Hi all.
As newbie in the forum, it's very likely that this post SHOULD BE in other sub-forum. Sorry in advance.
Wishlist for new build:
*No more bombs. Or with a range a little more than grape shot, and with high ballistic trajectories
* No more bow guns. Never have been. Look even the original plans of 74 guns sails... no bow guns (yes, a couple of low caliber stern guns)
---BTW I can't understand why there wasn't. Maybe structural problems with the
recoils?
* More types of guns, and with smaller calibers.
-- I can't imagine a lugger with a 12 pdrs.... will crack the sides in the first broadside
-- Remember the first book of Jack Aubrey... the Sophie armed 8 pdrs... tried to
put 2 12 pdrs (one in each side) and almost sunk the ship... even they didn't
fire all the broadside guns at once, they fired rolling... the sides couldn't resist
the recoil
-- Proposal of calibers
--- 8 pdrs
--- 12 pdrs
--- 16 pdrs
--- 24 pdrs
--- 32 or 36 pdrs
(BTW, IIRC the biggest guns where the 48 pdrs... in the lower deck of
Santisima Trinidad - sunken at trafalgar)
-- Carronades could be a good idea. Where you can mount a 12 pdrs cannon,
you can substitute it by a 32 pdrs carronade.... much more powerful but with
much less range
* Weather
Actually, IMHO, wind direction and strenght changes too much and too aleatory (¿? - Not englishman - sorry)
After a glimpse at the code it seems that could be hacked:
- chanking wheather changes more often
- puttint limits at the changes
i.e. allow just 30 deg max direction change in high seas, and lets say till
180 deg near coast
* Better behavior of enemy ships - for flee and surrender
It's pathetic to see a lonely corvette, going against the wind, and trying to close to your 100 cannons Manowar... and, btw, sadly too to sink such a beauty ships sometimes (I remember a black Xebec - the "Proserpine", and also a pirate corvette )
- Could it possiible make the enemiy ships make morale checks and decide to flee if the enemy its too strong?
- Also it's not reallistic to have a frigate, without masts, at 20% of hull, at 100 yards of a Manowar, being gunned from bow, and not surrendering.... maybe could be hacked making a sort of automatic boarding, at long distances (let's say 200 yards or so, or the grape distance)
Waiting for comments, ideas, and a new build
(Also, I'll try to make some of this mods... expecting incredible number of crashes
)
See you
As newbie in the forum, it's very likely that this post SHOULD BE in other sub-forum. Sorry in advance.
Wishlist for new build:
*No more bombs. Or with a range a little more than grape shot, and with high ballistic trajectories
* No more bow guns. Never have been. Look even the original plans of 74 guns sails... no bow guns (yes, a couple of low caliber stern guns)
---BTW I can't understand why there wasn't. Maybe structural problems with the
recoils?
* More types of guns, and with smaller calibers.
-- I can't imagine a lugger with a 12 pdrs.... will crack the sides in the first broadside
-- Remember the first book of Jack Aubrey... the Sophie armed 8 pdrs... tried to
put 2 12 pdrs (one in each side) and almost sunk the ship... even they didn't
fire all the broadside guns at once, they fired rolling... the sides couldn't resist
the recoil
-- Proposal of calibers
--- 8 pdrs
--- 12 pdrs
--- 16 pdrs
--- 24 pdrs
--- 32 or 36 pdrs
(BTW, IIRC the biggest guns where the 48 pdrs... in the lower deck of
Santisima Trinidad - sunken at trafalgar)
-- Carronades could be a good idea. Where you can mount a 12 pdrs cannon,
you can substitute it by a 32 pdrs carronade.... much more powerful but with
much less range
* Weather
Actually, IMHO, wind direction and strenght changes too much and too aleatory (¿? - Not englishman - sorry)
After a glimpse at the code it seems that could be hacked:
- chanking wheather changes more often
- puttint limits at the changes
i.e. allow just 30 deg max direction change in high seas, and lets say till
180 deg near coast
* Better behavior of enemy ships - for flee and surrender
It's pathetic to see a lonely corvette, going against the wind, and trying to close to your 100 cannons Manowar... and, btw, sadly too to sink such a beauty ships sometimes (I remember a black Xebec - the "Proserpine", and also a pirate corvette )
- Could it possiible make the enemiy ships make morale checks and decide to flee if the enemy its too strong?
- Also it's not reallistic to have a frigate, without masts, at 20% of hull, at 100 yards of a Manowar, being gunned from bow, and not surrendering.... maybe could be hacked making a sort of automatic boarding, at long distances (let's say 200 yards or so, or the grape distance)
Waiting for comments, ideas, and a new build
(Also, I'll try to make some of this mods... expecting incredible number of crashes

See you