Workaround: strip your operational cannons to hold, buy missing and install. My zabra now has 2-6-6-4 layout. None in the hold.

Rgds, Oldtimer

Cannon Control.

Bought 2 culverins to replace lost ones on my zabra. When I try to install them they stay in the hold and cannon layout changes to 6 per broadside and 4 stern.

Rgds, Oldtimer

@Jeffrey post 20737

Well, that might(?) explain things. I “changed” flag to English which the French thought fishy. I could tell the guards that I flew English flag though… Anyway when under Spanish flag which I “flew” on being washed ashore I was friendly to Spanish patrols but not city guards.
I did not think abt. entering a French settlement…[Read more]

Nation relations.

Sailing for England as Mary Harvey I survived a sinking. My Nation relations are neutral with all. Still I was attacked as an enemy agent by the French upon entering a French city. Spaniards are friendly though…
Had no ship by that time so I could not fly a flag.

Rgds, Oldtimer

Smugglers have bad business sense!

They attack to rob me now and then though Im friends with them. Thats lame… After some successful deals these attacks should terminate.

Rgds, Oldtimer

Ship upgrades.

Hi all,

wanted to upgrade speed of my chaloupe. Exorbitant materials count plus
c. 160 000 gold. How are upgrade cost calculated?

BTW, I upgraded some larger ships with heavier cannon and improved manouverability. Their cost seems acceptable. IMO the effect on manouverability is too high, one gets more than one paid for(sic!),…[Read more]

Mr. Knight,

good to hear that the issue is known.

BTW, you asked earlier if someone is using the frying pan as a weapon. I do and also two of my fighters. Things are going well…

Rgds, Oldtimer

Mooring annoyance.

I reported earlier that after boarding my ship from a shore location I was thrown to a mooring place nearby. This seems to have been addressed with one exception:

– when sleeping onboard my ship after waking up and going to sea I have to enter world map and sail to whereever before I can moor.

Rgds, Oldtimer

Mr. Knight,

2 NPC chars that might be outside the ERAS time period but not too much:

1. Krzysztof Arciszewski, Polish generaaladmiraal in Dutch service. Active during Dutch Brazil campaigns. Governor of Dutch Brazil for a while IIRC. Artillery specialist.

2. Maurycy Beniowski, Polish-Hungarian adventurer active on Madagascar in XVIII century.…[Read more]

Hi all,

well, this is a sad state of things. Still, I understand Mr. Knights frustration, it seems that the old dogma of “quality always wins in the long run” does not hold up. It`s been a long run, with lots of quality but no commercial success.

I agree with Samir that videos on the Tube could help with promotion but have no skills to put up…[Read more]

Hi,

re:

2. Yes, the LATERAL bearing angle of cannons must be narrowed down considerably.

3. Yes, sail get ripped much too easy.

4. You must do national quests to increase your rep and be promoted.

Still, the difficulty lvl is affecting your dam susceptibility. I play on Admiral and take a lot of dam even when fighting ships 3 classes below…[Read more]

Mr. Knight,

I for one would be very interested in ERAS 3 and also expanded merchant role-play in ERAS 2 which you wrote abt. some time ago. I think it was to be based on diaries/books of an Engish RL merchant.

Rgds, Oldtimer

Hi Papa,

well this is because the NPC heroes also buy at stores AFAIU. The more heroes, the more empty stores. This problem is not persistent though, you need patience.

A solution is to take prizes…

I think Mr. Jeffrey is aware of this issue.

Rgds, Oldtimer

Mr. Jeffrey,

this is the cheesiest manipulation of of game mechanics I ever heard of…

Rgds, Oldtimer

IMO tactical sailing detracts from gaming experience and is unfun.

Rgds, Oldtimer

So,

I did some more testing:

– sailed overloaded from Lighthouse of Tortuga to Port Tortuga and could moor there. Mind that the Moor icon never changed to World Map during this very short voyage.

– sailed overloaded from Lighthouse to Port au Prince, took a prize along the way and moored at Gonaive. Sailed from Gonaive to Port au Prince and…[Read more]

Mr. Jeffrey,

THX for your attn.

There are also problems with 3-D sailing:

– when sailing with an overloaded ship from Lighthouse of Tortuga to Port au Prince I cannot moor there. I have the World Map icon top right but Moor icon top left does not appear. Others do.

– also when mooring and then immediately going back on board and mooring again…[Read more]

So,

pertaining to the above. What happens is that when renting a room in a ordinary and/or pirate tavern you get a loading screen depicting ship cabin which you can exit by task manager only and the game exits by itself. So no being hi-jacked as I suspected.

Rgds, Oldtimer

Game freezes.

When hiring a room in Puerto Principe pirate tavern the loading screen freezes and task manager shows nothing afterwards, i e game had exited. Looks like it is a new feature as the loading screen seems to hint that PC has been imprisoned. Suppose it is a bug.

Rgds, Oldtimer

Dear devs,

just equipped a cuirass as Miss Devlin. It is VISIBLE!!! B-d-y gorgeous too…

KUDOS to you, keep up the good work!

Rgds.,

Oldtimer