How come I never have any ammo for my deck gun?

[jimmyjam25]

No matter if I'm doing campaign or single mission It always says I have no ammo for deck gun. Always have flak gun ammo... Its really annoying me!

[Gargamel]

In the gun screen or the ammo info screen?

If the gun, you need to load the gun. If info, bad file somewhere. Check your .cfg's for typos.

[Raptor]

Gargamel is spot on - you have to man the deck gun and load the first shell before it will fire. To do this, issue the "man the deck gun" command then hit F10 to take you to the deck gun. Click on the shell type you want and the crew will load the round. After that, reloading is automatic. I usually do this immediately upon starting a patrol from my base. I also set the Watch Officer's parameters for using both the deck and flak guns as well. When you do actually need them, it may be too late to realize you're running the SH3 default settings and the gun crews just stand there watching the boat get shot to pieces.


However, if neither of Gargamel's suggestions work for you....


Use the Additional Ammo Mod for GWX. As an example (250 deck gun rounds 10.5 and/or 8.8cm...and bear in mind only HE rounds are included with GWX):

http://www.gamefront.com/files/12858...tional_Ammo_7z




OR change it yourself.

There are TWO sets of values you must change in /SilentHunterIII/data/Cfg/Basic.cfg/
make these values anything you want; 250 and 3000 are the GWX defaults


Located after [Torpedo_Type10] and before [Color_0]

[SUBMARINE_AMMOLIMITS1] ;105mm
MaxAmmoPerSlot=250

[SUBMARINE_AMMOLIMITS2] ;88mm
MaxAmmoPerSlot=250

[SUBMARINE_AMMOLIMITS3] ;37mm
MaxAmmoPerSlot=3000

[SUBMARINE_AMMOLIMITS4] ;20mm
;MaxAmmoPerSlot=3000
MaxAmmoPerSlot=3000




Located further down, after [Conning_Type12] almost at the end of the file

[AMMO_TYPE0];10.5cm SK C/32
Idx=0
Year=1939
Month=1
;AP=40 <= these are the stock SH3 default values
;HE=160


;SS=20
AP=0 <= these are the default values in GWX
HE=250
SS=0
Renown=0

[AMMO_TYPE1];8.8cm SK C/35
Idx=1
Year=1939
Month=1
;AP=40 <= these are the stock SH3 default values
;HE=160
;SS=40
AP=0 <= these are the default values in GWX
HE=250
SS=0
Renown=0


[AMMO_TYPE2] thru [AMMO_TYPE10] are for the AA guns. Change values if you wish. GWX default is 3000.

[Jimbuna]

Above link doesn't appear to be working...here is the original:

http://www.gamefront.com/files/20814...tional_Ammo_7z

[GT182]

Jim it's not working, nor is the GWX3.0 link in your sig. At least not from my computer. Gamefront keeps timing out for me, as it has for the last 2 days.

[Jimbuna]

Working fine at this end and I'm currently on a dongle at work

[Raptor]

Thanks Jim. Here's the complete and unabbreviated URL. I just tested it and it works. Try manually typing it into your browser if clicking on it fails.

http://www.gamefront.com/files/20814060/GWX3_0_Additional_Ammo_7z


If it still fails, drop me a PM with your email address and I'll send you a copy of the zipped file.....or just ask Jim to do it.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Raptor

Thanks Jim. Here's the complete and unabbreviated URL. I just tested it and it works. Try manually typing it into your browser if clicking on it fails.

http://www.gamefront.com/files/20814060/GWX3_0_Additional_Ammo_7z


If it still fails, drop me a PM with your email address and I'll send you a copy of the zipped file.

I'm back at home now and the link is still working fine

You do realise the above link is to my GameFront account and my mod...don't you?

[jimmyjam25]

Feeling dumb right now... Can't believe all I needed to do was click on the ammo. Funny thing is I remember doing it in the past... Maybe I'm losing my mind

[Gargamel]

Nope. It's a side effect of gwx iirc.

[jimmyjam25]

Haha yeah maybe I need to cut down on my habit. I have another problem now... Game keeps crashing to desktop at random times. Sometimes its when game is loading, sometimes its during a patrol. I havent added any mods or changed anything... What could be the problem?

[Jimbuna]

System specs?