Epaminondas Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 To begin with I must say that I really appreciate this game and all the work that has been done on the accurate representation of the ships of the time ! I'm now well into the US campaign and I've met those 2nd rate British SOL a few times. It seems that this ship in game model & picture is wrong. I think you used another 2nd rate : the french Tonnant/Bucentaure class. This french 2nd rate was a long 2 decker while the real Barfleur class was a fully fledged 3 decker (picture). Is it a placeholder or a bug ? Thank you for this very exciting game ! Best, Epaminondas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epaminondas Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 I've been doing a few research on the Battle of the Chesapeake. The model used to represent the HMS Barfleur and the HMS London should actually be on the other side of the battlefield! Indeed, during this battle, the French fleet of the Comte de Grasse included three ships of 80 guns : the Languedoc, 80, Duplessix-Pascaut (Count of Monteil) the Saint Esprit, 80, Marquis de Chabert l'Auguste, 80, de Casteltau (from Bougainville) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Navalus Magnus Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 @sterner Do you intend to bring the Barfleuer into the game as it was - see the posted pics above? That would be awesome! But If not - because of causing too much extra work for instance: What about using the classic Victory or the Christian model from NA as Barfleur class than? Imo that would be better than staying with the Bucentaure model, because they represent a closer match (3 decker instead of a 2 decker). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T1ckL35 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 I did some work on the Barfleur a number of years ago in the hope it might be taken for the game: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epaminondas Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 (edited) On 5/15/2020 at 11:13 AM, Navalus Magnus said: @sterner Do you intend to bring the Barfleuer into the game as it was - see the posted pics above? That would be awesome! But If not - because of causing too much extra work for instance: What about using the classic Victory or the Christian model from NA as Barfleur class than? Imo that would be better than staying with the Bucentaure model, because they represent a closer match (3 decker instead of a 2 decker). +1 Btw, i didn't played to the end of the British campaign but how are the 2nd rate ship handled at the Trafalgar battle ? Didn't they provide a model to represent the following ships : HMS Temeraire 98 guns HMS Neptune 98 guns HMS Dreadnought 98 guns HMS Prince 98 guns If not i think the easiest way should be to start from the Victory model and to remove the quarterdeck & forecastle guns. Edited May 18, 2020 by Epaminondas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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