Interesting work Jeffrey, though I’m not entirely sure what this changes: better performance and less crashes?

About the DX9 version, I must say this is a great result!

Unfortunately, I’m seeing there aren’t many people left these days still interested in AoP2 CoAS modding… and this means less or no help at all if something is beyond this…[Read more]

Interesting work Jeffrey, though I’m not entirely sure what this changes: better performance and less crashes?

About the DX9 version, I must say this is a great result!

Unfortunately, I’m seeing there aren’t many people left these days still interested in AoP2 CoAS modding… and this means less or no help at all if something is beyond this…[Read more]

Ok, problem solved… I was using the RESOURCEINI folder from my original installation of ERAS, not the one provided with ERAS2Test.

Apparently the files in the two folders are somehow different, causing the crash when starting a new game…

Thinking about it, it was something I should’ve tested much earlier. Sorry Jeffrey if I caused you any…[Read more]

Ok, problem solved… I was using the RESOURCEINI folder from my original installation of ERAS, not the one provided with ERAS2Test.

Apparently the files in the two folders are somehow different, causing the crash when starting a new game…

I have exactly that same line… so is it an issue regarding fonts?

Just a small update.

I wanted the quarter galleries accessible, allowing the player to see the side of the ship through the windows. I think it’s a pretty cool idea, but to achieve that I had to model almost the entire ship (rigging included, as it’s visible from the cabin), and this took me quite a lot of time; also, the polygon count was…[Read more]

Switching from a cabin that is squared, with mostly right angles and straight surfaces, to a cabin that is composed of many curved surfaces, especially in the stern area, was a bit more difficult than what I had imagined!

I restarted twice, the first time because the cabin turned out too small, but now this version should be good.
Two pictures of…[Read more]

Thanks for the appreciation. And of course you can use it in ERAS, no problem!

I was unsure whether to assign this cabin to fluyts too, maybe I will make another one with this style…
As for galleons, they will have their own type.

Now my next work is going to be a cabin for flush deck ships (are they called like this?), with the cabin on the…[Read more]

Thanks for the appreciation. And of course you can use it in ERAS, no problem!

I was unsure whether to assign this cabin to fluyts too, maybe I will make another one with this style…
As for galleons, they will have their own type.

Now my next work is going to be a cabin for flush deck ships (are they called like this?), with the cabin on the…[Read more]

Pictures of the new models:

Ships that got this new cabin:
– Barque3
– Barque4
– Caravel
– Caravel20s
– Caravel2
– Caravel30m
– Caravela
– CaravelR
– Goleta
– Nao1
– PequenaCaravela

mmm I’m not sure it’s Jeffrey’s patch… I keep seeing light anomalies also without his patch.
The strange thing is that the .col files are ok if I look at the them in GM Viewer.
I’m pretty confused right now…

I was testing boardings using Jeffrey’s patch (ERAS.Patch.zip), and I noticed light is still strange in some occasions, even though I renamed the col files.

When I reloaded the save using the “default” Program folder (the one downloaded with the entire mod, plus MK’s 1.5.7 patch), the light seemed normal again.

Looking at .col files in GM Viewer…[Read more]

As I said, the right .col files for the three boarding scenes: DOWNLOAD

Yes, those .col files were clearly messed up! In each one of the boarding scenes: deckLowVSBig, deckLowVSMedium and deckMediumVSBig.

I renamed them, and also deleted some that weren’t necessary; tested some boarding, and the lighting was ok, I didn’t see anything weird, so I think this is a problem less.

Later I’ll upload the right files and…[Read more]

I was taking a look at the files in ModelsLocationsdecksdeckLowVSMedium and deckLowVSBig (the boarding scenes) and noticed something really strange: many of the .col files have their name truncated, even missing the ‘col’ extension.

Obviously the game doesn’t know what to do with such files, as they’re useless without the proper name and…[Read more]

Damn, making the lighting files was a real pain in the a**!!

The tool to make them is kind of primitive, not exactly a joy to work with. And the light has to be manually created to resemble the different hours of the day, one can not simply move a slider to the desired hour and *puff* the light is ready!
I spent many days in this process,…[Read more]