Introducing Myself

[Grey Roger]

Purpure has gone international! The mod for "Pirates of the Caribbean" is being translated into Spanish, and Purpure's dialogue and story texts are now included:


@Homo eructus, who did the translating, pointed out an interesting coincidence. Assuming that "squire" in "Squire of the Sea" is figurative, referring to a noble and brave character, rather than a literal servant of a knight, he translated the title as "La Hidalga de los Mares" - and then noted that the Spanish title for the old film "Captain Horation Hornblower R.N." is "El Hidalgo de los Mares". Spain already has a "squire of the sea" and Purpure is in distinguished company!

 

[Purpure Longstride]

That's interesting to know. Yes, the Squire is a metaphorical title, not a literal reference to any knight's servants. I've read the Hornblower books myself.

 

[Homo eructus]

Purpure has gone international! The mod for "Pirates of the Caribbean" is being translated into Spanish, and Purpure's dialogue and story texts are now included:
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@Homo eructus, who did the translating, pointed out an interesting coincidence. Assuming that "squire" in "Squire of the Sea" is figurative, referring to a noble and brave character, rather than a literal servant of a knight, he translated the title as "La Hidalga de los Mares" - and then noted that the Spanish title for the old film "Captain Horation Hornblower R.N." is "El Hidalgo de los Mares". Spain already has a "squire of the sea" and Purpure is in distinguished company!

That screenshot contains a typo in the dialogue. Fixed now

 

[Grey Roger]

That screenshot contains a typo in the dialogue. Fixed now

Just in time - I'm about to upload a long overdue update!

 

[Purpure Longstride]

Hello again, it's been a year since I last checked these forums, but my art project's still going strong. I've attached a few more bits of art from 2024 about the pirate world.

 

[Grey Roger]

Nice work!

Of particular interest are the one with dark hair, white shirt and blue trousers and the one with fair hair and light blue dress. Here's why:


On the left, character model "50_33Petra". On the right, "towngirl1".

If you go into a tavern in PoTC, you'll often see a random character sitting at a table waiting to be hired as an officer. Sometimes it's female, and of those, occasionally she uses the "50_33Petra" model. She's not quite the same as yours, with grey trousers instead of blue, and a blue sash, but when I saw your pictures I was immediately reminded of this one.

"Towngirl1" can be seen wandering around towns, either a random visitor or a permanent resident. A few of them are associated with quests. The one in the picture is Sabine Matton, daughter of a storekeeper and not very happy about it because he wants to send her off to her godmother on another island, and ultimately to force her into a marriage. If you do the right things, you can get her as an officer. For a female PC, this is very easy - Sabine looks up to you as a role-model and actively asks to join you. A male PC needs to be sneakier - nothing unpleasant for Sabine, but you do end up double-crossing her father.

If you don't like the brown part of "towngirl1", there's also this:

"Brinkley" is a more ornate version of "towngirl1", without the brown bit and with more elaborate decoration on the blue. She's used for a specific character, whom you may meet if you choose to play Captain Jack Sparrow's storyline.

And all of this reminds me that I need to get on with Purpure's pirate outfit! The beret which she's wearing in those new pictures will be a problem, but I should be able to finish off the model with the tricorne hat.

 

[Grey Roger]

And all of this reminds me that I need to get on with Purpure's pirate outfit! The beret which she's wearing in those new pictures will be a problem, but I should be able to finish off the model with the tricorne hat.

Done!


The shirt and vest have a bit of extra detail. That's because I'm not much good at creative freehand drawing but I'm an absolute demon at copying and pasting. So the texture for this outfit is a mixture of pieces from four existing character models with the colours changed to look similar to your "Varicoloured Lotus Crew".

There are two ways this outfit could be used. It could be available as another starting character - some other characters already have several different starting outfits so you can choose to play Horation Hornblower starting as a midshipman, a lieutenant or a commander, for example. Or Purpure could start with the dress, then earn the pirate outfit after going up a few levels.

Presumably Lotus is Purpure's new ship. What sort of ship is it?

I had a look at your website and found that the crewmember who looks like "50_33Petra" is called Margaret. It would be very easy to either assign her as Purpure's officer right at the start of a game, or put her somewhere for the player to find. How do you see Purpure meeting Margaret? And what is Margaret's job on the ship?

I didn't find a name for the crewmember in the light blue dress but the same goes for her - how does Purpure meet her and what does she do on the ship? She could also be assigned at the start of a game or put somewhere for the player to find.