TEST release notes 2/19/09

[Evie]

I like the new town updates. Got booted several times last night, but that seems to be fixed. The graphics in the Misty Mire looked like a light show, and Butcher Brown has gotten himself a nice big space, but overall it seems well layed out, and much more interesting than the bland space it was before.

I'm not real fond of the changes they made to characters' appearances. They look too angular now, too harsh.

I'm curious about the player list. There is now a button on the player's card that allows you to make "player" friends with someone. It explains it now as making friends across Disney games, which seems useful. I have several friends with 2-4 pirates each, and this would free up a lot of space on my friends list. Unfortunately, when I tried it last night, it didn't seem to be working.

Also, if you talk the people in the town now, they have new sayings. Love that.

[Aliese]

Originally Posted by Evie

I'm not real fond of the changes they made to characters' appearances. They look too angular now, too harsh.

I'm not even on yet and I immediately noticed that on the selection screen - HATE IT!!!

My pirates look downright deformed. Boo, D!

[Sven Niscadae]

I must have missed something. I didn't notice anything different with how my character looks on Test this morning. Anyone have a screenshot?

[Aliese]

I'll get a comparison between the two ASAP.


ETA:
Okay, here we go. On the left is Ali on Open. On the right is Ali on Test. They are (were) identical, as are my settings between the two versions of Pirates.



And here's an overlap (red is old, yellow is new):

The narrowest part of the waist is now lower, but the belt sits higher, giving her a cinched look that I am not a fan of.
I picked the old body type for a reason, and D changing it like that is, IMO, wrong. Considering how much time I spend looking at the back of my pirate, I want it to look right. Now she (well, all of them because they're all the same) looks weird. Plus, when she runs the swing of her hips is exaggerated because her waist is so much smaller. Of course, that may have been their point, but hullo, this is a kid's game...


Other things - her shorts. Before they had a pretty natural shape, now they're poofy (which makes her lower half look even bigger than the narrowing of the waist alone). The changes in skin tone don't bother me that much, because I am crazy pale myself so whatever. But, what's up with her hair? It looks practically bleached (perhaps to go with her new completely unnatural body shape?).


ETA Again: You can also see the obvious changes in the lacing on the bustier. Before it was relatively square, but now it tapers dramatically.

[CaptainGreenGene]

Today I sunk my ship twice.
After each sinking the program
crashed and I had a BUG REPORT
screen appear. Has anyone else
besides the people who were
on my ship experiencing this?
The other players on my ship all
had the same thing happen to them.

Oh BTW Aliese they both look good to me, keep up the good work

[Aliese]

I'm on my other computer now and there's definitely something up with their faces, too. The other comp wasn't showing me detail (typical), but on this one, everything's more angular; the jawline is different.

Also, I'm not sure if it's because it's not finding shader hardware (this one's 4), but her skin looks really strange. Her jaw/neck look almost bruised, and under her arms is way too dark.

ETA:





And look at her stomach! LoL

Yeah, that's several degrees of wrong.

[jason davy]

AGHHH YES! I MISSED YOU, WINDCATCHER! Everything is looking great... except the way it actually looks. Yay for more Mac graphic glitches.

[Erich Uchiha]

Hmmm, Tortuga looks much better, keep it up Disney!

[Edward Edgemenace]

Originally Posted by jason davy

AGHHH YES! I MISSED YOU, WINDCATCHER! Everything is looking great... except the way it actually looks. Yay for more Mac graphic glitches.

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...Picture1-9.png

You have to clear your "cache" folder after you logout, to clear that condition. Known problem for Mac users, I'm told.

[The Skirata Clan]

I hope that Cuba is next... that island needs some work...

Originally Posted by Edward Edgemenace

You have to clear your "cache" folder after you logout, to clear that condition. Known problem for Mac users, I'm told.

that problem has never happened to me before...

sorry for the double post mods...

[The Commodore]

Cuba or padres first? Cuba does need work, but there's not much to remodel. I'd like padres to be thinner, the running tires me out.

[jason davy]

Originally Posted by Edward Edgemenace

You have to clear your "cache" folder after you logout, to clear that condition. Known problem for Mac users, I'm told.

Yeah, I had to do that after the last major updates on open. I guess I just need to do the same thing in my test folder. Thanks

[swashbuckler II]

Yeah, padres does need a major renivasion

[Erich Uchiha]

I don't really think Padres really needs to be updated, just the run to Fort Dundee shortened.

But I do strongly agree that Cuba needs major work, just not the gators we need that for ranking

[MacIronhawk]

I think tortuga and port royal need to have be expanded. If both of them have two sections I think they'd feel more like inhabited islands.

Also, this small chracter update stinks in my opinion. It looks like the graphics for your character have been downgraded. Not everyone owns a windows 98 disney!
I don't like where the game is heading, how it's being set up, island changes, etc. If they make any changes to the islands I'd like them to be bigger.