gunnery Is there a way to turn off specific side cannons?

[Farrago]

I know you can disable specific decks in order to dedicate more gunners to the active cannons, but is there a way to designate a specific side? It would be extremely useful sometimes to have all gunners dedicated to either port or starboard cannons.

Edited January 7, 2017 by Farrago

[Captiva]

Also, if you press F5 you will disable all gun decks on the side of the ship you are looking from, not just one deck as in - F1, F2 etc.

[SirSamuelHood]

The F buttons (F1, F2, etc) disable gundecks if used while aiming with a particular side. I'm not certain if they divert crew to the other cannons though.

[Arvenski]

Disable all the guns on one side. Then the gunners will go to the remaining guns. 

[Powderhorn]

Captiva and Arvenski both have the right of it.  F5 by default (I rebound mine to F6 I believe) will turn off port, starboard, fore, or aft guns (or any combination thereof) by hitting the button while you are looking at that side.  Very useful if you've lost some crew, or if you are perhaps overgunning (or undermanning) a vessel.

[Farrago]

Thank you all. 

[dagdriver]

On 1/7/2017 at 9:17 PM, Powderhorn said:

Captiva and Arvenski both have the right of it.  F5 by default (I rebound mine to F6 I believe) will turn off port, starboard, fore, or aft guns (or any combination thereof) by hitting the button while you are looking at that side.  Very useful if you've lost some crew, or if you are perhaps overgunning (or undermanning) a vessel.

Its pretty clear with the F5 key (entire side, shown with an "R" on the reload indicator) as the crew numbers on gunnery changes and crew is spread to other tasks (sail etc) as well. But does it really make a difference if you just switch off a deck (ie F1 or F2, red cross on the reload indicator) - crew numbers does not seem to change?