activate deck gun targeting system

petermari · 08-21-07, 08:54 AM

My deck gun only works on manual. How do I get it to fire at will? How do I get the crew to fire below the water line etc. Is this just something that doesn't work for anyone? Thanks for your help. Peter

Von Manteuffel · 08-21-07, 09:59 AM

First, make sure you have crew members assigned to the deck-gun in the crew management screen.

Then simply click on the deck-gun button in the command bar. You should hear a repeat command "Man the deck-gun, yes, sir."

This brings up other buttons which allow you to command the crew to fire at will etc.

petermari · 08-21-07, 11:54 AM

Yes. I have crew manning the deck gun. I can hear the orders being repeated. Fire at will etc. The gun is not firing. Any ideas. I'm sure it's something simple I'm missing. I don't think the AI works the deck gun or the AA gun.

Snuffy · 08-21-07, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by petermari

Yes. I have crew manning the deck gun. I can hear the orders being repeated. Fire at will etc. The gun is not firing. Any ideas. I'm sure it's something simple I'm missing. I don't think the AI works the deck gun or the AA gun.

AI works all the guns just fine.
Make sure you have your "Man the Gun" button in the right mode. (The green light mod works great for this!)

My flak gunners take out aircraft with no difficulty most of the time in AI, and I've had to call off the deck gun gunners otherwise they would have spent all the cannon shells needlessly.

AVGWarhawk · 08-21-07, 12:14 PM

Use your binoculars! Look at the target through the binocs. A small icon will appear when you are focused on the target. Hit the spacebar to lock it for the cannon crew. They will begin firing!

petermari · 08-21-07, 12:30 PM

Thanks for all the responses! When I use the deck gun station I don't see anything. I just cliked on the AA station and I could see the AA firing and the deck gun also. So I guess it's working properly. How do I get in the binocular view? Just got this game so I'm sure I'm asking stupid questions. I go to the bridge but I don't see any binoculars I can use. Are you talking about the TBT view?

08-21-07, 08:54 AM	#1
petermari Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 5 Downloads: 93 Uploads: 0	activate deck gun targeting system My deck gun only works on manual. How do I get it to fire at will? How do I get the crew to fire below the water line etc. Is this just something that doesn't work for anyone? Thanks for your help. Peter

08-21-07, 11:54 AM	#3
petermari Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 5 Downloads: 93 Uploads: 0	deck gun Yes. I have crew manning the deck gun. I can hear the orders being repeated. Fire at will etc. The gun is not firing. Any ideas. I'm sure it's something simple I'm missing. I don't think the AI works the deck gun or the AA gun.

08-21-07, 12:14 PM	#5
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,280 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Use your binoculars! Look at the target through the binocs. A small icon will appear when you are focused on the target. Hit the spacebar to lock it for the cannon crew. They will begin firing! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

08-21-07, 12:30 PM	#6
petermari Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 5 Downloads: 93 Uploads: 0	deck guns Thanks for all the responses! When I use the deck gun station I don't see anything. I just cliked on the AA station and I could see the AA firing and the deck gun also. So I guess it's working properly. How do I get in the binocular view? Just got this game so I'm sure I'm asking stupid questions. I go to the bridge but I don't see any binoculars I can use. Are you talking about the TBT view?

08-21-07, 09:59 AM	#2
Von Manteuffel Commander Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 473 Downloads: 411 Uploads: 0	First, make sure you have crew members assigned to the deck-gun in the crew management screen. Then simply click on the deck-gun button in the command bar. You should hear a repeat command "Man the deck-gun, yes, sir." This brings up other buttons which allow you to command the crew to fire at will etc.