THE PILLAGE WINDOW

This is the main QuarterMaster window that sits on the left of your Puzzle Pirates game window.

Along the top of the pillage window you can see your current pirate and ocean. To the right of this are three buttons.

Re-login

Use this button to change your pirate or ocean.

Help

Opens the QuarterMaster help files.

Program Options

Opens the program options window. See Program options for details on this window.

Below your pirate name you will see the following functions.

YPPedia Search

Here you can enter keywords to search for in the YPPedia (The Puzzle Pirates Wiki). When you click the button, it will open a window in your default browser.

The PTB System (Permission to Board)

This box contains all controls used in the PTB system. Please see Permission To Board for details.

MSG/LOAD Queues

These are status bars showing the number of commands currently stored in the chat message queue (MSG QUE) and the pirate data loading queue (LOAD QUE).

Chat messages includes all messages and commands that QuarterMaster sends to the Puzzle Pirates chat buffer. These are things like AutoChat, auto-jobbing, and planking commands. QuarterMaster will send these messages to the game client at a rate of one per second. Messages that are waiting to be sent will be stored in the message queue. The MSG QUE status bar will fill up with color as new messages enter the queue. A maximum of 21 messages may be stored.

The loading queue will store pirate data loading requests bound for the Puzzle Pirates Yoweb. These are initated by using the "Load" command on the right-click menu of the vessel list. To prevent over-straining the Yoweb servers and contributing to game lag, QuarterMaster will only issues these requests at a rate of one per minute. A maximum of 21 requests may be stored in this queue.

The "Hold" button will pause execution on both the messages queue and the loading queue. This will allow you type messages by hand without interuption and to pause the auto-jobbing while changing ships etc. The Hold button will flash yellow while the queues are paused.

The Lists

This area is used to display the QM lists. Click the tabs on the fan panel to see the various lists. For information about each of the lists, please see their respective help sections:

All lists have a menu that can be activated by right-clicking on an entry. Some options may not be active for all list types. Here are all commands in the menu.

Remove

Remove the selected entry from the list.

Plank

Plank the selected pirate from your vessel.

Pay Cut

Add the selected pirate to the pay cut list

Black List

Add the selected pirate to the regular black list

Perm. Black List

Add the selected pirate to the permanent black list

Gold List

Add the selected pirate to the gold list

Load Stats

Load stats of selected pirate from yoweb

/who

Run a /who command on the selected pirate

/tell

Queue up a /tell command in the PP chat buffer for the selected pirate.

Edit

Open the pirate database entry for the selected pirate.


On the right-hand side of the pillage window, below the three buttons mentioned earlier, you will see the following functions:

In-Game Status

This box shows current status of your character or vessel in game. It will display one of the following:

  • On Land
  • Sailing
  • Pursuit
  • In Battle
  • Grappled

You can change the status manually by clicking on the colored area.

As long as the Yohoho logs file is connected correctly the status indicator should be accurate. If this file is not connected then you may need to update this status setting from time to time.

If the status setting is not accurate some functions may not operate correctly, such as the vessel list updates after battles.

Gold and Black Lists Alert Panel

When players who are on your black and gold lists board your ship, this window will flash with their names. It may also also pick up players from job applications if the application messages is show in chat.

Button Panel

Here you can open various features using the six buttons as follows.

AutoChat

This panel all controls for the AutoChat system. Please see Auto-chat for full details on this feature.

Vesssel Information Panel

This panel displays the stats for the various vessel types in Puzzle Pirates. Please see Vessel Information for full details on this feature.