Permission To Board (PTB)

The PTB (Permission to Board) system is designed to help officers maintain the PTB rule on their vessel. The PTB control panel is located in the top left of the pillage window just below the YPPedia search box.

The PTB Control Buttons

  • OK - This will send a /tell to the person selected in your PTB player dropdown list saying, "Permission granted. Come aboard mate!" It also adds them to the permission granted list so they are ignored by AutoPlank.
  • NO - This will send a /tell to the person selected in your PTB player dropdown list saying "Sorry mate, permission denied."
  • Battle - This will send a /tell to the person selected in your PTB player dropdown list saying "We are in battle right now. I will post a message to crew chat when we are out." Sending a battle response will cause the system to automatically send a "/crew We are out of battle." message as soon as you are out of your current battle. If you have not pressed the Battle button this /crew message will not be sent. The battle button also adds the selected player to the permission granted list so they are ignored by AutoPlank.

Using PTB

To enabled the PTB system click the enable checkbox after boarding your vessel. It will then display a pop-up message informing you that PTB and AutoPlank are on, and asks you if you would like to clear all permissions from any previous voyages where you may have used PTB.
When first enabled PTB will record everyone on the current vessel list as having PTB already granted. This is also done after each battle when the crew list is updated. The system will then start watching the chat logs for possible PTB requests. It will add player names to the PTB dropdown list. The dropdown is organized chronologically and the system will try to pre-select the players most likely requiring responses to PTB requests.

Key PTB Requests

The system will consider all messages containing the text "PTB" as Key PTB Requests. Key messages are those which most likely require a response from the commanding officer. Players who are jobbed to the crew while the ship is in battle are also considered key as they will require a "Battle" response. When a key request is received the PTB dropdown list will flash and the player name will remain selected for 15 seconds, or until a response is sent using the PTB buttons. You can also set an audio alert to be played on key requests in program options window.

Permission Granted List

This is a background list that QuarterMaster uses to store the names of everyone who you have granted PTB. Players on this list will not be planked by AutoPlank when they board your ship. The list is cleared every time you clear your vessel crew list, or shut down QuarterMaster. You can also specify it to be cleared when first initating the PTB system.

Jobber Handling

Jobbers wont be asking for PTB so they need to be handled specifically by the system or it will plank them when they get that first jobbing whisk. However it would be best if provisions were made for cargo ships trying to move commods while the crew is pillaging on another vessel.
When the "taken job with the crew" message is received, the jobber is immediately added to the permissions granted list and given at least 30 seconds to appear on the ship. If after 30 seconds they haven't shown up, their name is removed from the list.
The "taken job with crew" chat message will also get their name added to the PTB player dropdown. So if you get a jobber that joins during battle and doesn't make it on board, just send them a "Battle" response to get them added to the permissions list permanently.

AutoPlank and PTB

AutoPlank is enabled by default whenever you turn on PTB, it is also disabled whenever you turn off PTB. While PTB is turned on, anyone that gets AutoPlanked will receive the following /tell "Sorry mate, but this ship requires permission before boarding. Please send a message to the officer commanding the vessel requesting PTB."
The system is functional with or without AutoPlanking. To turn off AutoPlanking go to the program options and uncheck auto planking on the Pillage tab. Not using AutoPlank will still give you access to all the automated messages, however pirates boarding your vessel without permission will not be planked. You can enabled or disable AutoPlank at anytime without having to turn off the PTB system.