Test Release Notes

Test Release Notes - May 29 2008
  • Fixed a crash that happened when throwing grenades at fly traps or ships
Test Release Notes - May 23 2008
  • Fixed some misspellings in quest dialog
  • Ship panels no longer disappear when they break
  • Fixed a bug that was breaking the "track quests" button after completing the black pearl boss battle
  • Fixed a few graphics bugs with the two new islands
  • Fixed a bug that was preventing people in welcome worlds from being able to teleport back to Port Royal when in jail or inside a building
  • Added loading screens for the new islands
  • Changed the color of the feedback form button
  • Changed the behavior of the "ray of light" to help better guide you towards your quest objectives.
  • Added a notoriety reward for the "Skeleton Infestation" quest
  • If you bring up the feedback panel when in a store GUI (jewel, tattoo, etc.), the feedback form will now reposition itself so it doesn't block the store's GUI
  • Fixed an issue that was causing enemies to face backwards
  • Fixed an issue that was incorrectly giving quest credit when defeating unrelated NPCs and NPC ships
  • Updated the launcher after discovering a bug that was preventing the bug report form from being correctly displayed after a crash
Test Release Notes - May 15 2008
  • Added new French and Spanish skeletons. French skeletons can be found on Isla Cangrejos and Spanish skeletons can be found on Cutthroat Isle. New French and Spanish skeleton ships can be found sailing around Isla Cangrejos and Cutthroat Isle, respectively. The new skeleton types are as follows:
    • French:
      • French Undead Maitre
      • French Undead Plongeur
      • French Undead Matelot
      • French Undead Capitaine
    • Spanish:
      • Spanish Undead Conquistador
      • Spanish Undead Almirante
      • Spanish Undead Alferez
      • Spanish Undead Comandante
  • Added two new islands to the world:
    • Isla De La Avaricia
    • Ile D'Etable De Porc
  • Adjusted the placement of Mother's day tattoos
  • Added new ship sinking cutscenes
  • Added a minimum system requirements check to the Game launcher. The minimum system requirements can be found here. Please let us know if you are getting false alerts about your machine not meeting the minimum system requirements, are getting them too frequently, or the “don’t show me again” checkbox isn’t respected.
  • Added an in-game feedback form. When using this form, please be as specific as possible. Please note that you will not receive any feedback from support using this form (click here for technical support). The feedback form button icon is a question mark and can be found in two places:
    • On the options menu
    • On the lower corner of the screen
  • In an effort to improve the early in-game experience, we have re-launched welcome worlds. This is a scaled down instance of the Pirates world that a player plays in until they launch a ship for the first time. To help us test this new and exciting feature, create a new pirate and take them for a spin through the tutorial. Please let us know about any issues that you encounter during the tutorial.
  • Fixed a fire effect that wasn't cleaning itself up properly
  • Added some debugging for tracking down lingering issues with textures when using the DirectX9 graphics API.
  • Fixed a bug that was preventing collisions with the masts of your ship once you had been on a cannon
  • A new quest titled "Skeleton Infestation" will be given out by Orinda Le Jeune located on the Tortuga Docks
Live Release Notes

Live Release Notes - May 29 2008
  • Fixed a crash that happened when throwing grenades at fly traps or ships
Live Release Notes - May 28 2008
  • Added new French and Spanish skeletons. French skeletons can be found on Isla Cangrejos and Spanish skeletons can be found on Cutthroat Isle. New French and Spanish skeleton ships can be found sailing around Isla Cangrejos and Cutthroat Isle, respectively. The new skeleton types are as follows:
    • French:
      • French Undead Maitre
      • French Undead Quarter Master
      • French Undead Lieutenant
      • French Undead Capitaine
    • Spanish:
      • Spanish Undead Conquistador
      • Spanish Undead Bandido
      • Spanish Undead Pirata
      • Spanish Undead Captain
  • Added two new islands to the world:
    • Isla De La Avaricia
    • Ile D'Etable De Porc
  • Fixed a bug that was preventing people with PowerPC based Macs from being able to play the game
  • Adjusted the placement of Mother's day tattoos
  • Added new ship sinking cutscenes
  • Added an in-game feedback form. When using this form, please be as specific as possible. Please note that you will not receive any feedback from support using this form (click here for technical support). The feedback form button icon is a question mark and can be found on the options menu
  • In an effort to improve the early in-game experience, we have launched welcome worlds. This is a scaled down instance of the Pirates world that a player plays in until they launch a ship for the first time.
  • Added some debugging for tracking down lingering issues with textures when using the DirectX9 graphics API.
  • Fixed a bug that was preventing collisions with the masts of your ship once you had been on a cannon
  • A new quest titled "Skeleton Infestation" will be given out by Orinda Le Jeune located on the Tortuga Docks
  • Fixed some misspellings in quest dialog
  • Ship panels no longer disappear when they break
  • Fixed a bug that was breaking the "track quests" button after completing the black pearl boss battle

Game Updates

May 28th Update
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