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  1. Bathtub-pirate

    Confirmed Bug Stuck At Sea When Assaulted During Mooring

    The game went on but just in direct sail and none of the player's commands were obeyed anymore. So I just could watch. Couldn't even reload via F1. Nothing would happen, regardless of what I pressed. So I ended the game via task manager.
  2. Bathtub-pirate

    Taking and ruling a colony

    Does it have any influence, which officer is chosen or are these mere placeholders? Also, how long does it take for the fort to be repaired? Or was it just an error that "my" fort did not fire a shot whatsoever, when I left and there were hostile ships?
  3. Bathtub-pirate

    Confirmed Bug Stuck At Sea When Assaulted During Mooring

    There was a bug in my game that even had a log message prompting me to inform Pirates Ahoy! When I moored in the port the game kinda froze. I would not enter the port but was stuck on the direct sail screen and couldn't control my ship – or anything else for that matter – while the game went on...
  4. Bathtub-pirate

    Taking and ruling a colony

    What advantages does one gain, when he chooses to take a colony? Well, tax gold obviously. Is there a way to make theses taxes more profitable other than just raising them? Does the economic strength of the colony influence profitability? And do prolonged high taxes produce any problems? Like...
  5. Bathtub-pirate

    Ship Encounters and other stuff on world map

    Well, turns out that the very unreliable maps from back in the day are actually accurate in POTC.^^ Given that Akella never had any intentions of making a realistic Caribbean in the game (with the abstracted names and completely made up locations of the islands), it is what it is, I guess. And...
  6. Bathtub-pirate

    Ship Encounters and other stuff on world map

    I feared that something lik this might be the case. Well, at least I could solve the mystery why the trips felt so inconsistent and often short.
  7. Bathtub-pirate

    Ship Encounters and other stuff on world map

    Thanks! I 've rewarded meself with a glass of Rum/Cola for it.:) As a greedy merchant I advise you to intensify your east/west business, as long as the advantage exists.^^ As did I, when I took a cargo job with my Bermuda Sloop speedboat, bringing gold from Jamaica to Sao Jorge for 39k ... but...
  8. Bathtub-pirate

    Ship Encounters and other stuff on world map

    The 2nd test run is done. And – man – it was worth it. Note of course, that my examples are massively simplified. I always just assume the straightest course as ideal, where landmass is bypassed in an efficient manner without taking considerable and unnecessary detours. That however, was...
  9. Bathtub-pirate

    Ship Encounters and other stuff on world map

    Woah, over three days with that kind of speed? That's WAY too long to be accurate. The effective sailing distance between the two would be something in the ball park of 250-260 km. To make that in one day (given ideal course) six knots would be sufficient. So with your speed it shouldn't even...
  10. Bathtub-pirate

    Ship Encounters and other stuff on world map

    You mean one month for both ways combined or each? You gotta hate some of the ports. Like Grand Cayman or Turks Island. Or - worst of all - Antigua, with a port access as narrow as a pirate's Wiener. :woot You needed four days for Martinique -> Barbados? Wow, that had to be an incredibly...
  11. Bathtub-pirate

    Ship Encounters and other stuff on world map

    Alright folks, time for some testing. For this purpose I bought myself a brand new Bermuda Sloop. A superb ship for my undertaking, since it can sail very high against the wind, which pretty much eliminates any necessity to stray away in any meaningful way from my ideal course, when doing my...
  12. Bathtub-pirate

    Ship Encounters and other stuff on world map

    F 11? What does it do? Restore default settings?
  13. Bathtub-pirate

    Ship Encounters and other stuff on world map

    This could very well be the case. Especially considering that as a merchant one gets a bonus on sailing experience. So on the world map it really can sky-rocket in comparably little time. One thing that comes to my mind: How well is localization working when going from one screen to an other...
  14. Bathtub-pirate

    Ship Encounters and other stuff on world map

    @ Red Back Dude So under which conditions does one get caught on the world map? Because the last time I did some play on the world map, I did it as a Barque Longe with no upgrades and was heavily loaded on every trip. And I did a lot of trips in a row (all cargo jobs). So I was far from being...
  15. Bathtub-pirate

    Ship Encounters and other stuff on world map

    Isn't the open sea mod active by default when playing iron man mode?
  16. Bathtub-pirate

    Ship Encounters and other stuff on world map

    Is there a way to make ship encounters on the world map mandatory again (like they were in the stock game)? It's kinda lame if you run into something, that you can simply tip-toe out of it by choosing not to encounter it. Also - does it even matter what kind of ship you have on the world map and...
  17. Bathtub-pirate

    Bug Buggy Mess

    Thanks for the heads-up with the officer reputation. Nah, I am aware of the differences between dividing shares and paying by salary. Thing is that the salary never seems to work right for me. The crew asking for it on a set date - no matter what. Just doesn't seem to happen. It might be worth...
  18. Bathtub-pirate

    Bug Buggy Mess

    Another weird thing I noticed. When I get a new officer in a tavern, he simply replaces one of my existing officers. I play the Jack Aubrey game, which is one of the games, where you start with a number of offficers right away. Could this be the source of trouble? And no, I don't have a...
  19. Bathtub-pirate

    Bug Buggy Mess

    @ Hylie Pistof This could be the case, as it seems to happen after battles when saving just after the dust settled. But it still seems very sporadic, as it never happened to more than one ship (going aggro). At least in my games. Maybe if there was an explicit "attack" command given, which was...
  20. Bathtub-pirate

    Bug Buggy Mess

    So I just delete the options file in the POTC folder? Do I have to re-adjust my options in-game thereafter? There is one thing still on my heart about salary payment. I am somewhat skeptical if it works as intended. I NEVER get asked for a monthly salary, when I don't happen to be on the sea on...
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