Test Release Notes - March 30, 2010
 

Release Notes - March 30, 2010

• We are currently fixing technical issues on the TEST Server and hope to have El Patron's Lost Weapons back online. However, until all the inventory bugs are fixed, your daily progress on the TEST Server may be lost.

At least they admit it

aww the mac issue isnt fixed yet. :'( :( :/

Thanks for the update.

Well, I'm going on test, and I'll try not to get into it too much, since I could lose progress.

I want to go on and see if there are any more bugs.

Wouldn't be so bad if I didn't lose a character that I made 3 months ago.. Still, this is just another level of their tests.

The crashing is more out of control than it was when the Fleets were on Test - that wasn't so bad since it would be going into certain places ( Like the Misty Mire ) and getting booted. But this is outrageous. The only weapons I can use are the Blades, AKA the Sword and Dagger. Trying to pull out a Staff, Grenade, Doll or even a Pistol causes me to crash! So right now, I'm stuck with a Pirate Blade Cutlass, a Great Broadsword, a Master Sabre, and a Bloodletter Dagger.
Edit: I also crash at random times, but rarely.
Edit 2: I ALSO seem to crash when going deep into the swamp on Tortuga. It seems to make me crash in the same spot ( Entering from where the King's Arm is, and going deeper into the swamp from that entrance.
Edit 2.5: I also crashed when going to town. Maybe there's an issue with Tortuga?


But hey, this is a Test Server, after all. This is natural, typical trial and error going on.

I noticed two things when I was playing, was just curious as to if anyone else experienced it.

I tried to crew someone and the invite sent, however they were already in a crew. There wasn't a message saying that they were in another crew, instead it just disappeared.

Also, the first offline friend I have on all my pirates is a blank space. When I click it, it just brings up a blank card that says loading?


edit: never mind, was a one time deal for the first one - although second remains.

I created a new pirate with my basic account for the meantime till more things get worked out. Afterall I dont want to lose all my stuff on my 4 higher lv pirates on my unlimited account.
First thing I noticed when I made the new pirate, hopefully named Bubba Fett, he had Yo' Da Pirate's friends list! Dont understand that one. And I'm talking pirate friends, not just player.
Cant buy tonics. I swear I have with Yo' Da Pirate before. But some peole are saying that you cant buy tonics on test if you are basic. IDK for sure, but its hard to get a loot sac to drop with tonics and potions sometimes. I was just there and got booted too. The launcher said that pirates encountered a problem. I waited for a minute for the report a bug to come up but it didnt. Who knows whats up, but I needed a break anyway, lol.

Hey, can anyone confirm for us all if there are still weapon quests for certain levels like level 14 cutlass? Just wondering, because I really hope those don't go away.

There still are Mac.

Thanks, just wanted to make sure. :)

Whenever i try to log on to test, it wants me to fill out the bug report, but when i do, it doesnt go through or something. I go to play on test but the bug report comes up again. EDIT: Can anyone help me with this?

BTW : I am kinda a newbie tester, so if this is normal, take it easy on me. :piratetongueor4:

Here's a tip for you guys - DO NOT GO TO CUBA WHATSOEVER!!!

I was trying to get to killing Swamp Gators in the swamp on Tortuga, but I couldn't get there because of the Booting Barrier. So I decided to try and go to Cuba. I expected a boot at some point on the island, but guess what?
The boot happens when GOING to the island.

I'm now still on Cuba, and because of that, I CAN NOT GO ON MY LV40 PIRATE. So, I have to make a new pirate in order to play. The bad part is that I cannot go get myself a Voodoo Doll/Staff, or complete some other tasks that require you to go to Cuba.

I warn you again - do not, I repeat, DO NOT go to Cuba.

If you're playing from the browser, the same thing has happened to me. I don't know what is the deal with it and I actually sent a bug report about the never ending bug report screen. That's pretty much the only thing I can suggest for trying to solve it. For all we know, they're tweaking the browser version of the game somehow.

So should i try playing from my shortcut?

This happened to me a long time ago. Simply reinstall the launcher. I have no problems teleporting to Cuba (or any island for that matter).

To be honest, I have no launcher for Test. It was my Desktop that had it - but she went down like a sinking ship. I never thought I would need my Laptop, so I never downloaded it there. I don't even know how to get the Launcher for Test, but if/when I do, I'll try your suggestion.

Thanks.

Edit: About 3 seconds after posting this, I remember that I could uninstall from the site :mybadki6:. Yes, I'm very smart...

No problem. Here is the launcher download if you still need it.

For PC:
http://download.test.piratesonline.c...setup_TEST.exe

For Mac:
http://download.test.piratesonline.c...setup_TEST.dmg

( This is not my day :laughks2: ) Links aren't working for me. However, I appreciate the help. I have trouble finding the Test Launcher, but not the Live Launcher ( I already have it, anyway ).

P.S. Uninstalling and reinstalling the Test Server did not help. I still end up crashing ( I should have never gone to Cuba - not like I would have known, anyway ). The one choice I have left is to wait until Disney fixes up the boot spots and actions ( Like drawing specific weapons and going to certain areas - or that might just be me only, although I'm sure others are having this problem ).

Oops.. part of the link seems to be missing. Good luck making your problem work, only suggestion I have left is reporting it to Disney.

I couldn't notice any other bug then not being able to use tonics since this.

When my tonic recharges and I hit "T", it says ( in red, of course ) "Tonic not finished recharging", and it stay like that forever. Some guild mates told me that I need to wait a few more seconds and then I could use it. So I did, still didn't work. Now, after an hour trying, I give up, I'm just reporting it as a bug.

Thats it, you have to download the game. That would explain why you guys can't do anything, and I'm living well. Everything is great if you download the game, but you can't do anything with the browser. BTW LPS, I also have a few problems with tonics, but it is minor compared to the problems we had last weekend. There were also a few occasions where when I put things in my inventory manually that they wouldn't go in, so I just started using Take it All. Got over 60000 gold in about 6 hours yesterday thanks to the sell feature.

Could it be that the URL is auto-censored by this forum? Cuz the link from Disney works fine. Try getting the URL through PM i suppose.

Logged onto test last night-first time since it was taken down. Many of the issues have been resolved although you will probably have quests that you need to re-do. Still are some issues, but just remember to "Report". It is test & if you let Disney know, they will work on the issues-probably in order of number of reports received & importance to the game. idk for sure, but that's my guess...

This may be off topic, but its about the test server. My tester spies say that the weapons mught be out by the end of the month :( And another thing, if you try to test on the test website, and your not a tester, it wont let you get very far without deliberatly crashing you

Just so I know, when this finally goes live, ONE of you will not be too busy playing it to post something here, right?

Just to let the Basic players, like me, know that Basics can ONLY use the "Crude" type of items. Such as, crude clothing, crude weapons ect. The reason Basics can't buy tonics is because it says, "Common Healing" or something like that. So there still quite a few crude weapons and clothing. Although, we can only use the "Crude" Swords, Guns, and Voodoo Dolls. I just hope Disney will make it so we can buy a free Rusty Cutlass from the Blacksmiths, and buy tonics from the gypsies. (I was unlimited for a long time then went basic for now)

Has anyone noticed the add ons to the dock at Tortuga and Padres on test?

Noticed those on accident the first day the updates came out :D

Ok then. Any brainstorms for these little bitty additions?

Oh, that's easy.

It could be one of two things.
A.) A spot to "show off" our ship like we could in beta.
B.) A short spot which will be an area where you will fish for the dockworkers.

I mean, they have been talking about games such as darts and fishing, right? Well, this little area is perfect for a few people to just sit down and fish.

And if it's fishing, it's probably going to be easy to do, since some developers already have experience with working on the whole fishing aspect.

Somehow I doubt it would be ship show off. I think that it would be way too much hassle because everyone would be trying to get over there to show off their ship, and besides, we don't have ship customization yet. So I'm crossing that one off my list.

Fishing? Almost like toontown fishing? That sounds like a more open option...but I'm still not sure of it. When I think pirate I don't think "fishing." I think "plunder, sword, plunder, rum." However, you're right about the developers having more experience. Would it be added to Cuba and PR as well then? Why are the new add ons at only Tortuga and Padres? Do the other two major islands already have enough room? Food for thought...

Look at Port Royals' dock. The end of it is about as long as Tortugas' and Padres' so... adding on anything wasn't really necessary.

And if you think about it, the three main islands can be the only places to fish. And then comes along ship customization, right after inventory and the Kraken, like the Developer Diary suggests. So, they can add fishing to the bought while at sea.

Or... they'll add on things to other islands while they work on other things, so we don't get bored.

I mean, what else would they add on it for? Useless waste of space? No, I'm pretty sure this new fishing might come. I mean, if things go the way the developer diary suggests, it will be Inventory, Kraken and second story quest, then things for the dockworkers to give us to do. I'm pretty sure fishing is on its' way.

So all this madness is caused by me playing Test from the browser? Well, like I said, if only I still had the Desktop.
Sven, might as well PM me the Links.

As for the add-ons, I also noticed them by accident. It's funny what happens when you're not paying attention to the background ;)

Well if CT hadn't played on the browser, or anybody else, would bug reports be sent regarding the issues that player are experiencing with the web launcher? Probably not.

"Everything is great if you download the game" - yes, and then when this update on test goes to live, a bigger fraction of the players will experience problems on the web launcher because nobody tested it out?

CT if you still need the link I can PM you.

That would do nicely - I'm ITCHING to use the Old Musket that I have collecting dust ( Plus I can't so less receive "training" for the Pistol ( Yeah, a pirate needs training to use a pistol - AND A CUTLASS??? ) because going to Devil's Anvil also causes me to crash. The browser needs some serious fixing ). Thanks in advance.

OK np check your PM! hopefully it goes through.

Ok i just logged onto test and it says theres a long update. I wonder if its fixes or something more. :D

Really? Just logged on and it took less than thirty seconds.

Hope there will be fixes in the release notes soon, because I don't see any yet.

Since I can not post in the Helm, I post here.

Keep those pics comming! It is building my excitement for our game to a new level!!

Also Has any of EL Patron's weapons been found yet?

No, or if they have, they have not been shared. The weapons may not even be available at this time (they possibly released a portion of the update until all the problems work out), only chests with a max of 3 skulls have been found - the real max is 5.

Currently, no one here on POF has, and no one I've seen in the game has.

Unfortunately, even though the release notes say we can find these lost weapons, they're probably as hard to find as the clothing drops before this update. Which means it could be a long time before we see any pictures of any ghost pirates with swords.

Oh well, but it's really weird that they didn't hand out these lost swords and weapons to random test pirates to make sure they worked properly. You'd think they'd want us to make sure it works good.

If you guys notice what disney has said about El Patron's weapons... they are not online yet. Im assuming that they were part of the bug that happened a week ago, or the bug was hendering their addition. I'm sure they will let us know when they are on test.

You guys all know that they have private test server that this stuff goes through even before hitting open test, right? They have probably tested ALL of the new weapons there.

I would love to get some attention and be the first person in my guild to get one of El Patron's weapons!

I thought the muskets and every other new sword was part of El Patron's Lost Weapons? :/ Maybe not then.:36::blbunny::109::LumpyEgg::easter_eggs::Bla ooEgg::easter::StitchEgg::BoltEgg::PrinceEgg:

Im sure they will have more specific names to connect them too El Patron.

No James, those are just some new weapons for the new inventory system. They're not his lost weapons.

El Patron's weapons should be really rare, and in the news it said using his lost sword would turn us into a ghost.

Test just went down again, they say they will be back up by 8:30 pacific time. Darn, and I was in the middle of something when it went out