How do you unlock making minigum ammo?

[Captn_Pugwash]

Got around to building my first HV, but I dont know how to make minigun ammo from the onboard constructor. The icon is locked. The only ammo I can make for the HV I made from the workshop (one of Xcalibers builds) is the 15mm. I've unlocked the minigun turret from the tech tree but still no go. btw I'm lvl11

[VulcanTourist]

There is a patchwork of ridiculous restrictions to which constructor can make what, but there's not a restriction in this instance. Have you actually BUILT a minigun turret yet? The ability to make the requisite 15mm ammo is apparently unlocked not by researching the turret (or other weapons that use it) but by the act of constructing them.

[DarkFire]

Minigun turrets and miniguns use 15mm ammunition. Do you mean defence turrets? They use projectile rifle ammo. Like Vulcan said, to manufacture the 15mm ammo you need to actually build the weapons.

[VulcanTourist]

Originally posted by DarkFire:

Minigun turrets and miniguns use 15mm ammunition. Do you mean defence turrets? They use projectile rifle ammo.

Those aren't attachable to an HV; they are for bases and CVs only.

[Tarc Novar]

Originally posted by DarkFire:

Minigun turrets and miniguns use 15mm ammunition. Do you mean defence turrets? They use projectile rifle ammo.

Isn't the minigun ammo separate from the minigun turret?

[BlazeD]

The HANDHELD minigun uses 'MINIGUN AMMO' Not any vehicle mounted minigun. THEY use 15mm bullets.

[VulcanTourist]

Originally posted by Tarc Novar:

Originally posted by DarkFire:

Minigun turrets and miniguns use 15mm ammunition. Do you mean defence turrets? They use projectile rifle ammo.

Isn't there minigun ammo separate from the minigun turret?

No. They ALL use 15mm Ammo.

[VulcanTourist]

Originally posted by Captn_Pugwash:

Got around to building my first HV, but I dont know how to make minigun ammo from the onboard constructor. The icon is locked. The only ammo I can make for the HV I made from the workshop (one of Xcalibers builds) is the 15mm. I've unlocked the minigun turret from the tech tree but still no go. btw I'm lvl11

Ummm... the ammo you need is specified in both the tooltip of the weapon before you construct it and also in the Control Panel of the HV once you actually attach the turret; under the Ammo section, it will list what ammo is required for each and every attached weapon. "Minigun Ammo" is a separate ammo for the HANDHELD minigun. That's obvious and easy to follow, just like having multiple devices named "Small Constructor", right? :-/

[Tarc Novar]

Originally posted by VulcanTourist:

Originally posted by Tarc Novar:

Isn't there minigun ammo separate from the minigun turret?

No. They ALL use 15mm Ammo.

Sorry, I meant for the handheld minigun. :-)

[Mark Brandis]

Allright, handheld Minigun = Minigunammo.
If you hover with your mouse over the weapon it tells you what is required.
Minigunammo looks close to the rifle ammo, it has only a different color.

[VulcanTourist]

Originally posted by Mark Brandis:

Allright, handheld Minigun = Minigunammo.
If you hover with your mouse over the weapon it tells you what is required.
Minigunammo looks close to the rifle ammo, it has only a different color.

Originally posted by VulcanTourist:

Ummm... the ammo you need is specified in both the tooltip of the weapon before you construct it and also in the Control Panel of the HV once you actually attach the turret; under the Ammo section, it will list what ammo is required for each and every attached weapon. "Minigun Ammo" is a separate ammo for the HANDHELD minigun. That's obvious and easy to follow, just like having multiple devices named "Small Constructor", right? :-/

[HurtfulPlayer97]

Originally posted by VulcanTourist:

There is a patchwork of ridiculous restrictions to which constructor can make what, but there's not a restriction in this instance. Have you actually BUILT a minigun turret yet? The ability to make the requisite 15mm ammo is apparently unlocked not by researching the turret (or other weapons that use it) but by the act of constructing them.

This "MIGHT" be true in your ridiculous frankenstein modded game you play but in the standard game it is not true at all.

[GTO]

Ammo is unlocked along with the corresponding weapon when it is unlocked. Make sure you are unlocking the correct weapon as in HV, SV, CV, or BASE

[RocknGames]

just learn gatlingun...then you can make minigun turret ammo also since they both use 15mm

[Moralarty]

I think you'll find Miniguns unlock at level 15. I haven't made Minigun ammo since Alpha 6/7 as you can get more than enough from drones and NPC's

[HurtfulPlayer97]

Originally posted by moralarty:

I think you'll find Miniguns unlock at level 15. I haven't made Minigun ammo since Alpha 6/7 as you can get more than enough from drones and NPC's

That is the personal small arms minigun. The thread is about the HV mounted Minigun.
The OP is confused. The 15mm ammo IS the HV Minigun ammo. He is trying to make the small arms minigun ammo but he has not unlocked that weapon yet because he is only lvl 11. That is why the lock icon is over the ammo icon in the constructor.