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COAS Information

Good find, Stallion. Thanks.

The good:
-Nice graphics, a matter of taste
-Model and terrain details increased, higher texture resolutions are always a good thing
-Larger areas available to discover
-Endless possibilities with this game in our hands <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />

Negative (guess its ok, afterall its not our game)
-I still think our GUI made by pirate_kk, maximus and superdurnius are nicer looking, cant help thinking "Turkish/Arab" when I see those screenshots
-The "arcade"-healthbars on the ships does not blend in
-AoP gameplay
 
Can you elaborate further on the AoP game play aspect? It's been a while since I've played POTC and AoP.
 
Here are some screenshots from my partially translated version. Just wish I had access to more of the files, I'd have hella more of it translated already.

<a href="http://s20.photobucket.com/albums/b237/LordDrow/CoAS%20Screenshots/" target="_blank">LordDrow's CoAS Screenshots</a>

There are only a few shots of ships, lots of screens of the world map and some shots of some dutch gent carrying around a rifle.... CORRECTLY if you notice. **grins**

Cap'n Drow
 
Hi Cap'n_Drow,

Password needed to view <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />
 
Sorry about that.
Didn't notice that all albums were made private after the latest Photobucket update. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dunno.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":shrug" border="0" alt="dunno.gif" />

Should be fixed now folks!

Cap'n Drow
 
Man.. those deck textures look like utter shit. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/piratesing.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":shock" border="0" alt="piratesing.gif" /> They're way too clean!! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="xD:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> At least masts seem to look allright now instead of some plain boring and simple reddish wood texture (<img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sick.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":eww" border="0" alt="sick.gif" />). <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":yes" border="0" alt="yes.gif" />

Could you show us pictures of all of the ships in the game? And if you do then please take those pictures at day (in game day) so I could see more. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":yes" border="0" alt="yes.gif" />

I don't like that little dinghy yer sailing with but I do like this ship:

<img src="http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b237/LordDrow/CoAS%20Screenshots/Corsairs3_0024.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

Finally they've remade that little galleon from Sea Dogs (My favorite ship there because of the dutchmanish look.. too bad it's slow). <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":yes" border="0" alt="yes.gif" />
 
Whoever said anything in new Akella games made sense? <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="xD:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" />
 
Its based on the AoP mechanics, with an updated Storm engine and LOTS of additons. It wasn't actually made by Akella, but by a Russian modding group with help from Akella. Akella then published it in the soviet countries.

The Russian version came out over a year ago now. November 07 if I remember correctly. We've been waiting all that time here in the west for it.

When I get a chance, I'll post up more close-ups of ships, combat and more.

Cap'n Drow
 
Ahh, I see. I am very eager to play COAS, i wonder when it will be released in the west. Is it a good Cap'n Drow?

Wait, if it's not made by Akella, it might not be buggy, right?
 
Other than the fact that there are some things I can't quite figure out since I don't read a speck of russian.... Yet... Its turning out to be quite fun. I've noticed NONE of the bugs that were there in AoP. Not one single crash, randomly multiplying cargo or anything else.

Lets see. Some more of the new additions...

If you don't have a map, you've got NO clue where the hell you are, and I'm not just talking overall. To see stuff on the islands you need maps for each island or section of mainland you will be visiting.

you can get around and find stuff without the maps, but it does help to have them.

You've got to have food and rum aboard ship or your crew may mutiny.

It takes some serious work to build up your char now. And you gain XP depending on what you are doing. Similar to the XP system thats been worked up for the build mod. Each skill has its own skill level and XP.

There you have a bit more info again.

Cap'n Drow
 
That's great! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/w00t.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":woot" border="0" alt="w00t.gif" />
 
You can find or purchase maps. Some of them are quite rare and expensive though.

When you sell ships to the shipwright. They are temporarily persistent. So as long as you go back within one or two days, you can buy back a ship just the way you sold it, minus any crew or cargo you left aboard.

The available stock at a shipyard can change over time. And purchasing a ship does not mean just buying the ship. Time appears to pass in-game when you buy a new ship. Same thing goes for repairs done to your existing ships.

Ship performance is GREATLY affected by number, experience level AND morale of your crew.

If you don't have weapons in your cargo, your crew will go into battle unarmed and thus will be more likely to die during the boarding battle. Officers on the other hand have whatever specific gear you give them. And if they die you can recover the gear you gave them. (the officers that is, loss of generic crew results in depletion of only your generic cargo-hold 'weapons').

Choose your weapons carefully then practice, practice, practice or you will die, die, DIE!

Cap'n Drow
 
<!--quoteo(post=293270:date=Dec 17 2008, 06:55 PM:name=Stallion)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Stallion @ Dec 17 2008, 06:55 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=293270"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Whoever said anything in new Akella games made sense? <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="xD:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

They may as well include ailien ships in CoAS <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="xD:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" />
 
They could have made a Nautilus into the game! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="xD:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" />
 
<!--quoteo(post=293375:date=Dec 18 2008, 02:31 PM:name=xzirri)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (xzirri @ Dec 18 2008, 02:31 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=293375"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->They may as well include ailien ships in CoAS <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="xD:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

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<img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":blink:" border="0" alt="blink.gif" /> Why is it in the game? <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":?" border="0" alt="unsure.gif" />
 
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