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strange maps in the shipyards...

zorglub

zorglub

Privateer
Storm Modder
Have any of you ever notice that in two types of shipyards there are stock PotC map hanging on the wall?... That is really bad, isn't it? And even stranger : in stock PotC those map aren't there, in stead you can see pretty old charts of the entire Caribbean. So what happen? I would say that in a very old Build version, before the new islands were added, someone decided the shipyard masters should purchase the ugly map from Disney and put it on the wall, as a kind gift for the player who certainly don't want to go on internet and print it (that was maybe before you could see the map in the menu).
Now my question is : do we need to update thoses map in order to have the correct ones? Or is this simply useless, and shouldn't we come back to stock PotC (nice-looking old charts showing the real Caribbean)?
 
This was a mod by Catalina the Pirate. She actually made that map for the original islands and so the maps in the shipyards were updated as well. Even the loading screens were updated. But you are right: These maps are no longer relevant with the Build 13 Caribbean. And ESPECIALLY not with Pirate_KK's officially unreleased Real Caribbean mod that changes the unrealistic names to realistic ones. So I think that it would indeed be best to restore the stock game files. Which is unfortunate, because I don't like removing Catalina's work. But in this case it just isn't relevant anymore. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad.gif" />
 
i actually like the old ones hanging on the wall. they're a bit of a memento mori, so i can see how it used to look. although new ones would indeed be better.
 
So then we could keep Catalina's for Build 13 and revert the maps back to stock in Build 14.
 
It does make some sense. In Build 14 there will be the Real Caribbean mod which changes the unrealistic islands into realistic ones. So these maps truly have no place in Build 14 anymore. But they already are in Build 13 so we might as well keep them as a memorial. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dunno.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":shrug" border="0" alt="dunno.gif" />
 
Well... Pieter, I wouldn't keep those stock PotC maps in Build13 either. What we could do 'in memorial' is updating them to the actual map of Build13. And come back to the original good-looking old charts in Build 14s. What do you say?
 
There is an updated map for Build 13 made by Screwface that we can put there instead in Build 13. It's on my site.
 
you mean this one?
<a href="http://www.s31clan.com/privateftps/pietersmods/images/maps/new_islands_map.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.s31clan.com/privateftps/pieters...islands_map.jpg</a>
 
I uploaded the original stock game files for all who want it.
<a href="http://pafiles.com/potc/Pieter%20Assorted%20Files/original_shipyard_maps.zip" target="_blank">Download</a> (2,94 MB)
I think I'll also include them in Build 14.
 
Well done Pieter!
For my part I've updated Catalina's work, as you wanted to keep it for Build 13.5 - it's now on the FTP. I've always enjoyed playing with photoshop and the free camera mod ingame. (not counting the tx convertor)
 
Very cool! Thanks a lot. I'll put that in when the time comes to make Build 13.5. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":yes" border="0" alt="yes.gif" />
 
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