For just five days of effort, you sure got a lot of things done, that’s so awesome! Thanks for taking the time to work on those little QOL features I requested. The sorting of trade catalogs is especially appreciated, and yes, you ARE cool.

I can understand not wanting to make dodging in combat free, it is YOUR guys’ game after all – I don’t mind…[Read more]

– Combat music continues to play until a scene transition after defeating rapists.

Now fixed in all COAS versions.

– The sound effects from the opening menu continue to play during the intro/tutorial scene when starting a new game, should probably be fixed.

I found that is a holdover from original COAS; it’s not really noticeable unless the main menu is raining, so it was missed. I fixed it in all versions.

– The new sail billow direction could maybe use…

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– Allow players to sort Trade tab lists alphabetically: This was impossible to do with the original engine as there was no way to rationally compare alpha strings in a less-than/greater-than fashion; that logic does not exist. For whatever reason, the internal script compiler will compare strings for equality/inequality correctly, but for l…[Read more]

– allow players to navigate command menus with the scroll wheel: I made the up/down/left/right command navigation selectable in the control mapping options, so now you can remap the command navigation to mouse scroll

The following, I can virtually guarantee won’t be done:

– No energy cost for dodging in combat: We disagree with the premise

-First person eliminate head bob from the first person camera: The reason this happens is that instead of idle characters standing like statues when AFK, they have idle animation to look more natural. Since the camera i…[Read more]

So far, here’s what I’ve got:

– Treat dead bodies like containers, and use the command/action key to loot them when walking over them: DONE
– Have dead bodies remain where they fall permanently until a scene transition/loading screen: Kinda…just extended timeout to 5 minutes.
– First person make the view point carry through loading screens: DON…[Read more]

Hi all,

one at a time was it, well:

– how can I reclassify a ship type? I want to assign the hoy to class 7.

Rgds, Oldtimer

New feature requests I came up with;

– support mice with additional buttons; this would be a big improvement.

– allow players to navigate command menus with the scroll wheel, to make it easier to use without needing to move your hands around between different control areas.

– No contraband goods at pirate ports – this seems a bit odd to me.

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Wanted to report a few bugs;

– The sound effects from the opening menu continue to play during the intro/tutorial scene when starting a new game, should probably be fixed.
– Combat music continues to play until a scene transition after defeating rapists.
– The new sail billow direction could maybe use a bit more work to refine it – it works fine…[Read more]

So, in the interest of getting answers to my questions from further up, I have decided to ask them one ata time, as recommended by MK. Here’s the first one;

I want to create a special quest officer, and then have my character (Svendsen) start off with him already joined to his party. How would I create this officer and assign him his chosen…[Read more]

Also, I’m still wanting to try my hand at some location modelling – I have a list of scenes I’d like to try recreating in an even better way than they are now. However, I wanted to ask about models, specifically acquiring them. I’ve done some searching on the internet, and I found a site that has a number of tropical plants that would be perfect…[Read more]

Yeah, sorry bout that. That’s some pretty exciting news you’ve shared with us, though, I’m waiting excitedly for the next update to come.

Nice to hear that you liked the look of the Dying Gull, and especially that you decided to do some similar skins for the sloop and snauw. I was originally going to do one for the snauw, but I just couldn’t figure out how to get the look I wanted… sigh. My only request for those skins is that you not use a white lower hull for them, and simply…[Read more]

SKILL ITEMS

Some items still in the game were once skill items and described as if they have bonuses, though they do not. They do not have any bonus points in their description so it is not exactly misleading but maybe confusing.

I would have their bonuses restored and perhaps a set limit on equippable skill items/skill. My house rule is only 1…[Read more]

Mr. Knight,

makes sense ofc. What I never understood is why player cannot meet other heroes outside taverns and interact with them. They have lives(eternal?) in the background, gain lvls, change ships, join factions. Would having them visible and interactive in the whole game world put too much stress on the engine or take too much time for the…[Read more]

Oldtimer,

As the label “Historic” implies, they will be actual real battles that occured we are recreating. So when you open the DLC it will show you a menu of four battles. (Each DLC has four for $7 dollars) Then you can click on each one and read a historical narrative about what happened at the battle.

Then you can choose the option to start…[Read more]

Mr. Knight,

I agree with you abt. ship stores(a parallel to warhorse export being a capital offense in many countries) though I would make an exception for foodstuffs and medicine.

Returning to DLC development how are pirate battles to be? As special quests or random meetings with your competitors/enemies which I would like better?

Rgds, Oldtimer

Hello Oldtimer,

I agree about the consistency and you should understand that consistency is something that I have improved over time. Just look at speed and ship handling since 2013. Look at how much the scale has increased. Ships never had speeds below 10 in COAS and the old GOF mods. Now we have ships as slow as 6. I plan on scaling that down…[Read more]

Mr. Knight,

I think you are right abt. a huge yet untapped potential in Maelstrom engine. Some things I suppose could be done with very little effort, except maybe for time needed. I think CONSISTENCY and realism, again. I`ve been ranting abt. that regularly.

Yet more examples:

– the officer icons top left do not conform with their full scale…[Read more]