Fixed Puerto Rico ship position on exit

[Pieter Boelen]

As well as another tiny detail linked to puerto rico.. i noticed it existing since I began POTC.. when you leave puerto rico and go to open world.. your ship is situated 180 degrees backwards facing the port side instead of facing the front where you could sail out of without having to turn 180 degrees around

I remember that. Somebody should turn the locator around.
@Jack Rackham, I think you may be the most familiar with the directions of locators. Any chance you could have a look at it?
I think the offending one is "reload_1" in RESOURCE\MODELS\Islands\IslaMuelle\IslaMuelle_locators.gm .

 

[Hylie Pistof]

It is not just that one. Havana has the same issue.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

That would be "reload_3" in RESOURCE\MODELS\Islands\Cuba\Cuba_locators.gm then.

 

[Jack Rackham]

@@Jack Rackham, I think you may be the most familiar with the directions of locators. Any chance you could have a look at it?

Yes.

 

[Jack Rackham]

I have turned them 180 degrees.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

I have turned them 180 degrees.

I just noticed that this doesn't seem to work.
Setting sail from Puerto Rico, my ship is still pointing towards the shore instead of the sea.

 

[Jack Rackham]

I can't see any locators in the location where the ship is ready to sail so how can we know which
it's supposed to be?

 

[Pieter Boelen]

I can't see any locators in the location where the ship is ready to sail so how can we know which
it's supposed to be?

I got the locator names from the code. But we can also export the locators from the _l.gm file and then import them into the MAIN island GM model.
That would show us which one is in what spot.

 

[Jack Rackham]

I'll see what I can do but tomorrow. I got a flat tire on my car.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

No rush. Thanks for your help!

 

[Jack Rackham]

I have fixed Puerto Rico.
But in Havana (Cuba_port) the ship doesn't turn around even if I turn all locators around.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

I have fixed Puerto Rico.
But in Havana (Cuba_port) the ship doesn't turn around even if I turn all locators around.

Thanks!

Havana sounds weird, but at least one fixed is better than none fixed.

 

[A.H]

I remember I mentioned this issue and that it was reported to be fixed about 2 updates ago.. however I now noticed in Puerto Rico when you leave the town and go to your ship.. your ship is positioned 180 degrees backward.. which means you have to turn the ship 180 degree in order to face the exit of the port.


Is this one of the issues that are hard to fix?

 

[Jack Rackham]

It's fixed.

 

[Grey Roger]

Which update supposedly fixed it? Because I'm running the latest installer and the 22nd July zip update, and still leave town to find my ship pointing at the town. This has always been the case so I didn't think much about it.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

It's fixed.

Did you test that? I thought I installed your latest file in my game and when I set sail from Puerto Rico, my ship was still pointing towards the shore.

 

[A.H]

According to latest update it still remains an issue to be solved

 

[Jack Rackham]

Yes i tested it and have done it right now too. Just to be sure it was the right file I upload it again.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Yes i tested it and have done it right now too. Just to be sure it was the right file I upload it again.

Thanks! Will check tonight.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Yes i tested it and have done it right now too. Just to be sure it was the right file I upload it again.

Confirmed, it DOES work. Additionally, that file was identical to the one I already had when I tested it and it didn't work.
Apparently you MUST start a new game for the turned around locators to actually take effect.
Bit of a shame, and quite odd for a GM update too, but at least now we know so we can deal with it.

For islands, I think the GM files are read on game start and the coordinates stored in the game memory so they don't need to be read from the files again afterwards.