Hmmm, I tested that with one of my fighters, and it worked instantly. Send me a save and I’ll check it out.

Yes, those portraits get set at the beginning of a new game, so an existing game will still be wrong. You have to run console code to correct an existing game. Replace your console.c code and hit F4:

void ExecuteConsole()
{
ref ch = characterfromid("PsHero_36");
ch.FaceId = 0;
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Yes, those portraits get set at the beginning of a new game, so an existing game will still be wrong. You have to run console code to correct an existing game. Replace your console.c code and hit F4:

void ExecuteConsole()
{
ref ch = characterfromid("PsHero_36");
ch.FaceId = 0;
Log_SetStringToLog("Operation successful! "…

Yes, that is still a work in progress. I fixed the back-end code to no longer crash during those infamous GOF mast break problems, but one of the tactics to avoid those was to virtually eliminate mast damage in the game so they can’t break, thus rendering the crash problem moot.

Now that my tests using GOF indicate the game is stable during all…[Read more]

No worries. I admit, that this loading does take longer than usual, and I don’t know why yours does in this case. Maybe something going on with your particular game-state at that moment. So I can understand thinking something is wrong. But, it eventually gets there!

That battle didn’t go well for me in the few times I tested though…lost the…[Read more]

I got it. Though I had no trouble attacking the fort. As soon as I load the game, I can hit the spacebar, as the icon to attack the fort is active. Or, I could hit the Enter key, arrow over to the ability icon to attack the fort, and do the same thing. It takes a little while for the loading screen, as it does a boarding save, but I do arrive…[Read more]

OK, that makes more sense. We can enable the logs in start.ini. Also, if you want to send me a save file where you are attempting the fort assault, I can look into that.

For enabling logs, in start.ini, change these to what you see here:

tracefiles = 1
tracefilesoff = 0
debuginfo = 1
runtimelog = 1

Also, just to satisfy my curiosity, any particular reason you chose the DirectX 8 version? The standard download is DirectX 9, so you would have had to explicitly find the DX8 version and download that and overwrite. I’m just curious.

I do have all the same bug/crash fixes in both, so they are both fine.

Check your start.ini file and make sure these values are pointed to the correct paths, either relative to the directory the game sits:

resource_directory = RESOURCE
ini_directory = RESOURCEINI

Or full path:

resource_directory = E:ERAS2.6RESOURCE
ini_directory = E:ERAS2.6RESOURCEINI

I agree with Stéphane, that most likely you have the option to ‘reduce skill bonus’ turned on. I think that the default is to reduce the bonus, so it will limit each item to +10. If you turn on ‘stack’, then you will probably see the true described bonus for each item.

There doesn’t appear to be anything wrong. I tried several times, and could get pearls every time. However, it is difficult with those ships you have. I prefer something much smaller and faster. The Dog of War (or a similar smaller/fast ship) is my favorite choice for that mission. Make your companions use grape shot (short range) and stay…[Read more]

There doesn’t appear to be anything wrong. I tried several times, and could get pearls every time. However, it is difficult with those ships you have. I prefer something much smaller and faster. The Dog of War (or a similar smaller/fast ship) is my favorite choice for that mission. Make your companions use grape shot (short range) and stay…[Read more]

Send me a save from before approaching the Pearl ships and I will take a look.

A few small bug fixes, but one concerns a potential crash. Included:

Fix font sizes on SKILL table for ship/captain change assignment screen
Fix Camera bug (first person) when companion sinks last ship in a pirate quest
Fix dialog/follow bug at completion of passenger quest in tavern

The crash was a lucky/accidental finding. I was in first…[Read more]

Several things.

Each cannon can be damaged upon loading the gun. If your cannon skill is low (or your gunner officer), the more likely it will be damaged on load and that is why they sometimes explode on the next firing.

Also, they can be hit by opponent fire and damaged. That damage depends on how far away the shot was fired, and the type of…[Read more]

Slight misnomer. Caymen is a new/add, Fort-de-France in Martinique is new as in completely changed. That is the French colony that is new in the sense it is bigger and totally changed from the original.

Cats seem pretty rare to find. I only remember one time finding one on a looted body after a boarding fight. There is also a rat god idol item. I think taking the mission for the Pearl Diver colony will get you one of those. There are some rat god idols in the Lost Ships City.

For a cat, you could always start as one of the female characters,…[Read more]

OK, looks like that still give a 10% chance. This will make the chance for them to lock a service zero:

#define PGG_TASK_MITIGATE 110

It won’t be immediate. You have to wait for the effect, because any currently ‘locked’ services you will have to wait until they reopen (usually a few days to a week…’game time’) as it only affects when the ‘task’ for the NPC is decided upon at the beginning of the decisions; once they are ‘locked into service’ the time has to be waited out as…[Read more]

…there are so many characters in the game, it is very difficult to get into the store and sell goods, hire crew, etc without the NPC being busy with other customers. Its especially hard in the beginning when you are doing government tasks that are time limited; finding the smugglers in 2 days, wait 4-5 days till smugglers can see you and I’ve f…

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