TEST Release Notes - Nov 20 '09

[Sven Niscadae]

Ooo! I must check this out. Oddly enough I'm more interested in the aesthetic changes than anything else really.

And things are looking way nice (as Mac has noted below)

Noticeable changes at sea with the ship textures... Also the masts wobble a bit when they're hit with cannon fire. Still wish they'd make the sails burn like it did way back when. Doesn't the sky look just... wow. Much better.


The swells created when a ship sinks are a nice touch too.


Hrm.. Let's not be too obvious now, Big D.

[MacIronhawk]

Wow, the new fog system and lightning is awesome. It just seems more... realistic, especially the new atmosphere.

Also, the ships do have some new animations, which also look better. The ships also look just a bit different, but nothing that will upset anyone or make anyone happy. At least, I'm nuetral.

And as a last note, the map is different too. But in a good way. There's more detail for the islands but Isla Perdida is missing. xD Yeah, the map(press M) looks way better. Port Royal got a major chance on the map.

P.S. There's more shadows at sea, and it looks great! It's different depending on the time of the day, just like they said. All I can really say is the game got way better as far as looks and atmosphere.

EDIT: And there's a bug while at sea. All the islands, up close, look horrible when your graphics are high, medium, or low. They need to fix that, and that's all i can think of.

EDIT2:The ships actually look way better. Especially the backs.

[Dockwrecker The Privateer]

Originally Posted by MacIronhawk

There's more detail for the islands but Isla Perdida is missing.

Well perdida does mean lost in Portugesse. As for the new ship design in Sven N's shots it looks like they have found a way to justify less polygons...I sort of like it.Ill get a better look when it comes to open.