Deck Gun Ammo ?

[Vader 1]

I took a look but could find any answers so I hope someone can help.

I run SH3, 1.4b patch, and NYGM 2.2.

I am using the deck gun to finish off small ships but can't seem to select AP rounds.
My weapons allotment show 40+ rounds but I can't seem to select them and the crew just use HE round.

Any thoughts

Vader

[Mush Martin]

Originally Posted by Vader 1

I took a look but could find any answers so I hope someone can help.

I run SH3, 1.4b patch, and NYGM 2.2.

I am using the deck gun to finish off small ships but can't seem to select AP rounds.
My weapons allotment show 40+ rounds but I can't seem to select them and the crew just use HE round.

Any thoughts

Vader

I dont use NYGM have you done any other tweaking??

[DrMilton]

You mean with the deck gun manned, you click on the AP icon bottom right and nothing happens? I can't say that I've seen that so far.

[Vader 1]

No changes to files at all.

I went back and rechecked something..I was trying to load 20m AP rounds lol.

When I rechecked my weapons load out I saw the AP but didn't check it closely and missed the 20mm.....

How do I get AP rounds for the 88mm gun ?

Thanks in advance sorry for mixup
Vader

[jasonsagert]

I've found this same issue using the GWX mod as well. As I don't use my deck gun that much, I just let it go--but I only EVER have HE rounds for any deck gun (88 or 10.5). Maybe AP rounds for the deck gun isn't realistic?

J

Edit: My poor grammar.

[Abd_von_Mumit]

Thje rason for no choice of ammo would be probably the same as in GWX:

Originally Posted by Kpt. Lehmann

In GWX... you get HE ammo only for your deck gun. Deep research indicates that the only type of ammo carried by the U-boats for the DG was HE. No starshells... No armor piercing.

Source: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=102398

But if you wish to change your stored ammo, you could do it by modyfying file:
C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\SilentHunterIII\Data\Cfg\basic.cfg
and reediting the lines:

[AMMO_TYPE0];10.5cm SK C/32 
Idx=0 
Year=1939 
Month=1 
AP=40 
HE=80 
SS=0 
;AP=0 
;HE=110 
;SS=0 
Renown=0 

[AMMO_TYPE1];8.8cm SK C/35 
Idx=1 
Year=1939 
Month=1 
AP=0 
HE=240 
SS=0 
;AP=0 
;HE=220 
;SS=0 
Renown=0

Hints:
1. Keep the total number of 'cans' equal to that from before.
2. Keep the nuimber of shells in one 'can' equal to that from before.
3. Keep the number of shells of a kind in a number that is dividable by the number of shells that fit in one can (i.e. if there are 40 shells in 1 can, it's best to set them total as 40, 80, 120 or 160, not 90 nor 30).

[Mush Martin]

Originally Posted by Vader 1

No changes to files at all.

I went back and rechecked something..I was trying to load 20m AP rounds lol.

When I rechecked my weapons load out I saw the AP but didn't check it closely and missed the 20mm.....

How do I get AP rounds for the 88mm gun ?

Thanks in advance sorry for mixup
Vader

Specifically for GWX the team disabled ammo availability in the menu as well
which is why you see no Icons when your in the gun screen in order
to make it avaialable you would have to make it available in menu cfg

will pm details after work/.
MM

[ravenzahadoom]

Originally Posted by Mush Martin

Specifically for GWX the team disabled ammo availability in the menu as well
which is why you see no Icons when your in the gun screen in order
to make it avaialable you would have to make it available in menu cfg

will pm details after work/.
MM

I know this thread is from 2007 but I haven't been able to find any info searching on google for a couple of hours.

I'm not using GWX but have the same problem because of ahnenerbe widegui
(ref to the problem: https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...215433&page=34 if you read along the next 10 posts or so)
in that thread no one has an answer, but I suspect the same thing has been done for the widegui to be compatible with all those mega mods that do away with AP and SS shells, the only problem is for those of us that don't use the mega mods and have a very limit amount of HE shells and have AP and SS shells onboard that we can not use.

I wish Mush had just replied to this thread with how to enable it via menu cfg but seen as he only PM'ed it, does anyone else know how to get them back in the UI?

To clarify, AP and SS shells are onboard my boat (only using wide GUI and SH commander mods), just can't select them as their UI elements are missing from the deck gun view.

Sorry again to being back this old thread but thank you for any help you can give.

[ridgewayranger]

Hi There,
I think if you use SH3 mini tweaker you can change the ammunition outfit there, in GUNS_sub_sim. Hope this helps.
RR