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    Mods and Game Difficulty

    I'm still skeptical that rearranging the deck chairs in PoTC's arsenal is going to have a meaningful effect. Tactical situations in M&B are much more varied and the AI and its weaponry operates differently. Mounts, armor, assorted missle and thrown eapons, terrain, morale...
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    Mods and Game Difficulty

    <!--quoteo(post=227966:date=Dec 27 2007, 12:14 AM:name=Ron Losey)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Ron Losey @ Dec 27 2007, 12:14 AM) 227966</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->OddjobXL: Apparently my reputation has not preceded me. You mentioned Mount & Blade. I designed the "Realistic...
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    Favourite Pirate game?

    Cutthroats actually worked fairly well after the first patch and it was the Pirates! 2 I'd always wanted. More realism and (minor) RP elements all worked together pretty well. Yes, issues, but nothing else compares to this day and it was playable enough.
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    Mods and Game Difficulty

    Ron, the last thing I'd like to do is discourage experimentation. Experimentation got us alot of things in these mods that, according to what I've read, seemed impossible but ended up wonderfully. Just keep in mind that what this engine can do well can be improved with effort. What this...
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    Mods and Game Difficulty

    I'll just fly top cover on this and let you all handle the details because it sounds like you're already on some promising tracks. But in my experience mucking around with Build 12, where the prices are much more toned down for loot and personal gear, that's the biggie right there. You get...
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    Mods and Game Difficulty

    I'm using Build 12 currently. Build 13 has alot of neat stuff but the game part isn't really well tuned yet. We'll see how Build 14 works out. Daggerfall/Morrowind/Oblivion had skill based, learn as you use them, systems like you mention but they tended to be kind of unbalanced because some...
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    Mods and Game Difficulty

    Just for a quick two cents before I put too much brainpower into this, seems to me any items that ad +'s to a stat tend to be obsolete eventually because we all max out every stat and all stats cap out at 10. Also, all captains will focus on Melee along with Leadership and possibly Luck because...
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    Sailing under new skies

    I did that. I think I messed things up by putting something in the wrong folder. Doesn't matter though. I've uninstalled and reinstalled. Using Build 12 now. I think that's probably the best build for someone playing for the first time. The menues are easier to navigate and the basic...
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    Merry Christmas

    <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cat" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" /> Merry Christmas all! And a happy New Year! So far PoTC and Build Mod's my favorite present even if I did have to get it myself and a good month before Christmas....
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    Sailing under new skies

    I should be barred from messing around with mods on general principle. Somehow I've got a bunch of grey outline crewmen now...
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    Mods and Game Difficulty

    That does make a good deal of sense. I'm still skeptical about the value of loot-corpses. Or at least the amount of money on them and the value of what they carry. That too seems a bit overboard. I can make as much gold off a dungeon run as capturing a small convoy and in a fraction of the...
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    Sailing under new skies

    That worked, thanks! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/me.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":onya2" border="0" alt="me.gif" />
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    Mods and Game Difficulty

    I changed a few other settings too. It could be that I specified to start in sailing mode on the deck of my ship?
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    Mods and Game Difficulty

    Now the exe is crashing all over the place. When I go from map or the port to sailing mode half the time the game craps out on me. Get this error: RUNTIME ERROR - file: seadogs.c; line: 892 invalid index 132 [size:132] I'm starting to think I need to be working with Build 12. It was...
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    Sailing under new skies

    <!--quoteo(post=227245:date=Dec 23 2007, 02:04 AM:name=Seb)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Seb @ Dec 23 2007, 02:04 AM) 227245</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><a href="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=10288&st=0&start=0"...
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    Sailing under new skies

    No worries. My machine caught it before it could do anything and I'm sure it's not your fault. Just letting you know. But I'm still a bit confused about where I'd find this ftp site. Don't see any links at the top of the page or any obvious stickied notes that would tell me where to go...
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    Mods and Game Difficulty

    Thanks for the heads up. I think the big capital drain I've put in place by increasing crew salaries might just do the trick though. I'm having trouble accumulating enough wealth to muster out a happy crew (playing with Signed Articles). Which is a good thing. Either I can improve my skills...
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    My to-do list for the holiday

    Someone's busy. I'll be playing through the main quest (Build 13) to get a feel for how to balance gameplay. Lots of moving parts to experiment with and this is time intensive stuff. Plus...fun. And I have the attention span of a very diligent fruit fly.
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    Sailing under new skies

    Hey, Seb. I couldn't figure out where to get the lowmen models so I visited the website linked in your profile. Got this message! : <!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->McAfee has automatically blocked and removed a Trojan. About this Trojan...
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    Mods and Game Difficulty

    I've just increased the salary modifier from 1 to 4. Not sure how or if that effects the "Sign Articles" option. I suppose we'll discover just how happy the lads are to see me when I amble on board in a couple minutes. /whisper Boatswain "Get the dingy ready and stock it with provisions, just...
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