Possible to edit deck gun ammo?

[gord96]

Is it possible to edit the amount of deck gun ammo your boat can carry? I want to change it on a Type VII/B

Thanks for any info! :hmm:

[Sailor Steve]

It certainly is, but I only remember half of it.

That half is: go to Data/Cfg/Basic and look toward the bottom. Right after all the conning tower listings you'll find ammo. The one you want is

[AMMO_TYPE1];8.8cm SK C/35
Idx=1
Year=1939
Month=1
;AP=40
;HE=160
;SS=40
AP=0
HE=220
SS=0
Renown=0

The numbers after the semicolons ( ; ) are the original game loadouts. The numbers below are the historically accurate ones being used in GWX. You can change them to pretty much anything you like BUT...you also need to change the block loadouts (the groups of 20 that you see when you look at the Torpedo/Ammo screen), and I don't know how to do that one.

[gord96]

cool. thanks steve. much appreciated for the info and the bump

[Jimbuna]

You must also change the ammo slots to represent match the number of shells you are going to add.

In a Type IX I carry 250HE......Go to:C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\GWX2.1\data\Cfg

Open up the Basic CFG file and scroll down toexample is for an IX to 250 rounds)


[SUBMARINE_AMMOLIMITS1] ;105mm
MaxAmmoPerSlot=110
[SUBMARINE_AMMOLIMITS2] ;88mm
MaxAmmoPerSlot=110
[SUBMARINE_AMMOLIMITS3] ;37mm
MaxAmmoPerSlot=400
[SUBMARINE_AMMOLIMITS4] ;20mm
;MaxAmmoPerSlot=1000
MaxAmmoPerSlot=2000

Change the 105mm from 110 to 250

Now scroll down to:

[AMMO_TYPE0];10.5cm SK C/32
Idx=0
Year=1939
Month=1
;AP=40
;HE=60
;SS=20
AP=0
HE=110
SS=0
Renown=0

Change both HE values to 250

Good Hunting

[gord96]

awesome. thanks very much! what is HE ammo best used for?
:hmm:

[richardphat]

Since it related to the deck gun what file do we need to edit if we want to edit the damage it made?

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by gord96

awesome. thanks very much! what is HE ammo best used for?
:hmm:

If playing realistically it's best used for everything, because that's all they carried. There was no true AP shell for any guns smaller than the 15cm, and the SAP, or common shells, were used on minesweepers and larger.

Starshells? Right out.

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

You must also change the ammo slots to represent match the number of shells you are going to add.

In a Type IX I carry 250HE......Go to:C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\GWX2.1\data\Cfg

Open up the Basic CFG file and scroll down toexample is for an IX to 250 rounds)


[SUBMARINE_AMMOLIMITS1] ;105mm
MaxAmmoPerSlot=110
[SUBMARINE_AMMOLIMITS2] ;88mm
MaxAmmoPerSlot=110
[SUBMARINE_AMMOLIMITS3] ;37mm
MaxAmmoPerSlot=400
[SUBMARINE_AMMOLIMITS4] ;20mm
;MaxAmmoPerSlot=1000
MaxAmmoPerSlot=2000

Change the 105mm from 110 to 250

Now scroll down to:

[AMMO_TYPE0];10.5cm SK C/32
Idx=0
Year=1939
Month=1
;AP=40
;HE=60
;SS=20
AP=0
HE=110
SS=0
Renown=0

Change both HE values to 250

Good Hunting

thanks, will fiddle that in right away as i found it stupid that a big IX had equal/less shells then a small VII
and then they call em "better armed"

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by gord96

awesome. thanks very much! what is HE ammo best used for?
:hmm:

Sinking ships

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Kaleu. Jochen Mohr

thanks, will fiddle that in right away as i found it stupid that a big IX had equal/less shells then a small VII
and then they call em "better armed"

In one of the Clay Blair volumes there is a reference to a Type IXB (IIRC) carryinf 355 rounds

[danlisa]

A warning to people thinking of adding other shells to their loadout in GWX.

As you have to click to load your first round on the DG, if you add AP rounds (for example), there will be nothing to click on as the graphics have been removed.

By all means increase the amount of shells already carried but beware about the other types.

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

In one of the Clay Blair volumes there is a reference to a Type IXB (IIRC) carryinf 355 rounds

:hmm:

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

In one of the Clay Blair volumes there is a reference to a Type IXB (IIRC) carryinf 355 rounds

Pending positive proof of that, the reason the Type IX is listed as carrying less ammo is simple: The 10.5cm round (Type IX) was 3.45 feet long, and the 8.8cm round (Type VII) was only about 2.5 feet long. The bigger shells take up more space, so they carried less of them.

Call it stupid if you like, but the numbers are accurate. The typical battleship only carried about 100 rounds per gun, for the same reason.

http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_41-45_skc32.htm
http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_88mm-45_skc35.htm

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Pending positive proof of that, the reason the Type IX is listed as carrying less ammo is simple: The 10.5cm round (Type IX) was 3.45 feet long, and the 8.8cm round (Type VII) was only about 2.5 feet long. The bigger shells take up more space, so they carried less of them.

Call it stupid if you like, but the numbers are accurate. The typical battleship only carried about 100 rounds per gun, for the same reason.

http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_41-45_skc32.htm
http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_88mm-45_skc35.htm

Volume 2, The Hunted, Luth, U-181, page 79

[andym]

Ok i have changed the data/cfg/basic file,but it keeps reverting back to the original values!!!!!!!!!!!!