Chance of Officer in Tavern

[Mere_Mortal]

Greetings,

I've looked and I've tampered, but I still don't know how to force officers to always be available in the tavern. I simply cannot be bothered to constantly go in & out in hope that one finally appears, only to find his attributes are unsuitable. Could somebody please point me to the code that I need to change?

Thanks!

 

[Pieter Boelen]

I'm not entirely sure how to do that; I'd have to look into it.
As an alternative, have a look at these files for Build 14 Beta 1:
http://forum.piratesahoy.net/topic/16980-promoting-crew/page__view__findpost__p__384875
They'll allow you to promote your crew to officers; they won't have great stats,
but you should be able to train them to a certain extent by assigning them to a certain post.

 

[Mere_Mortal]

Ah thank you, that'll do nicely. One small matter though; it would be nice if this could be done on board the ship rather than having to take them onto land, as well as being able to do it more than once per location (which you already noted).

Another quick question; are (non-officer) crew members persistent or are they randomly generated every time the player enters the location?

 

[Mere_Mortal]

I think I actually got it right in the first place when modifying the tavern section in LandEnc_init.c, it seems however that a new game is required for it to take effect. Nonetheless, your mod there will prove very useful indeed.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

The crewmembers are consistent.

I had to limit the hiring to once per location because of the way I coded it.
Admittedly, a lot of it could be better or more user-friendly, but this is the best I could make it with my present limited time.
Let me know if there's bugs/balancing issues though.