Need Help You want to help but can't code?

[A.H]

Yes I'm reading through the "Need testing" threads.. most of them are from a month or more ago; anything recently such as quests/side quests/ specific features that need testing?

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Certainly the various Custom Starts and the Select Storyline Interface could do with a critical eye.
Also the various ways to play the Jack Sparrow storyline could do with compatibility checks because a lot of storyline stuff has recently been changed.

 

[Levis]

I've got also something which I would like someone to test.
Recently I came across a problem with a program I wrote which had to do lots of calculations in realtime and the computer should have been more than capable of doing it but the processor just didn't want to do it. After A while I found out by putting the priority of the program higher I did get the performance I wanted.
This made me think maybe we could use this for POTC too. This would mean some windows and background tasks are getting slower but I don't know many people who multitask while playing POTC.
But it could cause instability with for example videocard drivers and such so we need to see if this could actually work.
Could you start POTC for me then go to your task manager (ctrl+alt+esc) and go to processes. Select engine.exe and right click on it. And go to set priority. Please move it 1 higher and play the game for a while and see if anything weird happens and if you get better performance. Then move it up 1 higher again and keep doing this untill weird things happen and let me know on which priority it still worked well.

 

[Levis]

We need people to try this sidequest:
http://www.piratesahoy.net/threads/vigila-mendez.24878/page-2

 

[Levis]

We also need help with this sidequest:
http://www.piratesahoy.net/threads/artois-voysey-quest-loop.21968/page-2

 

[A.H]

Would this be the quest where you win in a poker game at tavern then he takes you to the bar cabin and he offers to play you for the girl? Then when you let girl go she asks you to find her fiancee in Martiqiue?

If not then nvm.. im also doing another sidequest from Cayman which I'm having a little trouble with.. perhaps the city name is wrong, or is the name mentioned on this screen a name of a person?

 

[Levis]

No we need help with the quest for the guy in san juan in the store.
And the one which is fighting with someone else in (I believe) the pirate settlement.
but @Pieter Boelen probably knows a better way to describe.
Or you check the wiki:
these two:
http://www.piratesahoy.net/wiki/escort-vigila-mendes-ship/
http://www.piratesahoy.net/wiki/artois-voysey/

 

[Levis]

Anothing thing what needs to be tested:
Please board a ship and capture the captain and hire him as officer.
Please tell me which (contributing) perks he or she (is that possible?) has and what kind of officer type it shows.

 

[Levis]

spamming away
We also need help with testing the escort mission.
http://www.piratesahoy.net/threads/no-cargo-for-escorted-ships.25089/#post-509990
Please do an escort mission and if you accepted it go to console.c
and paste this line after:

ref pchar = GetMainCharacter();
    ref ch;
    int i;
    int limit;

on a new line.
Now ingame press f12 and check if the escort ship has cargo.

 

[A.H]

Ok Ill do the capture captain for now, then I'll try to sort out the 2 quests I'm on, then I'll move on to one of the quests you mentioned =)

 

[Pieter Boelen]

If not then nvm.. im also doing another sidequest from Cayman which I'm having a little trouble with.. perhaps the city name is wrong, or is the name mentioned on this screen a name of a person?

That is a shore somewhere.

 

[A.H]

Yes got in, now I reached the point where I battle with davy jones in the beach.. but wtf once I take out my sword I die right away.. is it only meant to be done with godmode on?

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Yes got in, now I reached the point where I battle with davy jones in the beach.. but wtf once I take out my sword I die right away.. is it only meant to be done with godmode on?

http://www.piratesahoy.net/wiki/elizabeth-shaws-disappearance/
You are supposed to be knocked out there.

 

[A.H]

lol and i spent 30 minutes reloading game with a little hope that I might defeat him

and wow if I had that wiki I would have finished this quest hours ago.. I only found main quests.. where did you grab this one from

 

[Pieter Boelen]

and wow if I had that wiki I would have finished this quest hours ago.. I only found main quests.. where did you grab this one from

At the moment they're all listed here: http://www.piratesahoy.net/wiki/original-story-tales-of-a-sea-hawk/
Since they are no longer tied to the Standard Storyline, ideally the wiki should be edited to match.
I've been hoping that @Talisman might find the time to update it....

 

[A.H]

ah well now I know where to dig =)

 

[Levis]

Could someone tell me, how many levels does it take to get to all 10 for the skills.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

I'm not sure that it's quite possible through normal play.

 

[Hylie Pistof]

I have never come even remotely close to using them all.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Wow. If you don't manage it, I don't think any normal player would.