Cannons, Ammo, Loading & Targeting

Ship cannons support:

• Mouse targeting: you choose a world location to fire at
• Automatic ammo sourcing: cannons pull required resources from the ship
• Ship hardpoints: cannons can only be placed at valid cannon positions
• Multiple ammo types (standard + special)

1. Double-click a mounted cannon.
2. If you are authorized and in range, you will see: “Select a firing location.”
3. Click a tile or object in the world. The cannon converts the click into a world Point3D and fires at that point.

You must:

• be alive
• be aboard the ship (the ship contains you)
• be within 2 tiles of the cannon
• have ship security level Crewman or higher

If you cancel targeting, the cannon stops the current preparation state.

The cannon fires at a Point3D (a world location). This means you can:

• aim at open water (for ranged pressure)
• aim at ships / mobiles by clicking their location
• aim at fixtures/objects if your shard uses attackable items

The cannon resolves shot resources in this order:

If your ship has container fixtures (example: munitions crates), the cannon will scan those first. Only containers that actually contain relevant shot items are considered (to avoid wasting time on unrelated containers).

If the ship has a hold container, the cannon pulls from the hold.

For backwards compatibility, the cannon also checks its own internal container last.

A successful shot requires the presence of:

• Cannon ammo (ICannonAmmo / cannonball type)
• Powder Charge
• Fuse Cord

If any required resource is missing, the shot cannot be fired.

Ammo bundles / cannonballs available in the naval content include:

• Standard cannonballs (bundle)
• Heavy cannonballs (bundle)
• Fire cannonballs (bundle)
• Frost cannonballs (bundle)
• Charged cannonballs
• Poison cannonballs

Exact damage/effects are defined by your live cannonball and cannon scripts. If you want this page to include a full comparison table, add a “Cannon Comparison” section once your balancing is final.