Question About Refuel / Refit Stops - Page 2

tomoose · 12-23-10, 02:29 PM

Dogfish40;
to be honest it's been awhile but yes the replay files are essentially 'recordings' of your mission. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong but it saves your entire mission from leaving port to the point you 'saved'. I believe that's why saving a lot of replays can quickly become an issue. If you save a replay at point 'X' then a few minutes later save another replay at point 'Y' you will have two replays which both start at base and continue up to each of the save points, obviously a quick way to chew up space.
If I'm not mistaken you can jump in at any point and "refight" the mission.

It is handy if you want to film (i.e. use FRAPS) to create your own recording. You can record the replay thereby giving you some flexibility in editing/stopping/pausing etc. In my old rig I found that FPS hit when trying to use FRAPS was less when doing it using a replay file than trying to use FRAPS while in-game. I hope that makes sense. In my new rig, filming is not a problem.
I suggest you do a quick test replay save in a mission then have a look at what you can do with it.
Hope this helps.

WernherVonTrapp · 12-23-10, 04:14 PM

I hardly ever experience a CTD. They do occur but, they are quite rare and have no effect on my game saves. I simply click on the task bar icon and reopen the game with no ill effect. As far as a game failing to load, I used to experience them often enough to elicit some concern on my part. Then, somebody over at the UBI forum (forget who) suggested that I save all my games from the Control Room. Since then, I rarely get a failure to load crash, though they are still the most frustrating type of crash to me.

commandosolo2009 · 12-25-10, 04:07 AM

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Over the course of the patrol I make lots of visits to refuel and rearm. Does this have any affect on my renown?

Tonnage does, stops dont really matter. Know this, if your boat gets damage, you can only fix it at homeport.

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I mean if I can complete the patrol with only making a couple pitstops would I have a higher score than if I make four port calls...assuming I'd sunk equal tonnage.

No, you get the same amount of renown. If you're able to do more pitstops, sink more ships and fat merchants, then your renown will definitely increase.

Regards
CS2k9

Elektroniikka-Asentaja · 12-28-10, 01:37 PM

Somewhere was a file which told how much renown you get from doing different things...

*Checks*

*Finds something offtopic*

In some file was time compression settings, there was maximum setting, that 8120 or something, can you rise it to ridiculous amounts or does the game crash..?

Well, it may be that I didn't remember correctly, every aircraft file has the amount of renown you get from shooting one down...

I have got pretty good renown amounts by just going to the biggest party in the sea and sinking enough ships but if I remember correctly leaving object not completed gives you 500 renown penalty.. Sounds quite big..

Perhaps I'm wrong...

Jan Kyster · 12-28-10, 08:05 PM

Speed: 15 kts
Running time: 1 minute
TC: 8120
Running length: 3750 km
Time to circulate the entire planet: 10 minutes...

Does it really need to get more ridicolous than that??

Besides your little Sempron would probably bleed to death before even reaching the 8120 mark...

Reg. renowns: have no idea, but since you're a pirate with enough renowns, why care?

Happy Hunting!

Captain_AJ · 12-28-10, 08:44 PM

Disabling a mod makes a differance and than re-enabling while at port does help prevent CTD and still you are still in your boat at the start of the new patrol

Elektroniikka-Asentaja · 12-29-10, 04:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Jan Kyster

Speed: 15 kts
Running time: 1 minute
TC: 8120
Running length: 3750 km
Time to circulate the entire planet: 10 minutes...

Does it really need to get more ridicolous than that??

Besides your little Sempron would probably bleed to death before even reaching the 8120 mark...

Yea it does it at approx 500 somehting.. xD

Well, it depends on where I am, if there is any land nearby or any ships it is totally terrible, I have 1-4 FPS at 8120 so it's faster to use 2000 something when I have less eye-rape FPS

Jan Kyster · 12-29-10, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Elektroniikka-Asentaja

Yea it does it at approx 500 somehting.. xD

Well, it depends on where I am, if there is any land nearby or any ships it is totally terrible, I have 1-4 FPS at 8120...

Besides that... you'll miss a lot of stuff when using these high time compresisions. I think the engine shut things down the more it struggles to keep up and many contacts the system simply can't respond to, when your raceboat passes it with 200000 km/hour.... and you'll probably sometimes find yourself dead without knowing what hit you... or what you hit...

If you find patrolling "boring", there are loads of very cool single missions and single patrols out there. Highly recommended!

Me? I've ended up with never going beyond TC 128 - but then again, I'm as old and rusty as my beloved Silversides

12-23-10, 02:29 PM	#16
tomoose Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 930 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Replays Dogfish40; to be honest it's been awhile but yes the replay files are essentially 'recordings' of your mission. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong but it saves your entire mission from leaving port to the point you 'saved'. I believe that's why saving a lot of replays can quickly become an issue. If you save a replay at point 'X' then a few minutes later save another replay at point 'Y' you will have two replays which both start at base and continue up to each of the save points, obviously a quick way to chew up space. If I'm not mistaken you can jump in at any point and "refight" the mission. It is handy if you want to film (i.e. use FRAPS) to create your own recording. You can record the replay thereby giving you some flexibility in editing/stopping/pausing etc. In my old rig I found that FPS hit when trying to use FRAPS was less when doing it using a replay file than trying to use FRAPS while in-game. I hope that makes sense. In my new rig, filming is not a problem. I suggest you do a quick test replay save in a mission then have a look at what you can do with it. Hope this helps.

12-23-10, 04:14 PM	#17
WernherVonTrapp Admiral Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Now, alot farther from NYC. Posts: 2,228 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	I hardly ever experience a CTD. They do occur but, they are quite rare and have no effect on my game saves. I simply click on the task bar icon and reopen the game with no ill effect. As far as a game failing to load, I used to experience them often enough to elicit some concern on my part. Then, somebody over at the UBI forum (forget who) suggested that I save all my games from the Control Room. Since then, I rarely get a failure to load crash, though they are still the most frustrating type of crash to me. __________________ "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Miyamoto Musashi ------------------------------------------------------- "What is truth?" -Pontius Pilate

12-28-10, 01:37 PM	#19
Elektroniikka-Asentaja Loader Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Hiding from Dowly Posts: 81 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Somewhere was a file which told how much renown you get from doing different things... Checks Finds something offtopic In some file was time compression settings, there was maximum setting, that 8120 or something, can you rise it to ridiculous amounts or does the game crash..? Well, it may be that I didn't remember correctly, every aircraft file has the amount of renown you get from shooting one down... I have got pretty good renown amounts by just going to the biggest party in the sea and sinking enough ships but if I remember correctly leaving object not completed gives you 500 renown penalty.. Sounds quite big.. Perhaps I'm wrong... __________________ Elektroniikka-Asentaja = Electronics Assembler. In finnish, Just in case someone wants to know.. New rig for noisy running: Desktop w/ Asus P5QC motherboard, Intel Core 2 Duo 2,94 GHz processor, ATI Radeon HD 4800 series graphics, 4 GB DDR3 Ram and 1297 GB hard drive memory There is a good possibility that the above post was written with a phone so please forgive the typos

12-28-10, 08:44 PM	#21
Captain_AJ Crusty Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: USA Posts: 649 Downloads: 334 Uploads: 0	Big FIles Disabling a mod makes a differance and than re-enabling while at port does help prevent CTD and still you are still in your boat at the start of the new patrol __________________ Captain AJ

12-28-10, 08:05 PM	#20
Jan Kyster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,151 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	Speed: 15 kts Running time: 1 minute TC: 8120 Running length: 3750 km Time to circulate the entire planet: 10 minutes... Does it really need to get more ridicolous than that?? Besides your little Sempron would probably bleed to death before even reaching the 8120 mark... Reg. renowns: have no idea, but since you're a pirate with enough renowns, why care? Happy Hunting!