Release Notes - December 23, 2009

[Sven Niscadae]

Originally Posted by i rock6336 :D

Where did you get that? lol isnt the mods supposed to do that??I like the news though.

Anyone can post Release Notes and the Current News here. If a member posts them, that's fine. (We'll just edit it to keep formatting consistent and purty)

Resolved the unusually long loading times for Windows 7 users

I'm not seeing a big loading screen improvement on my XP machine. Took almost 2 minutes to land. Used to be a lot quicker.

• Reinstated the mast breaking sound effect
• Sinking ships now sink stern first again
• Changed the "Sail" stat to "Speed" in the Shipwright's store

..? I don't think we had a problem with the ships sinking bow first, I thought some people just asked for some variety (though we had been living with stern sinking for the past 2 years anyway).

I wish they'd reinstate the entire old mast breaking routine. Yes, it's easier to break enemy ships' masts.. but it's also easier for them to break yours, with broadsides even. I was watching my son play on his war ships and he was losing his sails repeatedly. He's really never had that sort of problem before. I've also had a round of broadsides take my sailing speed down at least a quarter of the way. This can happen even from lower level ships against a war ship when passing by them.

Something seems odd about this picture. Lost all my sails 1:1 with a Barracuda, and my ship only took 14% damage to the hull. A sloop firing broadsides at a galleon took down all of its sails.



I guess Disney has addressed the "what do we spend our gold on" problem. /sarcasm

edit: Okay, now I know I'm not crazy. Since that last big update, they've broken the "Invert Mouselook" option when sailing. Moving the mouse up/down does move the camera down/up respectively when on the pirate, but not when at the helm.