The chances to get past an officer at an enemy harbour are more or less 83% if you have lvl 100 in stealth, but you got need at least lvl 20 to do that as the equation is: 20 + (random number from 0 to 50) + (random number from 0 to 50 again).
I generally subtract that 20 and add 10 to each random chance so I’ll be able to have a chance before…[Read more]

Good news to help translation. The game was not conducive to multiple languages, without special install to overwrite everything in a ‘russian’ directory. I have fixed that, so that it will be much easier to have different languages (well, easier in the sense the code will work nicely…I do not have a translator).

But, I also have the original…[Read more]

I might have said it before, but I’ll say it again; I want some major tweaks made to the first-person ship combat’s cannon aiming mechanics. A more well-defined and easier-to-see crosshair is the first change I want. The second is a better aiming ‘angle’, so to speak. Essentially, I want to be able to fire my ship’s guns at maximum range (using…[Read more]

All of this sounds so exciting, and I can’t wait to see it reach my own computer screen. As for a patreaon, I know that I would definitely donate money if you can give me link. Here’s hoping that you guys can raise the money needed and get the products you want developed.

I haven’t played GOF in a little while, but I am excited to see and hear…[Read more]

OK, understood. I don’t have this fully outlined just yet, but have an idea:

Similar to the solution for the NPC Hero start location, we will add something in HeroDescribe.txt, like _defComp_XX where XX is the number of the NPC Hero that you see for all the other values in that file.

The value will be the Hero# of the companion, so in the case…[Read more]

The game crashes when I try to paste that into PsHero.c. I don’t understand anything about how this code works and what is wrong. Could you show exactly what it should look like after “setNewMainCharacter(idLngFile, ch, n); //This sets nation, animation, model, etc. based on HeroDescribe.txt”
in order to work?

I meant the NPC start as a companion to the PC, which I called join as officer as it makes them comparable to one. This thing you had recently discussed:

MK and I discussed this and it is an intriguing idea.

We were thinking of making this a mod option where if toggled On, we automatically add one of those characters described as a “partner” in…

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The dialog for the decision to join you as a companion is in DIALOGSrussianPGG_dialog.c

case “companion”:

They have to have a ship that is no better than 1 class lower than you, there is a random chance, and their relationship to you is not too damaged (see PGGChanceMeeting…a function I added where if they are the same alignment, some luck,…[Read more]

Speaking of which, what factors determine whether or not an npc captain will join you, and where can you edit those?
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Also, how do you make a character start as an officer of another character?

Excellent idea, that is even better than spawning them at the same location. Although some characters should start at fixed locations (optional) since they were connected to them. Manuel Ribeiro Pardal for example would be at home at Cartagena since he works for the towns governor.
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While I used Cloise and Davis as examples I will confess that my…[Read more]

Speaking of screenshots, is there some way to set the game to not capture so many screenshots at once when you hit F8

By the way, next update this will be fixed. Always bothered me too. Now, it will only do 1 shot if you press/hold button. If you release the button, at least one second before it will allow you to get another shot with F8. No…[Read more]

Hi,

yes, that would enhance immersion. This might perhaps apply to NPC:s who were historical friends/partners too.

Rgds, Oldtimer

So, any word how the game behaves on your new machine?

MK and I discussed this and it is an intriguing idea.

We were thinking of making this a mod option where if toggled On, we automatically add one of those characters described as a “partner” in the short bios, as a companion to the PC.

What do you think?

OK, here’s how I’d probably go about that:

In file RESOURCEINItextsrussianHeroDescribe.txt, add a new line for each character that would have a set starting location:

startLoc_1 {Pirates}
startLoc_2 {Alice}
startLoc_3 {FortFrance}

Each individual character is assigned a sequential number in the file, so character one has attributes set as _1,…[Read more]

Not dumb at all.

Rgds, Oldtimer

No, only when the game starts. Then they start to move around as usual. If either don’t want to join in the beginning, well, then they apparently had a falling out or just got tired of each other.
Alternatively; every time you start the game Peter Cloise and Edwards Davis start in Pirate settlement if they are NPC:s and the PC as pirate always…[Read more]

Hmmm, do you mean that if you the PC is Peter Cloise, every time you enter a town port, you will find NPC Edward Davis around that same town, like in the tavern?

If by “true Shores of Mosquito” you mean the shore that starts Tenochtitlan, that is Shore53. We will rename the one down by Porto Bello to “Shores of Mosquito Grande” to differentiate 🙂

… including crabs crawling around the beaches!

LOL, not yet. Just did that today…it’s not publicly deployed yet. Crabs courtesy of our friend Dmitry and I really need to get back with him so he can check it out too.