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Bridger
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 Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 6:58 pm Post subject: Changing the size of ships cargo hold |
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This used to be a doddle in the old 8 & 16-bit versions  of the game, combined hold space of your fleet was kept in a couple of bytes in the manageable saved game file.
Been looking to do the same with the 2004 version, with no luck. The saved game is often too massive to give any clues, nothing obvious in assets, so I'm guessing its hard-coded in the executable somewhere? Any ideas where to look? |
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loki59
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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Can't be changed. The closest you can come is to use Phalzyr's trainer to load any amount of goods you want in your ship. You can, for example, put 100 tons of food, luxuries, spices etc... aboard your war canoe, even crew can be added over the maximum allowable. |
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Bridger
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| Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:32 pm Post subject: |
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| loki59 wrote: | | Can't be changed. |
Hmm, pre-defined values have a set location, its just a matter of finding 'em. Done a bit of trial & error and found the ships cargo hold values are kept in the back end of the executable (V1.0.2, 3325952k), at regularly-spaced intervals:
#SHIP---NAME--------------------HOLD-----=$-------$OFFSET
00------War Canoe----------------20------1400------325B1C-D
01------Sloop-----------------------40------2800------325B60-1
02------Brigantine-----------------60------3C00------325BA4-5
03------Coastal Barque----------60------3C00------325BE8-9
04------Fluyt------------------------80------5000------325C2C-D
05------Merchantman------------100-----6400------325C70-1
06------Frigate---------------------80------5000------325CB4-5
07------Fast Galleon--------------80------5000------325CF8-9
08------Trade Galleon-----------120-----7800------325D3C-D
09------Pinnace-------------------25------1900------325D80-1
0A------Sloop of War-------------50------3200------325DC4-5
0B------Brig------------------------70------4600------325E08-9
0C------Barque--------------------70------4600------325E4C-D
0D------Large Fluyt---------------100----6400------325E90-1
0E------Large Merchantman----120----7800------325ED4-5
0F------Large Frigate-------------90------5A00------325F18-9
10------War Galleon--------------90------5A00------325F5C-D
11------Royal Galleon------------130-----8200------325FA0-1
12------Mail Runner---------------30------1E00------325FE4-5
13------Royal Sloop---------------60------3C00------326028-9
14------Brig of War---------------80------5000------32606C-D
15------Ocean Barque-----------80------5000------3260B0-1
16------West Indiaman---------120-----7800------3260F4-5
17------East Indiaman----------140-----8C00------326138-9
18------Ship of the Line---------100-----6400------32617C-D
19------Flag Galleon-------------100-----6400------3261C0-1
1A------Treasure Galleon-------140-----8C00------326204-5
Apologies for the crooked list format  !
I only looked for cargo values, but I'm betting that alot of the other values for the ships are also here. Surprised that no-one else has done this? |
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Bridger
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| Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 12:09 pm Post subject: |
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Curious side effect: give a ship type a large cargo bay and capture one, you will get a proportionally large haul in food/goods/sugar etc. as each item seems to be based on a percentage of available space... |
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ExtraCrispy
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| Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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What did you open the exe with? |
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Bridger
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| Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:38 am Post subject: |
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HexEdit V2 Free by ExpertComSoft, a bit of an old one but it still does the job. |
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KC0STP
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| Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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hmm any chance I can get ya to make me a mod with this stuff?  either that or an idiots guide to doing it myself |
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ExtraCrispy
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| Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:44 am Post subject: |
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This definitely opens up new modding possibilities. I wonder what else is tied to the .exe. If you may be able to change the text during the scenes.  |
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corsair91
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| Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2023 2:41 am Post subject: |
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Bump - above info post by Bridger maybe of interest |
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Pirate
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| Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2023 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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Sea Dogs I could change just about anything you wanted to change including making a sloop hold as much as a trade Galleon or a trade Galleon as fast as a sloop. Put 24 pound cannons on a sloop you name it I could do it. |
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