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 Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2019 10:07 pm Post subject: AdamMil - The Challenge Pack Mod Link |
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AdamMil - The Challenge Pack Mod Link
The Challenge Pack Release Thread
http://www.hookedonpirates.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6768
Iron-man Mod - This mod prevents the player from simply reloading a saved game after making a mistake.
Minor Relations / Useless Items Mod - This mod fleshes out the relationships with the minor powers (pirates, Indians, and Jesuits), which were never implemented in the original game, and gives use to the Indian and Jesuit artifacts, which were therefore useless in the original game. It also makes disguises more useful and fixes the Dutch rutter so it works correctly according to its description.
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Useless items do have a gameplay effect, see here for further info
http://www.hookedonpirates.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=125297#125297
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/SidMeiersPirates
(Click on YMMV Button, scroll down to the Obvious Beta Section)
Realistic Cannonball Speed - This mod increases the cannonballs to a realistic speed, giving a very different and more challenging combat experience.
Reformulated Crew Happiness - This mod changes the crew happiness formulas to eliminate the exploit that allowed players to sail indefinitely without ever paying the crew. It also makes the crew take into account the length of the voyage when dividing the plunder, makes the musical instruments a bit more effective, and fixes a minor bug in the game's calculation of crew morale. This mod is balanced for the harder difficulty levels (Adventurer, Rogue, and Swashbuckler), and might make the easy difficulty levels easier.
Slower Aging - This mod reduces the effects of aging by 25%. This is the only mod that makes the game easier, but the result is more realistic and it helps with finishing the more difficult game that results from applying the other mods.
Tenacious Top Pirates - This mod makes the top pirates never surrender, in the same way that the main quest villains never surrender, meaning that you have to duel them aboard their ships to beat them. Unlike the main quest villains, however, top pirate ships can still be sunk.
Miscellaneous fixes - This mod simply fixes minor grammatical errors in the game text. It is always enabled when you use the challenge pack.
As a bonus, if you don't select any mods, you'll get a clean, unencrypted executable that's suitable for creating mods and applying other people's mods. (The Steam version supports no exe mods. The retail version supports exe data mods but not code mods. This version supports both code and data mods.)
To use it, replace your game executable (Pirates!.exe) with the one generated by the program. (You may want to make a backup first.)
AdamMil Challenge Pack Website
The Sid Meier's Pirates! Challenge Pack
http://www.adammil.net/blog/v121_The_Sid_Meier_s_Pirates_Challenge_Pack.html
Sid Meier's Pirates! Iron Man Mod
http://www.adammil.net/blog/v120_Sid_Meier_s_Pirates_Iron_Man_Mod.html
(included in the Challenge Pack)
also available IDA Pro 6.1 database for the executable
Further Info
http://www.adammil.net/blog/v122_Introducing_ExePatch.html
http://www.adammil.net/blog/v115_Real-world_Decompilation_with_IDA_Pro.html
Mirror Link:
The Sid Meier's Pirates! Challenge Pack by Adam Milazzo
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2303356458
Download (version 1.2.3):
https:/mega.nz/file/cegQgaaQ#plHEot4WMa8d7M0C7Rw8LVhW0g-Z4GlrqWj4YnKELmE
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themodelcitizen
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| Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 3:52 am Post subject: |
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Posted on his website which has a bunch of software stuff and got a reply, nice to know he's still online even if not in the modding scene these days:
Me:
| Quote: | Hey Adam, huge fan of your work, just wanted to say hi and let you know there's still loads of us enjoying it! Jlangsdo even popped in to the HoP forums for a hot minute a while back, left us his tools to create new maps, and then quickly disappeared back into the ether... I've made a bunch of mods (European map and others) the last couple years as well, most with your Challenge Pack as a base before hex editing the exe further.
Anyway just wanted to check in and let you know there are still lots of us appreciating and using your work! Great to see the community still going strong. |
Adam:
| Quote: | | Dear Model Citizen, thank you for the kind words. I sometimes feel like I should load up a game of Pirates! just for old times' sake, but kids and work always take up my time. Anyway, I'm glad to know somebody is still getting use out of my old work. Take care, - Adam |
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themodelcitizen
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Remember when someone posted a video going through the mods here, and they thought that corsair91 was the author of several of the mods because they saw your name everywhere? I get that you want to have an exhaustive list of every relevant link imaginable, but it ends up looking like you're taking credit for a lot of old mods, and it's misleading visitors into thinking that. |
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I doubt that’s his intentions but it’s certainly okay to bring things up that’s bothering you as well. Corsair doesn’t mod he’s more like the site coordinator and information gatherer. It wouldn’t hurt if y have a mod under his name be changed to yours I’m sure he will comply if not Fleetp can. All I can do is delete spam. Anyway I see your concern and it can be resolved peacefully. I clashed a couple times with Corsair but at the end of the day I realized he’s a good guy trying to help out. Sometimes we take stuff the wrong way I know I do. |
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themodelcitizen
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He's a terrific resource, but needs to chill! Like, literally post 90% less and it would still be a lot.
The constant spam-like posts are turning the forum into an unreadable mess and actively discouraging new members from digging in! We want to build a community here, not scare people away |
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