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Port royale 3 controls3/17/2024 the AI is a complete idiot unless it's working Against you. I still haven't found a button to un-reef.Īnd be prepared to lose any ships you aren't personally controlling. No indication of your sail condition (reefed or full), and I had to access the Control Options menu to even find the buttons for Reefing or Ejecting the Powder Kegs (actually just dropping.Too bad they didn't have catapults back then to hurl them with. You have no idea what the wind is doing until you make a wrong turn and stop dead at the worst possible moment. Not to mention there is no indication to judge windspeed, direction, or your speed. I encountered the same issues in Patrician 4, only much worse as the sail percentage and crew compliment have NO EFFECT WHATSOEVER on your target's performance. I haven't managed to kill enough crew to find out if that has any effect yet as the AI determines that a sweeping broadside of grapeshot from point blank range only kills 1 crew member while the salvo from their roundshot takes 20 points off of my hull. in fact, the closer you get to beating them the faster and nimbler your target ship becomes regardless of their sail condition. Chain shot doesn't hardly slow them down at all. That is the classic approach that works so well in other games like this.
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