VESSEL INFORMATION

The vessel information panel is positioned in the bottom left corner of the main Pillage Window. It shows a picture of the selected ship type or sea monster followed the its major stats.

Vessel information panel display

The vessel information panel should be able to detect your current ship type automatically and will display this information by default. You can also manually select the vessel type via the drop-down menu.

The Information Table

From top to bottom the stats shown for ships are:

  • Max Crew - The maximum amount of players able to board the vessel at one time.
  • Rec Crew - The reccommended amount of players to have on board before setting sail on a pillage. (NPC bots are considered players)
  • Sails - The number of sailing stations.
  • Carpentry - The number of carpentry stations.
  • Bilge - The number of bilge stations.
  • Cannons - The maximum number of gunners allowed to be working at the same time.
  • Ball - The cannonball size used.
  • Gun - The maximum number of cannons able to be preloaded.
  • Vol - The volume of the cargo hold.
  • Mass - The mass capacity of the cargo hold.

At the very bottom is the damage chart for both maximum melee damage (Max), and sinking damage (Sink). In the above picture you can see a War Brig needs to be hit with 10 medium (M) cannonballs to reach maximum melee damage, and 17 medium cannonballs to be sunk.

From top to bottom the stats shown for sea monsters are:

  • Booty - The approximate bootygained from treasure hauling this monster.
  • Attacks - Lists all damaging attacks this monster can use. Damage is listed in terms of small cannonballs.
  • Maneuvers - Lists all special maneuvers the monster is capable of making. See the YPPedia maneuvers page for specific information.
  • Abilities - Lists any special abilities the monster may posses.

At the bottom is the damage chart for sinking damage. "Regen" specifies the approximate amount of damage the monster will regenerate each turn. This number is expressed in terms of small cannonballs.

Modifying & Updating Information

All data may be modified by editing the config.txt file located in the main QuarterMaster installation directory. New ship types may be added here too. Take special care to preserve formating when using this file as QuarterMaster may cease to function correctly if errors are found.