Recent reviews by st.kuklinski

I spend so many years with this game during childhood . . now i can at least understand the plot behind it ; ). Let me help you with most important things:

save game
go to church and speak with priest.

If you want to follow a plot, go to the governor in bridgetown and read carefully each character text.
If you don't follow their orders, for a few days, your first officer will fight you and you become a pirate. But you can always come back to bridgetown governor and start the plot.

Sea battle
arrows - accellerate, turn your ship
ctrl + arrows - move to different part of your ship
space - fire salvo
alt - fire single cannon (aimed canons first)
1 - check if canons are loaded (red) or aimed (white)
2 - check how many sails you have raised
tab - accellerate time (usefull, when you sailing against wind on small speed. I recommend to have only 3 sails raised, when you are doing it)
3 - check your current aimimng target
enter -change your current aiming target (I reccomend holding pressing 3 all the time when you changing target
c-use canconballs
s - use shrapnels - small hull damage, big crew damage
b use bombs - better chance to set fire on enemy ship
4 -check how shallow water is (usefull when trying to find treasure
esc - escape from sea battle - in worst scenarios you need to be 6.4 cables distance from enemies to escape
check all f1-f10 combinations to see what they are doing. The most usefull are:
f8 - see current battle map, give orders to your ships
f10 - check inventory

melee combat
only 4 arrows, of you press 2 arrows at once, hero will perform a little different attack
if you move back, when enemy attacks, hero will perform parry