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Question about buld mod.

con20or

con20or

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Hi, im new to this forum, i dowloaded the full 12.1 build mod last night and installed it.

I have a few questions, some might sound stupid, but ive looked around and cant find the answers.

1.What have i installed? Ive read the read me file, but i read a thread about founding your own colony <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/bookish.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":mm" border="0" alt="bookish.gif" />

Is that true? it must be way later i the game, or is this mod a new game entirely?



2. I followed the installatiion instructions, but i was stumped at the first one, it said i should delete the files in my SAVE folder, I dont have a save folder. I do have save games however, but i cannot find where they are.

3. I installed it anyway, it didnt give me any error messages, and i started a new game. It seemed exactly the same. Is there a load up screen telling me that I am now playing build 12? if there is, i didnt see it. is there anyway to know if it was successful,aside form a txt file appearing in the main folder?


Finally, I have not installed any build mods before, should i have done that first?


Thanks in advance for you help, I would love to get in POTC more, i liked the stock game but there were too many storms and pirates , you couldnt have a minutes peace:)

if you wanted it. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />
 
Make sure there are no files in the SAVE folder. If there isn't a save folder, it doesn't matter. There can't be files in an unexisting folder, now, can there? Make sure you start a NEW game. If Build 12 was correctly installed, the main menu should look totally different. If this isn't the case, open up your PROGRAM folder and see if BuildSettings.h is in there. If it <i>is</i>, the files <i>were</i> properly extracted. You don't need any previous Build mods installed.

The "Build your own town" mod is not in Build 12. In the Post Build 12 mods, we have a building set and some other people are working on getting the "Build your town" mod made, but so far, it isn't there.
 
Ok, I mustnt have installed it properly, because the menu looks the same. i had a feeling i had made a mistake somewhere. Ill try it agin, thanks Pieter.
 
Did you check if BuildSettings.h is in the PROGRAM subfolder? Make sure the installation folder for the Build is the same as the folder where your game is located.
 
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Did you check if BuildSettings.h is in the PROGRAM subfolder? Make sure the installation folder for the Build is the same as the folder where your game is located.
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buldsettings.h is there, so it did work? The menu screen is the same. my save games are still there though.
 
Im reinstalling it to see if i can get it to work. Do i need to install any patches first? or is it just the stock version plus the build mod 12.1?
 
Ok, the clean install work, now i got in. I noticed a few weird things though. My status bars seem to be at zero, plus my decks awash most of the time even though im at full hull integrity.

Plus when i lower sails, they dont actually lower, and i dont stop. ANy ideas where the fix is?
 
Make sure you reset the controls to default first. Also: The hull status bar being black is a known bug. Don't worry; The hull <i>is</i> at full status. I could explain to you why it doesn't work properly, but that's a long story. This bug is fixed in the Post Build 12 mods. Unfrotunately, that modpack has a lot of other bugs. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad.gif" />
 
Ok Peter, thanks. Have you any idea about the sails problem?

Where do i reset the controls to default?
 
You can reset the controls to default in the Options > Controls menu. I think that should solve the sails problem. You know you need to S and W keys to sail, don't you? The arrow keys aren't used by default. You can change these controls though. But DON'T change the sidestep controls!
 
<!--quoteo(post=143928:date=Mar 29 2006, 06:19 PM:name=Pieter Boelen)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Pieter Boelen @ Mar 29 2006, 06:19 PM) [snapback]143928[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
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Im actually insulted by that question. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/duel_pa.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":ixi" border="0" alt="duel_pa.gif" />
 
Sorry. Just wanted to make sure. Some people who had similar troubles didn't know. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/oops3.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":eek:ops2" border="0" alt="oops3.gif" />
 
<!--quoteo(post=143939:date=Mar 29 2006, 07:32 PM:name=Pieter Boelen)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Pieter Boelen @ Mar 29 2006, 07:32 PM) [snapback]143939[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
Sorry. Just wanted to make sure. Some people who had similar troubles didn't know. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/oops3.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":eek:ops2" border="0" alt="oops3.gif" />
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Arrr, i only be pulling your peg-leg. yarr. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />


I just downloaded the fix mod,i just extracted all the files into the parent directory??
 
If you downloaded the "extreme measures" fix, make sure you are already running the <a href="http://pieter.piratesahoy.org/downloads/post_b12_full_upd_25-3-06.zip" target="_blank">25 March release</a> (check this by opening Post Build 12 Version.txt in the main folder). You should just extract it in the parent directory, yes. But you should have "use folder names" on in WinZip, otherwise it won't work. Please note: This version actually TAKES OUT all new ships, to check if these were the cause of some Crashes To Desktop we've been experiencing. A new game is required.
 
<img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/william.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":will" border="0" alt="william.gif" /> ok,i think ive ruined everything.i extracted the post build 12 mod into the paretn directory and let it overwrite files. i then changed the controls to default. now when i press sidestep, i float in the air and can fly around the island.
 
The sidestep button has no collision detection, so you can float right through everything. When you stop pressing the sidestep button, do you stop sidestepping? If you don't stop sidestepping, reset controls to default again. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":?" border="0" alt="unsure.gif" />
 
Um, hello. I encountered a problem while trying to donwload the update for build 12. I had just beagan installing it and all was going well until it said "could not communicate to the network server. error 1" . I was just wondering if anyone besides me has encountered this problem. Can someone tell me what the problem is?
 
I don't know a server may be down. You might try again and pick a different mirror.
 
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Um, hello. I encountered a problem while trying to donwload the update for build 12.
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What do you mean with the update? Did you try to run the b12update.exe in the Updates folder? That doesn't work. Doesn't matter, because all the official updates are already in the full download file and the rest is in the Post Build 12 mods. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />
 
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