OK a couple comments to let you all know that we take all of your input seriously.

Christoph’s question on grapeshot is very well founded – as a former Army analyst and someone who used to play with simulated damages solutions, he is absolutely correct. So I asked Jeffrey if we could make it more difficult to eradicate the last 10 percent of…[Read more]

Thanks for the offer Michiel,

Yeah I stand corrected on the location of the archive – I think I knew that, but just wasn’t thinking. Never been to those particular archives before – I’ve just read stuff from them that other people have copied. So I will throw together a list of documents I would like copies of (obviously not entire documents -…[Read more]

Jeffrey,

The update will also have all of the new ship AI stuff (not running into land, each other, and tacking against the wind) that I have been testing – correct?

I just wanted to add that we are also adding members to the loyalty update who have been participating lately. Thanks for your participation.

I have been very busy – but new…[Read more]

YEAY!!!

One of our members who wishes to remain anonymous has told me who the author of the AWESOME and extremely well researched stories about Helen Tavrel – IS.

His name is Keith Taylor.

Here is his Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Taylor_(author)

I guess its no surprise at all that he is a great devotee and admirer of…[Read more]

I don’t think everyone realizes what a huge deal this is!

Jeffrey has reworked an immense amount of the NPC and enemy ship AI so that they will act MUCH MORE REALISTICALLY!

– Ships no longer run into each other,

– Ships don’t run into land masses.

– Ships will retreat under the protection of fort guns if part of their faction.

– Ships…[Read more]

Love the narrative and screen shots Maltacus! Very entertaining.

So just so you know, there is a mod option available in your Mod Options interface window to click “realistic ships” available at shipyards which gives you much LESS of a choice in the variety of ships available to purchase.

Jeffrey and I have been discussing my cannon mod in…[Read more]

Love the narrative and screen shots Maltacus! Very entertaining.

So just so you know, there is a mod option to go to realistic ships available at shipyards which gives much LESS of a choice in variety to purchase.

Jeffrey and I have been discussing my cannon mod in detail and he has said that everything I want to achieve is very doable – to…[Read more]

Hello Michiel,

Never be sorry for contacting me about historical research or historical subjects of the pirate kind – because this is one of my passions and I am always reading and researching and learning more. I am always happy to talk about these things!

Well I am continuing to research Van Hoorn and am finding some very interesting…[Read more]

I do declare,

why ever do you suppose someone would do that Jeffrey?

What could their motive be?

hmmmmmmm…

MK

There is also an anim viewer utility that some Russian devs/modders made (for SOFS I think?) which will actually allow you to see the texture on the character in the utility which GM viewer does not (it only shows them on ships).

Also remember because PA! has had a tendency in the past to hide or move topics/links, I made our own place to get the…[Read more]

I’m glad you enjoyed it.

Let me tell you that Jeffrey just amazes me continually. When I tell him how ships should behave and what they should and should not do – he finds ways of building new rules into the code to add AI to the mix so that they do as I ask.

They almost seem smart now. Wait until you see all of the changes complete because…[Read more]

Well I guess I need to take a look at that VOC Escort Frigate again because she was never supposed to get 28 pounders. The largest she was supposed to mount was 16 to 24 pounders. I will edit appropriately. Usually when I’ve seen these ships they usually are rated around 7500 hit points so I think that is a rather exceptional ship. That’s the…[Read more]

WE HAVE A NEW WEBSITE DEVELOPER AND ADMINISTRATOR!!!

I will make a welcome announcement as soon as his membership is finished and he has been given ALL administrative rights.

YEAY HAPPY DANCE!!! We will have a brand new website within 90 days!

MK

Items can give you bonuses based on what they are just like the books. Compass or navigation devices give navigation bonus. etc, etc, etc…

The only thing that could be considered somewhat magical is that some religious items can give luck bonuses. I explain in the narrative – motivation and state of mind (BELIEF) causes luck. Think of Dumbo’s…[Read more]

No. However its not like any ordinary sword because it has extremely high damage numbers assigned to it and it is worth such an incredibly high amount that you could almost buy a fleet with it. No magic weapons in ERAS.

MK

Oh yeah, one other thing I wanted to mention. Regarding that link that you put up to TheBlackKnights mods and guides on PA!. He was actually working with me quite a lot before I got banned. When they threw me out of the boat, they put all of his posts together and plopped them in to replace what I had there before.

He wanted to run interference…[Read more]

What you are talking about is the elevation wedge. A mallet was used to adjust the piece until it lined up with the gunner’s quadrant. The weight of the gun would keep the wedge in place and often the bottom would have a little tar applied so it wouldn’t fly off the gun during recoil. In close battles a quadrant would never even be used.

Yeah I…[Read more]

Now these are cool videos. Thought I would add them to this discussion because they are right at home here. Beautiful replica bronze 24 pounders of the Dutch pattern. The type of guns that the Dutch built Swedish flagship Wasa had aboard.…[Read more]

So use anything you want Maltacus. We welcome the discussion and the publicity. I am always happy to talk about artillery. It is one of my favorite subjects. In fact your question caused me to pull an old article out of mothballs that PA! had deleted years ago. So take a look here:…[Read more]