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Version 0.5a released

A Painted Ocean
A downloadable game for Windows

In this version:

  • The sailing model is tuned to match historical performance, at least in low to moderate winds.
  • Wind now affects the spars and hull, not just the sails.
  • Spars and sails do not break so quickly - you are now at more of a risk of being blown over.
  • There are preset sail plans, which change automatically during fast travel.
  • (Some) coastal towns are shown on the map.
  • There is a button to show wind arrows on the map.
  • There's an indicator on the compass for wind veering or backing.

Sail plans - these are rather simplistic. There are six or so preset plans. Under time acceleration, they change automatically depending just on the wind speed. If you are before the wind, the plan is the same but with nothing on the mizzenmast and with the maincourse hauled up. Be warned that the way the damage system is now, I have seen courses blown off under the automatic setting (the damage needs more tweaking).

Towns - these are meant to give a flavour of the world around 1800. I have tried to get a town every couple of hundred miles, in densely populated areas.

Files

  • painted.zip 76 MB
    Dec 19, 2019
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