Test Release Notes - December 9, 2011

[Marry The Night]

Release Notes - December 9, 2011

Updates:

• Jolly Roger's visage once again terrifies Pirates right-side up in the moon during Invasions.
• During Privateering, Pirates now reappear at their correct port of origin after being sunk at sea.
• Fixed issue with Pirates getting stuck on a black screen after being defeated in PvP Mayhem.
• Fixed issue with Pirates getting stuck on a black screen after being defeated aboard a Flagship and selecting to "Go to jail".
• Fixed issue with Pirates getting stuck on the Treasure Map loading screen after being sent to jail during the Black Pearl Quest.
• Fixed a crash during the Tutorial while downloading is still in progress.
• Fixed disconnection issues when Pirates teleport to other islands, or after docking at port.
• Fixed a typo in the description of the new "Skull & Bones" ship upgrade.

Known Issues:

• Teleporting does not function properly after being defeated while battling aboard a Flagship at sea. Pirates see the following incorrect message "Sorry, you can't teleport while aboard an enemy flagship".

[Nate Swordwalker]

Eh, at least they seem to be working hard since the last test release notes.

[Marry The Night]

Light-class vessels can now be customized, too. Not included in the release notes though.

[Makeo]

Originally Posted by Marry The Night

Light-class vessels can now be customized, too. Not included in the release notes though.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
DOSE DANG DIGHT DOOPS DAR DONNA DET DE :z u02zq:

[Davy_Mcwrecker]

Originally Posted by Makeo

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
DOSE DANG DIGHT DOOPS DAR DONNA DET DE :z u02zq:

lolwut?

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This looks like spam...

[Makeo]

Originally Posted by Davy_Mcwrecker

lolwut?

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This looks like spam...

Not if you were intelligent enough to notice I just replaced all the first letters with a 'D'

[Stephen O'Malley]

Originally Posted by Marry The Night

Light-class vessels can now be customized, too. Not included in the release notes though.

/facepalm.

Looks like the light sloop lives on...

[HammyTheSquirrel]

Originally Posted by Stephen O'Malley

/facepalm.

Looks like the light sloop lives on...

*sigh* Light Sloops will now have the chance to be even more dominant in SvS. -_-

[J.T.]

Originally Posted by Marry The Night

Light-class vessels can now be customized, too. Not included in the release notes though.

Hmm... I just checked on test with 2 different light ships and they are still "unfit".

(I tried it with Light Sloop and Light Galleon, on Cuba and Port Royal)

(Most people probably can upgrade them, but this is what is showing on mine)

[Mr. Gibs]

Originally Posted by Marry The Night

Light-class vessels can now be customized, too. Not included in the release notes though.

Glitch/Bug

[leo]

I don't know how more obvious this can get...

Rigging is not having any effect on skills at all. The skill boosts does not add time weather you test by timing the skill of the obvious way of looking at skill points.

Take cover:



Full sail:



Please make sure you continue reporting Bugs on test as often as you can!

[Stephen O'Malley]

Originally Posted by Rannulf

Yes

Thanks!

Originally Posted by leo

I don't know how more obvious this can get...

Rigging is not having any effect on skills at all. The skill boosts does not add time weather you test by timing the skill of the obvious way of looking at skill points.

Take cover:

Spoiler for Large images:

Full sail:

Please make sure you continue reporting Bugs on test as often as you can!

Are you sure that POTC didn't just make a typo?

With a 3+ boost on Full Sail (with a sea chart) the skill lasts 23 seconds (22 seconds below, it's hard getting a screen at the very beginning).

[Ice_Storm]

Originally Posted by Stephen O'Malley

Thanks!



Are you sure that POTC didn't just make a typo?

With a 3+ boost on Full Sail (with a sea chart) the skill lasts 23 seconds (22 seconds below, it's hard getting a screen at the very beginning).

Sometimes, it is a typo.

Most of the other times, it's a game glitch (Dodge doesn't even work! Well, on Live it still doesn't...)

Trust me when I say there are many skills that are given incorrect or no stat duration or damage bonuses even though you have a weapon/item that's supposed to increase its ability.

Test all the abilities to make sure they're working because maybe it only is affected by certain weapons that boost the skill by +2 and it doesn't work

while...

abilities affected by certain weapons that boost the skill by +3 gives the correct increase.

Code could be broken in different directions.

Investigate it.

[leo]

Originally Posted by Stephen O'Malley

Thanks!



Are you sure that POTC didn't just make a typo?

With a 3+ boost on Full Sail (with a sea chart) the skill lasts 23 seconds (22 seconds below, it's hard getting a screen at the very beginning).

Take of your rumrunners sea chart, do the same thing and take the same screenshot. 5 points full sail and take cover have always been 22 or 23 seconds. for any skill, the time written is lower by a couple of seconds therefore you are not getting a boost at all with those 3 points.

Another way you can test it. Retrain sailing skills. Only put one point on your full sail then add your sea chart (rumrunners should make this 4 points). Then test it how long it lasts. Then take off your chart and add 3 points to full sail and you will see a big difference. IT'S NOT A TYPO...

[Stephen O'Malley]

Originally Posted by leo

Take of your rumrunners sea chart, do the same thing and take the same screenshot. 5 points full sail and take cover have always been 22 or 23 seconds. for any skill, the time written is lower by a couple of seconds therefore you are not getting a boost at all with those 3 points.

Another way you can test it. Retrain sailing skills. Only put one point on your full sail then add your sea chart (rumrunners should make this 4 points). Then test it how long it lasts. Then take off your chart and add 3 points to full sail and you will see a big difference. IT'S NOT A TYPO...

Did some more tests. With Mutineer's Charm, I get 23 seconds still. Then with a ram, I only get 22 seconds. So in total, I got a 1 second boost. lol.

And I don't feel like spending 10k gold at the moment, so didn't do another test.