[Family Feud]

He he. Took me a while.

[Pig cloud]

Subliminal advertising for the Muppet Show?

[What is a Bismark?]

The mention of the battleship Bismarck was an April Fool's joke posted 1st April, 2014 (30 seconds of Google-fu revealed it):

 

 

Link to their FB page.

Try boarding that!

[Need help on upgrades]

That's fine as long as you are not attacked on your long trip. 

[Need help on upgrades]

Many thanks, D&C.

[Need help on upgrades]

I have three items on my Port screen

 

Permanent Upgrades

Two Upgrade slots

Large Upgrades box at the top right of my screen.

 

The way I think i understand it, permanent upgrades come with ship. Not sure what the different text colors mean.

 

Is it possible to add to these somehow?

 

The two upgrade slots seem to be the only ones that are actually active

 

I currently like to have Pelew's Sights and Powder Monkeys (reduced loading time) in these two slots.

 

I have a lot of upgrades in the large box on the right. Can I use these in any way (besides selling them off).?

 

Thanks for any tips/pointers.

 

Mercury - Master and Commander

 

 

[Open world: technical problems, glitches, bugs and workarounds]

OK, I think this has been mentioned before, but it seems to have become worse now.

 

Spotted a Navy brig and hailed it. Hail showed one brig sailing alone.

 

Attacked in my Mercury and entered battle.

 

Brig was there all right but so were eight other enemy ships.

 

Had to use my Armageddon procedure (as in Armageddon outa here!)

 

Got away, but only just.

 

Is this part of the gameplay or is something wrong? Bit of a waste of time really.

[Aggressive reaction to an accidental collision.]

I joined in a battle which had been shown as two British ships against four French Ships.

 

When I entered the battle I found about three british ships agains a very large French fleet.

 

I decided to give it a miss and headed away from the battle on a straight course.

 

Suddenly a British ship that was obviously joining the battle sailed straight into my path.

 

I had no time to react and a collision occurred.

 

We both suffered little damage but before I could apologise, the player started spouting WTFs and claiming I had rammed him. He then went on to fire at my ship.

 

I had absolutely no reason to ram him and what happened was a pure accident.

 

Just for the record.

 

I have his name if required.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[FAQ - The 'Open World']

Following recent updates, could someone please let me know how XP is currently earned?

 

I seem to be progressing vey slowly as far as experience is concerned.

 

Thanks.

[Navigational aid for bearings and distances]

Just open it and navigate to the area you are sailing in (zoom out and drag).

 

Make sure you clear any existing markers first (top right of screen).

[Navigational aid for bearings and distances]

You've probably seen this, but for those who haven't .............

 

Click on first location. (green)

Click on destination (orange)

Distance and bearing is shown on the top right of the screen.

You can also drag the two locations at will.

 

Change from Satellite to Map. Much clearer.

 

http://www.garywaite.com/scouts/bearings/

 

[FAQ - The 'Open World']

Thank you for that.

 

I did send pm chat messages to  real players as well. I suppose they just didn't bother to reply.

[FAQ - The 'Open World']

OK  Basic question please.

 

I start the game (British) and find myself in English Harbour.

 

I SAIL and find a bunch of ships moored just outside the harbour.

 

I hail these ships and find that each ship is made up of a large fleet.

 

How do I  join these fleets.? I tried sending PMs to the captains, but I get no replies.

 

I also tried hailing single ships and sending PMs in chat with the same result.

 

What am I doing wrong please?

[You know you're playing too much Naval Action when...]

If I did, they would probably bring up visions of copper bottoms!!

[You know you're playing too much Naval Action when...]

He he .....All the boats I see on Lake Geneva nearby are moving soooo slowly.

[Open world: technical problems, glitches, bugs and workarounds]

Must have been down.

 

I'm in now.

[Open world: technical problems, glitches, bugs and workarounds]

I'm getting Queue request failed.

 

Are the servers down?

 

Shown as UP on the server status thread.

[Opting out of OW problem]

OK Found it. Sorry about that.

[Opting out of OW problem]

I am trying to opt out of OW,

 

I've done it before, but now I don't see the beta tab any more on the Steam site.

 

Has something been changed please?

[Modern object in history]

Winning lottery numbers?

[Something to pass the time between Sea Trials nd waiting for the OW update]

I like the sharks circling in the water - NA should have that

Yes,  I do too. Seagulls are also quite effective near land.

[Something to pass the time between Sea Trials nd waiting for the OW update]

Feeling a bit low yesterday.

 

Browsed Steam games under simulations and came across a sailing game called Windward.

 

Naval Action devs don't need to worry, but for 12 bucks I found it to be the perfect remedy after weeks of frustration tackling the rather steep learning curve in OW.

 

Can be VERY addictive. Good reviews so far.

 

Cute game and it has maps! None of this Real men don't need in-game maps business. The argument is that maps make the game less realistic.

 

Then we're told to use our 17th century computers and load up Google Maps!!!!  Realistic?

 

Anyway, back to Windward. You might want to give it a try. It's great fun.

 

Apologies if this has already been discussed in the forums. Didn't find it in Search.

[FAQ - The 'Open World']

Thank you.

[FAQ - The 'Open World']

I understand I need to "opt out" from OW to load Sea Trials.

 

How do I do this?

[How do I change compatibility of NA?]

Which file do I need to use to change compatibility to Windows 7 please?