Solved worldmap encounters

[SRACon17]

another question. in worldmap ecounters with other fleets, why do i have the option to disengage when others attack me? and sometimes, why can i not choose to disengage? isn't it better if i always have no choice but to engage when others attack me? they were the ones who attacked, so they probably had the weather gage. how can i make it so that disengaging from encounters is not an option?

 

[Pieter Boelen]

You can escape if your fleet is faster than theirs.

This function in PROGRAM\MAXIMUS_Functions.c calculates if you can escape or not:

void CalculateEncInfoData()
{
   ref mainCh = GetMainCharacter();
   mainCh.ShipEnc = "none";
   mainCh.CanEscape = 1;
   EncRecalcReloadToSea();

   float modifier = 1.0;
   if (checkAttribute(mainCh, "Perks.List.ShipSpeedUp")) {
     if (sti(mainCh.Perks.List.ShipSpeedUp) != 0) modifier += 0.2;
   }
   if (checkAttribute(mainCh, "Perks.List.ShipTurnRateUp")) {
     if (sti(mainCh.Perks.List.ShipTurnRateUp) != 0) modifier += 0.15;
   }
   if (checkAttribute(mainCh, "Perks.List.SailingProfessional")) {
     if (sti(mainCh.Perks.List.SailingProfessional) != 0) modifier += 0.65;
   }
   ref MyShipType = GetShipByType(GetCharacterShipType(mainCh));
   aref arship; makearef(arship, mainCh.ship);
   float SpeedMod = stf(GetLocalShipAttrib(arship, MyShipType, "SpeedRate")) / 12 / stf(mainCh.EncSpeed);
   float sailmod = sqrt(GetSummonSkillFromName(mainCh, SKILL_SAILING)) * 16 * modifier * SpeedMod;
   if (sti(sqrt(GetSummonSkillFromName(mainCh, SKILL_SNEAK))) != 0) {
     if (rand(100) / (sqrt(GetSummonSkillFromName(mainCh, SKILL_SNEAK)) * 3.2) > sailmod) mainCh.CanEscape = false;
   }
}

Change to:

void CalculateEncInfoData()
{
   ref mainCh = GetMainCharacter();
   mainCh.ShipEnc = "none";
   mainCh.CanEscape = 1;
   EncRecalcReloadToSea();

   float modifier = 1.0;
   if (checkAttribute(mainCh, "Perks.List.ShipSpeedUp")) {
     if (sti(mainCh.Perks.List.ShipSpeedUp) != 0) modifier += 0.2;
   }
   if (checkAttribute(mainCh, "Perks.List.ShipTurnRateUp")) {
     if (sti(mainCh.Perks.List.ShipTurnRateUp) != 0) modifier += 0.15;
   }
   if (checkAttribute(mainCh, "Perks.List.SailingProfessional")) {
     if (sti(mainCh.Perks.List.SailingProfessional) != 0) modifier += 0.65;
   }
   ref MyShipType = GetShipByType(GetCharacterShipType(mainCh));
   aref arship; makearef(arship, mainCh.ship);
   float SpeedMod = stf(GetLocalShipAttrib(arship, MyShipType, "SpeedRate")) / 12 / stf(mainCh.EncSpeed);
   float sailmod = sqrt(GetSummonSkillFromName(mainCh, SKILL_SAILING)) * 16 * modifier * SpeedMod;
   if (sti(sqrt(GetSummonSkillFromName(mainCh, SKILL_SNEAK))) != 0) {
     if (rand(100) / (sqrt(GetSummonSkillFromName(mainCh, SKILL_SNEAK)) * 3.2) > sailmod) mainCh.CanEscape = false;
   }
   mainCh.CanEscape = false; // PB: Set this to ALWAYS false
}

See if that works for you.

 

[SRACon17]

oh, so that's it. thanks