Does my gun not fire because of aiming speed?

[Sandermatt]

On large ships I sometimes see the guns not fire for a long time, despite being fully reloaded. Do I need more aiming apeed? How can I estimate the time it will take for a gun to fire after having reloaded?

Edited November 20, 2022 by Sandermatt
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[Admiral Donuts]

I don't think so. When that happens, each time I've checked the guns report Aimed status.

[Skeksis]

Possibly related to too many and/or obscured secondaries. If you turn off secondaries all mains will work.

Edited November 20, 2022 by Skeksis

[Draco]

I've also noticed some 20% guns will seize fire at intervals when their pen chance becomes too low.

[Sandermatt]

How many secondaries should I at most use?

[SonicB]

On 11/20/2022 at 6:43 PM, Skeksis said:

Possibly related to too many and/or obscured secondaries. If you turn off secondaries all mains will work.

I'm genuinely amazed this hasn't been fixed yet. It's ridiculous.

[Sandermatt]

If it is a performance limitation, the maybe just inverting the order in which guns are checked if they can fire (every x ticks invert), would fix the issue.

 

 

Edit: easier fix. If you have to bail out from firing guns, safe which gun was checked last and continue from there next cycle.

Edited November 24, 2022 by Sandermatt