Rgds, Oldtimer

Tactical battles are an endless PITA, not recommended.

Sometimes you`re not caught while smuggling, I suspect that is dependent on your stealth lvl.

Agree that a stronger time compression would enhance the game.

Rgds, Oldtimer

Rgds, Oldtimer

Galleon Ligero hull lacks planking in several places. Walking on deck and in
3D-view I see sharks frolicking in the hold…

Rgds,

Oldtimer

Re 2: This bug is addressed, dl latest ver.

Rgds, Oldtimer

Happy summer to you all wishes,

Oldtimer

yes, labeling seems to work correctly now.

THX for your attn.,

Oldtimer

Hi all,

when approaching an island first time the names of possible mooring locations do not appear above the icons top left. After mooring once, sometimes more times at one such unnamed location names start appearing.

Rgds, Oldtimer

If the game is set to walk for PC, run must be activated by player when combat starts.
It would be good if run was activated automatically whenever a weapon is drawn and back to walk after sheathing.
I feel kinda simple running everywhere all the time.

Rgds, Oldtimer

you are on to something Marty, but a better solution would be that irrespectively of difficulty lvl the player could specify himself the chance to find things. I have suggested this several times.
As of now I play on Admiral with class 7 ships mostly. Though I must often run or ransom myself from strong enemies I cannot help getting…[Read more]

Sail to function does not work around Barbados, only ships show up but no shore locations.

Rgds, Oldtimer

that was a sad read. Im greatly honoured by your appreciation of my presence here but unfortunately Im not able to help in any substantial way. No coding knowledge and lousy health.
I totally understand your disappointment that so much quality receives so little recognition, I`m disappointed by it too. Perhaps migrating to GOG, Steam…[Read more]

upgraded Maelstrom today and winds blow again, no freezes either.
But it`s not possible to totally remove foliage any longer. Low foliage density however works and seems sufficient for precious stone searching.

Rgds, Oldtimer

After a couple of latest updates wind speed when entering 3D-sailing falls below 3 on next change and stays there no matter what. If that is by design then it is a very bad change. Battles in particular become boring.
Playing on Admiral if that matters.

Rgds, Oldtimer

after posting my freezing problem I played a session of more than 2 hrs without any frozen screens. And just for the record:

– game froze on changing cell and when I restarted there was a save from the cell I was going to…

I updated as per your post above and have not had this problem as of yet.

THX for your attn.,

Oldtimer

abt. once/30 min. after latest update. Screen freezes and exit is only by task manager.
I see a slow but steady decrease in stability of the game.
Worrisome.

Rgds, Oldtimer

sailing for England I encounter 4 Spaniards. I paid off 3, they became neutral. 4-th was out of speaking range so remained hostile.
Anyway, the 3 “neutrals” continued chasing and shooting at me. My standing with Spain is neutral. B-d-y annoying if you ask me.

Rgds, Oldtimer

Good to know.

Rgds, Oldtimer

started a new playthrough and atm it WAD:s. Older playthroughs did not rectify themselves though. Your passengers will, however, complain abt. late arrival(thus you will know their destination) so it`s not game-destroying but annoying as you know what…

Rgds, Oldtimer

As of now only one passenger is shown with his destination in the logbook. Other passengers present onboard lack this info and do not show in the logbook at all.

Rgds, Oldtimer

upgraded ERAS yesterday and would like to know if there are new and/or reskinned ships added. I see some I do not recognize and they look gorgeous!

THX awfully for your hard work and dedication!

Rgds, Oldtimer

Rgds, Oldtimer

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

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]

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

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

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]

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

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

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]

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]

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]

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

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

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

Rgds, Oldtimer

Rgds, Oldtimer

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]

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]

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

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

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

Mr, Jeffrey,

Following your instructions above I could change my ships data, but no longer.
This is the code change:

void ExecuteConsole()
{
RealShips[sti(Pchar.Ship.Type)].TurnRate = 16.07;
}
But now nothing happens after pressing F4.

What`s wrong?

Rgds, Oldtimer

an idea in connection with this is inclusion of Moslem slave hunters who are known to have raided N. American coast in our period of time.
Could be a new questline actually. Fight them or maybe side with them…

Rgds, Oldtimer

Sailing for Spain I join a battle between Portugal-Pirates. Portuguese flag is neutral, Pirates hostile. I decide to help the Portuguese.
While manouvering to a good attack position I come close to the Portuguese and they open fire upon me. Why? They are flagged neutral all the time.

Rgds, Oldtimer

THX for your attn. Now my armed tartane will become truly invincible…

Rgds, Oldtimer

if I want to change several parameters can I just put them one after another between the brackets like:

– void ExecuteConsole()
{
RealShips[sti(Pchar.Ship.Type)].SpeedRate = 15.0;
RealShips….;
}

THX for your attn.,

Oldtimer

should it look like:

– ExecuteConsole(RealShips[sti(Pchar.Ship.Type)].SpeedRate = ??;)

And if I have several playthroughs running, where do I find the PC in question?

THX for your attn.,

Oldtimer

How and where can I change the stats of a ship I currently command?

Rgds, Oldtimer

Yes, that`s it. But the problem originates in Mod Options settings.If set only at the starting screen it has no effect on playthroughs going on. The settings must be adjusted in Mod Options for any individual playthrough. A bit of a hassle actually.

THX for your attn.,

Oldtimer

THX for your attn.,

Oldtimer