them both)

and no shootin

And since the last patch did not fix the graphic blocking of the AA position, I can't even make the AA gun myself

What am I missin? <img>

Do I need to call the entire crew to battle stations???

I've found that sometimes (not always) if you have Fire at Will engaged and then change the range or opening/closing target button you have to cycle the Fire at Will button again or he "forgets". Now I set the tactics before I release the guns.