How do you add cannons to a ship?

[NickR]

So I bought a ship. Im trying to add cannons because they come empty but it will not let me add any. I have the money. Bought some so they are in the armory. Now what?

[Decimas]

In the ship view, right of the Ship overview there are panels where you can add cannons. Always a certain amount which is given on the panel and only a certain weight class. I recommend not buying cannons in the shop overview, except if you want to stockpile certain rare guns.

Just click in the panels, there you can see which cannons are available and for which price and weight.

[mag8five]

Usually you don't need to buy them in advance.
Just select the ship in question in your fleet management tab, klick on the cannon slots of your ship, scroll through the list of possible cannons, chose one affordable type and confirm your choice again, by clicking the "upgrade"-button.

[NickR]

So, I am, I believe on the Fleet view, looking at a ship I just bought. It shows zero cannons. I then click on Add Cannon and to the right a selection of cannons appear but the are all greyed out and cannot be selected. So now what? What am I missing??

[Decimas]

Originally posted by NickR:

So, I am, I believe on the Fleet view, looking at a ship I just bought. It shows zero cannons. I then click on Add Cannon and to the right a selection of cannons appear but the are all greyed out and cannot be selected. So now what? What am I missing??

Likely you would be be over your weight limit for that ship which shows on the left side. main contributors to weight are guns and crew, and then modifications.

I recommend only adding crew after you've added the desired guns.

For your example, just multiply the gun weight times the gun amount and look if it is over the maximum rated weight for the ship.

Solutions could be to reduce crew, choose a lighter gun or install modifications that affect weight such as lighter gun carriages or lighter hull.

[IIBuxy]

not all ships can have all guns, a 7th rate ship can't carry heavy guns so they're usually stuck to the small pounders, unless carronades. might also be that the admirality don't have enough guns to sell for you to fully fit a ship.

as an example, you need 30 guns but they an only sell you 25. thus that option is greyed out and can't be done.

[NickR]

When I go the the admiralty screen, I see all the available cannons I can buy and can buy them. When I go the Fleet screen, I see the ship in question and it shows 210/479 on weight. It also shows DECKS, Add Cannon but all the Mount Cannons are greyed out. The ship is a 6th Rate Cerberus Class ship. Is it a control issue? That I cannot command 4 ships or that ship? Also, how do I transfer my "character" to the new ship? Maybe that??

[IIBuxy]

your character does not affecting if you can use the ship or not, to move "yourself", click on the ship he is in, click on his portrait then "dismiss", remember to hit the "upgrade" button. then go to a new ship and hire him in there as the captain.

you mention the cannons being greyed out, only thing i can think of are two options: the ship is in battle and can't be adjusted or the ship is a trophy you've captured and need to be "bought" from the admiralty

[Husserl]

Hi,

Cannons that appear in cannons deck equip list but are grayed out (not selectable): there are not enough pieces for all the slots of the selected deck.

Cannons owned but do not appear at all in list: their weight exceeds the max. allowed cargo weight of the ship. A possible work around is to upgrade the ship and increase max. allowed weight limit.

Please have in mind that after new upcoming patch there will be a max weight indicator per cannon in each deck slot together with the existing number of cannons.

[NickR]

I started over from a previous save. Well, progress. I was able to move the character.
I am in the harbor. I wish I could upload a screenshot. I tried an experiment as I tried adding cannon and its still greyed out. I unmounted the cannon in the beginner ship, HMS ALERT. Currently equipped with 4 PDR Armstrong's Gun. I hit upgrade. I then buy 12, 6 PDR Armstrong Guns. They show up in the Armory but when I go back to the Fleet screen all I can add is the original 4 PDRs. Frustrating

[NickR]

Husserl, but then there are no guns at all that will work on the 6th Rate Cerberus Class ship??? Really?

[Husserl]

Please read my previous post in case we post our messages simultaneously and did not notice.

[IIBuxy]

try take a screenshot, a normal one. give a poke here and i'll have a look at your screenshots on your profile

[Husserl]

If you are early in the campaign, then the available resources are limited. Armory will be updated with more models/quantities while the campaign is progressing.

[NickR]

Hmm, so I took a screenshot. How do I upload it here?

[NickR]

Husserl, the cannon are available in the shop. So??