POTCO Release Notes: 2009

January	February	March	April	May	June
July	August	September	October	November	December

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