Inigo Balboa aka Ronda
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I have received my access code for openworld and entered it in Steam at the Beta's tab and enter the code. Then click "check code" and received "Access code correct, private beta 'clean_Openworld is now available. But in the drop down menu it says "None-Opt out of all beta programs" and no download, what is up with this?
Please help, Toggman
Same problem was here. Restarting Steam helped, downloading now.
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I'd just wait till tomorrow evening at least. You received your PayPal confirmation email, right?
Keep an eye on this thread http://forum.game-labs.net/index.php?/topic/2240-sea-trials-invitations-send-outs-announcements/
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Friendly fire just now (like an hour ago). And realized that too late to apologize, the guy disconnected. I was filming (PVE) and switched off the interface. All my friends were on Bellonas, plus a Trinc on our side. Also there was a Trinc on the other side. Somehow I was lost in buttons and Bandicam.
Luxxa (on Trinc)! If you read this - I'm sorry for shooting at you.
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#6: you sail a bit better.
#7: (gunnery) you reload faster
#8: (survival) you pump out water before your ship sinks (incredibly useful).
Thought I explained that in my post. There is a picture there too
Any way, thanks for the feedback guys! Glad it's useful for new captains.
Oh, and some special buttons I didn't mention - 'cause there is a cool complete keyboard map here, I gave a link to that theme in my topic.
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How are you there guys?
Seen this today about USS Providence http://www.necn.com/news/new-england/USS-Providence-Blows-Over-in-Newport-Rhode-Island-Shipyard-289952791.html
Anything about Constitution besides museum being closed?
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Let me introduce Trident. We are three friends who have known each other since the good old times of "Age of Sail II" and "Privateer's Bounty". We are enthusiasts of naval history and tactics looking forward to creating a well-organized squadron and to enjoy the atmosphere of friendship which is not overwhelmed by military-style discipline.
Thus said, we are most likely going to be privateers. Or Dutch.
Feel free to drop by the tavern on our island for a pint of beer or a bottle of rum.
English and russian languages.
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It's interesting how votes change if you limit the number of choices
. Nelson's Agamemnon was in top 5 previously.Same as last year?) And Hermione too if I remember correctly.
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Utah, USA.
Born and spent 2/3 of my life in Ukraine
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I tried to suggest some US ships because I figured that the nations such as Britain and France would have many more ships by default based on the sheer volume they had.
Nothing is wrong about liking US ships. Tastes differ, that's it. Those guys who speak against them... should at least read some descriptions. "She was originally an East Indiaman, a merchant ship built in France for the French East India Company" (USS Bonhomme Richard).
As for British - they had a lot of legendary ships which people heard of, that would attract more gamers perhaps, so why not.
Another matter is - there should be enough drawings/plans/photos/other references of the ship for the developers. So probably some of the listed ships will be off for that reason.
But in any case I believe this voting is not the only one and not the last opportunity to add your favorite ship to the game
And even if no chance for your favorite one - for whatever reason - there are so many beautiful ones to like -
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I want them all, ended up with 9 votes ))
Rattlesnake and Richard,
Hermione and Bucentaure,
Indy and Agamemnon
Delft and Götheborg (could not decide between 2 indiamen, Amsterdam is cool too)
and... Graña. But any spanish ship would be fine. And another larger one (40+ guns, but none there now).
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Are you able to set your own keyboard setups or have to use what the game gives you, I remember playing games back in the late 90's the arrow keys were always used for movement but not anymore it seems.
Yes, the very 1st screen (when you just start the game) has the tab Input.
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as a temporary option, you can do it in your mixer. Start the game (log in), and you'll see it (integrated sound, not sure how it looks for other soundcards).
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For the system requirements you might want to include a bit about confusion with directx.
Yes, thank you. Added to the 1st post.
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Any idea of when it is gonna be released? And thanks for the very quick replies.
Nope, no idea.
"by the way
Feature work on the Sea Trials will stop - only tuning of ship parameters will be done.
We will only work on the open world features."
http://forum.game-labs.net/index.php?/topic/2526-patch-30-dec/
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Thanks for all feedback, I'm working on it
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Thanks guys) Add whatever you think is useful.
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Remember, this is not a tutorial, but just a little compilation of the forum threads to help you make your 1st steps in the game.
This topic was initially written for Sea Trials, so may contain some obsolete info, links or screenshots. I will resume working on this post soon...
Before you make your order...
- Create a Steam account if you don't have one already. Install Steam on your PC. The game is only available through it.
- It wouldn't hurt to make sure your video card fully supports DirectX 11. Check it on your card's manufacturer site. Briefly – it should be higher then NVIDIA 400 or AMD 5000.A tip from Prater:
Just because dxdiag says you have directx11 doesn't mean your card supports it. Dx11 can be installed on Windows even though the video card doesn't support it, so instead of checking dxdiag you need to check the manufacture specs on your card. This is mostly an issue with older cards, especially integrated chips (mostly concerns laptops). If you have an integrated chip, here is a list of Intel chips. Basically, in this list anything in the 7th generation should work with Naval Action. Those before the 7th will NOT and there is nothing that can be done about it except get a new computer or if you have a desktop computer get a video card.
A list of AMD chips is here.
You can also take a look at this forum thread.
Purchase:
The game is available on Steam.And register on the forum if you haven't already
Installation and activation:
Please see this thread for the detailed instructions.Login:
Currently you can login only with your Steam account, but you can give name to your character and choose nationality. You can have only 1 character per Steam account.
If you cannot login (getting Error message), please check here first.
Welcome to the game!
And there you are, at the capital of your nation.
There is a chat screen on your low left corner. It has many cool options. Note the tags Global, your nation (Neutral on this screenshot) and Help. Mouse click there and type if you need an advice or just want to say hi to the world
Click + if you're missing some tabs. You can also have a private chat with your friends, but first you need to find and add them to your friend-list. Then right-click on your friend's name in the list to see the options as shown below.
Also if you right click on any player's name you'll see a menu which gives you a bunch of options. For example, use Copy if someone posted a web link you need. Note that Trade works only if you and your partner are at the same town.
On the "town" menu, you can also buy or sell ships, equipment and other stuff, check your progress (xp), buy repair kits, upgrade your ship with various modules, install new cannons, move stuff from Hold to Warehouse, hire NPC to sail with you (for low rank players only), take missions (quests) etc.
"Outpost" button lets you buy a slot and then open an outpost, which gives you a warehouse and 5 "docks" (slots) for ships. At the very beginning you only have an outpost at your capital. You can buy new outposts at other towns. Keep in mind that every outpost will be more expensive then the previous one you've bought. Right now you can also teleport to any one of your outposts, but it has 4 hours cooldown. Teleporting to outposts is possible from town (not at sea) and only for the character (no ship). Teleporting to the capital works from the sea and in that case includes your ship too.
Note that cannons have Class and Caliber, those numbers on your equipment screen stand for Class. For example, [7-9] means you can install either long or medium cannons of class 9, 8 or 7, the caliber doesn't matter. Numbers after / are for carronades' class ([7-8] on my screenshot).
Remember, you can buy any ship if you have enough money, but if your rank is too low - you will not be able to hire full crew. Less people you have - more time you need to reload cannons, turn yards etc. Here is the thread about ranks. And another one.
(to be continued)
Sailing:
Ready? Hit Sail and you will see your ship in the open world. Now you're free to do anything you want. Look at the map (or hit M ingame) and travel, trade, find other players and go PvP, chase some NPC and fight (click on the ship to see what nation ant type she is. Currently you're ok to attack ships of any nation besides your own. And if you see that red line "Contraband goods found", you're ok to attack even NPC of your nation). If you attack any other ship of your nation you'll become a pirate (currently no way to "undo" it, so beware).
All nations are at war right now, so you can only use ports of your own nation and neutrals. Use W, A, S, D to control your ship's speed and direction.
To see your stats and to use repair at sea, click the stats button in your top left corner (it looks like 3 horizontal bars). Hit REPAIR and the game will use your repair kits if you have any and if you ship needs to be repaired.
You can always buy more repair kits at any town.
Missions:
Currently the only "quest" you can do is "search and destroy". Click "missions" at any town, and you will be able to chose from the list. You can accept up to 3 missions at once (from the same town or different ones, it doesn't matter). Missions will give you some extra money and XP, on top of what you would earn from the regular battle vs NPC.
Hit M to open your map and see your missions location (crossed swords symbol). Now you have to sail and found it at the sea. Sometimes it can be confusing if several symbols are close to each other. Yours will be slightly higher in the air. And if you click on it you would see "Admiralty Order. Event is too far" or this tab as you sail close enough:
Battle sailing and chat:
Chat window is in your low-left corner. First hit Enter, then type, then press Enter again to send.
Hit Enter and then Tab if you need to switch from Team chat (blue) to All (white) and back.
To see the main chat window (your national, clan etc) - hold CTRL and then click on the tiny "menu" symbol on the right of "Enter text..." frame.
You can also see your speed here (it was 9.3 knots for me when I took this screenshot) and some stats of your ship.
To change your speed use W and S, note how "Full" and 100% changes to "Half" and 50% and so on. Also you can hit B for "battle sails".
T controls staysails. In case it doesn't work correctly, hit W or S to reset them.
The other way to handle your speed and turning is to turn your yards manually. Hold Q or E for forward mast, Z or C for rear mast(s) and see how it all works.
A and D turn your ship's rudder. Double tap A or D for permanent left of right rudder setting, tap once the opposite way from locked left or right and it will centre again.
Hold A or D down to turn rudder temporarily. Let go and it will center again.F will turn on the Skipper Auto mode (will turn your yards to keep maximum speed for your ship... which is not what you always need
) Shooting:
There are different shots that are used by your cannons (1,2,3 keys to pick). Balls are used to punch holes in a ship’s hull and to shoot down masts. Chain is for tearing holes in sails to slow down your enemy. Grape is effective against crew.
In the middle of your screen you will see your cannons' status. Let's take a look. Right now I have 2 cannons loaded with balls on "back" of my ship and 9 on the right. My left cannons are still loading and cannot shoot yet.
To enter aiming mode, right click when looking in the direction you want to fire. To fire - space-bar for a single ranging shot, or left mouse button to fire a whole broadside. To fire only one deck you can lock others by hitting F1, F2, F3, F4 (when in aiming mode).
Another way is to fire "as is", without aiming mode - that would be [ and ]
Note that you have 3 different fire modes controlled by V - random, rolling front and rolling back.
Also R allows you to "lock sector".
K is for mortar "mode" on Mortar Brig.
SHIFT pulls up the scope. You can zoom in using mouse wheel.
Remember, even if you loose the battle you receive experience points, based on your shooting.
Damage and Repair:
Here is the diagram located in the top left corner of your screen:
4 bars show your ships armor. If you look carefully you will see that they are surrounded by an outline of a ship, facing right. As you can see, my ship has badly damaged stern (a bar disappeared there) and took some other damage. Numbers indicate how many leaks I have above and below the waterline on each side. Red 1 below the line means 1 leak under the waterline. Also my pump is somewhat damaged (it is yellow. Red means "broken").
That means I'd better use repair (first you need to buy them at the town). Press 5 and select which part needs to be repaired. Also there is a Survival mode (8) used to pump out water from ship's hull (see your low-left corner), repair leaks and extinguish fire.
Keep in mind that Survival mode slows down your other tasks (Gunnery mode (7) makes reloading faster, Sailing mode (6) adds a bit to your ship's speed and maneuverability). Here is the detailed explanation of how the crew "mods" work.
Boarding:
Let's capture that ship! Hit "9" and get your crew ready (note that it slows down your cannons reloading and other tasks). Read this BOARDING GUIDE for detailed explanation.
Remember, both ships need to slow down (5kn or less). Look for "boarding possible" indicator and hit G.
If you win, you can hit X and take command of the ship. No matter if you did it or did not hit X, when you leave the battle you'll need to choose what to do with your new ship (right click on it) - take command, send to your outpost or sink (admiralty doesn't work yet). If you send it to your outpost, you'll be able to sell it later when you arrive to that town. If you see some loot - drag it to your Hold.
Crafting:
Each player has "labor hours" which are used to craft materials (and ships). You receive 41 labor hours per real hour (984 lh per 24 real hours). It doesn't matter if you're online or offline. Maximal amount of your lh is 1000 + (20 x your craft level).
You receive "crafting XP" when you craft materials and ships, and gradually level up, which allows you to build better quality (basic- common-fine-mastercraft-exceptional) or higher ranked ships and modules. Higher quality ships have more slots for modules, but the final amount of them varies and does NOT depend on a crafter (random).
Also the crafter cannot choose the 2nd trim of the ship (currently speed or stiffness), it's a random too:
Here is the explanation about trims and wood.
To craft ships you first need to build a shipyard at a town where you already have an outpost (and upgrade the shipyard to lvl 2 or 3 for higher ranked ships). Also you need blueprints. At the beginning you have blueprints for Lynx and Traders Lynx. Other blueprints can be obtained when you craft ships or break them up (small chance). Some blueprints will be given to you automatically as you level up. You can buy blueprints from other players, but you need to be at a certain craft level to build a ship (lvl 13 for a basic snow, but lvl 15 for a fine snow for example).
Here is the crafting path. You can also find it here. Note that the 2nd link provides a great tool for crafting calculation (many thanks to the author!)
Currently top crafting level is 50.
Clans:
Currently you can create a clan, but it only gives you a tag and a "clan" chat window. More functionality will be added later. The clan leader can promote his clanmates to "Officers". Clan leader and officers are able to accept new members.
Graphics, Sound, Controls and Social settings:
Hit Esc and choose "options":
Note that transparent sails option is a very helpful one for larger ships (for shooting from the deck).
A tip from Samba_liten: if the water graphics freak out on you, simply change the graphics setting to low for water and you will be able to play.
HERE IS A FULL KEYBOARD CONTROLS MAP
thanks, Destraex!
That's basically it. Set your sails and enjoy. Don't forget to report ingame or on the forum if you see any bug.
Search the forum for some sailing video guides, here are some to start with:
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Kinda expected one day there would be Nelson's HMS Agamemnon for 64
(yes, I seen the results of last year's voting, but...) Would that be too many to fit between Constitution and Bellona? -
The Delft was a Dutch 56-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the navy of the Dutch Republic and the Batavian Republic.
Check the rest of wiki info under the spoiler
The order to construct the ship was given on 27 May 1782 by the Admiralty of the Meuse. The ship was commissioned on 16 May 1783 by the United Netherlands Navy.
Nice find. +1 for it.
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Someone has to say that )) We have a Surprise, so may I propose Indefatigable?
HMS Indefatigable (1784) Ardent-class 64-gun 3rd rate ship of the line. Razeed to 44 guns between September 1794 and February 1795.
Thanks to C.S. Forester's novels and TV-series Indy is as well-known as the Surprise I guess))
Any way, plans are here:
Model description and pictures: http://www.modelshipmaster.com/products/tall_ships/HMS_Indefatigable.htm
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Yep, same problem here.
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Merry Christmas!
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Inigo Balboa,
You have it exactly right there sir!
I would also add Christopher Bach to that list as he was better known than his father in the 18th Century.
I would also add Thomas Arne for his "Rule Britannia" and William Boyce for his "Heart of Oak".
You speaking of Johann Christian Bach? Yep, agree.
A Public Open World map
in Maps - Development forum
Posted · Edited by Inigo Balboa
La Isabela
neutral
x 306877.3
z 113201.5
Puerto Plata
Spain
x 324436.4
z 110822.4
Rincon
Spain
x 340415.9
z105374.8
Bahia Escocesa
Neutral
x 365312.1
z 89105.1
Macao
Neutral
x 424189.2
z 61148.7
Higuey
Spain
x 422069.7
z 40609.5
La Mona
Pirates
x 453301.1
z 26168.9
Castries
France
x 772095.6
z -167653.3
Marin
Neutral
x 778765.3
z -149311.8