Release Notes - December 19, 2007

[Batleth]

Release Notes - December 19, 2007

• Black Pearl Quest has been fixed - boss battle has been re-enabled. There is a known issue with the battle hanging at a black screen if you complete it with a crew. We are in the process of fixing this bug.
• Fixed bug in the Lookout System that was causing players to be sent to the wrong game type
• Added notification in the Guild Page that lets you know if your Guildmate is online or offline
• Fixed bug that caused ships to occasionally zoom back and forth
• Added in-game notification when a Guild invitation token is redeemed
• Adjusted the velocity calculation of cannonballs to make it easier to hit enemies while on a moving ship.
• Adjusted battle balancing:
  • Lower level enemies are now able to damage higher level players. Previously, they would always miss.
  • Lower level players are now able to damage higher level enemies. Previously, they would always miss.
• Reduced Notoriety gain for Grenades and Voodoo Staff.
• Added functionality to put players back on their original server after playing PVP
• Fixed bug in server selection that was sometimes sending players to a different server than the one they selected at the login screen
• Removed the server selection panel from the 'pick-a-pirate' screen for accounts that have no avatars
• Added code to prevent teleport effects when teleporting while swimming
• Fixed an issue with being sunk right as you anchor your ship. If you make it to land safely, your ship should never be sunk
• Update made to the Quest tracking system to not track Quests that only direct you to a location (i.e. kill crabs on Tortuga)
• Added detection to default players with ATI video cards to use DirectX 9 to fix an issue that was causing players to crash when boarding a ship
• Added server names to the Speed Chat Plus dictionary