Maelstrom Update

Change navigation AI…rewrite

Fix *DATA array copy

Data AttributesClass fixes

FastArrayFind function added

Screen resolution change for Xinterface

STRCOLLECTION fixup

Memory leak…headgear check

Fix possible dupe of music call, was also cause of heap corruption within FMOD

Fix occasional battle music mixup after fight…[Read more]

Aye, checked and I did get a Gunner’s Quadrant from one of the captains I defeated. Thank you for the explanation I was confused for a bit

It is a feature of some of the Gunner bonus items; if you or your gunner have one of these items, the reticle changes to indicate that different shape and now you aim it directly at the ship that you want to fire, instead of needing to aim the upward trajectory to account for gravity. Now, you aim straight at the target and the guns will…[Read more]

Good afternoon, I encountered another strange thing. This reticule is shaped like a T rather than the horizontal line I’ve seen. I cannot figure out what caused this. Has anyone ever seen this happen or know a way to avoid it? If I load an older save it is the normal reticule, but I cannot figure out what happened

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Thanks!

Through some experimentation, I was finally able to replicate the stuttering ship on the world map; the only way I could cause that was by using fullscreen and VSynch at the same time. I do not yet know what to do about that. All other configurations (e.g. windowed + VSynch, without VSynch, etc.) seem to not produce that problem.

Falling masts…[Read more]

Hello, I’ve been getting this odd stuttering on the map. Weirdly, if I enable recording my framerate increases and the stuttering goes away. This happens even if fraps is not running. Here is video
https://youtu.be/A9cZwrgocSU
I also noticed an AI ship accidentally ram its counterpart, and its mast fell off. I knew falling masts were removed so I…[Read more]

THX for your attn.,

Oldtimer

I had a huge bounty before I completely understood the system and even though I killed them and captured their ships, they never quit chasing me. I had to speak with the Pirate Diplomat to finally get rid of my bounty.

I’m wondering, how does Realistic Ships Encounters affect the spawns on the map? I think I noticed the smaller pirate sloop…[Read more]

Well, after reinstalling both it works, so probably something went wrong while dl-ing the update.

Rgds, Oldtimer

Hi all,

after updating both today I get the message “failed to create program…”.

I have made some minor changes earlier and the game was playable until updated.

Rgds, Oldtimer

Bounty Hunters.

Hi all,

bounty hunters at sea, can they or their captains surrender? I have not seen that happen and I REALLY would like them surrendering now and then. So I could throw them overboard now and then…

BTW, the old printed game manual says that bounty will never disappear wholly but can decrease if player does good deeds. What…[Read more]

If it did “nothing” I suspect that you may have modified the wrong music_alias.ini. Check the start.ini for this setting:

aliasDirectory = Shanty

That value is the name of the folder for the music_alias.ini it will use.

RESOURCEINIShantymusic_alias.ini

Verify the folder indicated in start.ini is the same place for the edited file.

Not sure about that random guy showing up in the cabin…is there any way you have a save where this happened I could look at?

Also, even though MK and you found a workaround for the quest problem because of the “too fast” looting, I still consider that a bug and will see if I can either disable/delay the dialog and/or looting in the proper…[Read more]

I gave this a test and it only worked for the main menu. When trying to replace the music for sea battles it acted as though I did nothing. The strange thing was changing the alias in the config.exe worked, but modifying the individual music alias files did not apart from the menu music

That was exactly the problem, apparently I clicked “1” on my keyboard way too fast to loot the dead captain which then disrupted the script where I talk to the captive. Thank you, I would never have that figured out.
Then there is sometimes a man standing next to the captains chest who looks like a civilian, could you tell me his function? Unlike…[Read more]

@Modernknight

Looks like my ship was not damaged enough to qualify for light repair, had abt. 70% hull and 50% sail left.

THX for your attn.,

Oldtimer

Its in your ship GUI command tab that allows you to give commands to all of the ships in your squadron. So you can quick repair other ships than your own if your captain on that ship has the perk. There is light repair and quick repair. If you have them they will appear as a visual option left to right with others in the tab. For light repair it…[Read more]

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