PotC Build Mod Ship Cleanup

[Pieter Boelen]

Does anyone think the period-specific fail-safe ship selection needs to be modified a bit after this?

		// PB: If all fails, return a random period-specific ship type instead of the player ship -->
switch((GetCurrentPeriod()))
{
case PERIOD_EARLY_EXPLORERS:
switch(rand(1))
{
case 0: return GetShipIndex("Carrack"); break;
case 1: return GetShipIndex("caravel1"); break;
}
break;

case PERIOD_THE_SPANISH_MAIN:
switch(rand(2))
{
case 0: return GetShipIndex("SP_Derfflinger"); break;
case 1: return GetShipIndex("pinnace1"); break;
case 2: return GetShipIndex("FastGalleon1"); break;
}
break;

case PERIOD_GOLDEN_AGE_OF_PIRACY:
switch(rand(2))
{
case 0: return GetShipIndex("Barque4_47"); break;
case 1: return GetShipIndex("pinnace1"); break;
case 2: return GetShipIndex("frigate1"); break;
}
break;

case PERIOD_COLONIAL_POWERS:
switch(rand(2))
{
case 0: return GetShipIndex("PiratHannah"); break;
case 1: return GetShipIndex("pinnace1"); break;
case 2: return GetShipIndex("frigate2"); break;
}
break;

case PERIOD_REVOLUTIONS:
switch(rand(2))
{
case 0: return GetShipIndex("ketch"); break;
case 1: return GetShipIndex("Hooker"); break;
case 2: return GetShipIndex("Corvette47"); break;
}
break;

case PERIOD_THE_CORSICAN:
switch(rand(2))
{
case 0: return GetShipIndex("Schooner50"); break;
case 1: return GetShipIndex("FastMerchantman1"); break;
case 2: return GetShipIndex("lineship47"); break;
}
break;
}
// PB: If all fails, return a random period-specific ship type instead of the player ship <--

 

[Short Jack Gold]

I am having a problem in Beta2. plus the fix

I allocate the ship RN_Third_Rate to a character in characters/init.c (Hornblower quest)
and the game crashes at the start of a new game.

If I change the ship to different one - the game runs O.K.

Would someone be kind enough to check: "RN_Third_Rate" for me to confirm/deny that it is a correct ship file.
Thanks.

 

[Hylie Pistof]

In GMViewer, there is no RN_Third_Rate in either beta2 or beta 2.1.

Methinks the ship you are looking for is called RN_Battleship or more likely RN_SuperiorWarship.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

The RN_Third_Rate is one of the many removed/renamed ships. In this case, I think the closest equivalent is RN_Warship.

 

[Talisman]

I am having a problem in Beta2. plus the fix

I allocate the ship RN_Third_Rate to a character in characters/init.c (Hornblower quest)
and the game crashes at the start of a new game.

If I change the ship to different one - the game runs O.K.

Would someone be kind enough to check: "RN_Third_Rate" for me to confirm/deny that it is a correct ship file.
Thanks.

I have just installed Beta 2.1 full ( new clean install - onto stock game ) and Hornblower story starts ok. :?

 

[Pieter Boelen]

I think Short Jack Gold is talking about his unreleased WIP files, not the files included in Beta 2.1. There WAS a problem in Beta 2, but that is fixed now.

 

[Hylie Pistof]

The RN_Third_Rate is one of the many removed/renamed ships. In this case, I think the closest equivalent is RN_Warship.

I just took a look at that ship in GMViewer and it looks to be a 40/44 gun 4th/5th rate. Plus many of the guns in the stern area do not have fire locators.

Someone needs to take a look at the RN_Warship.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

That WAS the original RN_Third_Rate though, modified by Armada, if I recall. We removed the RN_Fourth_Rate, because she looked similar and didn't have enough cannons to qualify as fourth rate.
The Third Rate does qualify as a fourth rate though, but not a third. Again, if I recall...

 

[Armada]

Indeed I modified the former RN_Third_Rate to have 52 guns, which now classifies her as a 4th Rate Ship-of-the-line (the 4th Rate boundaries I use are 46-62 guns).
I recall adding the extra locators to the '_deck' GM file, but it seems I never uploaded that adjustment, because the locators aren't there in Beta 2.
That's slightly annoying, because I kept several ship model folders from before Beta 2 in case this happened, but RN_Third_Rate was not one of them.
I think I wrote down the coordinates somewhere, so I'll see if I can put the locators back and upload the changes sometime.

 

[Short Jack Gold]

Thanks for the information and help shipmates.

The ship is indeed for the current work in progress quest.

I will use another ship for the time being.

Thanks again