Solved Changing Ship Stats In-Game

[Sh!fty]

Hi guys!

It's been a few years since I played this mod. I found this dusty old game a few weeks ago and I thought.. Why not! So I installed it on my old laptop, downloaded your newest Build mod and I have to say..

You guys were busy! What a new experience! The ships, the Islands, quests and characters.. Wow!

So I got my favourite ship, the HMS Sophie. Beautiful design! Powerful broadside, good handling and fast!

I remembered in the old build mods that if you changed ship stats in ships.init and you press F11 in-game the stats would update.. But the stats no longer change?

How can I edit ship stats without starting a new game? I'd like to reduce my crew, but don't want to have to start over since I just reached level 26 and I'm having an awesome time raiding the French and Spanish as a privateer in the Royal Navy.

Thanks in advance and keep up the awesome work!

 

[DavyJack]

Most editing stuffs requires a new game and I recommend having a new game whenever there is change, for the game and the change(s) to work properly.

 

[Sh!fty]

Thanks for the quick reply.. That's too bad.. Took me a while to get where I am now..

Oh well! Time to take to seas again as a midshipman.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

F11 does still work, but you have to re-give the ship with new stats to you as well.
Open PROGRAM\console.c and find:

//   GiveShip2Character(pchar,pchar.ship.type,pchar.ship.name,-1,PIRATE,true,true);

Remove the // in front. Now load your savegame, press F11 to Reinitialize, then press F12 to get the ship with updated stats yourself.
That should work.

 

[Sh!fty]

It doesn't

I removed the // as you said.. Saved the file, started the game, loaded my save, watched my beloved ship, pressed F11, then pressed F12.. But still it doesn't update the stats.