Mod ideas - autosail, escort?

themodelcitizen · Gunner Posts: 864 **14646 Gold** -

These types of requests would be suited for some of the legends of forum past like AdamMil and Phalzyr, but there must be a way to set autopilot for a specific destination - like when you sail too far off the map and your first mate offers to point you in the direction of a specific city.

Even better would be using the code that the AI uses to plot a course, doing zig-zags against the wind and going around obstacles.

I'd also love the ability to follow a ship at its own speed, which the AI does in cases of escort ships, so you could follow ships without having to find ways to slow down.

One last thing - when you're at the merchant, there should be a box showing how many guns your flagship has as its max, I wonder if that's doable. Not sure if there's a quicker way than just checking the Pirate-o-Pedia.

Pirate · Helmsman Posts: 5589 **109759 Gold** -

Sounds like thatâ€™s way out of my knowledge range which doesnâ€™t take much schooling to get past. Kids are already past it. Ships the oneâ€™s I sail I know by heart the number of canons. If I can get it my Flagship is the SOL. Usually start out with a sloop and work my way up. I try keep captured ships for selling but I donâ€™t keep merchant ships or Galleons or barques or war conoes. Just my preference.

corsair91 · Sailing Master Posts: 8202 **206653 Gold** -

FYI

Phalzyr - Sid Meiers Pirates! PHTrainer v3.20
http://www.hookedonpirates.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8562

includes amongst other features:
(see link above for full features)

Personal Status Tab:
Create Phantom Cannons For Battle
- You'll Always get maximum Cannons For battle Whether You Have Them Or Not

Fleet Status Tab:
* Set Your ship and Enemy ship to have a minimum ship speed in the world or battle (separately)

Battle Tab:
* No Reload for Your ship and/or enemy - You don't have to wait to fire again.
* Enemy Only fire Cannons Once

Teleport Tab:
* Set and go to anywhere instantly (some have default locations for you but you can overwrite/reset them) now 12 places to set.
* Go to any of the Top Ten pirates. Note if they are in a town it might do something funny so just teleport again.
* Go to Baron Raymando or Marquis Montalban.
* Go to Selected Special City (Note some cities might cause you to teleport elsewhere on exit)

themodelcitizen · Gunner Posts: 864 **14646 Gold** -

Love the trainer, what I'm thinking of is different though, although you could imagine the trainer having similar options such as following a nearby ship