I know that most people don’t appreciate my attempts to make this world into more of a period simulation. I am always looking to the future and what I hope this will all be a year from now or two years from now. The merchants refusing to trade was always there, but it didn’t work until Jeffrey fixed all that bad spaghetti code. I liked the “new”…[Read more]

Glad you like the model. Sounds like with your explanation she would be right at home in Rick and Morty’s adventures or tooling around with Dr. Who as well. Love Rick and Morty but the whole time travel thing just aint my cup o tea.

So….

Helen….

Tavrel?

Robert E. Howard anyone? Anyone here heard of him?

Anyone care?

Anyone appreciate…[Read more]

Yes, I see the problem with the Excellent Map. I just fixed the texture and I’ll release it next update, which is coming maybe tomorrow.

That constrain heroes is a bit untested, but I can say that it will only work with a brand new game and you will have to click it on right from the start. Once you click OK for a new game, if option selected,…[Read more]

The scripting language used in the game is similar syntax to C/C++. If you use just one = sign, it will try to assign the value on the right side to a variable on the left side. Example:

x = 1; //This assigns the value 1 to to variable x.

So when you try if(sti(PChar.rank) = 1), it is not really testing for equality, it is trying to assign the…[Read more]

Coming soon: Ship AI Improvements

I’ve been mired in a new task to improve ship AI and I’ve got a treat for everyone; I’ve got a significant improvement in hand concerning escape/flee plans, navigating a path around impeding islands.

What happened, is that the work I was doing to give AI to ships in port, and enable harbor scene, traffic and…[Read more]

I sent you an email, with an attached save. I’ll copy the same explanation below, for others:

The log book shows that the Dutch ships are, “moored somewhere off La Vega”. If it says moored and does not say something like “stranded” on the beach, that means the ships are at sea, nearby and sometimes can be difficult to find.

The best way is to…[Read more]

Ah yes. I think I know the book.

Is it “A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer – The Life of William Dampier”

ISBN 0-425-20037-X (pbk.)

By Diana & Michael Preston

Published in 2004 by The Berkeley Publishing Group

That IS indeed a good read. I read it not long after it was published. I felt like some of the…[Read more]

It might be a case where they are not at shore, but somewhere off the coast, at sea and you need to find them. I can check this out if you send me a save where the mission/quest is started, but not yet passed, and I will see if I can verify the situation.

Ah, yes, the new AI tacking upwind is in there too.

But, I realize I forgot to tell something for the new Loyalty update:

I realize most people don’t always overwrite their start.ini file (due to perhaps personal settings they might have changed) and I did not upload that file, but there is a change; you should also correct the spelling for…[Read more]

OK Maltacus, Jeffrey and I have discussed it and based on your comments and Oldtimer’s questions about why certain ships are not available we will be adding what ships can be bought to my cannon mod. Bermuda sloops will only be found in – wait for it – BERMUDA! LOL

Good idea on the ship coloring guide. Yes – that sounds like a fun project along…[Read more]

OK a couple comments to let you all know that we take all of your input seriously.

Christoph’s question on grapeshot is very well founded – as a former Army analyst and someone who used to play with simulated damages solutions, he is absolutely correct. So I asked Jeffrey if we could make it more difficult to eradicate the last 10 percent of…[Read more]

Thanks for the offer Michiel,

Yeah I stand corrected on the location of the archive – I think I knew that, but just wasn’t thinking. Never been to those particular archives before – I’ve just read stuff from them that other people have copied. So I will throw together a list of documents I would like copies of (obviously not entire documents -…[Read more]

Jeffrey,

The update will also have all of the new ship AI stuff (not running into land, each other, and tacking against the wind) that I have been testing – correct?

I just wanted to add that we are also adding members to the loyalty update who have been participating lately. Thanks for your participation.

I have been very busy – but new…[Read more]

I have not updated the commonly available, but I do have a report about the Loyalty version.

I have updated a few things:

Flag movement, very low wind fix

Some extra ship textures

FMOD update to version 1.10.04 – 3/5/18 Studio API minor release (build 93853)

Config.exe and DirectX startup will now recognize other video adapters, rather than…[Read more]

YEAY!!!

One of our members who wishes to remain anonymous has told me who the author of the AWESOME and extremely well researched stories about Helen Tavrel – IS.

His name is Keith Taylor.

Here is his Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Taylor_(author)

I guess its no surprise at all that he is a great devotee and admirer of…[Read more]

I don’t think everyone realizes what a huge deal this is!

Jeffrey has reworked an immense amount of the NPC and enemy ship AI so that they will act MUCH MORE REALISTICALLY!

– Ships no longer run into each other,

– Ships don’t run into land masses.

– Ships will retreat under the protection of fort guns if part of their faction.

– Ships…[Read more]

Love the narrative and screen shots Maltacus! Very entertaining.

So just so you know, there is a mod option available in your Mod Options interface window to click “realistic ships” available at shipyards which gives you much LESS of a choice in the variety of ships available to purchase.

Jeffrey and I have been discussing my cannon mod in…[Read more]

Love the narrative and screen shots Maltacus! Very entertaining.

So just so you know, there is a mod option to go to realistic ships available at shipyards which gives much LESS of a choice in variety to purchase.

Jeffrey and I have been discussing my cannon mod in detail and he has said that everything I want to achieve is very doable – to…[Read more]

Hello Michiel,

Never be sorry for contacting me about historical research or historical subjects of the pirate kind – because this is one of my passions and I am always reading and researching and learning more. I am always happy to talk about these things!

Well I am continuing to research Van Hoorn and am finding some very interesting…[Read more]