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Thanks for the help.

Yes, it seems that when I attack a small town with a reasonable force (about 250 crew members seems to do it), I am given that option. However, with the large towns, it never seems to happen. I guess you must need a HUGE force for that.

The main problem I'm having is with the crew getting upset. I gather a large force, and by the time I've sailed to the town I want to attack, they've mutinied. And even if they havn't, they'll be upset, and loads of them will desert (and steal a large part of the plunder) when I set off for the next mission. I've been trying to counter this by attacking and plundering all ships I run into as I sail fromone place to another, in the hope that fresh plunder will appease them.

Anyone have any good tips for calming the crew?

[A. J. Raffles]

I think a large crew just gets upset a lot more quickly, because it would make the game too easy otherwise. But as far as I know plundering everything in sight is the only thing you can do about it.

[Doc Adrian]

Difficulty level does alot on this..but yes if you get a large crew for invasion...conquer as many towns as you can without sailing in to town to do business. If you never stop sailing and invading it takes them longer to lose morale and they also have no way of getting off the ship to desert :evil:

When they get to Angry though be sure you divide the plunder...its just not worth it. Keep your food supplies strong by emptying enemy ships and towns of food. Remember that the lower the morale of the crew the worse they fight.

Use woods and ambush tactics to even the odds

What is everyone's impressions of the different time periods in the game? I have been playing the easiest one (1660), but recently had a go on the first time period. Much more interesting! You start out as a Captain, and ther's much more opportunity for plundering big towns and claiming them for your nation.

Favorite time periods?

[Doc Adrian]

I like to conquer so I like them all about equally, I like playing Pirates Sunset and being Spanish..the only time I can really relax being Spanish

[sinos]

Does anyone have the same problem? In windows version I can't save the game. I'm inside a town, using directionals to move to the dresser and saving. I tried pushing all the keys. Everything seens OK but when I try to save again or load the game the slot remains empty. Can someone help?

Originally posted by BZ@Sep 30 2005, 09:36 PM

I've never run dosbox in windows... but run dosbox with the directory of your unzipped game as an argument

ie "dosbox C:\pirates"

Could you please elaborate? How to run using this arguement? I tried the run option, but it doesn't recognize the prefix as an arguement - it simply states that no such folder as 'dosbox' exists...

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My real problem is that my screen keeps auto prompting a menu saying that this program should run in 1280x1024 (the resolution I use in windows xp), thus interrupting the game again and again (about once every 30 minutes). How can I make my screen/driver stop doing this?

I already tried the "run in 640x480 resolution" under properties while starting DOSbox. It makes no difference.

[another_guest]

Originally posted by Guest+Nov 18 2005, 11:25 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Guest @ Nov 18 2005, 11:25 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-BZ@Sep 30 2005, 09:36 PM

I've never run dosbox in windows... but run dosbox with the directory of your unzipped game as an argument

ie "dosbox C:\pirates"

Could you please elaborate? How to run using this arguement? I tried the run option, but it doesn't recognize the prefix as an arguement - it simply states that no such folder as 'dosbox' exists...

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My real problem is that my screen keeps auto prompting a menu saying that this program should run in 1280x1024 (the resolution I use in windows xp), thus interrupting the game again and again (about once every 30 minutes). How can I make my screen/driver stop doing this?

I already tried the "run in 640x480 resolution" under properties while starting DOSbox. It makes no difference. [/b][/quote]
Have you tried using D-Fend http://members.home.nl/mabus/dfend.htm as a front-end to Dosbox? It makes things a lot easier, including setting a different screen resolution for the game you're running in Dosbox.

Originally posted by another_guest@Nov 18 2005, 12:35 PM

Have you tried using D-Fend http://members.home.nl/mabus/dfend.htm as a front-end to Dosbox? It makes things a lot easier, including setting a different screen resolution for the game you're running in Dosbox.

Nice program, thanks.

Unfortunately it doesn't solve the problem. My screen still interferes as this window keeps popping up. It seems to be the monitor's own software that does this because it's the same kind of sign that appears if you haven't plugged the monitor in. I don't know how to configure/disable this function.

[Jack Swift]

Good game. But definitely better on Sega Genesis, in my opinion.