Not a Bug Higher caliber gun on captured ship then max

[A.H]

I just captured a sloop of war.. it says max 12lb cannon caliber.. yet the current cannon installments are 24 lb'er.. is this a normal thing to be found among captured ships? If so then lucky me

 

[Levis]

Can't remember exactly how it worked. If I recall, a 12lbs long gun is equal to a 24lbs carronade or something.
Hopefully @Hylie Pistof or @Grey Roger can elaborate. But I think that is correct.

 

[A.H]

Well when I captured a new ship.. the inscription says 12lb installed.. but in shipyard interface it says 24lb carronades installed.
I don't see anything on Error log so I guess it's a normal thing.

 

[A.H]

Well in a nutshell the only thing I observed is that the cannon calibers installed on my sloop of war is 24 lb'er.. when in fact the possible allowed caliber is 12 lb'er max. I seen it happen once before in previous patches but didn't notice it in detail until today.

In shipyard interface this is what appears:


However, in another form of interface (while capturing a ship in this case):


This interface is from F2 screen under Ship, then after clicking Cannon section:

 

[Pieter Boelen]

As I said, I think this is "Not a Bug". No point checking up on this further until @Hylie Pistof, @Grey Roger or @Armada can confirm.

 

[Hylie Pistof]

The standard long guns for that ship are 12 pound cannons. Carronades are larger caliber but have a shorter range. I never use carronades meself so am not sure if the correct size is 18 pounder or 24 pounder.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

There is a factor 2 between the two types, that much I know.

 

[Hylie Pistof]

Then the correct size for carronades for that ship is 24 pounders.

 

[Armada]

Indeed I think this is by design. Perhaps there needs to be something to communicate that to the player, but I know interfaces are tricky to change.

 

[Hylie Pistof]

It is easy enough to find out by going to a shipyard and buying new cannons. There you will find out what sizes are allowed. I could not make it to a shipyard in time to verify it meself.