I hate the storms

[Elderp]

The storms are driving me up the wall. It seems with the build I run into them every 2 min when I am sailing. Then when I try to attack something they show up again! It is really frustrating. I read somewhere how to turn them off but I forgot how. Can someone help me?

 

[MadMike]

Gotta agree with ya there, mate.
Yesterday I was sailing near Oxbay and left my anchorage, only to run into two Xebecs, a lugger, and a galleon. Thankfully the wind was blowing in my favor and I managed to capture one ship (gotta love grapeshot). The winds didn't change and I managed to slip by the fort as they fired two volleys with only minor damage (whew!).
Also, while I don't mind the storms, I absolutely hate the damage incurred by lightning!
I think there is info in the build "readme" on how to change the settings; these are two mods that need to be slightly tweeked.

Yours, &c.

Mike

 

[Elderp]

No more storms for me!! I figured it out <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/bounce.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":b:" border="0" alt="bounce.gif" /> It wasn't that hard.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Could you please tell us how you did it? <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" />
Maybe a BuildSettings.h toggle could be added for turning on/off storms. Or is there already a toggle? Not sure. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":?" border="0" alt="unsure.gif" />

 

[Elderp]

Sure, it wasn't that hard all you gotta do is go to Program\worldmap\world_events.c

and look for a like that looks like this
//Generate encounters wdmStormGen(dltTime, playerShipX, playerShipZ, playerShipAY);

now change it to look like this:
//Generate encounters //wdmStormGen(dltTime, playerShipX, playerShipZ, playerShipAY);

and there you go! Only thing is you have to do this and open a game that is not currently experiencing a storm (ie a game where you weren't in the middle of the storm). Otherwise you will have an endless storm on your hand! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/modding.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="modding.gif" /> Talk about defeating the point!!

There is another way to go to but I hate storms but JUST in case you want to know. You can go to program\worldmap\worldmap_encgen.c and there you will see two lines that look like this:

#define WDM_STORM_RATE 0.002 - Storm frequency
#define WDM_WARRING_RATE 0.03 - Enemy ships frequency

If you change that number to 0.001 you will half the frequency of storms, or I guess you could just change it to 0.000 but I never have tried this. Computers don't like multiplying things by 0 and you might not like the result. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dunno.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="dunno.gif" /> If you don't want any storms I suggest you use my first method. If you notice you can also can change the enemy ship frequency but I wouldn't do that in this file because the buildsetting.h file is a better place to play arround with it.

Anyhow, that is all there is too it! Hope if works as good for you as it has for me!

 

[qwibusstorm]

<img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/buds.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="buds.gif" /> if the screen go on storm push F3 this will end storms or battels.<!--QuoteBegin-Elderp+Aug 31 2005, 03:17 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Elderp @ Aug 31 2005, 03:17 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->The storms are driving me up the wall. It seems with the build I run into them every 2 min when I am sailing. Then when I try to attack something they show up again! It is really frustrating. I read somewhere how to turn them off but I forgot how. Can someone help me?
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[Elderp]

Oh sure now they tell me!! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/modding.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="modding.gif" /> JK! It ok I learned all about code c so it all good.