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Fixing the Capture Screen!

J

jake_maveric_91

Landlubber
Alright. After hours of searching and playing around, i have found the files that allow me to moddify the Interface screens. Plus, the one that people have complained about, The Ship Capture/Plunder screen <b>when using SuperMod w/ all updates.</b>

People say it looks like this:

<a href="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=938" target="_blank">http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/index.php...post&id=938</a>

When it should look like this:

<a href="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/index.php...post&id=651" target="_blank">http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/index.php...post&id=651</a>

Well like i said, ive found the files that moddify that interface.

Ransack_main.ini < is one of them.

I need a copy of <b>ALL THE INTERFACE INI FILES </b>from the <b>ORIGINAL(NON SUPERMOD)</b> game. With that, i should be able to pinpoint it and fix it to how it should be.

So, if you have the files i need, please send them to me. Send me a PM and ill give you my email address to send them too.

<b>REMEBER I NEED ALL THE INTERFACE INI FILES!!!</b> They are located in >>> <b>C:\Program Files\Playlogic\Age of Pirates - Caribbean Tales\RESOURCE\INI\interfaces</b>
 
I wanted to reinstall the game anyway for various reasons, so first I reinstalled from scratch, installed the official 1.50 patch and copied a bunch of files to a safe place, then uninstalled, reinstalled from scratch, installed the Supermod plus updates, and copied the same set of files. And then I had a look for "Ransack" files.

As far as I can tell, "Ransack_main.ini" is the same in both version 1.50 and Supermod. I haven't looked at them in detail, but they're the same size and date.

The same is not true for "Program\interface\ransack_main.c". The Supermod version is significantly smaller. So I copied the 1.50 version into my installed game directory. And it worked! The capture screen now appears as shown in <a href="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=651" target="_blank">http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/index.php...post&id=651</a>

The smaller version of "ransack_main.c" appears in Supermod update 4. Now, there may be a reason why it was made like that; copying the 1.50 version may end up breaking something else. But it definitely does fix the capture screen.
<img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/william.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":will" border="0" alt="william.gif" />
 
<!--quoteo(post=189924:date=Apr 16 2007, 08:05 PM:name=Grey Roger)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Grey Roger @ Apr 16 2007, 08:05 PM) [snapback]189924[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I wanted to reinstall the game anyway for various reasons, so first I reinstalled from scratch, installed the official 1.50 patch and copied a bunch of files to a safe place, then uninstalled, reinstalled from scratch, installed the Supermod plus updates, and copied the same set of files. And then I had a look for "Ransack" files.

As far as I can tell, "Ransack_main.ini" is the same in both version 1.50 and Supermod. I haven't looked at them in detail, but they're the same size and date.

The same is not true for "Program\interface\ransack_main.c". The Supermod version is significantly smaller. So I copied the 1.50 version into my installed game directory. And it worked! The capture screen now appears as shown in <a href="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=651" target="_blank">http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/index.php...post&id=651</a>

The smaller version of "ransack_main.c" appears in Supermod update 4. Now, there may be a reason why it was made like that; copying the 1.50 version may end up breaking something else. But it definitely does fix the capture screen.
<img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/william.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":will" border="0" alt="william.gif" /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Would you please report any BUGS under the "Patch" heading and not start another one!!!
You can't expect CyberOps to be all over this here forum to find them!!!!!
................so please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
<!--quoteo(post=189932:date=Apr 16 2007, 01:41 PM:name=Nosie)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Nosie @ Apr 16 2007, 01:41 PM) [snapback]189932[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Would you please report any BUGS under the "Patch" heading and not start another one!!!
You can't expect CyberOps to be all over this here forum to find them!!!!!
................so please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I did. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /> But, since Bandit_Maveric_91 had started this thread specifically to look into the capture bug, and since his message led me to find what appears to be a solution, I thought it only polite to answer here, too. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile2.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":))" border="0" alt="smile2.gif" />
 
<!--quoteo(post=189944:date=Apr 16 2007, 09:24 AM:name=Grey Roger)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Grey Roger @ Apr 16 2007, 09:24 AM) [snapback]189944[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=189932:date=Apr 16 2007, 01:41 PM:name=Nosie)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Nosie @ Apr 16 2007, 01:41 PM) [snapback]189932[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Would you please report any BUGS under the "Patch" heading and not start another one!!!
You can't expect CyberOps to be all over this here forum to find them!!!!!
................so please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I did. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /> But, since Bandit_Maveric_91 had started this thread specifically to look into the capture bug, and since his message led me to find what appears to be a solution, I thought it only polite to answer here, too. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile2.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":))" border="0" alt="smile2.gif" />
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Ah, so my theory did work! This is what i did. i found this at the very end of the rain_sack ini file:

[MW_STRINGS]
string = #Prendre Boulets de canon: 0,font:interface_normal,pos:{283,276},fc:{255,255,255,255},bc:{0,128,128,128},scale:0.85,state:{LS}
string = #Donner Boulets de canon: 0,font:interface_normal,pos:{283,293},fc:{255,255,255,255},bc:{0,128,128,128},scale:0.85,state:{LS}

When i changed it to:


[MW_STRINGS]
string = #Take Cannon-Balls: 0,font:interface_normal,pos:{283,276},fc:{255,255,255,255},bc:{0,128,128,128},scale:0.85,state:{LS}
string = #Give Cannon-Balls: 0,font:interface_normal,pos:{283,293},fc:{255,255,255,255},bc:{0,128,128,128},scale:0.85,state:{LS}

it changed the weird language to English. So thats why i needed a copy of the original so i could look more into it and see how to fix it, without making buggs.
 
Strange. I haven't changed "ransack_main.ini", I've only copied "ransack_main.c" from the one copied from the version 1.50 installation, yet it displays the correct item. (By the way, the "weird language" is French. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" />)

Presumably "ransack_main.ini" sets up the initial string, the version 1.50 "ransack_main.c" then changes the string to whatever is appropriate, and the Supermod "ransack_main.c" leaves it alone.

You have mail. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />
 
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