This contains some huge changes compared to Beta 3.4 and is still being worked on for further improvements.
However, it is also quite playable by now.
RECOMMENDATION:
Keep your Beta 3.4 Install as well! This version needs to be tested and developed further!
Download: http://piratesahoy.net/build/b14_beta3_installer_internalWIP.exe (Updated: 13 August 2015)
Installation: Proper installer file, use in combination with Part 2 like usual
Extra Fix: See attached (if available)
Compatibility: Works on top of all earlier Beta 3 releases
New Game Enforced!
Change Log:
When using the ZIP update on a prior 3.5 savegame, always use F11 at the start of your game to make sure everything is set right again.
However, it is also quite playable by now.
RECOMMENDATION:
Keep your Beta 3.4 Install as well! This version needs to be tested and developed further!
Download: http://piratesahoy.net/build/b14_beta3_installer_internalWIP.exe (Updated: 13 August 2015)
Installation: Proper installer file, use in combination with Part 2 like usual
Extra Fix: See attached (if available)
Compatibility: Works on top of all earlier Beta 3 releases
New Game Enforced!
Change Log:
Code:
Build 14 Beta 3.5:
- New Features:
. Improved Select Storyline Interface by Levis and Pieter Boelen
> Possibility to change starting date
> Possibility to choose from Specific pre-defined characters
> Many settings linked to character models as set up in initModels.c
> Nelson, La Croix, Jean Lafitte and Jack Aubrey storylines changed to pre-defined characters
> Free Play storyline added that enabled various custom game starts linked to player background profession
> New "Cursed" player type added
> Interface elements enabled and disabled as appropriate to prevent errors
> Full selection of starting characters added by Pedrwyth and TechnicJelle
> Corrected display of starting location for Naval Officers whose nation doesn't have an island
. Hire specific officer types by talking to Tavern Owners by Pieter Boelen
. Improved Nation Relations by Pieter Boelen
> Player loyalty (Served Nation) impacts game functionality:
- Loyalty is indicated in the Questbook Interface by the large yellow nation name
- Player relations will automatically follow random relation changes affecting his/her Served Nation (but not for Pirate and Personal loyalities)
- Loyalty is set to your chosen nation at game start
- Loyalties are updated on each promotion
- Having multiple Letters of Marque (LoM) will set your loyalty to Personal
- Large acts of piracy, repeated small acts of piracy and joining the pirates will set your loyalty to the Pirates
- If your loyalty lies with the pirates, you may be recognized for this by citizens of non-pirate towns
- When your loyalty lies with the pirates, the only way to undo this is to stop serving the pirates and get a single LoM
> Relation Changes from player actions completely rewritten:
- You gain point with a nation only if you have a LoM with them
- Having multiple LoMs decreases the amount of points you get per nation, though you still get more in total by Grey Roger
- You lose points with nations allied to the nation you attacked if you have no legal reason to do so or if you have multiple LoMs
- You lose your LoM if you attack one of your nation's allies
- Pirates are more forgiving of attacks against them than other nations are, but such an act will still lose you any positive points you had with them
- You gain points with the pirates through acts of piracy; if you have gained enough points, your loyalties shift to the pirates
- A small act of piracy is attacking without having a legal reason for it, which applies to ALL ships you sink/capture without having a LoM or navy commission
- A large act of piracy is actively betraying a nation you were serving or one of their allies
> False Flag detection rewrite [WIP]
- FOR TESTING PURPOSES: 100% chance of false flag detection
- RefreshBattleInterface adapted to not update relations every frame
- RefreshBattleInterface rewritten to correctly set the relations between ALL ships at sea; most other relation-changing code has been deleted
- Allow changing flags during battle
- Relation update from being recognized only done once
- Fort relation to pirates exceptions work both ways and also affect player
- Skip several superfluous double calls to SetCharacterRelationBoth related to the Group_SetTaskAttack function
- Skip AI updates and false flag detection for the first two seconds at sea to prevent errors
- Reset the memory of specific nation forts when buying amnesty, a LoM or on each promotion
- Allow trade if you are friendly to the pirates, flying a pirate flag and the town is tolerant of pirates (Tortuga and in The Spanish Main also Port Royale)
- Corrected CTD on worldmap when flying a Personal Flag
- Included false flag detection overrides in chance function
- Call generic functionality for when firing on and hitting friendly ships at sea; skip turning nations hostile when doing this
- Set all ships and forts neutral when entering 3D sailing mode to prevent errors and inappropriate "Victory Music"
- Reduced amount of double function calls for relation changes and false flag detection to improve efficiency
- Ensure newly generated ships do not remember you due to characters being reused
- Prevent surrendered and sinking ships turning hostile again
- Generic behaviour for firing on friendly ships, including betrayal
- Flag and betrayal factored into relation change upon capturing/sinking a ship
- Sinking surrendered ships gives you relation points
- Custom ship log entry for sinking surrendered ships
. Distinguished between Player Types by Grey Roger, Levis and Pieter Boelen
> Current Player Type is indicated by your captain type in the bottom of the Character Interface
> Commissioned Player Type:
- Gain ships, officers and uniforms as you are promoted
- Paying crew and officers restored
- Only gain land after rank 6 (Commodore)
- Can only give Captured Towns to your Served Nation
- Free Crew Hire in towns of your Served Nation
- Cannot Swap Ships until rank 7 (Commodore)
- Cannot Buy ships and cannot Sell player ship
- Cannot Sign Articles
- Random Relation Change code rewritten and fixed
- Rank and promotion rewards correct for selected uniform
- Reduced sale price for ships
- Promotion ships are always given supplies
> Improved Privateer Gameplay by Pieter Boelen:
- Soldier crew, ship rewards and navy officers removed
- Different promotion titles
- Reduced sale price for ships
> Improved Merchant Gameplay by Pieter Boelen:
- Carrying a "Merchant Passport" prevents your crew from becoming envious of the amount of money you have
- Starting as a merchant gives you a "Merchant Passport"
- Possible to buy a "Merchant Passport" from the WIC office on Curacao and the EITC office on Jamaica
> Improved Pirate Gameplay by Pieter Boelen:
- Can join the pirates if you have no LoM and are not hostile to them
- Pirates sell their design ships if you have no LoM and you are not hostile to them
- Can gain ranks with pirates after joining them
- Improved Nevis blacksmith functionality after joining them
- No land given upon promotion
- Distinguished promotion ranks from fame level
- Pirate governors avoided where necessary for quest purposes
. Stealing from item traders and town guards made much more challenging by Pieter Boelen
> Reinforcements are sent when you are caught
> Location is locked until all enemies are taken care of
> Huge penalty for killing item traders
. Escort Quests made more interesting by Pieter Boelen
> Looting trader while still in your squadron prevented
> Ship turns hostile if you hoist a hostile flag
> Talk to the escorted captain to inform him if you wish to use a false flag
> Possibility for enemy ship to be generated at destination
> Cumulatively increasing reward for defending the trader from such an enemy
. Improved Smuggling by Levis
> Your actions towards the smugglers may lead them to like/dislike you
> "Smuggling for Thomas O'Reilly" unlocked only after a certain amount of smuggling
> Possible to buy opium from the Jamaica Opium Den
> Possible to place a wager with the soldiers to gain the smuggling schedule
> The coastguard can show up at any moment, so even before you talked to the smugglers
> Possibility to send officers on scouting duty for smuggling
. New musket style guns added by Jack Rackham
> Errors with half-loaded guns fixed
> Errors with resetting guns when equipping fixed
> Added missing item description
> Rarity and period assignments adjusted by Grey Roger and Pieter Boelen
. More Additional Personal Flags added by pedrwyth and Grey Roger
. Rewritten Skill and Ability Assigning on Level-Up by Levis
> Explanation of officer types added when you first hire an officer
> Money restored for random characters
> Officers now get XP
> Added multipliers for different types of xp to balance
> All characters have an offictype assigned and will advance accordingly
> When changing an offictype the importances of the skills should change too
> Perktypes init error fixed
> "merchant" officer type renamed to "shop merchant" to prevent Select storyline Interface errors by Pieter Boelen
> Further corrections to XP gain per officer
- Code Updates:
. Pirates will trade with friendly privateers by Grey Roger
. Full shared dialogs for Governor Functionality by Pieter Boelen
. Shared dialogs added for Tavern Owners by Pieter Boelen
. Beach and Smuggler added to Cartagena by Pillat
. Devil's Throat disabled as smuggling shore by Pillat and Levis
. Pistol sound volume toggle added by Jack Rackham
. More randomized level for officers by Levis
. Unrandomized "guard resident from burglar" reputation increase by Grey Roger
. Removed random female Captains and Mates from taverns by Pieter Boelen
. Shotgun removed in Realistic and Iron Man Mode by Pieter Boelen
. Dialog text files loaded from storyline folder if available by Pieter Boelen
. Pirate cargo quests can send you to different nation islands by Pieter Boelen
. Modified cannon weights by J Norrington
. Minimum Ship Initialization Values Enforced by Pieter Boelen
> Default "Auto Buy" supply will always fit into each ship's cargo hold
> Changes to ensure ship randomization doesn't cause less capacity than the pre-calculated minimum
> Possibility to set "supply scalars" in ships_init.c to distinguish between coastal, regular and long-distance ships
. Changing Relations setting removed, now linked with storyline by Pieter Boelen
. Treasure Quest pistols adapted for period by Grey Roger
. Antigua disabled in Early Explorers period by Grey Roger
. Player nation relations linked to Served Nation by Pieter Boelen
. Always random name and outfit for governors after Town Capture by Pieter Boelen
. Dialog order code updated by Levis
. Custom promotion code and special blade for Francis Drake, including promotion to "Sir", by Grey Roger
. Three new abilities added by Levis
. Tortuga Tailor added by Jack Rackham
. DeleteCharacter function expanded and fixed to completely erase all traces of deleted characters by Pieter Boelen
. Early Explorers corsairs given better items to defend themselves against the Spanish by Grey Roger
. Alternate curse added at game start for Davy Jones by Pieter Boelen
. Allow gambling even after playing a lot by Pieter Boelen
. Ship location code replaced in several places by Pieter Boelen
. Safe Port Leave code rewritten to simplify use by Pieter Boelen
. Improved Performance in Shipyard Interface by Levis
. Further updated handling of character ranks and titles in dialogs and interfaces by Pieter Boelen
. New Cheatmode Functionality: Numpad 9 trigger an instant promotion by Pieter Boelen
. Captain skills updated by Levis
. Ships at the shipyard may have upgrades by Levis
. Changes to amount of XP gained by Levis
. Early Explorers some sidequests disabled as appropriate by Pieter Boelen
. One attribute to control random encounters instead of two by Pieter Boelen
- Bug Fixes:
. Officer skill and ability contribution fixed by Levis
. Ship sale price fixed by Levis
. Tortuga brothel fixed by Jack Rackham
. Armor display on character model disabled for new armor types by Pieter Boelen
. Reduced anchoring time by Pieter Boelen
. Fixed Holland royal name by Pieter Boelen
. Portuguese promotion reward officer fixed by Pieter Boelen
. Blade Kit skill contribution fixed by Pieter Boelen
. Clint Eastwood fixed by Pieter Boelen
. Custom self dialogs restored after use by Pieter Boelen
. PinnaceMedium ship walk file restored by Hylie Pistof
. Stuck at sea after taking enemy ship for self fixed by Pieter Boelen
. Character type for stunned and looted characters restored upon location reload by Pieter Boelen
. Restoring stunned characters fixed by Pieter Boelen
. Textures for town boarding fixed by Pieter Boelen
. Day Adding on the Hour skipped if DirectSail is not active by Pieter Boelen
. Characters in Player Party are NEVER considered soldiers by Pieter Boelen
. WorldMap quest updates always disabled while on shore by Pieter Boelen
. Store Interface multiplier code fixed and re-enabled by pedrwyth
. Add multiple skill points to prevent >100% values by Pieter Boelen
. "Protected" quest companion ships will never mutiny by Pieter Boelen
. Wrong name upon death fixed by Pieter Boelen
. SetRank rewritten to work correctly for NPCs and promotions/demotions by Pieter Boelen
. Missing governor dialog texts restored by Pieter Boelen
. Emissary dialogs fixed by Pieter Boelen
. Correction to store interface by Grey Roger
. vcskip attribute enabled for Tortuga Atmosphere by Pieter Boelen and Grey Roger
. Smuggling fixes by Levis
. Error log entry due to equipping promotion officers fixed by Pieter Boelen
. Nation for promotion rewards fixed for Emisarries by Grey Roger
. Fast Travel issues in Guadeloupe and Charlestown fixed by Pieter Boelen
. No Blackbeard on Isla de Muerta if you are Blackbeard yourself by Pieter Boelen
. Musket/Musketoon on Back code completely rewritten and improved by Jack Rackham
. More fixes to smuggling by Levis
. Delete unhired officers from tavern upon leaving by Pieter Boelen
. Shipyard Interface upgrade exploit fixed by Levis
. Error in boarding code fixed by Pieter Boelen
. Display spelling improved for navy officer titles by Pieter Boelen
. Distance factor in Escort Quest pay fixed by Levis
. More Fetch Quest errors fixed by Levis and Pieter Boelen
. More fixes to abilities by Levis, including icon updates by Armada
. Missing .island attributes added to Khael Roa locations by Pieter Boelen
. Fixes to island code, including corrected display for fort names, by Pieter Boelen
. Fixes to Maltese Knight Abbey, including ability to kill immortal enemies there in Shotgun Mode, by Pieter Boelen
. Prevented too low ship HP on Stormy Start by Pieter Boelen
. Correct address form for all characters by Pieter Boelen (WIP: To be tested)
. Tortuga Fast Travel fixed by Pieter Boelen
. Scroll functionality added to Questbook Interface by Levis
. Store looting crash fixed by Pedrwyth
. Personal Shipyard crash fixed by Pieter Boelen
. Persistent items added to prevent reinit errors by Levis
. "Nathaniel Hawks" in personal forts fixed by Pieter Boelen
. Nighttime weather-related error logs fixed by Levis
. Appearance of Itemsbox Interface opened through F2 menu fixed by Levis
. Corrected display of rank titles in Character Interface title by Pieter Boelen
. Display of reputation change for female characters fixed by Pieter Boelen
. Nation Relations Interface only shows your relation green (=awaiting promotions) if you actually have a LoM so you can receive that promotion by Pieter Boelen
. Code removed that may remove a LoM at game start when this shouldn't happen by Pieter Boelen
. Distance to forts shown correctly by Pieter Boelen
. Consequences of firing on friendly ships restored by Pieter Boelen
. Error in Pirate Pennant DLL file corrected by Pieter Boelen
. No Save Monks fixed further, including re-enabled third relic and immediate update of skill modifiers, by Pedrwyth
. Sail-To disabled when close to a hostile fort by Pieter Boelen
. Display of label for Hispaniola Treasure Cave fixed by Pedrwyth
. Removed double text on mutiny screen by Pieter Boelen
. Fetch quests should expire correctly by Levis
. When talking to the quest giver for an expired fetch quest, the questbook is updated correctly by Levis
. Attempted fix for smuggling where expiring didn't work by Levis
. Attempted fix for smuggling where battling coastguard made smugglers not talk anymore by Levis
- Storyline Updates:
. Sidequests:
> Sidequests split from Standard Storyline by Pieter Boelen
> Generic sidequests disabled where a custom version is available by Pieter Boelen
> Arabella Silehard last name changed to match with period-correct governor by Pieter Boelen
> Marc Blacque can be hired as officer by Salonikasurf
> Girl Won in Card Game ending fixed by Pieter Boelen
> Completing Turks Help sets you neutral to the pirates by Grey Roger
> "Sink the Vogelstuijs" sidequest dialog rewritten by Salonikasurf
> Animist Sidequest passenger and prison warden errors fixed by pedrwyth
> Edgar Attwood sidequest enabled in all storylines by Pieter Boelen
> Fix for "sink pirate ship at Martinique", including update for period, by Pieter Boelen
> Mateus Santos reward items changed to normal type by Grey Roger
> Turks Help potential lock fixed by Pieter Boelen
> "Smuggling for Thomas O'Reilly" made independent from Standard Storyline by Pieter Boelen
> Artois Voysey quest loop error fixed by Pieter Boelen
> Vigila Mendes quest rewritten to improve reliability by Pieter Boelen
> Patric Cardone quest bypass fixed by Grey Roger
> Moulin sidequest corrected for Early Explorers by Grey Roger
> Church Help sidequest corrected for Early Explorers by Grey Roger
> Strange Things Going on in the Caribbean sidequest corrected for Early Explorers by Grey Roger
> Saving Toff's Daughter sidequest corrected for Early Explorers by Grey Roger
> Governor Ship Hunting quest expires after a month so you get a new one afterwards by Pieter Boelen
. Tutorial in Standard and Free Play storylines:
> Locked locations after French Tutorial fixed by Pieter Boelen
> American tutorial enabled by pedrwyth
. Standard Storyline:
> Black Pearl boarding deck texture fixed by Pieter Boelen
> Black Pearl stats improved by Grey Roger
> "Become Old Man" code removed by Pieter Boelen
> Boarding certain quest ships fixed by pedrwyth
. Jack Sparrow Storyline:
> Appearance of Pintel and Ragetti as officers fixed by Pieter Boelen
> Montanez code corrected by Pieter Boelen
. Free Play Storyline:
> Malcolm Hatcher hostile nation randomized by pedrwyth
> Availability of Artois Voysey sidequest fixed by Pieter Boelen
> Ensure characters without a starting island are friendly with the Pirates by Pieter Boelen
> Ensure safe port leave for Tortuga starts by Pieter Boelen
> Fixed Brave Black Flag tutorial by Pieter Boelen
. Assassin Storyline:
> Repeated rewards exploit fixed by Grey Roger
. Bartolomeu Storyline:
> Cartagena Firecracker Quest fixed by Bartolomeu o Portugues
> Various issues fixed by Bartolomeu o Portugues and Grey Roger
> Give custom personal flag to Roxanne Lalliere by Grey Roger
. Hornblower Storyline:
> No salary requirement, cannot hire officers and cannot gain ranks until after main quest by Pieter Boelen
> Relations throughout fixed by Grey Roger
> Quest officers added and removed as appropriate by Grey Roger
> Stuck during Fight on Guadeloupe fixed by Pieter Boelen
> Further fixes to storyline by Grey Roger
> Quest extension added to the end by Grey Roger, with help of Jack Rackham
> Lieutenant Quelp appearance on Antigua fixed by Grey Roger
> Quest loop after end fixed by Pieter Boelen
> Served nation restored to England by Pieter Boelen
> Prevent changing nationality on temporary companion ships at game start by Pieter Boelen
> Provided Common Long Rifles to Riflemen by Pieter Boelen
> Corrected NPC ranks and titles throughout the storyline by Pieter Boelen
> Corrected various potential quest loops and repeated dialogs by Pieter Boelen
> Moved "C.S. Forester" to less obvious location at game start by Pieter Boelen
> Further dialog and quest corrections by Grey Roger
. Woodes Rogers Storyline:
> Corrected equipping of characters throughout the story by Jack Rackham
. Gold-Bug Storyline:
> New WIP content included by Jack Rackham
- For Future Development:
. Whip added for quest purposes by Jack Rackham
. Realistic Cargo Mod by Pieter Boelen
> Disabled with SHIPS_WEIGHT toggle at the bottom of PROGRAM\globals.c, enabling requires New Game!
> Crew amount and cannons included dynamically in cargo capacity
> Overweight ships capsize if the problem is not resolved within a minute
> Naval ships have double capacity for supplies, but reduced extra capacity for other cargo
> Minimum and maximum crew overwritten if set too low in ships_init.c
- Model and Texture Updates:
. Sao Feng, Sao Feng's guards, Pintel, Sri Sumbhajee, Sri Sumbhajee's aides, Francis Drake, Michiel de Ruyter and Eduardo Villanueva characters models added by Jack Rackham
. Golden Hind ship model with extra details added by Jack Rackham, Hylie Pistof and Armada
. Satanist Fleut retexture added as 'Mefisto' replacement in Early Explorers and The Spanish Main by Grey Roger
. Wider pier added to Antigua Port by Hylie Pistof and Pieter Boelen
> Corrected location of Cellar Entrance by Jack Rackham
. San Juan "sea locators" turned 180 degrees by Jack Rackham
- Modder Tools:
. Skill debug dialog option by Levis
. Globals.c added DEBUG functionality: Reinit functionality updates player and companion ship stats by Pieter Boelen
- ADDITIONAL INSTALLATION OPTIONS:
. Unfinished Storylines by Pieter Boelen
> Contains Devlin Opera storylineWhen using the ZIP update on a prior 3.5 savegame, always use F11 at the start of your game to make sure everything is set right again.
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