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Doing some personal tweaking but hit a snag (B14.9/p1)

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Landlubber
First off, awesome job with the build mod, and it's really great to see it still getting love.
I've been doing some tweaking to the code as I go, mainly for game balancing issues.

The only thing that has been bugging me is the waves. Even during a heavy storm they are very calm.
When the realistic wave mod came out I spent a lot of time messing with it. For the most part it's the same but as for how big waves can get it seems very different. The wave size dose not seem to be affected much by windspeed now. Do any of you know how I could go about adjusting wave height or removing a limit that maybe in place somewhere?

Thanks much <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />
 
The wave height around islands is limited. It won't matter how big you make them, they'll still be the same size around an island. To get bigger waves, you have to go to the worldmap and sail far enough away that you log into open ocean if you go to the deck of your ship. If you do this, the waves will match the winds fairly well.

Hook
 
Yeah that's what I'm interested in changing; removing or raising the island wave limit. I am rather good with the game code (been adjusting it a lot). If someone would be so kind as to tell me about where the code of the limitation is on island waves, I would very much appreciate it. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/readon.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":mm" border="0" alt="readon.gif" />
 
The low waves has been bothering me quite a bit too; I hope you can figure something out. I haven't got a clue how to help you though. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":?" border="0" alt="unsure.gif" />
 
The original new weather mod had a lot of changes that appeared to attempt to make the waves around islands larger. The end result was enormous waves when you went to the open sea from the worldmap. The game engine appears to limit the waves around islands to 0.5 and I was unable to find a way to change that.

If you get larger waves around islands, they won't interact with land well at all. Your docks will be awash. Some locations will be flooded. Ideally we'd have the limit when very near land with the waves increasing in size as you got farther away. Unfortunately, as long as you're logged into an island, you'll have the limited waves.

I did the best I could to make the waves correct when you go to open sea from the worldmap. Any winds above about 15 knots will create larger waves, with the largest happening with 30 knot winds. These waves should be about what we used to get with storms on the open sea.

Hook
 
Would it be possible to decrease the maximum wave height if you're walking around on land?
There's some locations, like Guadeloupe port, where large waves wash over the jetty or sometimes through the ground.
 
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