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POTCO Release Notes: 2009

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Release Notes
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January 2009

January 30, 2009

  • New and improved Port Royal: Players should see significant performance increases thanks to the new layout.
  • New and improved Tutorial: Now more action packed!
  • Added a player Profile Card so you can view details about players you meet.
  • Early Quest Line has been smoothed out and should be much more fun.
  • Overall smoother gameplay: Fewer hiccups and pauses during the action.
  • Improved crew making and display: Starting and joining crews is easier than ever before. The onscreen crew display is now even more useful.
  • Improved Chat interface: Only one text entry box now and it routes your message appropriately.
  • Clothing Store changes: It is much easier to browse through all your wardrobe choices.
  • Fixed another exploit that allowed you leave a PvP while still undead.
  • Reputation gains are no longer reduced for Basic Access players.
  • Lots of other small tweaks and improvements!

February 2009

February 4, 2009

  • Fixed a crash with NVidia and ATI graphics cards that prevented some Pirates from entering the game
  • Fixed the missing Dagger animations
  • Crew Members will remain pink on the mini-map
  • Plugged several client memory leaks which will improve performance during long game play
  • Fixed several crashes on exit
  • Optimized Teleportation effects to improve your frame rate when you teleport or when witnessing another avatar teleport.

February 5, 2009

  • Fixed the door in the smugglers' cache on Rumrunner's Isle. Pirates will no longer be trapped inside the cache.
  • Fixed text formatting issues with chat

February 11, 2009

  • Bug Fixes:
    • Fixed a bug where a Pirate could become invincible on Kingshead
    • Fixed a bug that allowed you to harm other Pirates if they were in a Privateer crew and on a team different than your own
    • Fixed a bug in the Crew HUD that would not show some crew members if you disconnected and reconnected
  • Display/Graphic Issues:
    • Fixed the icon that was not showing up when Guests were playing on a Windows machine in windowed mode
    • Fixed texture issues for Guests playing on a Mac
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