That particular English Royal Navy blue squadron colors with the very small cross of Saint George canton appears in many paintings of actions between the English and Dutch in the 1660s through 70s. Here’s an example from the Battle of the Texel.
https://buccaneersreef.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/flag-proof.jpg

This has happened to me occasionally as well. It only happens when you kill the enemy captain with a fast combination and his body unintentionally opens for loot. (like one too many clicks that negate the walking to talk to the bride/groom). If you play through the battle again making sure not to click your mouse for any reason after the final…[Read more]

I just tried a couple of the Captive Groom quests and they worked out fine. Can you supply a compile.log and/or error.log when the dialog does not work and possibly even a save game where you’ve encountered the quest ship, but not yet boarded; a boarding save would be ideal?

Is the flag really supposed to be this grey? It looks rather odd like there is a texture missing and with the tiny english flag I thought something with the textures went wrong.

Hi all,

how do I activate an ability? I have quick repair, my ship is badly damaged and I do not see where/how to use that ability.

Rgds, Oldtimer

OK, understood. Seems a relation problem. I will see if I can reproduce for myself.

Mr. Jeffrey,

why I wrote abt. this is that in my playthroughs as pirate hitherto I was not told to “watch myself” as long as I flew Jolly Roger. Neither was I attacked at sea by common pirates, only GoF:s and now “Bold Privateers”. But here is something I saw recently, same playthrough:

– I changed from Jolly Roger to English and was…[Read more]

That English sail is correct and is supposed to contain a small cross in the corner; by design and accurate.

You can change flags when you grant yourself the perk to do so. Then on the “Ships” screen, you can click a flag icon to display all available flags and choose an option.

As for the chaser guns cutting holes in the front sails, the…[Read more]

When you say you are “accosted” in pirate havens, do you mean they attack you? Or do they simply stop you periodically to tell you to “watch yourself?” If they attack, there is some error somewhere in your relations that might need attention/fixing. If they just stop to tell you stuff all the time, that is normal and has always been that way…[Read more]

If you install the mod or Maelstrom with the Itch client (not using a browser or .zip download), it will unpack and place all the uncompressed files where you selected the directory. After that, if you launch the Itch client later, and I have updated some files, the Itch client will automatically detect which files were changed by me and only…[Read more]

Against all flags, pirates inclusive…

Im a pirate, flying the Jolly Roger. While in pirate havens Im accosted as if I were an enemy, while at sea common pirates attack me. If thats by design its the next worst design flaw I`ve met in pirate games.

Rgds, Oldtimer

“I’ve also updated ERAS many times and Itch will also keep that updated if you used the client to install to location.”

Could you please explain to me how that works?

Yes, Maelstrom is constantly being updated and/or fixed. Since releasing on Itch, I’ve updated 45 times: https://chezjfrey.itch.io/gentlemen-of-fortune-maelstrom-engine/devlog

No, you will never have to pay for Maelstrom updates.

If you use the Itch client to install the game, it will automatically keep you updated if you launch Itch.

I’ve…[Read more]

Someone please edit my previous post, it is the front guns of the ship, would still love to see this corrected since chasing ships is much more fun while firing the cannons.

Since the Edit button is not available anymore, there is even one more thing, the Blue Bird damages its own sails when firing. Since I really like this ship, please please please fix that or tell me how to fix it. This has probably something to do with the gun locators, it drives me crazy.

Ahh! Interesting. I would be lying if I said I would not like a super-rocket-speed ship 😉 Thanks for giving me a starting point for tweaking!