So in my example, is it neutral for the experience whether you kill the enemy with 10 hits dealing 10 damage each instead of one hit dealing 100 damage? Or does the game reward highly damaging hits to the point where a few of those are worth more than many weak hit, amounting to the same total damage?

I lost a character when boarding the blue bird and can’t figure out how. She (Beatrice) was standing in front of her own two musketeers holding off one pirate and with most of her health left, also with good damage reduction in the form of a Spanish cuirass (she had high focus on fighting abilities for her level). Then dead the next moment. As far…[Read more]

Thanks, that’s quite a resource. Modelling has never been my strong point in modding.
Yeah, I know caliber isn’t really suitable for the timeframe. I used the term for simplicitys sake since that is what it’s called in the game code.
The question still stands though; how does the team decide that a certain ship should have a maximun weapon class…[Read more]

I have been wondering one thing about the cannon mod, or rather about cannon caliber in general. Ships carried a variety of differently sized guns. How is the in-game caliber being calculated, is it the largest guns, or the average caliber, or the most common size aboard?
I opened a thread in my more familiar hideout total war center about…[Read more]

I would want the same thing but haven’t seen one. I found some tutorials on PA here;
http://www.piratesahoy.net/forums/theblackknights-mods-and-guides.174/
I have been thinking of starting to write down what modding tips I come across here in another forum (only because it has better formating options and as kind of advertising) and post a link to…[Read more]

Trying to keep the small lugger between me and the privateer sloop…worked well enough but then the sloop came close enough to board so it didn’t end so elegant.

The levantine ketch, a rarely seen ship with rather good statistics. It is very sturdy for such a small ship and despite its clumsy appearance rather nimble. The ship is bristling…[Read more]

OK. The thing is I thought you were done talking about the main character and talking about me instead, here:
“OK, I just made that up, but since you bought her story, it is indeed plausible, so I think it might be true, LOL”

With all due respect for hardcore roleplaying gamesmanship etc, you seem to be confusing me and the player character. First, may I remind you that I wrote “The explanation is that the character…” and that “This does not make sense”. That is usually not a sign of someone believing much of something. And however the character is robbed the issue…[Read more]

No, I don’t have “all member notices” under the messages tab. Only inbox, starred, sent and compose. Perhaps it doesn’t show because I somehow accidently deleted it, but the tab should show regardless and “x” should also close the message, not delete it. Very odd.

When you fence; do you gain experience/personal skill points based on the total damage you inflict or the number of hits you make?
Is it better to inflict 10 hits dealing 10 damage each instead of one hit dealing 100 damage, experience-wise?
Does the same apply for pistols?
When you play cards or dice, how is experience gained? Is it the amount…[Read more]

Could you resend the PM to me? I clicked the notification that showed when logging in away and thought I could read it later but I can’t see the message in the inbox now, don’t know why.
Looking forward to studying the new sailing statistics, I have also noted some oddities there.

I have been thinking a bit about the tavern drunkards and a quest originating from them:
Flying Dutchman quest: I haven’t tried it out ingame but according to a walkthrough I read the quest begins like this in short:
1. Talk to some drunkards about the dutchman.
2. The ship appears as an easily recognizable pirate fleet (extra big ship) and can…[Read more]

Thanks a lot Jolie Rouge, I’ll see how it looks with some other characters animations.
I have modded Medieval II where models sometimes can work with the “wrong” animation but models there are a bit more evenly built than those here. I was thinking that maybe Erin O’shiel or l’Ollonais animations could work, they are not so broadly built (and of…[Read more]

Nice story and model! Will she come with new animations too?
In my opinion the shorter female characters (Beatrice, Mary, Jacquotte) look good but the taller group (Danielle, Charlotte, Anne) run very weird with the lower arms swinging from side to side and their legs too close together. Is it possible to use another characters animation for…[Read more]

I attacked 3 merchants escorted by 1 ship. I took two ships and then offered gold to the two remaining. They became friendly to my ship but continued attacking the two ships I had taken as prizes.

Yeah, that’s quite a classic. And when you tell the ships to sail to a friendly ship in the back of the formation to stay out of harms way and they run right into said ship…
Jeffrey – patron saint of the bowsprits.

That sounds great! The ai has really been an obstacle to enjoying leading a group of ships.

Hope you find a solution soon, because the foam is a very good addition some times. One or two storms were much more real with it, among other things.

Having trouble with the water since downloading the last update, I haven’t seen this before. The sky flashes in green occasionally as well, don’t know if it’s connected.