Fixed Antigua pier too narrow.

[Hylie Pistof]

People are always complaining about the pier at Antigua being too narrow. That narrow pier came from AOP didn't it?
Anyway, I just found the wider version at Portobello in GOF2 or COAS. Since it is Antigua otherwise just replacing the pier shouldn't be too hard. Or is it?

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Is that otherwise the same location model?
If so, you could try renaming those files from CoAS and copying them into RESOURCE\MODELS\Locations\Town_StJohns .
CoAS would have them in a similar location.

Note that StJohnsAdd.gm is the extra "navy base" stuff that @CouchcaptainCharles added specifically for its use in PotC as Antigua.

 

[Hylie Pistof]

I just looked and everything is in .COL format. Whatever that is.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

.COL files are the lighting files. There must be some GM files there too.

 

[Hylie Pistof]

Ah, there they are. The town GMs are identical except that the shipyard building and church have been removed. Perhaps there are other changes I can not see.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

A moved shipyard building? Is it no longer at the end of the pier?
That might require some changes to the Hornblower Storyline opening at least.

But let's first find out if the swapping out works at all. Would you mind trying that?

 

[Hylie Pistof]

REmoved.

I went there and it is good enough for me. There are a few oddities here and there, but nothing major.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Even the soldiers are still in place; that's good news, that is!
That means that hopefully we can maintain the original locator files and only need the new model itself.
Which is important to keep specific quest locators.

What oddities did you notice? The lighting files (.COL) will need to be redone for PotC, but that is not too difficult.
http://www.piratesahoy.net/threads/generating-location-lighting-files-col.20784/

 

[Hylie Pistof]

Here, drop this into your StJohns folder and see for yourself. Most of what I saw is in the screenies I posted. Other things are green stairs for instance.
Oh, I still had a little trouble getting past 3 officers.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gpalg0tpyyfcivy/AACjdcyFMF9LbEdrnll72T25a/StJohns.7z?dl=0

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Extract @Hylie Pistof's file to RESOURCE\MODELS\Locations\Town_StJohns
Then extract attached files to the same folder

That should allow you to make use of the wider pier AND should make the location lighting behave itself too.

Please try this and let me know if there are still any weird effects from this.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Did anyone test the above yet? If possible, I'd like to know if it is OK like this before I post the next EXE.

 

[Hylie Pistof]

I have been doing GOF2 stuff and have not played POTC in weeks. Dunno about anyone else.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

The widened pier is now included in here: http://www.piratesahoy.net/threads/build-14-beta-3-5-internal-wip-for-testing.24817/
So everyone please pay a visit to Antigua and check if you notice anything still not quite right there.
If I don't hear back on this soon, I'll consider it "Fixed".