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Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde from PotBS - ported by pgargon

I've just about got her ready to go. All that is left is getting the national colors installed.
 
Pieter Boelen said:
Brilliant and awesome! What kind of ship type is the FWzP?
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The German Wikipedia page for FWzP says she's a 'Two-decker, classed as a frigate'.
So maybe a "Two-deck Frigate" (most frigates only have a single main gun deck)? :shrug
 
I've got her as a 56 gun 4th rate. She has 27 guns on a side and 2 stern chasers. Historically she escorted the Derfflinger!



The gun ports look too big to me. Could they be made smaller at this late date?
 
So how about '56-Gun Dutch Frigate'? 4th Rate could mean many different ship designs, and this one's very distinctive.

I couldn't see a problem with the gunports myself, but I know it would be a bit of a pain to resize them all. :urgh
 
The type name "Dutch Frigate" sounds a bit wrong to me when it's applied to non-Dutch ships. '56-Gun Two-Deck Frigate'?
 
Shouldn't we make this ship exclusive to Holland, though? Her design is definitely not suitable for the British, French, Spanish, Portuguese or American navies, surely?
 
AARRGGHH!! :facepalm

I just finished getting the textures sorted out and in game, and was just taking a break surfing the net before testing them .


Well, they are easy enough to delete.:beer
 
After looking at the "national" colors methinks the FWzP should be a Dutch ship only. Will post screenies in the other thread.


The only hang up now is that the lateen sail disappears completely when furled. :?
 
Are the lateen's top locators inside the yard? Maybe the sail furls up and 'disappears' because it ends up inside the yard, so the locators would need moving down slightly.
The only other reasons I can think of are that it's not the right shape, the locators are mixed up, or they use the wrong sail type. :wacko:
 
That was it. The locators were too far inside the yard. Now it just needs packaging.


What is the Unicorn?
 
Umm, I spent some more time on the lateen last night and found the final solution. The locators were numbered wrong.

Number 1 was the top front one, the 2 was the top rear one, then 3 was the bottom rear , then 4 was the bottom front. That was causing the furled sail to not show. Moving the locators in the yard only helped sometimes.

Reversing nos. 1 and 2, and nos. 3 and 4 fixed it for good.

So, should I delete the current version on the FTP and post the repaired one? I probably should since now I want to move some locators on the hull too.
 
I already included her in my game, so if you upload only the files you change afterwards, that might make it easier for you.
 
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