How do you use the mounted machine gun?

[Rena]

The description says to put ammo in the chest, but it doesn't give me a prompt to open a chest. I built one next to it and put ammo there, but they aren't using it.

[Tymon]

For some bizarre reason, players can't actually use the base defenses. Only pals can use stuff like the mounted machine gun, mounted crossbow, and mounted missile launcher. Basically, if you put ammo in a chest near the structure:
Rifle Ammo for Machine gun, (Which doesn't make a lot of sense in comparison to assault rifle ammo, but eh, it is what it is) arrows for crossbow, and rockets for missile launchers.
Then, you can lift a base pal provided it has handicraft, and throw it at the structure to assign them to it. From there, the Pal SHOULD go and get ammo from the chest, and go back to the structure to 'load' it, and then stand there and wait for things to cross the blue line of your base. The most annoying thing about base defense structures is that they will not open fire until a creature has actually crossed the blue line or you attack them within range. And even then, they sometimes will not attack it.

[Tye-Wynd]

Originally posted by Tymon:

For some bizarre reason, players can't actually use the base defenses. Only pals can use stuff like the mounted machine gun, mounted crossbow, and mounted missile launcher. Basically, if you put ammo in a chest near the structure:
Rifle Ammo for Machine gun, (Which doesn't make a lot of sense in comparison to assault rifle ammo, but eh, it is what it is) arrows for crossbow, and rockets for missile launchers.
Then, you can lift a base pal provided it has handicraft, and throw it at the structure to assign them to it. From there, the Pal SHOULD go and get ammo from the chest, and go back to the structure to 'load' it, and then stand there and wait for things to cross the blue line of your base. The most annoying thing about base defense structures is that they will not open fire until a creature has actually crossed the blue line or you attack them within range. And even then, they sometimes will not attack it.

I know this is like a year old, but the machine gun is likely inspired by the M2 browning, which is chambered in .50 cal (which IRL, only really powerful snipers or pistols that destroy your wrists are chambered in, at least in terms of handheld weapons)

[Semirotta]

Its for Pal use only and nothing weird about it as they are base defenses for pals inside the base currently working.
Cant really say much about the ammunition, I figured it would use ammunition from base storage as in place abox near the defenses and itll use that? I dont know, never needed to use these as they seem useless.