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Regarding Ropes and Flags

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NathanKell

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I don't know if this has been posted yet; I see mention of ropes and flags in Inzane's Surprise thread. If not, here it is:

They can be added to (in the former case) or enlarged on (in the latter) any existing ship model via Inez's tool.
Same with new sails.

As Inzane mentions, ropes use a ropebXX and ropeeXX locator, for rope Beginnning and rope End. The game draws the rope between those ropeb/e locators of the same number, even if they are in different GMs (i.e. ship hull and rey_a1). Note that ropes can have two and _only_ two locators; if you want to string a halyard from the bowsprit to the fore, main, mizzen, and then deck, you need _8_ locators.

Flags are via `flag1-4` locators.

Sails are via `sailt1-3`, `saild1-4`. I don't recall lugsails at the moment.

You can see their names and how they are arranged by opening ship mast, rey, and hull GM files in Inez's tool.
 
<img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/w00t.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":woot" border="0" alt="w00t.gif" /> OutSTANDING! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/onya.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":onya" border="0" alt="onya.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />
 
<img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/onya.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":onya" border="0" alt="onya.gif" /> Great, so if you want, you can have this extensive rigging, with lines all over the ship.
 
Great job <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/keith.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":keith" border="0" alt="keith.gif" />
 
Eh, I'm just saying what's in the GMs. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/oops3.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":eek:ops2" border="0" alt="oops3.gif" />
 
The AOP ships have more lines all over the ship, take a look at this new screenshot <a href="http://www.myhostingplan.net/piratesahoy/Akella/ageofpirates/screenshots/200305/8.jpg" target="_blank">HERE.</a>
 
Very nice, now you can imagine better what chain shot does to a ship. I mean, those ropes all about aren´t there for nothing, I guess.

A question concerning flags, would it be possible to get big ones like on the Surprise- model onto every ship? And where are they saved (the ingame flags), I´d like to change them to the Pirates! Gold ones. I plain like those, practically grew up with ´em.
 
Grimm: email incoming.
Yes, very possible. Just open the appropriate GM (probably the mizzen GM for most ships) and move the flag1 through flag4 locators so that the flag is larger and square.
For added kicks I put mine in the spanker's GM (rey_d4 IIRC) and strung it from the spanker halyard (stay? I can't recall).
<img src="http://img174.exs.cx/img174/8853/flags7su.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
 
Thanks a bunch for the mail <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/onya.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":onya" border="0" alt="onya.gif" />

The flag looks great on the Corvette, though there might be a problem with triangular mizzen sails, perhaps a flagpole on the stern might be in need for ships like the frigate and the battleship (those arte the two I know to have triangular mizzen sails, but there may be more).
 
Sure!
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And you could make the flagpole out of rope locators, actually. It wouldn't look perfect, but it'd be better than the flag being attached to nothing. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" />
 
Nice job, Nathan! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/onya.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":onya" border="0" alt="onya.gif" />
 
Aw, thanks. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/oops3.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":eek:ops2" border="0" alt="oops3.gif" />
Gotta say, the most fun part was writing the excel formula to calculate where to put the flag points... <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="icon_wink.gif" />
 
Ah that's where my eyes start to cross! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ko.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":ko" border="0" alt="ko.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="xD:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dunno.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":shrug" border="0" alt="dunno.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="icon_wink.gif" />
 
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Gotta say, the most fun part was writing the excel formula to calculate where to put the flag points<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_eek.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":shock:" border="0" alt="icon_eek.gif" /> *Excel*, of all things ? <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_eek.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":shock:" border="0" alt="icon_eek.gif" />
 
Yeah, well, I like it. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> Just enough formula capability without the overhead of writing a program.
{I use it to make unit design tools for Battletech, so I'm quite used to, perhaps even fond, of it. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/diomed.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":dio" border="0" alt="diomed.gif" /> }
 
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