Deck Gun Aiming Problem

[KeptinCranky]

Yes, I've had this as well, it pulls to left or right in varying degrees sometines as much as 10 degrees, for no apparant reason, no heading changes in the uboat, matched target ship's base course and speed. firing at it with the gun bearing roughly 300 degrees. I think it's a stock bug and can be very annoying when you're trying to hit a small target or a very distant one.

doesn't matter so much when firing at a C3 from 700m, it's bigger than the broadside of a barn, but when trying to take out a pursuing flower corvette at 5000 meters it's life-threatening

there is a hard coded miss factor built in to the guns as well. it will miss on purpose and be way off target at longer ranges. i've seen a shot to the bow then miss behind the stern when the target was at 90 degrees from my sub. i've even tested this on a dead calm sea and stationary with stationary target ship.

just something you have to get used to and expect to miss a lot.

[Kpt. Lehmann]

Originally Posted by WEBSTER

there is a hard coded miss factor built in to the guns as well. it will miss on purpose and be way off target at longer ranges. i've seen a shot to the bow then miss behind the stern when the target was at 90 degrees from my sub. i've even tested this on a dead calm sea and stationary with stationary target ship.

just something you have to get used to and expect to miss a lot.

Which means you guys must get closer to your targets. BWAHAHAHAHahaaaa!

[Growler]

Originally Posted by Kpt. Lehmann

Which means you guys must get closer to your targets. BWAHAHAHAHahaaaa!

All due respect, Herr Kapitan, if my deck gun guys are missing a large merchant at less than 750m, on calm seas at midafternoon, I'm putting them in the torpedo tubes, where at least they can serve SOME purpose. At 500m, if they can't put an 88 through a porthole in similar conditions, I'm getting them a K.98 and putting them ashore... in Scapa.

Just cause you're Darth Vader doesn't mean we need to be saddled with the Stormtrooper School of Accuracy rejects.

[Canovaro]

I too experience this issue.
Sometimes it is way off and other times it is very easy to hit.
Often I let the crew fire because my shells are flying in all directions.
Sometimes being at highs speed makes it easier, sometimes it makes it worse.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Growler

All due respect, Herr Kapitan, if my deck gun guys are missing a large merchant at less than 750m, on calm seas at midafternoon, I'm putting them in the torpedo tubes, where at least they can serve SOME purpose. At 500m, if they can't put an 88 through a porthole in similar conditions, I'm getting them a K.98 and putting them ashore... in Scapa.

Just cause you're Darth Vader doesn't mean we need to be saddled with the Stormtrooper School of Accuracy rejects.

You might want to consider going back to the coconut shy at the fairground for a bit of practice if that's the case :rotfl:

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if my deck gun guys are missing a large merchant at less than 750m, I'm putting them in the torpedo tubes, where at least they can serve SOME purpose. [/quote]

the experience level of your crew does have a small, i repeat, small effect on accuracy but they will and do actually miss at 750m sometimes. they give you one shot on target then one out in the boondocks so the hardcoded AI hit to miss ratio is reached to simulate realistic action on pitching deck under fire even if it is flat calm. if you notice at 750m or less when they are hitting you will see a bow shot then a stern shot because they are trying to miss but the damn ship keeps getting in the way lol.

i never let the AI shoot for me because it just wastes all your ammo so man the gun yourself.

[variellone]

HI
Currently suffering quite often for the Deck gun shells landing too fall on the right of the aiming point, even in good weather conditions (calm see).
Yesterday, I was 700m from a ship, but the shells landed OUT of sight on the right..... No horizontal or vertical roll of the sea influence....it was pretty calm and I kept the barrel of the gun under visual control when firing....

GWX 3.0 + SH3 Commander installed.....

Did anybody find out a solution to this annoying problem of deck gun inaccuracy?

THANKS!

[Awful Smutje]

Originally Posted by variellone

HI
Currently suffering quite often for the Deck gun shells landing too fall on the right of the aiming point, even in good weather conditions (calm see).
Yesterday, I was 700m from a ship, but the shells landed OUT of sight on the right..... No horizontal or vertical roll of the sea influence....it was pretty calm and I kept the barrel of the gun under visual control when firing....

GWX 3.0 + SH3 Commander installed.....

Did anybody find out a solution to this annoying problem of deck gun inaccuracy?

THANKS!

Are you fireing yourself, or do you let your crew do the job?

I'm always fireing manually and never spotted a problem like that. Before that, I let my crewmen do the fireing (but that was before I tried GWX) and there were some problems like that. I think they got too much Becks at the harbour.

[SpeedyPC]

Originally Posted by Kpt. Lehmann

Which means you guys must get closer to your targets. BWAHAHAHAHahaaaa!

Kpt. Lehmann I didn't realise you can be a No.1 smartarse and I can tell you've been training your own deckgun