Need more firepower

frau kaleun · 02-27-11, 08:01 PM

For the deck gun, you have to order the Watch Officer to order "crew on deck" and then order him to have the deck gun manned, then order them to "fire at will." You give those orders by clicking on the WO icon and then successively clicking the appropriate icons assigned to his "station."

If you are using GWX, you will also need to go to the deck gun station yourself and click the HE shell icon to load the first round (the crew is hardwired to load AP ammo first, and in GWX there isn't any, so you have to load the first HE round by manning the gun yourself).

After that they should continue loading and firing at will at the designated target.

Or you can go into the Crew Management screen and double-click the deck gun "compartment" to assign men to the gun, and order them to fire at will. The bit about loading the first HE round yourself in GWX still applies.

Basically it's the same process for getting the flak gun manned and firing, but you don't have to go to the station yourself to get the party started.

IIRC correctly though the crew will only fire the flak gun at aircraft, I've shot up ships with it but I'm pretty sure I had to man it myself to do that.

Edit: on second reading I think you may be asking if it's possible to have both the deck gun and the flak gun manned simultaneously... my gut feeling is no, but I could very well be wrong as I don't remember trying it. I'm still thinking that even if you could a crewman will not fire the AA gun at a ship, only something airborne, and if so you'd have to man it yourself anyway even if you had crew at the deck gun firing that on their own.

02-27-11, 08:01 PM	#2
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	For the deck gun, you have to order the Watch Officer to order "crew on deck" and then order him to have the deck gun manned, then order them to "fire at will." You give those orders by clicking on the WO icon and then successively clicking the appropriate icons assigned to his "station." If you are using GWX, you will also need to go to the deck gun station yourself and click the HE shell icon to load the first round (the crew is hardwired to load AP ammo first, and in GWX there isn't any, so you have to load the first HE round by manning the gun yourself). After that they should continue loading and firing at will at the designated target. Or you can go into the Crew Management screen and double-click the deck gun "compartment" to assign men to the gun, and order them to fire at will. The bit about loading the first HE round yourself in GWX still applies. Basically it's the same process for getting the flak gun manned and firing, but you don't have to go to the station yourself to get the party started. IIRC correctly though the crew will only fire the flak gun at aircraft, I've shot up ships with it but I'm pretty sure I had to man it myself to do that. Edit: on second reading I think you may be asking if it's possible to have both the deck gun and the flak gun manned simultaneously... my gut feeling is no, but I could very well be wrong as I don't remember trying it. I'm still thinking that even if you could a crewman will not fire the AA gun at a ship, only something airborne, and if so you'd have to man it yourself anyway even if you had crew at the deck gun firing that on their own.