SMG Turret Not Working

[Cosian]

For the life of me I can't figure out why the SMG MG Turret is not working. I know how to use turrets such as the dart trap front ended with a motion detector. But the SMG Turret just will not go. I leave at least 2 squares around it with nothing overhead. My gen is fueled and powered and shows it using 15W for the turrent. Ammo is in the turret and locked. I have it active for self on the turret to see if it would shoot at me. It just does nothing. Any advice. I am on Alpha20b238

[LegacyXI]

Screenshot the turret settings and the cables running to it.

[mmuziek]

Originally posted by Cosian:

For the life of me I can't figure out why the SMG MG Turret is not working. I know how to use turrets such as the dart trap front ended with a motion detector. But the SMG Turret just will not go. I leave at least 2 squares around it with nothing overhead. My gen is fueled and powered and shows it using 15W for the turrent. Ammo is in the turret and locked. I have it active for self on the turret to see if it would shoot at me. It just does nothing. Any advice. I am on Alpha20b238

Remember the SMG and Shotgun turrent need power make sure the generator thats connected (or batterybank) is turned on and charged (fuel or power) beside that make sure the correct ammo is in and its locked and that it has a visibility to the enemy's
for the turrets u can disable and enable targets it its gui so make sure the correct ones are toggled. i did find out however putting a block direct above the turret can get it stuck at aiming so keep a eye out on that.

[Crashtian]

Originally posted by mmuziek:

Originally posted by Cosian:

For the life of me I can't figure out why the SMG MG Turret is not working. I know how to use turrets such as the dart trap front ended with a motion detector. But the SMG Turret just will not go. I leave at least 2 squares around it with nothing overhead. My gen is fueled and powered and shows it using 15W for the turrent. Ammo is in the turret and locked. I have it active for self on the turret to see if it would shoot at me. It just does nothing. Any advice. I am on Alpha20b238

Remember the SMG and Shotgun turrent need power make sure the generator thats connected (or batterybank) is turned on and charged (fuel or power) beside that make sure the correct ammo is in and its locked and that it has a visibility to the enemy's
for the turrets u can disable and enable targets it its gui so make sure the correct ones are toggled. i did find out however putting a block direct above the turret can get it stuck at aiming so keep a eye out on that.

Seriously you just quoted him saying he did all those things and you're telling him to make sure he did all those things? lmao.

[Brevan]

It does sound like you've got everything covered.

Here's what I do for my SMG turrets, hopefully you spot something missed in your setup:
1) Generator turned on and working, wired to SMG and BladeTrap (so if the Blade Trap turns on, I know there's power; you could use a lightbulb).
2) SMG ammo unlocked, then loaded with plain 9mm ammo (other varieties of 9mm didn't work in A18, so I assume they're the same in A20), then ammo locked. Targets set (Strangers & Zombies, etc (I've tested with Self, it worked as expected)). Camera adjusted (click in the view-window to adjust this) so the Turret sees the target area only (I aim it to the area behind the Blade Trap to mow down the lucky ones).
3) Confirm SMG is repaired (these are very rarely damaged, but maybe an exploding Cop or Demolisher would damage it).

[onanonehand8]

The only thing I can think of is perhaps not using regular ammunition. If that ain't it, I got nuthin.

[Necko]

Pick it up, replace it, rewire, reammo, relock. I don't know if friendly fire affects turrets, but that may be a possibility. Use a zombie instead of your face.