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  1. LarryHookins

    Ideas

    Hispaniola is too damn big. Cuba at the proper scale isn't an island, it's a continent. Trying to sail anywhere on the mainland would take forever, and some people will want to sail on the deck of their ship. Again, think NH Open Map and Iron Man. Keep in mind that I have 700 hours sailing...
  2. LarryHookins

    Ideas

    While I'm recommending the 1/10 scale map, the actual islands should be 1/40 scale for the mainland, Cuba and Hispaniola, but with the same time scale for both scales; only the land scale would change. This is where you have problems getting everything to fit. It might be possible to switch...
  3. LarryHookins

    Ideas

    Real Life scale won't work for a game. It barely works for a sailing simulator. I'm currently sailing on a 1/4 scale map. At this point I've done all the sightseeing I want to do and am more interested in the navigation problems involved. A recent trip from Martinique to Barbados took 4.7...
  4. LarryHookins

    Ideas

    Expect problems getting the scales to work right. There's just not enough room. I've been sailing in Vehicle Simulator (the new version of Virtual Sailor) in a scale Gulf. The full map includes from the coast of Texas to Barbados and from Baltimore to the Galapagaos. I've been everywhere on...
  5. LarryHookins

    Poll What Version Are You Playing And Why

    From the Wikipedia article on Galleons: Hook
  6. LarryHookins

    Poll What Version Are You Playing And Why

    I am writing this in an official capacity. There is a big difference between stating "I prefer this version" which is what this poll is about, and ragging on other versions, including by saying "Mine is the best." If you prefer stock COAS, fine. If you prefer one of the mods, that's fine...
  7. LarryHookins

    Poll What Version Are You Playing And Why

    Izzat a fact? Well well. I didn't notice it when I was playing stock COAS. It sounds like they might have made all those characters into starting characters, which would make some sense. Each one has a considerable bio and background which is probably new. It's not necessary to make your...
  8. LarryHookins

    Poll What Version Are You Playing And Why

    While the survey went up some time ago, it's been expanded since and people are still responding. We get new votes every so often. Pieter: One thing I haven't seen elsewhere is that all those starting characters you can choose from (135 or so last time I counted and they were planning to...
  9. LarryHookins

    Need Help Playing without save scumming

    There is an option where you can only save the game in a church. Maybe that's for people who don't find the game frustrating enough. :) I do not see how this game can be played without save scrumming. Not so much to get the best possible outcome, but simply to be able to complete a quest or...
  10. LarryHookins

    Poll What Version Are You Playing And Why

    Hi Jakub. New Horizons is actually quite good. It has an incredible wealth of content that has had time to mature to the point that everything works well. It's well worth playing just for the content. I prefer stock COAS myself, with a few script mods I made. The other mods add a lot of...
  11. LarryHookins

    Need Help One hit kill option?

    It was the gameplay changes that I was primarily talking about above. And they do make a difference. There are plenty of good character models in NH that could be used in TEHO. There are probably a few character models in TEHO that might be good for NH, too. :) While I haven't seen the...
  12. LarryHookins

    Need Help One hit kill option?

    There's a native village on Dominica in TEHO. Visit it. Look inside the buildings. There is at least one beach, I don't remember where, that's an obviously different style than the other beaches. There is at least one ship where the walk file is so bad they had to disable crew on deck for...
  13. LarryHookins

    Need Help One hit kill option?

    Every long TEHO wish list has a laundry list of features that are already in New Horizons. There is already one mod for TEHO that replaces the starting town on Martinique. Any number of modders will want to increase the number of ships by 100, and where will they get them? Is it easier to...
  14. LarryHookins

    Need Help One hit kill option?

    I accidentally started a game in Beginner once and couldn't figure out why I was getting more experience than I should! :D I usually play on Normal. New Horizons has had a LOT more people working on it and for a much longer time. The content is quite mature and very good. When modding is...
  15. LarryHookins

    Regarding Surrender.

    A lot of my code is like that. I'll comment out the original line that I changed so people can see what was there before. Sometimes that's useful, especially if I mess up. :) Also, it reminds me 8 years later why I changed the line. :D Document everything. You never know when it will save...
  16. LarryHookins

    Authority Decreasing

    I haven't seen the authority decrease, but if you're sailing a ship too big for your navigation skill, you'll get red numbers in your F2->Characters screen. If you have those, it might cause your authority to go down as well. One trick to keep the class 2 ship is to use it as a companion ship...
  17. LarryHookins

    Regarding Surrender.

    The first line has been commented out because I changed it to the second. The reason for the change is in the comment right above the lines you quoted. Check out the function FindClosestShipofRel() (it's in the same file, AIShip.c) to find out what it actually returns and why I changed those...
  18. LarryHookins

    Monk Asking Room in Cabin and 50 Grand

    Dunno about cost of hiring. Crew is cheap anyway. Someone on Steam mentioned that a blessing lasts 30 days. This seems about right. It can cost 10k or more to get your ship blessed. The price goes up depending on the number and class of the ships in your squadron. A single lugger is around...
  19. LarryHookins

    The Pirate Saga

    Hey, someone who saves like I do! :D I'd add to that: save every time before you ask someone for a quest in case it's something you don't want. Also, save before doing anything dangerous and after something really good happens. Keep saves at strategic spots. You can move them to a...
  20. LarryHookins

    Need Help One hit kill option?

    Play at a lower difficulty. :) This game is intended to be hard, and the medium difficulty, Hard, is about equivalent to Impossible difficulty in a game from a big studio. I may eventually look at reducing the size of the firing arc of the cannons. This won't let you one hit kill anyone, but...
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