[DarkSlimus]

I would post than the invite link as expired but you already do that jeffrey. a Discord group it’s always a nice place to know more each others and to have quick info about thing or that.The only problem is it don’t keep a log of previous posted thing since the group creation so important things must be on the forum. But it can be a good place for people who want speak on the project and have fail to connect here or don’t want to create an account.

when the new invite is posted count me in …

[DarkSlimus]

ahoy buccaneers !

It’s a long time I don’t translate an AOP2 mod and some of my knowledge of files have disappear … bad luck.

So if a kindly captain would tell me where to find all the text files related to interface (interface, items, ship models, foods, PC and nation description, etc … ) I can’t find them in the text folder and I remember it was originally placed in another folder named interface in my memory but in the interface folder only .c files no .h

In priority I need to find the ships model names cause in quest lines I must translate them on the two files at the same time to not forgot one of them(for some of them, I will try to keep nationality related names when it’s obvious and translate when the name is something like courier cause a courrier is another type of ship in French (postal ship).

The translation advance slowly cause this week I’m clearing my own ground at the Senegalese method (machete and pickaxe)… I’m looking for a chainsaw but it’s hard to find one here.I have two chainsaw in France, what kind of timber am I?

• This reply was modified 6 years, 7 months ago by DarkSlimus.

[DarkSlimus]

You’re true, we live in a world where appearance are more important than work. People prefer a nice empty shell than the pearl in an old oyster in the deep of the lagoon.Cause to have the pearl you must invest some effort and people dislike effort.

For me TEHO is this nice empty shell, the same game with improved textures, but perhaps I’m wrong I don’t know, I bought it and play just 4 hours (thanks steam to spy on our gameplay time to sell us a lot of empty shell in the same way of the empty shell we have bought). But happy that I bought this remake, cause it would have motivate me to reinstall old AOP2, try to play with the Ackmod, but always the same bugged engine with CTD each hours … So searched for other pirate games, found the project sinked project of the PA! team, do more search and found the new GOF, my first mod played on COAS, back to the roots I’m here now. So I didn’t throw my money, cause without this empty shell I perhaps don’t have the desire to find the pearl in the deeper lagoon.

Good games are always the work of passionate people never the work of the big industries. like M&B who is a pearl too and I always play it. To be honest a modded version cause mod made by fan are always greater than the original game, but for this one the original game was a good base.

It remember me my first computer, Amiga 500, where I always played cracked games cause they was more optimized, improved, not just a stupid piracy copy, a real redone work … and the fall of a good machine cause I never know people whobuy games on Amiga. Some would say the fault of the piracy, others like me would say the fault of the gaming industry who sold empty shell from the start. And when it’s not an empty shell you must bought the base game and a wagon of DLC and you pay more than 300€ !

If I can give you an advise MK1 don’t waste your time with this kind of troll. You are in the right way, the game you have done with your team is the more playable version of the AOP series and the future you promise us would make surely this game the most deeper in historical gameplay, not only compared with other piracy games but compared with all other games based on historical period. You have good ideas, a passion to match with the historical background and if one day you’re game would be modded it’s surely to make it more fantasy, not to ameliorate the base game like you do it with COAS

To end with this comment, it reflect my own opinion, my own taste, but I like the way you done it, I like your frankness about your choice for the game and the life in general. So stay the course you skip this ship in the right way

Regards

[DarkSlimus]

Really agree with you Vincent. This would be really more immersive background. Hopefully it seem to be the way than the mod take. historical and immersive, I really like that.

[DarkSlimus]

I very well know Phillipe, so if you can say him I’m here know I would be very happy to have some news of him. I know he prefer play in French, as a lot of French people have a sort of problem with English language. Some of historical grudge about Jeanne d’Arc or for French Canadians the love of their roots.

I understand the problem with quest for modified characters names so if the mistake stay in the English version it will stay in the French version too. not a problem at all.

[DarkSlimus]

Sure we all Know Conan the barbarian, the author name is perhaps fall in the deep of the Caribbean Sea cause we live in a world where youth prefer movies at books :/

In my own opinion ERAS2 go in the realism direction and fictional characters must be selected with some of good sens. I know a lot of fan of the POTC movies want characters from the movie, others want characters from others video games based on piracy but I’m not sure it will be a good idea cause of the license and your choice to made a commercial release of your work … it can ruin you if you must pay all the license to satisfy each members request here. Personally I want to play with Guybrush Threepwood the character of my preferred game when I was kid but not sure he have a place in ERAS2

Fictional characters in tribute of some good authors of piracy books or old movies in the public domain (in France it’s 70 years after the death of the author) is a good compromise solution and can save your purse from bloodsuckers.

So Helen Tavrel, in my own opinion, seems to be a good choice.

• This reply was modified 6 years, 7 months ago by DarkSlimus.

[DarkSlimus]

Some news about the translation. I’ve downloaded the last version of the GOF:ERAS2 (2.8 public release) and started the translation from scratch. Try to made a really immersive translation cause the original french version of COAS looked like a google translation.

I have a first question and perhaps a suggestion to change something in the Common_rumours.h file. In the file a NPC is refereed as “John Avory”, but the real name of the pirate was “John Avery”. Is the mistake intentional cause a selectable character is already named “John Avery” or is it a mistake in the original text file?
Actually I use Avory in the translation but Avery seems to be more accurate.Any suggestion ?

[DarkSlimus]

Ahoy Buccaneers,

A lot of good suggestions in this topic. Let me add my one. During my games I loot; I loot, I loot … I sold I sold I sold … but i’m always frustrated by one thing. I have a lot of chests to store weapons, books, ammunitions, etc. But I want a place to store my loot. Powder, woof, planks, etc …

Is it possible to add an option in the store dialog to rent space for keep some loot for the rainy days ? Like we can do for money, with the same risk if the city is looted by enemies ?

[DarkSlimus]

I Reply to myself cause I can’t edit … :

hey you in my head, the idea as already be validated ! are you blind or drunk ?

and I add my Edit in the same time :
Another thing I want to see is the possibility to use more than three buttons on our modern mouse.So we can block with mouse button 4 for example, or change view and use spyglass quickly during battle …

[DarkSlimus]

This look nice and add some life in our harbors … when you go out off the ship yard and saw that go directly to the tavern or redo repairs !

[DarkSlimus]

it would be a nice improvement to the AI
I the same mind, When you fight against a fleet, each ship do as if he was alone, for merchant fleet, why not, panic can do that kind of thing, but for military/pirates fleet, it seems more logical than they choose one of your ship (the best or the worst like a player can do), and concentrate their shots on him, prefer knee-balls when they have to flee, or bombs to sink you if they are in range …

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