TEST release notes 2/19/09

[swashbuckler II]

Release Notes - February 19, 2009

• Environmental Improvements:
  • Redesigned Tortuga (including the Minimap) for better game performance
  • Moved the entrance of King's Run to the back of the Port Royal graveyard - this will help new players progress more easily through the tutorial
• General Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed some issues with emotes not displaying properly
  • Fixed an issue where players could escape from the jail without kicking the door open
  • Resolved an weapon exploit that allowed Pirates to cast Voodoo Staff Desolation without charging it
  • Players are no longer slowed down by Undead Gravediggers' throwing daggers
  • Fixed a bug where you could not see your own Whispers to unknown Pirates
  • Made several improvements and fixes to the Crew System
  • Pirates of the Caribbean Online now supports 16 bit color in windowed mode when using DirectX8 and DirectX9
• General Improvements:
  • The Game Options menu can now be accessed in-game by pressing the "F7" key
  • Improved the way avatars are being displayed to improve frame rate
  • When tracking enemies to complete a Quest, the Compass now glows when you reach the target area
  • Returned the Musicians to the taverns on Port Royal and Tortuga. Pirates can now play the sheet music earned in the Cannons of the Deep mobile game.
  • Improved Broadside Cannon aim
  • The Windcatcher Ship Skill (which increases your speed at sea) works again
  • Added the ability to bring up your Pirate profile by clicking on your Pirate name in the chat window

Please report any issues you encounter using this feedback form.

Sweet
Windcatcher is back Again now.
The update is taking forever tho

[Sven Osymthe]

Finally.... windcatcher and the emotes are back as well as a new tortuga.

[882jasonp7]

I like the new tortuga hope they put it on open.

[swashbuckler II]

No bugs for now, Ill check more out tommorow.

[Sarah]

Can't Sleep, checked out the new Tortuga...

Take a tour with me

Crew Hud Seems to be working again, need to actually crew someone to check it out fully



Seems the DW party House has been demolished though...



Here's the Map



Middle of Town



The New "are you sure you want to friend this pirate" screen



Misty Mire no loner is a separate load, you just walk in, and most of the baddies are gone





More Later

[Edward Edgemenace]

*Jaw drops to floor* 38 seconds from Port Royal to Devil's Anvil.

Chat (white text) has been restored!

Landing/TPing to a place where your journal is tracking seems to cause a crash at the moment, but another update/fix seems to be imminent...servers restarting now...back already. (Down for 10 minutes?) And voila...journal tracking no longer crashes game out.

A lot of people seem unable to find Misty Mire (look for the rectangle) from the little swamp area.

Not too many wall glitches on the new Tortuga. Dig spots in accessible places. Nice feel to it. Musicians have the original playlists back (Yay!) with the COTD slots for the rest (right?)

Now if they don't rush it out too fast like they did with Port Royal...

[The Skirata Clan]

Torutga looks great! Like usual great tour Sarah! I hope it comes to open soon!

[Ghostcannon]

Thanks for the updates Swash and Sarah!. At last the windcacher is back and the crew options. Hopefully the servers that start with the letter "K" are back also, they were gone all day yesterday.

[Rackat]

I am getting a lot of graphic issues inside the caves. Checked Misty Mire & Royal caverns this morning for the short time I was on. The water seems to be really messed up for me. Anyone else?

[Sarah]

A lot of people seem unable to find Misty Mire (look for the rectangle) from the little swamp area

Thanks Edward. I see it now, didn't go in far enough...could have been the cold meds

[The Commodore]

If all else fails, blame the cold meds Sarah...

I like the update, wonder if PDF is next.

[swashbuckler II]

PDF really needs an update.the laggiest thing there is when the volcano erupts.

[akamystic]

Very nice.....especially Windcatcher!! About time.....

[swashbuckler II]

yeah i launch my ship and its Inside tortuga rofl
Not sure if this is a bug, When I ported my ship, I was in the water near the dock

[MacIronhawk]

Good bug fixes but in my opinion they're taking too much time redoing islands.
I'd just like islands to be expanded. Tortuga was way too small at first to be the movie island tortuga.