pistol problem

[gipiquge]

Total noob here (had the game for 3 days, great so far!) but I've run into a really nagging problem - my gun doesn't work. I've been hitting spacebar and somehow managed to kill the biters when they attack but I don't see the gun or hear any gun sounds. Just a thump thump thump. At first I thought it was just a lame sound effect for the gun but then I saw a tutorial video that actually showed it looking and sounding like a gun. Then I saw the the guns and ammo in the gun bar in the videos are in green whereas mine are in red. It dawned on me that my guns are inactive and all this time I have probably been fighting the biters hand to hand! So I need help quick cause these critters are getting bigger and meaner all the time!
Any ideas what's wrong?

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[DaveMcW]

You need to craft a firearm magazine and put it in your ammo bar.

Or better, build an assembling machine that crafts firearm magazines for you.

[valneq]

There are different ammo types:
firearm magazines are for pistols / submachine guns
shotgun shells are for shotguns
rockets are for rocket launchers
etc.

Make sure you equip the ammo right under the corresponding weapon and once you have both a weapon and ammo equipped, you can switch between equipped weapons by pressing TAB. But you can only switch to a weapon that has ammo equipped.

[Serenity]

Ammunition can be one of the first things you automate aside from smelting. Put down two assemblers 3 tiles apart from each other. And have them share a box in the middle. Make sure to limit the box two a few stacks. You don't want to fill it. That will last you until you need armor piercing ammo.

The pistol isn't that useful though. Get a submachine gun first thing you can.