GWX 3.0 - No deck gun ammo?

[Herr-Berbunch]

Have you been into your weapons managment screen, ignore the torpedoes - top right (I think) is your ammo for the Deck/Flack guns.

[melnibonian]

It has. Just click on the shell and it will load into the gun before you fire.

[maillemaker]

GWX has removed the default loadouts of star shells and AP shells, leaving only HE shells. The game will not auto-load the first shell because of this. You need to manually load the first shell, and then it will auto-load from then on.

Steve

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by melnibonian

It has. Just click on the shell and it will load into the gun before you fire.

Yep - you need to click on the icon for the deck gun on the left slideout panel and go to the gun station - then click on the HE (?) shell icon to load the first shell. From that point on you can either continue to man/fire the gun yourself, or return to the bridge/UZO/binocs view and order your crew (via the Watch Officer) to work it.

The reason for this is that the game is set up to load AP ammo first automatically, which cannot be modded out. However GWX does not put any AP ammo in your patrol loadout (for reasons of historical accuracy IIRC). So if left to its own devices the game will be waiting for your crew to "auto-load" ammo that just isn't there. Once you go to the gun station and select the HE ammo instead, the crew can start loading the ammo you actually have.

Edit: TOO SLOW DAGNABBIT! Needz moar kaffeene.

[Jimbuna]

LOL

[frau kaleun]

[Sailor Steve]

Now I have a question: Does it work that way only when you fire the gun yourself? I never do, and when I lock a target with the binoculars the crew seems to load and fire it just fine, every time.

Am I doing something right?

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Now I have a question: Does it work that way only when you fire the gun yourself? I never do, and when I lock a target with the binoculars the crew seems to load and fire it just fine, every time.

Am I doing something right?

It work for me also....

The way you handle that!

[melnibonian]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Now I have a question: Does it work that way only when you fire the gun yourself? I never do, and when I lock a target with the binoculars the crew seems to load and fire it just fine, every time.

Yes if you ask the crew to do it for you you never realise the issue with the need to load the shells. You will experience it only if you man the gun yourself

Am I doing something right?

Indeed you are

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by melnibonian

It has. Just click on the shell and it will load into the gun before you fire.

advice!