Ship Data Display Question

[solops]

Where on the F4-Ship Data Screen does it tell how many of each caliber gun a ship has?

How does the game handle ships like the Prince of Wales, which had two quad-gun turrets and a two gun turret?

Also, it would be helpful if the F4 screen was available during the choosing of ships in the scenario set-up.

[William Miller]

To solops,

a) The ship display shows you the firepower available to the ship per battery of guns and calibre of the weapons - but not the number of "barrels", if that what you are referring to. However, the data and combat systems do take into account the number of avaiable barrels when calculating the results.

b) Gun batteries are handled as a cumulative amount of calculated firepower per broadside for all available turrets. The calculated firepower takes into account the qualities and deficiencies of each gun battery.

c) When setting up a scenario it is actually faster to use the ship charts which can be printed out and that also offer similar details.

Let me know if that helps.

Thanks.