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Some basic questions about the build mod

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Revolucionario

Landlubber
Sorry for my simple basic questions but just a few minutes ago I´ve installed the build mod^^ - Sucessful! But now I have a few questions: There are so many new features, items, ships, hole islands and quests! The following shows you my questions:

1. How can I change my clothes? (I´ve found the item in the menu but there is just <b>one </b> look available!)
2. What´s going on with the battles on the ships? Sometimes there is a sword-fight with the enemys crew and sometimes not... - How is it?
3. The mainstory: stick it the same like before or are there any changes?
4. The tradebook: It seems to be that the tradebook is incomleted - Where are the new island? (is there a mod or patch to improve it?)
5. Are there any ships I will never meet like in the basic-game? (there I had to change some files to improve it - "can encounter: false becomes true" - do you understand what I mean!?)
6. If an Officier has "0" skill-points, can I improve this skill anyway? (in the basic game it wasn´t possible)
7. How can I change the colour of my sails?
8. and at least: Can somebody make a list with all important changes, please?

Hope not to bore you with my question but firstly up to today I have never heart about this great mod an secoundly my english is really bad - I´m still learning it; my mother-tongue is german!^^ <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />
<img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hi.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":gday" border="0" alt="hi.gif" />
 
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Sorry for my simple basic questions but just a few minutes ago I´ve installed the build mod^^ - Sucessful! But now I have a few questions: There are so many new features, items, ships, hole islands and quests! The following shows you my questions:

1. How can I change my clothes? (I´ve found the item in the menu but there is just <b>one </b> look available!)
2. What´s going on with the battles on the ships? Sometimes there is a sword-fight with the enemys crew and sometimes not... - How is it?
3. The mainstory: stick it the same like before or are there any changes?
4. The tradebook: It seems to be that the tradebook is incomleted - Where are the new island? (is there a mod or patch to improve it?)
5. Are there any ships I will never meet like in the basic-game? (there I had to change some files to improve it - "can encounter: false becomes true" - do you understand what I mean!?)
6. and at least: Can somebody make a list with all important changes, please?

Hope not to bore you with my question but firstly up to today I have never heart about this great mod an secoundly my english is really bad - I´m still learning it; my mother-tongue is german!^^ <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />
<img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hi.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":gday" border="0" alt="hi.gif" />
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1/. You should have a choice before starting a new game something similar to this

<img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b395/goldenlab/POTC2/Start4.jpg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />

2/. Luck of the draw, sometimes I have to fight through hoards of enemy crew & other times I get to have a conversation with the captain & discuss the terms of his surrender.

3/. If you want to follow the Main Quest then it all works from start to finish.

4/. Go to <a href="http://pieter.piratesahoy.org" target="_blank">http://pieter.piratesahoy.org</a> & download the Mods & Updates.
 
If I start a new game there is no screen you shown me! I can´t choose my charakter! Perhaps I have to download the latest patch!?
 
Sounds very much like thats what you need to do to get it.
Which build are you using ??
 
Okay - I´ve patch the game now! It works! But what mean the discriptions you can choose above the skill table?? The difficulty? Which influence has this choice??

Another problem: I wanted to choose this AoP-Charakter (Blaze Devlin) but his gait is very odd!^^ Is there a mod fix to improve this little problem??
 
The good thing about having a selection like this is that if you want to follow the Malcolm Hatcher dialogue, you only start in Oxbay if you choose the British Flag.
If you choose the
French Flag you will start in Falaise de Fleur
Dutch Flag you will start in Douwesen
Portugal Flag you will start in Conceicao
Pirate Flag you will start in QC.

There are so many different options, giving a much larger scope to do lots of different things.In nearly every town there are minor & major quests, especially if you dont want to do the main quest. There are also many Treasure Quests ( my favorite ) that you can complete.

Or you can follow the storm option in the Malcolm Hatcher dialogue & your destination could be anywhere.
 
Thanks up to here guys! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" /> But I´ve a few more questions - I don´t want´t to start a new game until I don´t know which things I have to fix first.... <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/keith.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":keith" border="0" alt="keith.gif" />
(look @ my first post)
 
An important note about the Post Build 12 mods: They're not entirely stable yet. We are currently working on finding and fixing all bugs. The game is mostly very playable though. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":yes" border="0" alt="yes.gif" />

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1. How can I change my clothes? (I´ve found the item in the menu but there is just <b>one </b> look available!)
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You can buy new outfits from the tailor's shops that are placed in some towns. After you bought them, you can select your outfits using the "change outfit" button.

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2. What´s going on with the battles on the ships? Sometimes there is a sword-fight with the enemys crew and sometimes not... - How is it?
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Sometimes enemy ships surrender, so you don't have to fight.

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3. The mainstory: stick it the same like before or are there any changes?
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Tha main story should work just as well as it did in the unmodded game. We haven't changed much there. Only added some fixes and changed some character skins.

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4. The tradebook: It seems to be that the tradebook is incomleted - Where are the new island? (is there a mod or patch to improve it?)
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In the latest update, the tradebook is alsost complete. There are a few towns missing still though. We'll work on fixing that.

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5. Are there any ships I will never meet like in the basic-game? (there I had to change some files to improve it - "can encounter: false becomes true" - do you understand what I mean!?)
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You will meet all ships some times. However, some ships are limited to certain quests and you won't encounter these only once or twice in the game.

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6. If an Officier has "0" skill-points, can I improve this skill anyway? (in the basic game it wasn´t possible)
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You can change it as long as ENABLE_SKILLUP_IFZERO is 1 in PROGRAM\BuildSettings.h.

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7. How can I change the colour of my sails?
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Open the F2>Ship menu, click your sails, then click the select sails button at the bottom of the screen.

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8. and at least: Can somebody make a list with all important changes, please?
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We are currently working on making a properly working Build 13. Once that's done, we will write some documentation on it. In the meantime, you will be able to find info in the <i>buildinfo</i> folder and also on the <a href="http://pieter.piratesahoy.org/features.htm" target="_blank">features page</a> from the Post Build 12 mods download site.
 
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Thanks up to here guys! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" /> But I´ve a few more questions - <u>I don´t want´t to start a new game until I don´t know which things I have to fix first.</u>... <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/keith.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":keith" border="0" alt="keith.gif" />
(look @ my first post)
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If you install an Update or another Build it is advisable to start a new game if you want the Update or Build to work properly.
It might seem to be an inconvenience to having to start a new game everytime you update but if you dont you wont get the full effect of the update.
 
Thnaks a lot for the answers! I´ve start a new game - Now I begin to understand the new style of playing <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mybad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":facepalm" border="0" alt="mybad.gif" />
(it remember me on Pirates! by Sid Meier) <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/keith.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":keith" border="0" alt="keith.gif" />
But when I was playing a few minutes there came new problems: I chose to be a pirate and if I want to sail out of a harbour, the fort-cannons are firering at my ship - That`s very gross ´cause I have to visit the colonies because of a quest or just to buy/sell goods or equipment....! There is one flag I can choose but it doesn´t work, does it!? Please help: <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />
 
yes ive one thing to add in the sail selection screen i have a bar that is greyed out but says bought sails ok im stummped where do you buy the sails <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dunno.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":shrug" border="0" alt="dunno.gif" />
 
What have I missed?! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":eek:" border="0" alt="ohmy.gif" /> <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mybad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":facepalm" border="0" alt="mybad.gif" />

Downloading right away, Pieter!
 
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