Release Notes - December 14, 2011

[Ice_Storm]

Originally Posted by Davy Bluekidd

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!
About time they released it, but I understand. They did an awesome job at making it, and finding all the bugs.
Plus, by releasing it on live, they have a ton more people who play pirates online to look for bugs, which will help it faster.
All in all, bravo.

There are still bugs with the update.

All hasn't been resolved yet, but they had a timeline to push this to mainstream.

Now, they recommend just hitting the Quiet oceans until they can shut the game down again and fix the remaining issues.

Originally Posted by leo

View this in any way you can. Computer logic or common sense. Why is it that none of the fixed bugs on test are a problem on live? Why is it that those random issues had to be tested on live?(which btw makes no sense). Why couldn't they be fixed on test since they definitely have the ability to then take the content to live where normal fixes get transferred just fine? Why does every fixed bug on test work perfectly fine on live when fixed on test first? Again, I love this content and in no way would I want to see it bugged. In the transferring of content from test to live, it's usually lag, delays and DCs that increase or change. If it wasn't that way then we wouldn't be able to find the live issues on test. Look back in potcos history. Most issues if not all were added due to content not being ready for live on test or rushed release. Big updates are horror to the game as they crash the game for days... It would be smart if they learned from the past and at least made sure the same problems don't occur...

But, if you see this:

Test Server = Endless time to create content

Test Server = Less volume in player send and retrieve packet functions

Test Server = Players are selected, not randomly given the permission immediately upon account creation

Test Server = No need if everyone could login to test (Defeats the purpose as they can't get any work done under heavy load).

Now if you see:

Live Server = Any player is allowed to play at anytime upon account creation

Live Server = Content in early stages of development are not present

Live Server = Load is 5-10 times greater than Test Server (Is why some bugs don't pop up on the Test version

Live Server = Hundreds of players playing at the same time hogs the server's resources, clogging packets and other data that makes it harder to process

Live Server = Will trigger new bugs as a result of high server load. Always.

Originally Posted by Tia

=D
I LOVE YOU POTCO STAFF
But only for changing one thing...
LETTING US USE LIGHT FRIGATES AND BRIGS <3
My membership ends in 3 days so there's something to be happy about. Better ships :3

Yeah, now I can finally use a good ship, the Brig, as a basic member and have fun sailing for a few days

Real time updates in-game:

As of 4:47 PM, 12/15/2011 I am getting huge server "hanging" time.

No server packet related actions are responded D:.

When I try to teleport, it hangs, doing no action.

When I try to open the Launch Ship menu, it doesn't open because it "hangs"


And this is happening on a quiet server....

There is a problem with this update... and it's seriously if it's happening in some quiet oceans...