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FAQ: questions about bugs and glitches

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this is a subtopic of the main FAQ, where you can ask questions:

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<u><i><b>bugs and glitches:</b></i></u>

<b>Q1:</b> i am experiencing a lot of crashes. what can i do to prevent this?

<b>A1:</b> a partial fix for this was only discovered after the release of build 13 final. here's what you should do:

Open the PotC\PROGRAM\WorldMap\Worldmap.c file.

set '#define MAPSPEED' to 1.0 instead of the 0.6 that it is now. this will not solve all crashes, but it will cut them down significantly.

<b>Q2:</b> when using the sidestep, i can walk through walls!

<b>A2:</b> this is, for your information, a bug that is REALLY getting annoying to us because of everyone that keeps telling us about it. we thank you for looking here for a change instead of posting the somanieth topic about it. anyway, this is something that is completely unfixable for now. just have fun with it. try flying over the ocean.

<b>Q3:</b> I accepted a mission to deliver to oxbay, but when I get there the store owner doesnt take the shipment (there is no option to give it to him). Now I can't take merchant missions from anyone and I need money. Help please, what's wrong?

<b>A3:</b> Is Oxbay under French control?

If so, you can't trade, and it is most likely that you can't complete the trade mission.
You will have to load a save before taking that mission.

in any other case where this might not be working, check to see if the cargo is actually in the ship's hold. also, selling the goods to him with the trading screen doesn't work. you need to give him the goods by talking about business with him.

<b>Q6:</b> after setting canbuy = true for the black pearl, it doesn't show up in the shipyard!

<b>A6:</b> look for the ship in a pirate shipyard which you can find in the pirate towns, obviously.

<b>Q7:</b> I can't proceed to the next boarding deck.

<b>A7:</b> You might have a bug somewhere, but you might be able to continue play by executing the following steps...

1) Open your "..\PROGRAM\console.c" file
2) Go buttoms up, stare at them code lines and count'em ... 9 to be exact
3) Remove the comment slashes so the line reads "LAi_EnableReload();"
4) Think "Generic Mod Enabler" just for good measure
5) Play that POTC big beautiful build thing and board'em bad and big time. Be victorious!
6) Wait till your man sheets his sword automatically ... wait ... wait ... he is still swinging his thing .... #¤&/"/&% ... arghh buggar you have been bugged by the bad boarding bug but fear not! Sheet your thing yourself by pressing "E", loot them laisy lousy 'good for nothings' laying around the deck and now .... <drumroll> ... PRESS F12 ... and TADA you are free to proceed!
7) Rinse and repeat step 6) whenever confronted by that bugged beast called the 'boarding bug'!
 
When I play the "New Horizons" storyline in Build 14 alpha 8, my game crashes when i try to enter Redmond from the World Map. This dosn't happen with the other storylines. Know why?
 
i wouldn't know, but i HAVE just noticed that the remedy for the boarding bug is listed here! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/w00t.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":woot" border="0" alt="w00t.gif" />
 
Thought I'd add this for anyone else annoyed by the enemy under the mast bug. Put this into your console.
<!--c1--><div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'><!--ec1-->LAi_ReloadBoarding();<!--c2--></div><!--ec2-->
It's a cheat sort of.. just manually loading the next deck as it would after you kill all the enemies, which you can't do! Atleast you don't have to reload and miss any progress.
 
My advice is to stop cheating <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/24.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rofl" border="0" alt="24.gif" />
 
Thanks a lot, Dr. Maturin! That should help a lot.
BTW: Did you ever visit the Apothecary in Greenford?
If not, you should. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" />
 
Lol, if you mean the dank den of moral inequity.. yes I have <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />
 
I mean the apothecary where you can find someone looking surprisingly like your avatar. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" />
 
Oh, I thought you were using Apothecary as a metaphor to the Opium den <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="xD:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" />
 
I did say Greenford, though indeed the Opium Den is the work of the same person who made the apothecary. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheeky" border="0" alt="icon_mrgreen1.gif" />
 
<!--quoteo(post=241129:date=Feb 25 2008, 03:50 PM:name=Morgan Terror)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Morgan Terror @ Feb 25 2008, 03:50 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=241129"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><b>Q7:</b> I can't proceed to the next boarding deck.

<b>A7:</b> You might have a bug somewhere, but you might be able to continue play by executing the following steps...

1) Open your "..\PROGRAM\console.c" file
2) Go buttoms up, stare at them code lines and count'em ... 9 to be exact
3) Remove the comment slashes so the line reads "LAi_EnableReload();"
4) Think "Generic Mod Enabler" just for good measure
5) Play that POTC big beautiful build thing and board'em bad and big time. Be victorious!
6) Wait till your man sheets his sword automatically ... wait ... wait ... he is still swinging his thing .... #¤&/"/&% ... arghh buggar you have been bugged by the bad boarding bug but fear not! Sheet your thing yourself by pressing "E", loot them laisy lousy 'good for nothings' laying around the deck and now .... <drumroll> ... PRESS F12 ... and TADA you are free to proceed!
7) Rinse and repeat step 6) whenever confronted by that bugged beast called the 'boarding bug'!<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->


Hi, I keep getting this bug and I can't find a way to fix it. I used a clean POTC install and then added Build 13 Final (Update 3 included). Everything worked fine until I got to the Looking for the Incan Idol quest.
When I tried to get the Idol from the English Frigate I boarded the frigate and I couldn't go past the first deck. I tried several times and there was no way around it. I tried to destroy the ship instead of boarding it, it worked so I was able to go on playing the game.

Then I reached the Battle at Greenford quest. I'm supposed to capture the Greenford Fort but there's no way I can completely destroy it, I have to "board" it. When I land my troops I defeat 3 English soldiers and that's it, I can't get past that point.

I've tried everything I found on this forum. First of all, console.c does not have a line that says "LAi_EnableReload();" so I can't follow these steps, but anyway I tried to add that line to different sections of that file...I accomplished nothing. I tried several times, even putting away my sword before it is done automatically, but it is the same.

By the way, I'm able to perform non-quest related boardings just fine. This bug appears in quests only.


I would be extremely grateful if someone could tell me how to fix or go around this bug.
 
Can anyone confirm that one? <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/modding.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":modding" border="0" alt="modding.gif" />
 
<!--quoteo(post=294127:date=Dec 27 2008, 10:30 AM:name=Pieter Boelen)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pieter Boelen @ Dec 27 2008, 10:30 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=294127"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Can anyone confirm that one? <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/modding.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":modding" border="0" alt="modding.gif" /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Perhaps someone could tell me how to modify the console.c file in order to execute "LAi_EnableReload();" when I press F12.
 
Something like this should do:<!--c1--><div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'><!--ec1-->void ExecuteConsole()
{
    ref pchar = GetMainCharacter();
    ref ch;
    int i;

    LAi_EnableReload();<!--c2--></div><!--ec2-->
 
Thanks a lot!

Using that code I was able to go to the next fort scene.

It appears that there is some kind of bug when you have that quest open, because I realized that I was unable to board any ship. After I had finished that quest I was able to board ships normally and I don't need to use the bug fix anymore.

Now I reached the final quest and when I used the amulet in the battle against the Black Pearl guess what happened....the infamous Blue Screen of Death....so I guess I'll try again and see what happens.
 
Make sure to save often. With a bit of luck,
crashes like those are one-time flukes and next time it WILL work normally. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":?" border="0" alt="unsure.gif" />
 
I was sent here to post a bug for Build 13 Final.
In the main storyline mode i finished the temple part at the end of the game, then go to sea, then i use the ability to make black pearl beatable, then a cinematic starts to play which i actually found on the folder \RESOURCE\VIDEOS\artefact.wmv. So after this video ends the game crashes and also computer crashes to blue screen. I have tested it on several computers. Same think happening again and again, all computers crashed and then blue screen. I also tried to play from a previous saved game assuming it was the saved game file's problem but crash and blue screen keeps happening. So at first did someone else had the same problem and secondly and ideas on how to fix or why it's happening??? I mean it's so freaking odd that the computer also keeps crashing along with the game.
 
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