That sounds like a nice feature. I can’t promise anything soon, but I think the idea is a good one and will add it for the ‘to do’ list of things/features we plan to add to the game.

I’m currently working on a really nice surprise feature right now, that is taking precedence over any other right now.

Can you do me a favor and make sure you get the latest update, then continue playing? My intent was if you toggle that option, they should still gain experience, but no longer ‘steal’ the services from you.

However, just prior to the last update, I did find I made a mistake in the part of the code for testing that option where I did…[Read more]

Nice shot Maltacus.

I am also in love with the Olandesa.

To answer your questions, the only reasons the colors you see are the way they are is because of my historical research. Those are the colors that were actually used. However as far as railings are concerned, red and black were indeed both often used on Spanish naval ships.

PLUS: our…[Read more]

Hey I’m all for it Dennis.

Hopefully some folks will want to try. However, don’t count on it. If people really wanted to talk about their experiences with ERAS they would already have done so here – regardless of the website being slow.

I know some people have – including yourself. I still loved that running logbook post you did a couple years…[Read more]

Careful “youse mugs”, don’t want your posts to be considered “hate speech” do ya! LOL

You know when a couple of folks mentioned to me that they thought he was on the take over a month ago I thought they could be right – however, given the last week of posts on that thread, I no longer believe that could be true. If it were – he would have shut up…[Read more]

I honestly didn’t even want to engage, but it’s gone too far for me…and I’m a pretty easygoing guy. Takes quite a lot to set me off. This is similar treatment I remember at PA!, where self-professed ‘experts’ continually spout out nonsense, without any firsthand knowledge or experience, but more often based on a preconceived bias, that they…[Read more]

The latest update contains some of the fixes discussed over the last couple weeks. It also contains:

Brand new cabin from Orazio, for the small class 7 ships

Officer loyalty tweak, where if an incompatible officer/companion (with a different alignment than the captain), that decides to overlook some of your bad/good acts, contrary to their…[Read more]

The second part of that problem, they attack after accepting the bribe, is part of the other seaspeak flaw I found about the DontRansackCaptain attribute. There is another attribute .AlwaysEnemy that should also be queried, that wasn’t there. For now, I disabled the ability to accept a bribe, or surrender for enemies that are created with those…[Read more]

Awesome shots again!

Got your email Maltacus. Thank you for the pointers and the frames. I will definitely be playing with them. I just DL’d a new free version of D3Dgear today as well which possibly might improve the movie issues I have been having. We will see if screenshots are improved as well.

MK

OMG Jack forgive me. I skimmed through your post so fast I just missed it entirely.

Did you try the config tweak?

Have you tried opening your GTX 970 to see what options are available for it? You should be able to simply right click on your primary monitor screen and see an option to go to your video card menu. It will probably offer you a…[Read more]

Seems odd that the newer version would present a problem, considering the revision history from FMOD shows no changes that are relevant to anything the game actually uses. I keep updating it regardless, just to stay current, in case something relevant is updated.

Anyway, a review of the system.log might be helpful, as perhaps one of the…[Read more]

WOW! I am really enjoying your screenshots Maltacus! Thanks for sharing. I am going to have to look into GIMP I guess because I just love those borders and your screens almost look like they are out of a story or a comic book – SO COOL!

I love your narrative along with the pictures about the Spraggues. SEE this is what I have been writing about…[Read more]

You know this gets me thinking…. dangerous I know. Wouldn’t it be great if we could base the hostility factor on “FAME” points rather than nation flag. Certainly if you have a good reputation with that nation, you can sail right into the port provided you fly a friendly/neutral flag. However, even if you ARE a pirate, if you just haven’t done…[Read more]

Sorry, that’s totally my fault. You know I often work on this stuff late at night. I don’t make as many mistakes as I used to I suppose.

MK

Pretty good specs Jack.

So my question is – do you have a video card installed or are you relying on the on board chipset that was installed in the Intel suite? If you have a separate video card we can probably tailor your computer to play the game with no graphical anomalies. If not I know a couple of tricks that might work to make it more…[Read more]

Tested this and you are correct. I will fix it in the next update.

If you want to correct your own game, edit Ships_init.c and change these from 31 to 32, for SHIP_RESOLUTION:

refShip.rcannon = 32;
refShip.lcannon = 32;

The relations mechanisms remain unchanged from COAS and may not be entirely intuitive.

If you are a pirate, the ‘nation’ relations take precedence, and if you review the screen, every other nation is enemy with Pirate. So even if you fly another flag, there is still a chance, based on your stealth, number of ships, rate of ships (lower rate…[Read more]

ORAZIO!!! Man that cabin is exactly what I wanted man! Thanks Mate!!! THAT IS AWESOME! I LOVE IT!

I just wanted to add a couple more things to what I talked about above. First I wanted to say that the double line capability that Jeffrey has added to this game is simply awesome applied to your own squadron during gameplay.

OMG! if you choose…[Read more]