Test Release Note - July, 21 2009

[MacIronhawk]

Test Release Note - July, 21 2009

• Game Improvements
  • New avatar body types are being displayed
  • Imrpoved readability of Pop-up hints text
  • Re-labeled skip tutorial option to read "Skip" rather than "Leave"

• Bug Fixes
  • Various quest fixes
  • Reinstated groggy state after going to jail

[Eliza Creststeel]

New bodies? Interesting... Hey can Doc Grog do plastic surgery?

[Sven Niscadae]

Good that they actually listened to the bug reports about the grogginess. What does "New avatar body types are being displayed" mean? There are actually NEW body types available to choose from now? Screenshots please! Hate being at work when new test updates are out.

[MacIronhawk]

Maybe it has something to do with customizing our pirates. On toontown the customization is very simple for characters. Fat, skinny, tall, etc... Maybe they're implementing some new shapes for our pirates so there's more of a variety.

I'll go on to see if anything looks "new" but I think the body types will only appear if when making a new pirate. I have no idea what body types are but they sound interesting.

[Sven Osymthe]

Here are some screen shots I took, thats also the new clothes they start you with in the create a character area.

[Sven Niscadae]

Looks more like they refined the current body types. They actually look like real people now! I like!

[Sven Osymthe]

Have to remember, new to them is remaking the old.

[MacIronhawk]

Eh... they look funky. It's too bad they can't just add these in instead of redoing the old ones. The body types(shapes) we have right now look fine.

When I logged on, my pirate on test looked the same he did the last time I logged on. Does anyone think this means they could let us keep the body types for pirates we already made before this update?

Also, is it just me or do the necks look weird with these enw pirates? To me it looks like the heads just don't match the bodies. Maybe that's because they only changed the body and not the heads.

[Eliza Creststeel]

Well, the bodybuilder guy style was a little too cartoonish... refinement is fine. So, will this effect your current one? Eliza will have buy all new clothes if that's true. The old ones might not fit anymore.

[Sven Niscadae]

Originally Posted by Eliza Creststeel

Well, the bodybuilder guy style was a little too cartoonish... refinement is fine. So, will this effect your current one? Eliza will have buy all new clothes if that's true. The old ones might not fit anymore.

I can agree there. I never really like the bigger male body type. It was way too unrealistic. Also the tiny wrists on the females. How in the world do they hold a cutlass with those wrists?

[Sven Osymthe]

I logged on to my main pirates on test, they appear the way they did before this minor update. Could mean we all have different body types than the new comers!

[Sven Niscadae]

Originally Posted by Sven Osymthe

I logged on to my main pirates on test, they appear the way they did before this minor update. Could mean we all have different body types than the new comers!

What happens if you clear out the cache folder in your Pirates Online folder under Program Files? The body types for your current pirate may still be cached.

If not... well that sort of stinks. Some pirates may want the new body types. I'd welcome the change for Sven or Adelie really.

[Davy Keelhawk]

ya doc grog should be able to do plastic sugery........... for a price which is how wed be able to change our body

[Sven Osymthe]

I forgot my [sarcasm][/sarcasm] tags. And that could be, i'll try it sometime.

[wmah]

I did notice the bodies change on test. The pirates I made a couple months ago are much thinner in the waist than the new ones I made just days ago. I agree they should have just added newones at left the old ones as more options.

Maybe another idea is to make it so we can change our body types. But not be able to change the gender of the pirate, that would have to stay the same.