Ships surrender too easily

[Meethos]

I've found that since I've built up my stats and fleet, every ship I board instantly surrenders. Surrendering every once in awhile is okay. But all the time is just boring. I'd like a little challenge, plus I miss out on all those treasure chests on the ship.

Is there a way to force me to fight them instead of always surrending. Early in the game I'd have to fight for the ship now I just board them and they just give up.

Could someone please point me in the right direction on were to find the code I need to modify? Thanks.

Just a thought, if someone feels real adventurous, add an option when boarding to accept their surrender or force them to fight you.

BTW I'm running build 12.

 

[CatalinaThePirate]

Meethos, what difficulty level are you playing on?

Talk to one of your `tavern-hired` officers and select "About me" - and tell him "I don't feel right in this world" and you'll have the option of switching up to a higher level of difficulty.

You can step up gradually until you find a level you like! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/onya.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="onya.gif" /> Word of caution, Swashbuckler is REALLY rough! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/duel_pa.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":ixi" border="0" alt="duel_pa.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/urgh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":urgh" border="0" alt="urgh.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/piratesing.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="piratesing.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" />

Hope this helps! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/onya.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="onya.gif" />

 

[NathanKell]

per the other thread on this (I forget its title), I added a little SURRENDER_CHANCE scalar to BS.h. Set to 0 to (at least mostly! but perhaps completely) disable surrender, something between that and 1.0 to make it less likely, and >1.0 to make it more likely.