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Old 11-13-07, 05:31 PM   #1
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Default Deck Gun Repair Problem

I had my deck gun damaged by an aircraft attack (I was diving). This is an S-class. I can't repair it, but the bar on the right is not red. It says 0.0011 (or 0.011, I can't recall) when I hold the mouse pointer over it. I created a skilled damage control team, activated it, no silent running, and the gun never got repaired. This is after a couple of days running on the surface.

I saw a comment elsewhere that if you assign a gunner to the gun, he finishes the repair. I assign a gunner, and he gets injured! So I don't touch this gun until I get to port. It gets fixed in the refit.

Question: am I insane, or is the game insane? Or both?
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Old 11-13-07, 05:57 PM   #2
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I had my deck gun damaged by an aircraft attack (I was diving). This is an S-class. I can't repair it, but the bar on the right is not red. It says 0.0011 (or 0.011, I can't recall) when I hold the mouse pointer over it. I created a skilled damage control team, activated it, no silent running, and the gun never got repaired. This is after a couple of days running on the surface.

I saw a comment elsewhere that if you assign a gunner to the gun, he finishes the repair. I assign a gunner, and he gets injured! So I don't touch this gun until I get to port. It gets fixed in the refit.

Question: am I insane, or is the game insane? Or both?
If it is hurting your crew when you put them on there, I think you have come across an evil, possesed deck gun . Go back to port and get a new one and see if that helps.
To your question......I think both you and your deck gun are insane and evily plotting against your poor crew. Just wait till I let the engine room guys know, they're going to tape you to the shaft!
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Old 11-13-07, 06:00 PM   #3
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For some reason that last little bit needs to be fixed by the crew, rather than the Damage Control Team. I'm pretty sure the answer to your problem is to just man the deck gun (ie, send crew, not you personally)

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Old 11-13-07, 06:01 PM   #4
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Yeah, I send crew to the deck gun, and they get injured. It's like they're wrestling a possessed gun, they keep getting worse!
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Old 11-13-07, 06:12 PM   #5
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Default you have to activate the damage control team

And the deck gun crew to repair it. Both have to work together to repair the gun's same goes with the AA gun's.
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Old 11-14-07, 08:51 PM   #6
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Yeah, I send crew to the deck gun, and they get injured. It's like they're wrestling a possessed gun, they keep getting worse!
I had this happen once during a DC attack. My deck gun got damaged, and the gun crew immediatly turned pink (injured?). Doesn't seem reasonable to just hit the gun crew at 100' with a depth charge. I think this indicates personell that are out of action: Damaged Gun = Gun Crew out of action (not injured). I didn't think about moving them around to see if they turned white again.

Usually, when the deck gun is damaged, it don't get 'undamaged'. Tough nuggies for you.
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Old 11-15-07, 01:33 AM   #7
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The damaged deck gun injuring the crew member repairing it hasn't happened to me since patch 1.3. Prior to that it happed every time.
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Old 11-15-07, 11:37 PM   #8
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Have the exact same issue here. No injuries, but no matter who I put on the repair team and no matter what their rank or skill, the deck gun(s) and AA guns stay damaged until I can hit "Refit." Occasionally, though, the guns still operate even though they are "damaged." This is all a complete mystery to me, so perhaps I am insane as well.

@leovampire - what's the secret to getting the repairs made?
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Old 11-15-07, 11:58 PM   #9
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You prob realize just like everything else, when the damage bar is 100% (mouse-over indicates "1") no repair at sea is possible.
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Old 11-16-07, 12:10 PM   #10
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You prob realize just like everything else, when the damage bar is 100% (mouse-over indicates "1") no repair at sea is possible.
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This is true but what there discussing is the fact that if you have crew members assigned to the deck gun slots even if your submerged (and the members are obviously not AT the deck gun) the assigned crew still recieves damage whenever the DG recieves damage.
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Old 11-16-07, 03:05 PM   #11
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Sure seems like a patch or mod conflict issue to me. I have had lots of gun damage I've been able to repair without crew damage since P1.3.
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Old 11-16-07, 03:19 PM   #12
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So, that's what's happening.
I also had a similar problem today, but with the Deck watch. I was returning to base, and they just...died. No damage, no depth charges... Just "Men down on the deck" alert. Weird.
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