BrutishVulgarian Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Tacking seems easy to us testers, but it may not be that easy to folks used to Assasins Creed, idk, I'm just throwing that out there. In an unrelated thought, I was told as youngster, that monohulls point closer to the wind then catamarans, but catamarans win because they are faster. I don't know if that is true, but the concept seems true, unless it is a very short race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrutishVulgarian Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 I think you meant to say "caught in irons". . When you miss stays, you're "in irons" until you can encourage the bow to fall back off far enough to resume your original tack close hauled. I get box-hauling and club-hauling confused all the time, also. I want the one where we sacrifice an anchor to make a hand brake turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry d'Esterre Darby Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Hehehe, I'm still hopelessly confused about square riggers and their hauls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maturin Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 There are more useful things to know. Neither boxhauling nor clubhauling are ordinary maneuvers by any stretch of the imagination. The latter is an act of desperation, and many regarded boxhauling as being not worth the risk of tearing your rudder off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir. Cunningham Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Yikes, I'm going to be terrible at maneuvering ships in this game I can see If I have to control every mast and sail in a battle I'll be too occupied to do any gunning I'm afraid Good thing the real ships had a man for each job, and not ONE who had to run around between steering the ship and aiming the guns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry d'Esterre Darby Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Panthera, from what I've read you can let the ship trim the sails itself if you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir. Cunningham Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Panthera, from what I've read you can let the ship trim the sails itself if you like. I certainly hope so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirones Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Panthera, from what I've read you can let the ship trim the sails itself if you like. confirmed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maturin Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 And even if you don't use auto skipper, you only control two sets of masts. So that's a simpler control scheme than even the most arcade flying game, which demands WASD, a rudder, and a throttle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir. Cunningham Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 confirmed That's good to know, otherwise it would be a bit too complicated for just one guy to administrate IMHO, esp. during gunnery where constant small adjustments in steering are needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirones Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 not really complicated but if 4 keys for extra controll are to much for your understanding so be it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Latham Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Just a note on fore and aft rigs. Control over the sheets (the lines controling the clew) would be nice. If one slacks the sheets on the main it helps to fall off the wind faster. Don't think this is a priority issue, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry d'Esterre Darby Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Fore/Aft rig control isn't complete at the moment. Manual control is on the list of things to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poosd Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Just a comment from a new bee. I fell for "the great race for the big ship" psychology. Just got the Brig. Got my butt handed to me in my first PVP Light by a couple of Brigs and Snows, hell, even a Cutter jumped in to take a few whacks! I kept getting "caught in irons" as I tried to maneuver. Simply didn't know what I was doing. Went back to ramjb's training videos and will now go into PVE Lights for some practice IN JUST SAILING A SQUARE RIGGER! Forget combat for a few days. But you know, it's been fun! Very educational, and highly immersive, which is what I like. Take me away from cell phones, emails, traffic, world events and let me set sail on beautiful seas. Makes you appreciate why it took someone an entire lifetime, their entire career to go from Midshipman to Captain. I've also posted a couple of other posts scattered around in this forum about my interest in the Devs continuing to pursue and refine advanced sailing models in Naval Action. And you "experts" out there keep talking. Very informative and instructional. Someone could probably do a post graduate thesis from the knowledge in these forums. Appreciate all the help from those more advanced players. The stuff that's being discussed is become a lost art quickly. Dean (poosd) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haddock Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Too bad leeway wont be in the game, doesent feel that much of a hardcore simulation to have in the game, but anyway.So there is still hope for high windspeed and damage sails?Also, capsize due to wrong turn with too much sail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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