[chris gardner]

Thanks J! I got that one bug fixed awhile ago with my save file, fingers crossed for the next one 😀
Is there somewhere i can donate a few bucks for the game? Im doing well atm and would like to show my appreciation for you and MK’s dedication

[chris gardner]

I’m having an issue with the Quatrieme Rang ship.. Its fully upgraded and its 40 guns now has 32lbs carronades. I’ve noticed that the cannon fire is not reliable at all; I will be well within range and broadside to broadside, but only a few or handful of guns fire, when its entire battery went off the previous volley.

There has been many instances in everyboat where the autofire-left click will stop working and require manual fire or some in-game finagling to get it working again, but the issue with this boat is different and more annoying because i simply can not get all my guns to fire. Suddenly my 17 gun broadside is only a 2-6 gun.

Here is my save file if anyone wants to see whats happening. Just get into a battle and try and sink a boat or 2.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ca5ia96itl89usr/SOMETHING?dl=0

[chris gardner]

Hey!
I still find myself coming back to this game every now and then, and it moves me how often the games is up-kept and updated. I bought the Malestrom engine on itche awhile ago, how can i donate more?

[chris gardner]

I was preparing to do the dutch quest line were you defend fort orange, but when i went back to Stuyvesant, he said he doesn’t know me.. What could I have done? I dont think i talked to the pirate gov. on Bermuda.. I did talk to one pirate gov though thinking i could gamble with him, but i fear i did that which your not supposed to do when on a nation questline. Did i mess something up?

[chris gardner]

What does the future of this game look like? MK and Jeffrey, have you guys thought about starting a Patreon/crowd funding account for funds to maybe create a new game using a unity engine or something? One that is along the lines of AOP2 but more modern and refined? You guys seem very dedicated and driven by your love for this game and time period, I’d like to see you guys branch out. I believe there is a niche to be found in the pirate rpg/sandbox genre, and AOP2/ERAS really feels like it nails the fundamentals of it down. I think I’d speak for a lot of us who are interested in the age of sail and rpg/sandbox games, that id love to see more games of this genre come out, and done properly, and given the effort you guys give for this game after so many years, I can think of no one better suited for designing and constructing a vision of the next generation sailing rpg. I’d love to see a new age of sail game with the fundamentals of AOP2/ERAS, graphics like Naval action, an interactive economy like an X3 space sim game, and modern AI npc logic for enemies and allies alike.

Idk, that’s been on my mind lately. I love ERAS. It’s one of the few games, and only modded “indie” one, that i keep finding myself coming back to year after year. It feels timeless. I want to see elements of it continue to evolve

[chris gardner]

Interesting, thank you for your input and invaluable help Jeff!

[chris gardner]

Turning off AA fixed my ship wake issue easy peesy! Jeff, you think i was getting that transparent ship wake because ive had to run the game in “windowed” mode while having AA on or is AA the sole culprit? i run the game on a single rx 580 gpu

[chris gardner]

I too am getting occasional musketeers walking around without guns in my game, AA might be doing some weird graphical things too but i just accept it lol.

I am however getting a graphical glitch with my ships wake, please see screen shots here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ouzn5kii5dzio5z/wake%20graphic%20glitch%201.png?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/lcz7y88ivbkbgqo/wake%20graphic%20glitch%202.png?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/agv8u6v9u1wn3cg/wake%20graphic%20glitch%203.png?dl=0

I have been getting it since the beginning of the game, it didnt bother me too much then, but since ive been doing more ship combat recently, its kinda an eye sore

I do still get random crashing; day before yesterday, it crashed 2x within 10 min of each other, while just last night, I played for many hours without a hickup. Eventually one came, but it was like 3-4 hours in, and another ship was ramming me in battle lol, and i make a shiny new save every time i leave port.

besides that, the game runs really well at 1440p max settings, and the graphics, though limited by the old engine, do look as best as they possibly can given whats being worked with. The water and lighting look very good!

• This reply was modified 5 years, 9 months ago by chris gardner.
• This reply was modified 5 years, 9 months ago by chris gardner.

[chris gardner]

Is it normal for all ports to be nearly or completely out of cannon ammo and powder? Im only level 3, just got a decent ship for fighting, (only been trading till now) and i cant find any powder

[chris gardner]

Hi Jeffrey, good news, the window mode does indeed workaround my issue. Both the rez and UI now change according to what i set config to! I can run the game in 1440p with no issues so far. I would be nice to run in full screen eventually, as i need to run in windowed to get my UI out of tiny 4k mode, but for the time being this works rather nicely. Also, you may find it helpful to know i still have that f4 hotkey as we left it, and even after getting the UI and game to run nice in 1440p, the game still reports 1920×1080

Let me know if I can help out with a test here or there if you want a guinea pig to fool with a range of resolutions

u da man Jeffrey

[chris gardner]

correct, i am not playing in window mode

[chris gardner]

Reporting in: Upon pressing f4, very interestingly, it reports 1920×1080

Screen shot:

[chris gardner]

They do say 1920×1080

EDIT: just tried starting a new game and i still get small UI

• This reply was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by chris gardner.

[chris gardner]

I put the config in that directory and it worked! (preface, i run my desktop native at 1080p) I set the game config to run in 4k, and maxed out the other settings and it ran great, but the UI was too small (would be great to have a UI resize option in the future!) so I quit and changed config to 1440p.

When i loaded my save again, the UI (health/power portrate, time display in upper right corner, quick travel icons) looks like its still the same 4k size and should have gotten bigger. I thought maybe because my desktop res and game res isnt matching up is breaking something, so I put my desktop to 1440p.

Loaded up game, still looks like its trying to run 4k.

So i said to hell with it and changed both my desktop and game res back to 1080p, but my save upon loading still shows a super small UI! Im pretty stumped atm, this is what i get for wanting nice things lol

EDIT: i did only copy the config to the directory you mentioned, so the og is still in its original place, could that be making stuff wonky?

• This reply was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by chris gardner.

[chris gardner]

Hi guys! Been awhile since ive been here, but i got into the game yet again and got around to installing the newest version on ichi. took me a min to comprehend the install PDF, but i got the shortcut working and the game runs just fine so far. I do have a questing as it comes to configuring the game settings before actually launching the game:

Before i got the shortcut working, i clicked on a different exe, and it brought up a tiny settings screen on my desktop that displayed the game resolutions in a drop down menu, and some other setting options. I didnt change ANYTHING, as i missclicked and meant to start the game. It worked! But now im trying to max out the detail settings, and poss try and run 1440p or 4k res. My issue is I cant figure out which file i clicked on to bring up that settings screen! I thought it was config, but when i try to do that now, it says, ” could not find start.ini and/r options file in game directory: E:\maelstrom\gentlemen-of-fortune-maelstrom-engine\directx9_64bit”

I have never gotten that message, I followed the PDF instructions to the letter for assigning the shortcut to launch the game, exception being the game is on a dedicated drive E: not C:

The game runs perfectly fine! any one got an idea for my as to why it cant find start.ini suddenly? it seems i was able to access the settings just fine before the game launched for the first time, and now it cant find it..

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