Bring the "Shattered Seas Expansion" mod out of Discord

[Hektor Riven]

"Shattered Seas Expansion" is a project that aims to introduce new boats and new ports to Sailwind. It's developement is discussed in the Sailwind Discord server.

The open beta is out and it features something epic... A clipper!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3422929561

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3422885366

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3424958476

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3424958511

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3425143870

Sadly, the download link is only available when looking around the Discord Server. Screenshots are hardly to be found unless one cares to scrolls thousands of chat messages and, by typing the name of the mod, no result comes out on Google.

This is the most epic mod I've ever seen and, at the same time, the least advertised and enjoied.

Since its author has Sailwind and must own it here on Steam, I'm praying that he's bound to pass through these forums and hear this plea.

Reddit, Nexus, Moddb... Anywhere that can be located with a search engine would be a good place, with an easy to find download link, with upload date (to check for updates) and a dedicated comments section.

This is truly a jewel of a mod and Discord, on the other hand, is the worst place to be used as a database of contents due to the spam of chat messages, the limited number of channels, the fact that its contents don't appear on search engines and the fact that it's not organized neither as a forum nor as a mod database.

[Hektor Riven]

Originalmente postado por Jim Taplin:

https://github.com/TheOriginOfAllEvil/Shattered-Seas-Expansion/releases/tag/b1.2.0

Yes! That's the link!

it's all beyond me why this doesn't appear on any search engine when looking for "Shattered Seas".

One has to type these words into the Github on-site search and then it's among the results. But one really has to know what he's looking for and... Shattered Seas aren't exactly the first two words that come to my mind if I think I'd like to look for additional ships.

My irl job is, in part, the philologist, and I've noticed that the first major threat to documents is when nobody imagines they exist. To solve this, not only I make new digital copies of these documents, copies that support word search, but it's crucial to index contents by category.
Nexus allows to do so, to a certain extend, as it features tags and other search criteria. Additionally, each page contains useful information on the build of the mod, the changelog, a bugs section and other amenities, but not to much to the point of being confusing.
The problem of Github, which is actually better and more professional than Nexus, is that it covers all the software, while Nexus covers game mods divided by games.
So, Github is perfect for developing while Nexus (or Moddb) is very nice to let people know and use the mod.

[Thundercracker]

Originalmente postado por Hektor Riven:

I should have minded my own business, sorry.

nah. do not mistake me talking about things i don't really like for anger or anything.

and the side effect of this discussion is that the topic is staying active for longer, allowing more people to see it.

[boris.glevrk]

I just wish someone makes a "real junk" mod with historical accurate junk model and better performance...
The current in-game junk family is just too unstable and generally a poor choice over others

[X-SR71]

Thank you for the link. Just what I needed for the weekend!

[Flacido Domingo]

Originalmente postado por boris.glevrk:

The current in-game junk family is just too unstable and generally a poor choice over others

It's actually a viking longboat in diguise when you remove all the cabins. Also, probably the fastest boat in the game with the proper setup, and a real joy to say under all points of sail with triple jib and double gaff setup. Also, has those nice clickable hatches.
I love the jonque to death, pls don't badmouth.

Now, regarding the actual topic, I agree that the game's mods should probably be advertised better, because there's a wealth of it (not just the clipper, there's a few other boats as well, together with utility mods and Scrambled Seas which imo elevates the Sailwind experience into a totally different place.

These are not officially endorsed and aren't exactly one-click installs a lot of people might be used to on steam workshop, which is probably why nobody is really throwing links around. It's just so much easier to get help through discord and all the tutorials are already there. Not to mention, the comminity has been nothing but amiable and helpful, with people sharing tons of knowledge, pushing all those excellent projects. Is it worth to deal with Discord for that alone? WIthout hesitation. For me I would get it for the Shipyard Expansion mod alone.

Sure, there may be concerns about modding the game in its beta state, but so far, as long as the new updates don't interfere with the modded code, the simpler modification tend to work, even if they haven't been updated in a while.