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It has realistic physics, tuned to match historical performance. The UI is based around commands given in period naval language. Rather than use the current weather, it has a full year's weather data (for 1980 - taken from https:\u002F\u002Fpsl.noaa.gov\u002Fdata\u002Fgridded\u002Fdata.ncep.reanalysis2.html). 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First, how does ship physics work anyway; second, what…",[],"unknown","launched",{"praise":86,"objections":129,"requests":152,"questions":164,"alternatives":178},[87,104,118],{"value":88,"source":89,"evidence":90},"Looks great and fun, excited to try it","commenter",[91,95,96,100],{"id":92,"by":93,"text":94},"34931532","fcatalan","Nice! I dreamt about making exactly this for years, also after reading Patrick O'Brien. Learned some 3D modeling, tried a few game engines, thought a lot about water rendering…",{"id":64,"by":65,"text":66},{"id":97,"by":98,"text":99},"34931254","cyanbane","Very cool idea. Can't wait to try.",{"id":101,"by":102,"text":103},"34931290","dt5702","I love this!",{"value":105,"source":89,"evidence":106},"Realistic feel and tacking behaviour matches real ships",[107,111,114],{"id":108,"by":109,"text":110},"34933295","Already__Taken","Loved this, finally remembered how to tack the thing from a trip on Morgenster",{"id":112,"by":109,"text":113},"35059702","I lost some hours to it. No I wouldn't say anything's terribly off, I do remember tacking being more possibly without making sternway. The ship turns slowly but should pick up…",{"id":115,"by":116,"text":117},"34942630","rerdavies","Ok. Had to read Harland's Seamanship in the Age of Sailing to figure it out. She's a \"dull\" one -- unable to tack without making sternway, which definitely is not a compliment.…",{"value":119,"source":89,"evidence":120},"Runs well under Wine on Linux",[121,125],{"id":122,"by":123,"text":124},"34932445","gavmor","In two clicks I had it running with Wine. Not a problem.",{"id":126,"by":127,"text":128},"34935102","wizzledonker","> I notice you say that it's Windows-only, I take that as a challenge It runs under WINE with no issues",[130,145],{"value":131,"source":89,"evidence":132},"Windows-only, so Linux and other users need Wine",[133,137,141],{"id":134,"by":135,"text":136},"34931144","kunwon1","I've always been interested in sailing. I'm from Illinois. I once went to Jamaica and sailed a small catamaran for several hours on a protected bay and had great fun. For years…",{"id":138,"by":139,"text":140},"34934481","kombine","I'm also interested in running it on Linux, would be great if the game officially supported running in Wine.",{"id":142,"by":143,"text":144},"34932517","Y_Y","Windows inhales scrote. Windows-only games doubly so. If you're are amenable to porting I'll do it for you. 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