Cutthroats - Terror on the High Seas Game Cheats
Build a large crew: ------------------- Port at any seaward town and give the crew orders to take prisoners before returning to the ship. Once they have come back, send them out again. (The prisoners will be pressed into service and added amongst the ranks of the sailors.) Repeat as often as necessary. ----- Hints ----- Never drop your sails in battle--there's just no need. Maneuverability is always important when you need to get your other cannon facing toward the enemy as quickly as possible. When you begin an adventure, loot towns first to get enough money to buy another small ship (approximately 1,500 gold pieces, depending on the port) before you go off to try your hand at open-water battles. Before you start in on a long series of sea battles, recruit as many sailors as you can fit onboard; you'll need them for the boarding operation against even a minor opponent. Before you disburse your plunder to end an adventure, head out for one last strike on the open seas to kill off a few of your crewmen (and bring in some extra cash). That will make your split much more attractive once you reach port. When going after a ship, begin by switching to Chain Shot, and attack only the sails for a few passes (that will slow the enemy ship down). Pull back and switch to Grape Shot, and hammer away at the deck (that will kill off enemy crewmen). Once you've made a good number of strikes, issue the grapple order and begin boarding--hopefully, the odds will now be in your favor. You may find things easier if you stick to a single ship and upgrade, rather than increasing your fleet (besides, you'll have less worries about doling out the plunder later with fewer pirates under your care). Whenever you get a ship to surrender, secure it and take it to port to sell. Don't press the crew into service; they'll mutiny on you at the most inconvenient time. If you do sail into combat with multiple ships, you can cut down on the chaos by controlling the lead ship and allowing the computer to control the rest. submitted by rickHH PLEASE REMEMBER BEFORE CHANGING ANYTHING IN YOUR GAME DIRECTORY, TO MAKE A BACKUP COPY AND SAVE IT ELSEWHERE, JUST IN CASE. Here goes: Find a .txt file named, "PlayConsum.txt" in: C:\Games\Cutthroats\Data\Econ This tiny file tells the game how much food needs to be available before your sailors start to complain, die, and finally vote you out: Sup Weight(lbs) Per person Food 3 Fruit 1 Pork 1 Rum 1 Simply edit it so that ALL the values read "0", then save as "PlayConsum.txt": Sup Weight(lbs) Per person Food 0 Fruit 0 Pork 0 Rum 0 With this file in place, you can cruise forever so long as you have AT LEAST 1 ton of each of these supplies on your ships. Your men will never complain about eating "ship's biscuits and salt beef" again, and never vote you out. (DS1-None of this comes without a hitch though. There is a glitch where "Food" and "Rum" are never depleted, but "Fruit" and "Livestock" are. Never fear, because I still never got any complaints about the men's eating habits. Just to be safe though, whenever I noticed that we'd run out of an item, I'd simply buy a couple of tons, just to have them on hand.)
