How do you aim the cannons?

Thing is, I tend to be good at aiming projectiles in games. Bows, grenade launchers, all sorts. My problem with SoT is that it feels like it's shooting the balls from outside the cannons (on the sides). But it will be probably just lack of experience and skill :)

Two things you need to consider in SoT that you don't need to consider in most other games:

1. The momentum imparted by your ship.
2. The roll angle of your ship.

I bet you the wind and waves even come into play a bit. I can tell you they push the ship around when you're sailing.

The cannons are completely subject to the physics engine, so they have rotations and vectors from (at least) your ship added to them. You need to subtract those in your brain when you fire. Good luck.

@lucid-stew

I bet you the wind and waves even come into play a bit.

A bit? Waves changes your height entirely and sometimes block your entire view, so they're a pretty big deal.

To OP
There are A LOT of thing to take in consideration when firing in SoT like @Lucid-Stew said, not easy at all.

@darlain said in How do you aim the cannons?:

@lucid-stew

I bet you the wind and waves even come into play a bit.

A bit? Waves changes your height entirely and sometimes block your entire view, so they're a pretty big deal.

yeah, definitely. I was talking purely about their horizontal motion, but as you mention, if you're rising on a wave, that's not only going to impart roll, but also give the cannonball upward momentum. Same in reverse as you descend into a trough.

That's kinda what I thought. As long as it's a skill based thing, it's fine. After all I have way too little playtime to be great :). Thank you all for responses.