Bug Taking the idol from the english frigate on bridgetown

[HellSailor]

It's very strange for me. First of all, i have to say that i played this part and i didn't have problems with this part. After that, when i had to go to cozumel, the game worked veeeeery slowly, so i thought to remove the game and reinstall it again.

Now i have the problem which said agentad on a post here in this section; that is, when i attack the ship and i sink it, the game put the video of the storm which left me on bonaire beach. After that, game crashed. Very strange, because in my previous main quest, (from the game after removing it) i didn't have this problem. I had seen the walkthrough of the main quest, and i saw that you shouldn't board the ship, but sink it. That's what i did.

In the previous main quest with this part, i had to fight against three ships, which one of them had the idol. Two escort ships protecting the frigate with the idol. Sink it and no problem, i could continue with the quest. But now i have to fight only with the ship which has the idol, and it is in the port of bridgetown (not outside it like it was the first time.)

Can anyone give me some help with this?

I will try to load a game before going to redmond to ask silehard with danielle and see what happen.

 

[DavyJack]

1. What version are you playing?
2. Did you modify some files before that problem occurred? (If so, try changing it back or put everything to default.)
3. Please provide your .log files (compile/system/error) - (Can be located in your main game folder.)
4. Yes, try loading a previous save.

EDIT: Please refer here next time you report a problem: Build Mod Bug Tracker
And read this first before posting there: Bug Tracker: Forum Rules

 

[HellSailor]

I'm playing the last version, the build 14 beta 3.1, i think it is. It was released on december 2013.

I tried to uninstall it, but some weird thing happen and then i couldnt uninstall using the desinstaller. So i remove to the recycle bin manually and delete all files.

I tried loading a previous save but it didnt work. I will show that eror files.

Here are them. Should be post here or in another post?

 

[DavyJack]

• What do mean by "loading a previous save but didn't work" ?
• You can upload files by clicking the "Upload a File" bar beside the "Post Reply" bar and choose what files to upload. (max of 10 files) -
• - This way, it can be further analyzed. - post .log files generated just after the problem occurs.

*Yeah, for me, I don't use the uninstaller, I just delete the entire folder manually.
*Oh and make sure to install the game outside Program Files.
- refer to the FAQ (click on my signature)

 

[HellSailor]

When i refer to loading a new game, is that when i play the main quest, i have only to fight against one ship. I sink it, give me the idol, but then the video start and the game crashed. Even when i load another savegame. It happens the same every time. There are no changes.

By the way, the error files are in the post above.

Yes, the game is installed outside program files. If i have to uninstall again, i will follow your advice.

Oh, sorry, i haven't seen your first post at all. I will post this problem where you said. It will be more easy for you. Should i post this problem correctly where it should be? Or it's fine here just this time?

 

[Hylie Pistof]

You are playing the latest version.

The battle is randomly set every time you do it. The wind will be coming from a different direction, there will be more or less ships around, and the frigate with the idol can be in or out of the port. You must adapt to the conditions and form a good battle plan.

I didn't see anything besides ai_cannon problems in the logs. The crash after the movie used to happen a lot, but we thought that was fixed. Also, the slow running at Cozumel is an old problem that we thought was fixed.

What are your system specs?

 

[HellSailor]

My system specs are:

Windows 7 SP1 32 bits

Intel Pentium Dual CPU E2160 1,80Ghz

2Gb RAM

The grafic card i don't remeber wery well what it is, i think is a nvidia geforce 210X silent or something like that.

Have to say i have this computer since 2007, but the proccesor is like from the 2005, it's terrible, not as powerful as it should be.

If you need more information ask it.

Oh, i played again to wait until the error occurs. Should i upload again the files to see if anything has changed between these new and the ones i upload first?

 

[Hylie Pistof]

Yes a better cpu and video card would help, but they cost money that you may or may not have. That system should run ok on low settings.

I always used to hate playing that part because there were so many problems. I have experienced all that you have, but for the last 2 years it has worked well for me and there have been few complaints.

You can try a turbo boost utility like Enditall. I use the one in IOBit Advanced System Care. A turbo boost or game boost utility turns off all unneeded programs running in the background. This frees up resources for the important things like Games.

Perhaps that would help. Also, save just before the frigate sinks if you can so that if it crashes you can start over from there.

 

[HellSailor]

I don't mind if i have to delete the game and reinstall it again; i had problems with cozumel first time, so i don't care about it for things like that. Nevertheless, hylie, i will upload the files to you again if anything has changed. Maybe now the error has appeared. Perhaps i will have more luck if i reinstall the game

But before deleting it, i will try to start a new game. If it get's stuck again in the same part, i will uninstall it.

By the way, the error.log with the cannons is serious?

 

[Hylie Pistof]

Any error is serious. I don't know about the ai_cannons because I am not a coder.

That is just a very bad part of the game and get past it any way you can. Save often.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

On that AI cannon error:

void Cannon_UnloadBall()
{
   aref aCharacter = GetEventData();

   if (CANNONPOWDER_MOD) {// TIH --> mod toggle 7-7-06
     // added by MAXIMUS [gunpowder mod] -->
     ref rCannon; makeref(rCannon,Cannon[GetCaracterShipCannonsType(aCharacter)]);
     int gunPowderUsed = 0;
     if(CheckAttribute(rCannon,"gunpowder")) gunPowderUsed = sti(rCannon.gunpowder);
     AddCharacterGoodsSimple(aCharacter, GOOD_GUNPOWDER, gunPowderUsed);
     // added by MAXIMUS [gunpowder mod] <--
   }// TIH <-- mod toggle

   AddCharacterGoodsSimple(aCharacter, sti(aCharacter.Ship.Cannons.Charge.Type), 1); // <-------- THIS LINE TRIGGERS IT
}

I've got no clue why that would happen, but I don't think it should be the cause of the trouble.

 

[HellSailor]

Ok, news about this bug: Now this part works fine! It seems that the reason why the game got stuck there it was because of my very fragmented hard disk. As Hylie said: Preventive Maintenance is always needed on this game. And you are right (Also because i have reinstalled several times the game, maybe it should have been fixed).

What i found very strange is that when you sink the ship with the idol, it appears the video of the storm, and then you are teletransported inmediatly to the bonaire beach. Shouldn't it be like the stock game, that is, after sinking it, go to talk Clement and then sail away?

 

[Hylie Pistof]

I am glad it is working for you.

It got broken in build 14 beta 1 and has never been fixed. It used to be much much worse than it is now.

 

[HellSailor]

Also i have found that when you are going to defend Bridgetown from the english fleet, you can't board the last ship that remains, because it get's crashed the game.

 

[Hylie Pistof]

I forgot about that. Yes that is true, but the first ship into the harbor is so under crewed that it is easy to capture if you can get to it before the fort sinks it.

Believe it or not, the battle of Bridgetown used to be much much worse than it is now.

 

[VanessaHudgensFan]

Also i have found that when you are going to defend Bridgetown from the english fleet, you can't board the last ship that remains, because it get's crashed the game.

Yep you were right, I've got this problem aswell in that battle, but I've just board those tho Battle Ships and sink the last one, makes the battle kinda easy if those battleships are gone

The other problem is a problem many players have seen. Believe it or not but in my game it works and I could talk to Clement before going to the world map and meet that storm, maybe that has something to do with some stock settings I use which can be changed in Game Preferences?

Sometimes I see this problem re-apprearing here and I'm beginning to think I'm the only one who don't get any problems with this haha LOL

(Now I'm trying to figure out why I don't have this problem )

Greetz,

VanessaHudgensFan
Captain of Dauntless First Rate 'Hudgens'
Naval Captain

 

[HellSailor]

Yep you were right, I've got this problem aswell in that battle, but I've just board those tho Battle Ships and sink the last one, makes the battle kinda easy if those battleships are gone

The other problem is a problem many players have seen. Believe it or not but in my game it works and I could talk to Clement before going to the world map and meet that storm, maybe that has something to do with some stock settings I use which can be changed in Game Preferences?

Sometimes I see this problem re-apprearing here and I'm beginning to think I'm the only one who don't get any problems with this haha LOL

(Now I'm trying to figure out why I don't have this problem )

Greetz,

VanessaHudgensFan
Captain of Dauntless First Rate 'Hudgens'
Naval Captain

I vaguely remember that happening to me too. Not sure... I remember it from the first trys of playing the game, when my hard disk was a disaster. Maybe in the game settings you can skip the part of seeing aurentius or just leave it good. Anyway, today i FINALLY finished the main storyline of TSH. After a couple of months and around 10 reinstalling game, and a preventive maintenance, i finally got it

Now that i have finished, i can now take a look on those buggy details of the game, and put them on the Bug Tracker.

But ey, if you don't have the problem, you must have good luck

Oh, by the way, right next to the crew money, if i use too much the level up cheat, it appears a title called "Merchant Captain". Why does it appear? And what effect does it have to me?

 

[DavyJack]

Oh, by the way, right next to the crew money, if i use too much the level up cheat, it appears a title called "Merchant Captain". Why does it appear? And what effect does it have to me?

Uhm, it makes and tells that you are the authority to your ship and crew? And, don't you want that title? "Captain"?

 

[VanessaHudgensFan]

Uhm, it makes and tells that you are the authority to your ship and crew? And, don't you want that title? "Captain"?

DavyJack is right, I think it tells you just as she said, the authority to your ship and crew, nothing to be worry about

Oh, by the way, right next to the crew money, if i use too much the level up cheat, it appears a title called "Merchant Captain". Why does it appear? And what effect does it have to me?

Hehehe be happy you'll get this title, who doesn't want to be a captain in this game hehehe

Greetz,

VanessaHudgensFan

 

[HellSailor]

Ok, thank you