I’ve heard of this one before but I can’t remember how it was solved. This is obviously some kind of glitch with DRM that is soaking through. My guess is that this is TAGES protection trying to interfere with the DVM file that we have in the mod that allows us to play with no disk.

I looked up X3 Terran conflict and sure enough it uses TAGES as…[Read more]

When we get the new version completed (soon). We will hang it on several different services. We will also offer a version that is broken up into pieces that you will reassemble once you have all the downloads.

(EDIT) in the past some people have reported that they have been able to download the mod in less than two hours…. one individual…[Read more]

When we get the new version completed (soon). We will hang it on several different services. We will also offer a version that is broken up into pieces that you will reassemble once you have all the downloads.

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Orazio, I agree with Schiavonna. That ship is stunning. Seriously great work so far.

Sorry Gents on the ETA for the new patch. If anything my personal problems have got even worse than before. I am hoping to have time over the holidays to get everything finished and over to Jeffrey for a new full complete version of the mod.

Several new ships are in the works. I just saw the pics of Orazio’s new galleon. All I can saw is WOW!!!!…[Read more]

Hey guys, Sorry long time no show, but really couldn’t be helped. I went from an incredible long vacation all over the Caribbean to disaster when I returned home. Pipes had broken under my foundation and caused major damage. Then my sons car died and I replaced the entire fuel system (myself at home) then floods and now the frosting on the cake -…[Read more]

Yeah, it’s a strange time of year and depression is fairly common. Probably a bit of winter doldrums (depending on if you live in a part of the world that is experiencing winter right now) with the shorter days/longer nights and sometimes dismal weather, and holidays that for whatever reason dredge up in the psyche elements that make one…[Read more]

I haven’t seen Orazio in awhile. I am checking in every once in awhile, but if nobody has any testing info of my apps for me to check into, I haven’t been doing much considering the ‘real’ work I have going on at the moment. Myself, haven’t been testing more due to time constraints.

Though I will look into anything if someone brings attention…[Read more]

I can look into the possibility of a torrent, but I can’t do it from my machine as I’m always connected to my work VPN with no split-tunnel so prevents external internet access to anything on my PC. But maybe I can set up one of my kids’ with the file and set it up when I get some time.

In the meantime, have you tried the MEGA client? I had…[Read more]

Yes, follow Schiavonna’s instructions, but a few things I would like to add.

I don’t believe that the start.exe in the download will work without the original cd. I think it is the original .exe from Akella, which doesn’t allow play without the cd lodged in the drive. In fact, to test, I just downloaded ERAS, tried it, and got the ‘Insert Age…[Read more]

Welcome Aboard Schiavonna!

Your insights are much appreciated. I have tried to fix the sail away problem for years. I too would love for there to be an intelligent solution. My thoughts are very simple. If wind direction is X, THEN sail with that wind direction directly behind to allow the quickest escape. If land is in front of you, THEN sail…[Read more]

I have been working on it. However some major real world issues have prevented me from finishing. The water main has broken below my foundation (slab) in my house. I have no water and we have been digging under my foundation. This has been consuming all of my time for the last week. Sorry. This has been very destructive. It has flooded the…[Read more]

Hot off the presses! Get a new download. Fixes made. If interested about the details: https://buccaneersreef.com/forums/topic/bugs-and-fixes/#post-3368

ERAS, GOF & AoP COAS Files: https://mega.nz/#F!WtMDgRxK!hbeUg86kGLlQAqvWRNwTqg

Some work done. Part of the reason for the lengthy time it’s taken for me to get to this point of using some of these analysis tools is that I am not primarily a C++ developer; the majority of my career has been working with a different programming language, with different tools. But I made some major finds this past week, and I’m quite…[Read more]

I found a bug in Control Activation, download the newest copies:

ERAS, GOF & AoP COAS Files: https://mega.nz/#F!WtMDgRxK!hbeUg86kGLlQAqvWRNwTqg

ERAS.Patch.zip = patch files for ERAS
AOP2.Patch. = patch files for vanilla COAS with fixes
GOF1.2Patch = patch files for GOF 1.2 with fixes
ERAS2Test.zip = Our source compiled ERAS in DirectX…[Read more]

This cabin is awesome! I chased a few ships around, then finally an English 5th rater cooperated and attacked me; it has this cabin. Really sweet!

Another fun fact is that if using our compilation, with the OnLoadReinit.c I wrote, I literally did nothing other than load an old save, find a ship, board it, enter cabin and there it was. Nice…[Read more]

I just toyed with Orazio’s new cabin interiors: https://buccaneersreef.com/forums/topic/mod-additional-interiors-for-ships

I posted similarly in that thread, but will repeat here. In the README.txt, Orazio mentions that after implementing this, a new game is required. Unfortunately, even with the OnLoadReinit.c magic, this turns out to be…[Read more]

I got around to trying this new cabin set out. In the README.txt, Orazio mentions that after implementing this, a new game is required. Unfortunately, even with the OnLoadReinit.c magic, this turns out to be unavoidable. It’s not the array resizing that causes the crash, as that feature re-synchs the Locations array size just fine. What poses…[Read more]

I think your hamster has the idea. Here’s what I would like to see happen:

Extract again, the RESOURCE from the 1.5.7 original download/patches to your 1.5.7 to ensure everything is there, nothing missing in models, textures, etc.

Download ERAS.Patch.zip and extract the RESOURCE folder from that to the original ERAS 1.5.7 RESOURCE directory.…[Read more]

Well, I was able to load that save. Went to the store, bought some stuff, left for sea. While at sea, engaged in several encounters, boarded a few ships, looted, sank some, let some go. No trouble.

I see a couple things in your log that lead me to believe you don’t have some of the matching Program code. Along the way, I have made a few…[Read more]