Well here are the release notes for July August and September
Known Issues - September 12, 2008
- Some players are experiencing problems when trying to update Pirates Online after downloading it for the first time.
- Workaround:
- Navigate to the PiratesOnline directory on your computer and delete the file named hash_data.
- Launch Pirates Online again, and you will be able to finish updating the game.
- Log in!
Release Notes - September 10, 2008
- Improved the frame-rate of cut scenes on low end graphics hardware
- Updated Quest dialog
- Fixed a couple of rendering issues when using the DX9 and DX8 graphics APIs
- Fixed an exploit in the Black Pearl Boss Battle
- Fixed a crash related to friends' list management
- Fixed the download progress bar exceeding 100% when entering the game for the first time
Known Issues - September 10, 2008
- On rare occasions a player's ship will be stuck at sea
- Workaround: The next time the game servers are restarted, the ship will return to the player
- A recent AVG Internet Security update falsely detects Pirates Online's "Launcher1.exe" as a Trojan Horse.
- Workaround: Download the latest definition file from AVG released Sunday, April 27
- Trend Micro Anti-Virus has falsely detected Pirates Online's Launcher1.exe as a Trojan Horse
- Workaround: Download the latest definition file from Trend Micro
- Occasionally, a Boss Battle crew will not remain intact after teleporting to the Boss Battle
- Members of the crew will sometimes get left behind when boarding a flagship, causing the player to be unable to move.
- Workaround:Hitting F1 will release the player.
- The Whisper chat window closes the second time you click Whisper and try to send a message.
- Workaround: Close and re-open the Pirate's avatar panel each time you want to whisper to a fellow Pirate.
- The Lookout System seems like it is often not able to find matches for higher level Pirates looking to do PVP
- Workaround: Invite other high level Pirates to PVP before initiating the Lookout System.
- The chat panel sometimes switches to Local when you are chatting with your Guild or Crew.
- Workaround: Click either the Guild or Crew chat tab.
- On rare occasions, pressing the Enter button on the keyboard will not bring up the Chat window.
- Workaround: Click on the gold arrow next to the skull icon, which is found in the bottom left hand corner of the game window.
- Game does not minimize when clicking Upgrade button on Mac.
- Workaround: Switch your game settings to Windowed Mode
- Grenades are not hitting the fort floors or ship floors.
- Workaround: You must hit an enemy directly to cause damage.
- Vista and Mac game-related crashes occurring while boarding, sailing, and docking ships
- Workaround: For users with ATI video cards, try updating to the newest driver version which you can download from here
Release Notes - August 28, 2008
- Fixed a crash that sometimes occurred when at the wheel of a ship
Release Notes - August 27, 2008
- Added new Quests and new Clothing Sets as Quest rewards! Visit Nathaniel Truehounds, a tailor on Port Royal for the Pirate's Life Quest, Amelia Sunfellow, a tailor's assistant on Tortuga for the Clothing For a Pirate Quest, or Adoria Dolores, a tailor on Padres Del Fuego for the Adoria's Family Quest. These new Quests award 3 new Coordinated Outfits. Please note, you will need to have a minimum Notoriety of Level 10 to access the Quest from Nathaniel, a minimum Notoriety Level of 15 to access the Quest from Amelia, and a minimum Notoriety of Level 20 to access the Quest from Adoria.
- Updated lots of Quest dialog
- Fixed a crash that occasionally happened when teleporting to a friend or crewmate
- Reduced the penalty for being caught cheating at Poker
- Fixed a bug that was preventing some of the higher level ships (Death Omen, Juggernaut, etc.) from being spawned. You can now find these ships spawning around the outer perimeter of the Caribbean.
- Disabled the red glowing crew icon
- Fixed several camera related bugs
- If you skip the Cutlass Tutorial, you are no longer required to unlock Sweep as your first skill
- Your cannon ammo selection will now be remembered when you switch cannons
- Broadside cannons will target enemy ships better
- Relocated a treasure chest on Isla Perdida to a more accessible location on the island
- Fixed the cannonball trail graphic for machines with integrated graphics cards
- Reduced the travel time to Cuba
- Lowered the difficulty of some of the Quest task goals for the Voodoo Doll Quest
- Ships attacking you will now flash on your Radar
- Fixed a missing icon on the Map Button in your Sea Chest
- Changed the name of "Rutherford Bligh" to "Captain Job"
- Fixed a case in Blackjack where a player has a non-natural 21 and the dealer has a natural 21
- Updated the tutorial so that you have to get the free ship from Darby Drydock before being allowed to purchase additional ships
- Added a Poker table in the King's Arm Tavern on Tortuga
Release Notes - August 14, 2008
- Ships no longer spawn on top of one another in Privateering
- Fixed an exploit that allowed you to run faster than normal if you were running and strafing at the same time
- Added new hints for Privateering
- Players can now dock immediately after respawning regardless of time since taking damage when in Privateering mode
- Adjusted the collisions on ships
- Fixed several crashes that would occur if you exited the game while using a weapon
- The capitalization of the names of the Privateering islands and their lords is now consistent
- You must now be at least a level 15 pirate in order to get the French/Spanish undead quests from Orinda Le Jeune
- Reduced the amount of damage skeleton ships can deal
Known Issues - August 14, 2008
- On rare occasions a player's ship will be stuck at sea
- Workaround: The next time the game servers are restarted, the ship will return to the player
- A recent AVG Internet Security update falsely detects Pirates Online's "Launcher1.exe" as a Trojan Horse.
- Workaround: Download the latest definition file from AVG released Sunday, April 27
- Trend Micro Anti-Virus has falsely detected Pirates Online's Launcher1.exe as a Trojan Horse
- Workaround: Download the latest definition file from Trend Micro
- Occasionally, a Boss Battle crew will not remain intact after teleporting to the Boss Battle
- Members of the crew will sometimes get left behind when boarding a flagship, causing the player to be unable to move.
- Workaround:Hitting F1 will release the player.
- The Whisper chat window closes the second time you click Whisper and try to send a message.
- Workaround: Close and re-open the Pirate's avatar panel each time you want to whisper to a fellow Pirate.
- The Lookout System seems like it is often not able to find matches for higher level Pirates looking to do PVP
- Workaround: Invite other high level Pirates to PVP before initiating the Lookout System.
- The chat panel sometimes switches to Local when you are chatting with your Guild or Crew.
- Workaround: Click either the Guild or Crew chat tab.
- On rare occasions, pressing the Enter button on the keyboard will not bring up the Chat window.
- Workaround: Click on the gold arrow next to the skull icon, which is found in the bottom left hand corner of the game window.
- Game does not minimize when clicking Upgrade button on Mac.
- Workaround: Switch your game settings to Windowed Mode
- Grenades are not hitting the fort floors or ship floors.
- Workaround: You must hit an enemy directly to cause damage.
- Vista and Mac game-related crashes occurring while boarding, sailing, and docking ships
- Workaround: For users with ATI video cards, try updating to the newest driver version which you can download from here
Release Notes - July 23, 2008
- Privateering has been added:
- Side with either the French or Spanish pirate "Lords" as a privateer and engage rival Pirates in epic sea battles
- Launch your ship from the islands of Isla De La Avaricia (Spanish) or Ile D'Etable De Porc (French), and you will automatically be put into Privateering mode
- New Privateering loading hint screens have been added
- Added Privateering chat. Now you can communicate with other members of your team without an opposing team knowing about it. (This type of chat will appear in a gold color in your chat window.)
- While in Privateering mode, flagships will sink immediately when you disable them
- Adjusted the armor on NPC ships so it is slightly weaker than player ships
- Cannon balls are no longer be able to be shot through islands
- Added a minimum system requirements check to the game launcher
- Added the Crew Heads Up Display (HUD) so you can see what other crew members are doing
- Updated the Basic Access player popup
- The radar now remembers your zoom level when boarding and leaving a ship
- Added NPCs with glowing question marks above their heads. These "helper NPCs" will give advice in the same manner as Quest dialog. You can find a couple of these NPCs on the Privateering islands
- The ship repair panel will update correctly when repairing your ship
- Undead Grenadiers now animate properly when attacking players
- Avatars that teleport to friends (but whose friends are still in jail) will be able to leave the jail, if the door was already kicked down
- Updated the ship damage interface
- Cannons do more damage the closer you are to your enemy
- Removed the teleport totem icon from the map for Kingshead island
- The Ray-Of-Light will guide you better to your Quest objectives
- Fixed several Quest dialog bugs
- Fixed a bug that caused the cannon reload status bar to occasionally hang at an intermediate point
- Fixed a bug that was preventing clothing/jewelry/tattoo rewards from being dropped by enemies if your inventory was already full of these items
- Fixed a bug that allowed players to appear undead outside of PVP
- Fixed a bug that allowed the French/Spanish NPCs to respawn on their ship if it was taking too long to defeat all NPCs
- Fixed a bug with the voodoo doll that would divide healing power among all attuned targets(including enemy NPCs) instead of only dividing it among attuned targets that are players
- Fixed a bug that would not allow you to run after you died while taking aim with the pistol
Release Notes - June 16, 2008
- Fixed the radar. Townsfolk are green, players are blue, and enemies are red.
- The quest journal should now scroll when using your mouse's wheel
Release Notes - May 29, 2008
- Fixed a crash that happened when throwing grenades at fly traps or ships
Updates?
09-22-2008, 09:37 PM
Updates?
Promos can be handed out, and we're all still together. There are a few of us hanging back our bigger pirates in TEC, just to pick up any stragglers. 
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