TEST release notes 2/19/09

[Maximvs]

People confused over Misty Mire, there is actually a swamp area for Tortuga and then after you take a right and a left, there is a ramp that leads to the real Misty Mire.

Yes, the 'rea' Mire is still there - once you go though what I'm calling 'the swamps'. But my initial notes:

- I crashed 4 times last night - two "Internet Connection Has Ben Lost", one "Server Is Busy - Try Again?" with a Yes / No Option, and one "cannot connect to gameservr.pirates.blahblah:7667" with a cancel button (which I never did get to click - it then crashed out about 10 seconds later).

- Lag was an issue... I 'never' lag (exception: put 60 pirates in one location and sure I and everyone else lags... but these were quiet servers)

- Graphics are a mess a) My character has 'eyebrow horns' as they stick out from his head like two pointy pencils - and the rest of his body is bruised / out of shape b) Mysty Mire (once you actually enter it - not the swamp) was a complete mess - with 'draw and black lines' everywhere c) Torg itself wasn't too bad (for the time I could remain connected) with the issues of everything looked 'downgraded' visually...

[The Commodore]

The cannot connect to server blah blah 25 happens to me every time I log onto test. I just click try again and i'm in.

[Poison elf]

Misty Mire looks like it got a bit of a fix, water isn't cutting out. Thieves den appears there just is no water now though, or completely black.

Ran through some quests a bit, and looks like several things in that needs tweaking. Seeing the two arrows now and then pointing different directions. Getting the stars on characters also. Previous problem, quest you are doing, always switching to a different quest completely, each time you turn the one you are doing in.

I don't think I am caring much for the new quest script. Closest target is =. Sends ya to boss creatures, towns and other places while you are standing at the target. Not choosing easiest location, such as a simple teleport.

A few old things popping up again, like smoking after fighting a fly trap endlessly.

[Edward Edgemenace]

Originally Posted by Poison elf

A few old things popping up again, like smoking after fighting a fly trap endlessly.

As harmless glitches go, I gotta say I like the looks of that one. Similar to getting bitten by a rock crab (not harmless) as you board at a dingy - you remain slow until you log out or find something else to attack you.

[MacIronhawk]

The new tortuga looks great but it looks like Disney is getting rid of all the wide open spaces in the game just to reduce lag.
I wish they would stop the graphic downgrades.

Maybe someday in the not so long future we'll get rid of lag all together for games and Disney can bring back the better looking frame rate for avatars.(not to mention more wide open spaces around islands.)