Test Release Notes - Play Pirates Online Through The Website

[Jamesvsthekraken]

im confused will you be "forced" to download the game again? or is it a new "option" like 3D?

another "fail" if you ask me why do they want to make it a game like "Club Penguin" where you have to go to their website to play??

[Sven Niscadae]

Originally Posted by Jamesvsthekraken

im confused will you be "forced" to download the game again? or is it a new "option" like 3D?

So far this just looks like another way to access the game, without having to install it via a setup program and launcher. It has no bearing on the already installed client. From what I can see from my file system, it does cache files from their site in order to run the game but not to the degree of the game client does (size-wise).

I suppose this is a good solution for people without too much space on their drives or are using a computer that they don't want to install a program on. Though I'd think the prices of hard drives is decent enough that the former shouldn't be a problem, and the latter... well, there's probably a reason you're not (or can't or aren't supposed to be) installing software on the computer.

I'm still waiting to see the real reasoning behind this as I can't imagine performance being better when the game is running through another process such as the web browser. If the whole thing takes a significant load off my CPU, that'd be something else I guess though I can't imagine the graphic quality would be better than an installed client. Kind of theorizing at the moment but I'll try it out more later when I'm home.

[The Commodore]

Originally Posted by Sven Niscadae

So far this just looks like another way to access the game, without having to install it via a setup program and launcher. It has no bearing on the already installed client. From what I can see from my file system, it does cache files from their site in order to run the game but not to the degree of the game client does (size-wise).

I suppose this is a good solution for people without too much space on their drives or are using a computer that they don't want to install a program on. Though I'd think the prices of hard drives is decent enough that the former shouldn't be a problem, and the latter... well, there's probably a reason you're not (or can't or aren't supposed to be) installing software on the computer.

I'm still waiting to see the real reasoning behind this as I can't imagine performance being better when the game is running through another process such as the web browser. If the whole thing takes a significant load off my CPU, that'd be something else I guess though I can't imagine the graphic quality would be better than an installed client. Kind of theorizing at the moment but I'll try it out more later when I'm home.

Agree with your reasons sven.