@lem0n-curry said in Captain returns / Vote for new captain.:
@miserenz said in Captain returns / Vote for new captain.:
@lem0n-curry
Never had a reconnect work. This Tool would fix that in the simplest way possible.
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That is, if the new captain would relinquish the Captaincy back to the one who got disconnected ... instead of a fix, you got yourself into a new set of issues.
We've experienced mostly successful reconnects and continuation of Captaincy, don't forget to submit a ticket when you experience a bug (if Rare doesn't know, they can't fix).
@lem0n-curry
Well, that is a clear misunderstanding of the Tool I have proposed.
If a captain decides to leave the game, (i.e. there is no error message) then that would likely occur in most cases at an outpost after selling. In this instance, the crew can vote straight away for a new captain/ship name. The other player chooses to give up their ship by leaving the game. I would even go so far as to say that you could keep playing and then choose to vote down your own ship in this manner for someone else to have a turn on your server etc.
If the person disconnects for some error reason, then most of the time this happens way from the outpost. There is a natural cool down in terms of the sailing time to get to the next outpost to vote for a new captain. If they do not reconnect before then they would have lost the captaincy anyway. At least this way they have a way to get it back. But if you are concerned about this mechanic the very simple fix would be to have a cool down before a new captain could be voted in after an error message. In the same way there is a cool down for buying crates at an outpost.