How do you get or enable canister shot?

[laagamer]

Am I missing something? Do you not have that at the start of the game?

I hope you would. Bunch of dudes from the French and Indian War had experience in the militia at that time. And some bronze field guns were even taken by militia before the British could secure them, just before Concord and Lexington.

[pandakraut]

If your target is close enough, a bit longer than musket range, cannon will automatically switch to canister.

[laagamer]

Originally posted by pandakraut:

If your target is close enough, a bit longer than musket range, cannon will automatically switch to canister.

Really?

[Necrozis]

Originally posted by laagamer:

Originally posted by pandakraut:

If your target is close enough, a bit longer than musket range, cannon will automatically switch to canister.

Really?

thats how it works with the civil war game , i am sure thats how they do it here too

[=J13=Serenity]

There was no canister shot in Age of wail though...

[pandakraut]

Originally posted by =J13=Serenity:

There was no canister shot in Age of wail though...

Just checked, there is but the effects both visually and in impact are hard to notice.

[laagamer]

Originally posted by pandakraut:

If your target is close enough, a bit longer than musket range, cannon will automatically switch to canister.

I swear, my cannons only use regular shot.

[pandakraut]

Here is an example of what the canister animation looks like. Cannon in the center of the screen from 18:02 to 18:06, you can see the double lines of small smoke puffs. https://youtu.be/6GM8ynqh2XA?t=1082