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Debug window?

lovaj

Landlubber
Hello folks!

I'm trying to find the key of the chest in the abbondoned ships city and Though I used the tips about change the image of the key with the ladder, I can't find it!

So I decided to use the locator cheat using the debugger. I changed the _mode_off_on file and the engine.ini file.

And in fact when I start the game I see on the bottom right corner v1.3 DEV

BUT when I load the game and I press the F11 on the keyboard it doesn't happen anything!

Can you help me?
 
When I load the save game which I'm playing, my guy doesn't move (or it moves with strange commands!), while if I create a new profile and a new game it moves normally!
 
In POTC when that happens the cure is to delete the "options" file in the main folder. That might also work in COAS and allow you to continue your game.
 
I tried to reinstall the game and nothing changed! I deleted the option file and nothing changed with that too!
 
Ok, I just installed GOF2 too, but with new profile and new game the windows doesn't show up here too :( In addiction, during the loading of the old save games of coas don't work anymore! The game just crush in the middle of it!
 
I'm afraid that I didn't understand you question XD sorry but I'm an italian guy! Can you explain yourself?
 
Is this finctionnality works when your are not in City of Abandoned Ships, I mean in other location ?!?
Which value have you putted in your _mod_on_off.H file ?!

You must have this value :
Code:
#define MOD_BETTATESTMODE            "ON"  // On -DEV version; Test - TST ver; Off - relize
 
I set it "On" instead of "ON" but I don't think that's the problem (however I will try it as soon ad possible)
 
Try to install the game from the stock game (original, no mod). Modify your _mod_on_off.H file as above, then try anywhere to activate debug windows with F11 key...

Download from here latest GOF2 package and patches.
If it works, apply GOF2 files... Verify the entry in the _mod_on_off.H file (modify it if needed) then try this function...
And so on until, you have install all the files and patches... :)

Maybe, his something is wrong somewhere in your previous installation.
Hope this will help you to clear what happens and to solve your problem.
 
I don't think that the thing that I'm tellling you is some way important, but when I reinstall the programm the savea game are deleted from the folder in appdata, so the first time that I uninstalled COAS I made a beckup of them and then when I reinstalled it I mare a copy and paste of the folder of my profile inside the SAVE folder where the game is installed (so not appdata).

Can this procedure creates some problemi or not?

However I REALLY thank you, this is an awesome forum, and its users too :D
 
I have habit to backup my save game and restored them when useful and it's not a problem???
Unless your put saves from a different version of the game but, usually, the game stuck on different problems.

I had experienced a different problem but it had some similarity in the fact i couldn't navigate in the interface (ships, logs, etc...) nor open debug windows. My problem come with some modification i had made in INTERFACE\ships.c
When i corrected them, everything goes well.

Maybe have you made change in other files who finally make this problem... So it's why you may try to reinstall your game from beginning or to start another game with a different profil for see if this problem still happens.
 
OK perfect! One last question: at the end of the uninstall, it appears a message which says that noto all files are removed, and that they can be removed manually...but what are those files and their position?
 
You have to go in the folder where your game as been installed... Usually it's C:\Program Files (x86)\Playlogic\Age of Pirates 2".

Delete all files and subfolders in it (if you want, you can backup them in case you wish to restore them)...

Then proceed a fresh install... :)
 
Beside mod_on_off you'll also have to change the line "debugwindow=0" to "debugwindow=1" in engine.ini file located in main game folder. Then press f11 in game.
And to find the key just run debugger window and change the line "lostshipscity_town, reload, reload1_back" to "lostshipscity_town, item, item1", then just change the numer at the end to 2,3,4 and so on 'til you spawn on the key. Greetings.
 
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Beside mod_on_off you'll also have to change the line "debugwindow=0" to "debugwindow=1" in engine.ini file located in main game folder. Then press f11 in game.

Thank for you suggestion but (how I have already written in the past posts) I have already done this change, and nothing happens!

However, I don't really know what to do at this point, I have really tried EVERY combination about version/editing files :(
 
By using stock game with GOF2, it should works without you need modify any thing.
If you press F11 key,you should have a window with different cheats options in it, and when you modify _mod_on_off.h files and you should have debug menu "installation" on the bottom right side of this window...
i had reinstall the game from scratch and proceed like this to test and it's working for me...

Have you tried to install patche v.1.3 on your game files ?!
 
Any way to deactivate it?
It's a good option because I change some nation relationships, etc. but I don't want to use so I'd like to deactivate it, because when I've possibility to use it by pressing F11, I'm using it all the time.
 
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