[Samir]

New island textures, updated february 2021 (based on real Caribbean islands)
https://mega.nz/file/kbwDDSKC#GfnMfGDB4_sNft6mFEHwoUKK98yLJ5eNgH0J7G_RjqQ

[Samir]

[Samir]

[Samir]

Realistic textures link updated. They are now even better. I have updated the hill textures and also the island textures have been improved. Check them out.

https://mega.nz/file/oeh0zLQT#BGEjJB6IXlJEVKnP_4e9GrpHb0U24zPLbBd8bzQUDIU

[Samir]

This is the link for the textures:

Variant (realistic textures): https://mega.nz/file/4LZhEQbJ#Jl3CR31TX-d7bfcmF2lo04uycUQDSK9sIw3L6ouR37U

Variant 2: https://mega.nz/file/9PZQRbBT#ECW8nyXoZb7jZrtk7hbCZuzaRgO3vQg1uVzt7GgWydQ

[Samir]

Has anyone ever gotten this random quest called The golden fleet? I have been playing COAS/ERAS for years and I have never bumped into this quest, but I saw it on a website:

(thanks to 2ndMate from Pirates Ahoy! forum)

The quest start on the 1st day of the Month.
Depending on the Month given by Barkeep or Drunkards.
On the 1st day,
The ship will sail from Town X,
The ship gather their goods.
Now they will transfer the goods to Town Y,
The destination.
This ship can be intercept near Town Y on Sea Mode.
The the ship/convoy has Yellow sails in Map mode.
I have intercept the fleet, All of the fleet are Class 1 Ships.
Manowar, SOTL and Battleships
They carry a full load of goods.

https://sites.google.com/site/skodacoas/home/random-quests/golden-fleet

[Samir]

If you guys would like to try my new HD textures for Eras/GoF, I would appreciate it and report back if you like them. Also, I’m sharing with you my weather system that I have been working on for quite a while, I would be happy if it makes it to new Eras release, of course if MK finds it proper for the mod. Cheers!

1. Put the files from Textures folder into: Resource\Textures\ (overwrite the original files).
2. In Program folder delete Weather folder and replace it wit the one in the zip file.

https://mega.nz/file/YfwAEKiK#epj3wJeHSWlB01nSr_YYgFkm-HtVMwJZ0jMrMvqNA3E

https://mega.nz/file/9axy0IbT#a3zdrzsm-ae3ioe4i_800UcGUItU32wUGDIq18jIE58

[Samir]

Thanks for the kind words and the support, I know what MK has been through because I am an old member, I have had moments when I completely stopped playing Storm engine games, but there’s always a bit of juice left, because games like Assasin’s creed IV: Black flag or similar games don’t give me that pirate life simulation with all their perfect graphics. I think this project has future with a bit of luck and better advertisement. Hope the project will survive. Happy New Year to you too.

[Samir]

Ah, that’s too bad. I think the best way to gain money is to promote Eras and Maelstrom on Youtube, by making nice gameplay videos. Maybe that would be a good way to start. That’s what I’m doing. If the sales raise, eventually money could be collected for the new website. When did Orazio leave? He was a great modeler.

[Samir]

Btw, which programs you use to make character meshes and textures?

[Samir]

It is stealing mate, and I sincerely apologise, though I saw them also in russian mods, but I guess you cannot do much about it. Unfortunately, a prerequisite for better visibility would be a cleaner forum. The one that you (we) have is a bit outdated unfortunately, and that’s what make new people go to PA, which is unfortunate because there are no real modders over there, but there are new useres who want to play pirate games. What we here can offer them is Eras and Maelstrom (my GoF 1.2 is just pure playing with graphics and textures, because that’s only what I know to mod, since my programming skills are poor).

Any help you need, pm me or write me on FB. I don’t want to break relations with anyone here, I know that good guys are here, I will take away anything from the mod, just to keep good relations with everyone here. Cheers!

[Samir]

I’m really sorry if I have in any mean done anything wrong. I have reverted back to stock GoF 1.2 and kept only Edward Teach, Silas and Edward England. If that is ok. My goal is not to steal other’s work, but being that the mod if freely distributed, I thought it would be good to have those characters. On the other hand, my PA post is there because there are new people who want to play the mod, and I always say to them that Eras is the best that you can get if you like pure historical mod. My main goal is to promote Maelstrom and Buccaneer’s reef and that’s why I always credit the people who helped me, in my post I have credited modernknight1 for all the work with the characters. I am really sorry for the inconvenience, I will not make a mistake second time.

[Samir]

I’m pretty much done with GoF 1.2. The link is here if somebody wants to try it. Take any resource that you want. I think I have done a good job with retexturing islands to HD. Maybe that could be used in upcoming Eras releases, I’m pretty much motivated to help develop Eras as much as possible.

https://mega.nz/file/FeYwmZAR#qdgC3AejiZBDAKss0cZVhouY-I8Mx09XXaVTCJ0ZFyw

[Samir]

The textures are from a website called Texturelib, they are completely free to use. I have only edited them in Photoshop to match the colors of the jungles in COAS, because the original texture was more yellowish and it was not a seamless texture. I have made it seamless using the offset tool and spot healing tool in photoshop. Regarding my Weather interventions, I haven’t personally ever visited Caribbean islands, and I have made the sea to act differently in daytime and in night time according to my own experience because I live on the Adriatic sea coast. It surely must be different in the Caribbean, but that’s what I see watching the sea during summer and winter time. I have also changed the colors a bit.

I assume you mean this texture:

https://i.ibb.co/4pLGQhm/Buccaneer-s-0000.jpg

I would be honored to have this textures in new Eras patch ^_^

[Samir]

This one could be a nice fictional character.

Barbarossa
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/QtUQXwk1kXS6tzt60R9Vx_-K2yxnbEjxaO5HMP9elkqsMPGQKkphljssK1lJVdzBUB5rSGUvKibJ_KF-9IBf5uc638yW3dXwSCpWzAqLMtL46VQ

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