Adding guns to defense platforms?

[Ruffio]

So I built a defense station close to a gate, but how do I add guns to the damn thing or pick what weapons? Maybe I'm blind but I can't find any option for it :/

[Papasaurus Rex]

if ya have the defensive mods you can while in the station build mode click on them up on the top right corner and then set how you want them so long as ya purchased weapons you will be able to place the ones ya want. can save the setup so it is quicker with other modules.

[Papasaurus Rex]

I think storage modules can also have weapons. They build on their own overtime once ya have the proper build materials in the build storage

[CaptainRAVE]

Right click on each unit and edit layout or select high preset for all modules in the build menu.

[Coffeecool]

Originally posted by Ruffio:

So I built a defense station close to a gate, but how do I add guns to the damn thing or pick what weapons? Maybe I'm blind but I can't find any option for it :/

You need to have the turret blueprints too

[Gregorovitch]

There's three things that aren't obvious:

1. You gotta buy the turret blueprints from a faction rep to install them on your defence platform (same system as modules basically)

2. You install them after you place the defence disk (or bridge) by clicking the little pencil icon to the right of the module entry label in the build list. This opens turret installation screen. Note the 1/2 or 1/4 indicators and the little white bars indicating how full each turret slot is. This is easily missed.

3. The defence disk will build first before turret installation. The turrets will get built afterwards and the builder ships may bugger off before that's finished causing you concern. You will see however the parts for thew turrets (either in store or still required) in the build materials schedules. Once all materials for the turrets are delivered they will build whether the builder ship is still there or not. Note that turret components and advanced electronics (which is what turrets are made of) seem to be difficult to get delivered. I quite often have to fetch them myself from somewhere. If you do that you just have to transfer them to build storage and the thing will build fine.

The same principles apply to ordinary station modules that can have turrets added to them (some can, some can't, the little pencil icon indicates those that can)

[Zalzany]

I just right click them in planing view and edit load out. But you have to buy the BPs for turrets and sheilds, then wait for the mats to build them to show up in your builder storage area for them to be made.