Current News - Jan 05, '09

[Sven Niscadae]

NEW! Play Pirates Online Using Your Web Browser
http://piratesonline.go.com/#/news_b...s_online_using

January 05, 2010


Pirates Online has made it easier for you to enjoy the game you love. Now you can play Pirates of the Caribbean Online directly from PiratesOnline.com. It's quick and easy to do, just follow the steps below:

1. Click the PLAY button 2. Login and download 3. Click play to launch the game

1. Click the PLAY button in the upper left hand corner of the PiratesOnline.com website.
2. Log in using your account information you use to play the game.
3. Follow the onscreen instructions.
4. The game will start downloading automatically. Depending on your internet connection, this may take a few minutes, please be patient during this process.

This new feature allows you to play Pirates Online using a web browser like Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. If you have questions, please visit the Frequently Asked Questions about this new feature.


Known Issue: The web site may crash if you refresh the page while Downloading the game from the web site. We are working on this issue.

Got a question we didn't answer here about this new feature? Post your question as a reply to this news article and we'll do our best to answer it.

[Captain Del]

*Sways his head side to side* Meh, its nice and all they are trying to make playing the game easier, but I'm positive that most pirates are still gonna continue playing through the regular launcher, including myself. So... its a "meh" update for me.

[The Skirata Clan]

I read that that feature was not working for Mac users. Is it fixed now?

I would also want to know if it works with those out the U.S. because The DXD thing doesn't.

[The Commodore]

I think this has the potential to be a good idea, I just wouldn't play pirates in IE, and since I already have safari and chrome, no reason to download firefox.

[Sven Osymthe]

I read that that feature was not working for Mac users. Is it fixed now?

I would also want to know if it works with those out the U.S. because The DXD thing doesn't.

I never remember a fix being posted, but I don't own a Mac, so I couldn't test it out.

I am pretty sure it does work for those not in the U.S., because it is just the game placed into the browser, if people out of the U.S. can play the game on the launcher, they should be able to do this as well.

[Sven Niscadae]

Honestly, this has never downloaded at all on any browser I've tried on my home desktop. The Panda3D plug-in loaded on my work laptop but since I can't play games at work. I could leave the Download page up all day, but nada. Sure would have liked to tested it, to see its performance compared to the regular client. Any feedback in those regards?

[jason davy]

Originally Posted by The Skirata Clan

I read that that feature was not working for Mac users. Is it fixed now?

I got the test version to work in Firefox, could not get it to work at all in Safari or Chrome. Even in Firefox, it made me re-install the plugin each time I played. So I wouldn't call it totally "fixed" but it is possible to play through the browser on Mac. Haven't yet tried it on open but I assume it will work the same.

[NanoMiester]

I dont understand how it works :\ I tried it but it didn't work

[Rosa_ESG]

Originally Posted by The Commodore

I think this has the potential to be a good idea, I just wouldn't play pirates in IE, and since I already have safari and chrome, no reason to download firefox.

I got it to work on Google Chrome, although it wants to redownload the whole thing every time I use it.

[Beorn]

The Test version worked in Firefox for me. Unfortunately, I really don't see the point. You still have to download to your computer so how is it any different from playing through the launcher except there is just one more program running that may cause crashes during the game. In my opinion this whole concept has been one giant waste of the programmers time. It doesn't make the game run smoother, it causes more lag (in my experience), and it's just a different way to launch the game. Utterly worthless.