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Flying...Frenchman?! :|

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sektor666

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ok this is weird. i just set sail from redmond, going about ordinary pirating business, i switched fasttravel on and sailed towards two hostile, french ships - a tiny class 6 and a class 5, thinking about easy loot.
i was quite surprised to see that the class 5 ship, sailing under a french flag, was rather big. and had a huge, gaping jaw full of teeth. and was covered in seaweed and generally in a bad state. and looked awfully familiar.
then it fired, turning my xebec into a small pile of splinters.
so what's the deal with that? i thought that the flying dutchman and other filmships were only available for purchase in the pirate shipyards and NOT encounterable?
(i have a savegame from just before the encounter if anyone's willing to check it out :p)
 
<!--quoteo(post=232192:date=Jan 5 2008, 09:33 AM:name=Darth-me)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Darth-me @ Jan 5 2008, 09:33 AM) [snapback]232192[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Well what're canbuy and canencounter (in ships_init.c) set to?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

hmmm the ships_init.c file has two flying dutchmans in it. one is set to canencounter, the other cannot be bought nor encountered. and i haven't tampered with the file since installing alpha 6 update 2.
 
That explains it then. If one of them is set to CanEncounter = true then you can encounter her. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dunno.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":shrug" border="0" alt="dunno.gif" />
 
i remember all too well that it scared the wits out of me the first time i saw it. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile2.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":))" border="0" alt="smile2.gif" /> i was like "HOLY CRAP! ghost shiiiiiiiiiip! run for it!" <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/piratesing.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":shock" border="0" alt="piratesing.gif" /> then i realised it was just another galleon, and therefor not tha much stronger. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" /> which is a shame, really. but it think that that was corrected by now.
 
I don't think the Dutchman actually IS set to be insanely strong even in my latest game version. Just unboardable with an immortal captain... <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/whistling.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":wp" border="0" alt="whistling.gif" />
And six bow chasers, of course. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dev.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":d:" border="0" alt="dev.gif" />
 
i still think it would be neat to have the random ghost ship encounter. it just gives you the occasional scare, which is kinda fun.
 
<!--quoteo(post=232207:date=Jan 5 2008, 01:06 PM:name=Pieter Boelen)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Pieter Boelen @ Jan 5 2008, 01:06 PM) [snapback]232207[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I don't think the Dutchman actually IS set to be insanely strong even in my latest game version. Just unboardable with an immortal captain... <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/whistling.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":wp" border="0" alt="whistling.gif" />
And six bow chasers, of course. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dev.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":d:" border="0" alt="dev.gif" /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
And if it's set to ship class 5, then low level players would be encountering it, and getting smashed.
 
It's a quest-only encounter. You won't meet the Dutchman until you actually play that quest.
 
<!--quoteo(post=232207:date=Jan 5 2008, 10:06 AM:name=Pieter Boelen)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Pieter Boelen @ Jan 5 2008, 10:06 AM) [snapback]232207[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I don't think the Dutchman actually IS set to be insanely strong even in my latest game version. Just unboardable with an immortal captain... <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/whistling.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":wp" border="0" alt="whistling.gif" />
And six bow chasers, of course. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dev.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":d:" border="0" alt="dev.gif" /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

just so you know... the dutchman i encountered sent me to the bottom with a single salvo... :p
 
<!--quoteo(post=232232:date=Jan 5 2008, 01:37 PM:name=sektor666)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(sektor666 @ Jan 5 2008, 01:37 PM) [snapback]232232[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=232207:date=Jan 5 2008, 10:06 AM:name=Pieter Boelen)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Pieter Boelen @ Jan 5 2008, 10:06 AM) [snapback]232207[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I don't think the Dutchman actually IS set to be insanely strong even in my latest game version. Just unboardable with an immortal captain... <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/whistling.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":wp" border="0" alt="whistling.gif" />
And six bow chasers, of course. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dev.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":d:" border="0" alt="dev.gif" /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

just so you know... the dutchman i encountered sent me to the bottom with a single salvo... :p
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
And did you encounter it as part of a quest, as Pieter suggests?
 
No, he had her set to CanEncounter = true, which she's not supposed to be.
 
<!--quoteo(post=232233:date=Jan 5 2008, 10:40 AM:name=Petros)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Petros @ Jan 5 2008, 10:40 AM) [snapback]232233[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=232232:date=Jan 5 2008, 01:37 PM:name=sektor666)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(sektor666 @ Jan 5 2008, 01:37 PM) [snapback]232232[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=232207:date=Jan 5 2008, 10:06 AM:name=Pieter Boelen)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Pieter Boelen @ Jan 5 2008, 10:06 AM) [snapback]232207[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I don't think the Dutchman actually IS set to be insanely strong even in my latest game version. Just unboardable with an immortal captain... <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/whistling.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":wp" border="0" alt="whistling.gif" />
And six bow chasers, of course. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dev.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":d:" border="0" alt="dev.gif" /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

just so you know... the dutchman i encountered sent me to the bottom with a single salvo... :p
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
And did you encounter it as part of a quest, as Pieter suggests?
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->


nope - like i said. it was an ordinary french ship. class 5, too. making it even weirder.
 
Set CanEncounter = false on both Dutchmans and you should be safe from her. No new game required, just press F11 (reinit) after loading your savegame.
 
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