AGREED!

I am looking forward to seeing more of that model! From the pictures you showed me I think she will be an absolute beauty.

So to your question:

Good question with regards to submitting models for the contest and I just wrote a more thorough response via PM. My thoughts are that paragraph 6 of the modeling rules define part of the…[Read more]

Sorry guys, this has been a problem I’ve been meaning to fix forever. I can tell you with confidence that it at one time was a much larger problem than it is now – and that there are only a hand full of ships left that have this issue. I would guess less than 10.

I would also bet that because Jeffrey has adopted this to his to-do-list, it will…[Read more]

So I am very excited to report an update. The talented modeler Yo Ho Ho has indeed given us his ships for the game!

I encouraged him to enter these into the modeling contest and hope he will.…[Read more]

So just to follow up, this is a topic on the ships we need in the game. If you would like to talk about any of these or have good examples or pictures or information you would like to contribute on this subject – feel free to comment.

The only forum rule I will impose on this is NO FANTASY SHIP discussion – unless its to make fun of them. I won’t…[Read more]

The answer to your last comment is: YES you are correct!

The answer to your first question is: No you didn’t do or say anything wrong. I PM’d you just as you were posting this but will reiterate here – I think it best not to even post there any longer. Simply PM the people you need to communicate with. Best to let him eat static. This will bother…[Read more]

I am actually thinking of making this even more realistic. With the exception of pirate ports, you will have to go to see the port controller first before proceeding to the merchant. In our future cities I think we will have more than one merchant as well. In Spanish cities there will be no option BUT to proceed to the port controller FIRST. In…[Read more]

Sorry, I have to go on a short trip and will be back by Thursday. I have been working on new stories and announcements for a site update/refresh since May but they are not all finished yet. I am about 98 or 99 percent done so I would say to watch for a complete site refresh with new stuff by Friday or Saturday at the latest.

We have incredible…[Read more]

Dennis, The short answer is that I don’t know yet.

I have had a really bad year. I lost one of my favorite dogs a few months ago. The death of my nephew last month has made things REALLY bad. I almost just quit all of this altogether. I know a couple of you I talked to privately thought I was going to. But I am not.

Why??? Because this has all…[Read more]

Call me a glutton for punishment but I actually enjoy the food shortage problem and it gets worse the higher the difficulty you play. If you have a small fleet no problems, but if you’re commanding large capital ships with huge crews, you would have had immense issues with military logistics in the 17th century Caribbean. I was just reading about…[Read more]

Just a question, when are you planning on switching to another provider? Or is it already in progress. No rush, just a question out of curiousity.

And sorry that I have been mostly lurking. I still follow the reef but I was VERY busy progressing in my job and doing study on the side. Looking forward to the new layout though ^.^

I dunno if you are aware of this but theres a new DLC currently in russian for TEHO
English version is coming later this month!
There Are No Clean Getaways.

This massive expansion offers you an opportunity to live a life of real pirate – full of crimes, riches, lust, betrayal and adventures! Make yourself a name, meet the most wanted criminals of…[Read more]

Stéphane,

No you don’t have the 64bit version yet because Jeffrey and I are still testing it out. Very soon though I am sure.

The basic difference is that WAY more memory will be immediately accessible by the game. This means faster game play, no lag, and no texture degradation. This is a big deal. Just Jeffrey’s conversion to DX9 native from…[Read more]

TOOL is not a modeling program, but a model manipulation program. It allows you to cut models up and add new pieces or build a scene or add to a scene in the Storm engine games. I am updating our own tutorials page this morning because in getting you this information I realized that most of the Pirates Ahoy! links are now dead. They obviously…[Read more]

There are actually quite a number of ships that were ported into the game with rotational problems with the mizzen spanker/boom and/or lateen yards/sails rotation with the wind direction. Many of them are backwards.

Each one has to be modified in TOOL to change the rotation. It is a time consuming process and someday maybe someone will undertake…[Read more]

Well I am glad you like the cannon sounds. I hand selected and created many of them myself. Many are from real guns. I am a former artillery officer with a lot of experience with antique guns, so have a good idea on the realism.

A upcoming mod is changing them yet again. The 28 pounder is not as good as some of the other sounds and that was on…[Read more]

What ships come up for sale is determined in the ships utilities file. I am very stingy about what ships come up for sale. Think about it, 1st through 3rd raters would have not been super common to begin with in the 17th century Caribbean. Those were basically King’s ships owned by the state – not something which would have been commonly for sale.…[Read more]