TLOPO Release Notes - 2018

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December

2018-12-30 tlopo-rc-v1.19.1

Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue with the Hollowed Woods shop where items would be sold for gold instead of bones.
• Fixed a crash with particle effects.
• Fixed a crash with sword effects.
• Fixed a crash with the world grid.
• Fixed a crash with trashing items.
• Fixed a crash with the repair mini game.
• Fixed a crash with nametags during sailing.
• Potentially fixed the infinite loading screen issue with launching ships. Please report to us if you encounter this bug again!

Maintenance

• Code cleanup.
• Enemies associated with holidays will now properly despawn after the holiday ends.
• Localizer improvements and tweaks.

2018-12-24 tlopo-rc-v1.19.0

Features

• An all-new Winter Festival event is now live! Visit Yuletide Manor on Tortuga and say "Ahoy!" to the Frost family. They bring good tidings and winter weapons! Celebrate with them until January 31st!
• New Material Type: Moonstones
  • Players can loot Moonstones from EITC, Navy, Undead, and Davy Jones enemies until the end of the event.
  • Use Moonstones to purchase the winter weapons from the Frost family!
• In addition to the store weapons, 9 new famed and rare winter weapons have been scattered about the Caribbean and can be looted anywhere until the end of the event.
• Introducing the Silver Striker, an all-new legendary cutlass.
  • Players can loot this new blade anywhere (except The Watcher & Dry Rot) or purchase it from Holly Frost if they have enough Moonstones. But take heed! The blade will be packed up when the Frosts leave next month.

Bugfixes

• Fixed a crash when entering building interiors.
• Fixed a crash with ships sinking.
• Fixed a crash with the Hollowed Woods and Christmas Event Rewards stores.
• Fixed a crash with the ship wheel.
• Fixed an issue with Musicians not playing music requests in certain building types.
• Fixed several visual issues with the Hollowed Woods and Christmas Event Rewards stores.
• Grenades no longer change color depending on what ammo you're using.
• Removed floating holiday stockings from The Watcher's Hovel.

Maintenance

• Changes to holiday date ranges.
• Code cleanup.
• Implemented several new behind-the-scenes holiday mechanics that allow buildings to lock and unlock when events begin or end.
• Localizer grammar and typo fixes.
• Several news pop-up messages now have more distinct icons.
• Whitelist and blacklist updates.

2018-12-20 tlopo-rc-v1.18.9

Features

• Celebrate the holidays with Double Reputation!

Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug causing ships to move erratically.
• Fixed fort cannons in the Black Pearl Boss Battle.
• Fixed the Goliath cutscene in the Black Pearl Boss Battle.
• Fixed an issue with respawning in SVS.
• Fixed a district reset relating to ships.

Maintenance

• Code cleanup.

2018-12-16 tlopo-rc-v1.18.8

Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug causing ships to not fully load.
• Fixed a bug with the ocean selection panel which prevented players from being able to view the population counts or change oceans.

Maintenance

• Code cleanup.

2018-12-15 tlopo-rc-v1.18.7

Features

• Double Gold for the holidays! This will last until December 28.

Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue in SVS where ships would sometimes appear across the map. Ships may appear to "rubber band" though, but we are working on a fix for this.
• Fixed an issue in SVS where enemy ships would aggro player ships.
• Potentially fixed an issue in SVS where the player would be "lost" on the ship during sinking.

Maintenance

• Code cleanup.

Known Issues

• The population counter will be slow/display incorrect numbers. We have a fix coming for this in the next release.

2018-12-4 tlopo-rc-v1.18.6

Maintenance

• The Watcher and Dry Rot will no longer drop Silver Freeze and The Lost Sword of El Patron.

November

2018-11-29 tlopo-rc-v1.18.5

32-Bit Warning

PSA

• The Legend of Pirates Online will soon no longer support 32-bit computers. Upon when TLOPO stops supporting 32-bit computers, those with 32-bit computers will no longer be able to run TLOPO on their computer. This is a final warning for all 32-bit players.

Features

• Several new weapons have been added to Hollowed Woods.
  • The Watcher will now drop 3 new legendary weapons.
  • Dry Rot will now drop 1 new legendary weapon.
• Visit Loopy Lawrence near Anne Goldsilver on Port Royal for a hint at something...

Maintenance

• Added deprecation dialog warning for 32-bit players on the avatar chooser.
• Code cleanup.
• Hollowed Woods holiday has been extended to December 31st.
• The Sapphire Curse now has a blue motion trail.
• Updated the whitelist and blacklist.

2018-11-11 tlopo-rc-v.1.18.4

Features

• New clothing and weapons have arrived to Hollowed Woods! You can find them for sale in the Decrepit Shop and the Gypsy Wagon, respectively.
• New weapons include the Magma Blunderbuss, Corpse Staff, and Navigator's Staff.
• New clothing includes the Pumpkin Privateer set, Midnight Marauder set, and Caribbean Night Utility Belt.

Maintenance

• Code cleanup.
• Localizer tweaks.
• Whitelist and blacklist update.

October

2018-10-26 tlopo-rc-v.1.18.3

Maintenance

• Changed date ranges for some upcoming holidays.
• Localizer tweaks.
• Slightly optimized frame rate in Hollowed Woods by removing some extraneous props from behind walls.
• Whitelist and blacklist updates.

2018-10-15 tlopo-rc-v.1.18.2

Bugfixes

• Fixed a reset when attacking enemies.
• Fixed a reset with fleets.
• Fixed a reset with the match maker.
• Fixed a reset with sailing caused under obscure circumstances.
• Fixed a reset with sailing caused when sending a player to jail.
• Fixed several issues with the Discord integration.

Maintenance

• Localizer tweaks.
• Whitelist and blacklist update.

September

2018-9-21 tlopo-rc-v.1.18.1

Features

• Ship captains now have the ability to kick shipmates off of their ship outside of SvS. AFK players can be kicked at any point in time. Non-AFK players can be kicked, but the captain must wait 5 minutes before kicking additional non-AFK players again. Players who are kicked from a ship cannot return for the length of the voyage. The ship kicking ability can be found under the "Take Action" button on player profiles.
• TLOPO now supports Discord's Rich Presence API. Other Discord users will be able to see your activity and location in-game!

Bugfixes

• Fixed a district reset with reviving another player.
• Fixed an issue causing AOE attacks and swords to not damage enemies or players in PvP. Unfortunately, this change also reverts Spanish and French enemies to their original condition with having infinite range.
• The crew HUD will now display when a player is AFK, on a cannon, or in a PvP match.

Maintenance

• Code cleanup.
• Localizer tweaks.

2018-9-19 tlopo-rc-v1.18.0

Features

• Jolly Roger has added Tortuga to his list of islands to send invasions to. Fend his hordes of undead off with yer crew and guildmates!

Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug where French and Spanish skeletons would have infinite range when attacking players.
• Fixed an issue relating to spawning enemies.
• Fixed the Bloodfire skill not updating after killing an enemy.

Maintenance

• Code cleanup.
• Tweaked how the client and server decide when an attack should miss.

2018-9-15 tlopo-rc-v1.17.5

Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug where skill effects would not be cleaned up on dead enemies.
• Fixed a bug where skill effects would not unlock with skill points.
• Fixed a bug allowing multiple instances of the same weapon debuff to be present on an enemy.
• Fixed the ray of light targeting the wrong ships.

Maintenance

• Reverted some changes with invasions. Please test them and see how they perform.

2018-9-11 tlopo-rc-v1.17.4

PSA

• Whenever we release an update, please know that there is an extreme amount of quality assurance testing that goes into it - sometimes lasting for several months at a time. Unfortunately though, we sometimes do not catch some bugs that make it into a public release. Please have some patience with us as we resolve any issues following an update. We need to make sure that the changes we make to correct the new bugs are accurate. If we do not test them properly, we could accidentally cause even more bugs. Thank you!
  • For reference, invasions were working properly in Summer 2017. We did not release them until Winter 2018 because we had put in an extreme amount of time testing them. However, when we released them on the live servers they failed to function properly - even though we had quality assurance testers going through them 60 hours a week for several months. We unfortunately cannot anticipate every scenario or combination of attributes that will create an issue/crash - but to counteract this, we are very swift to fix the issues as they appear.

Bugfixes

• Connectors/Tunnels now properly light up with defeat enemy tasks.
• Enemies and ships now go light up the closest one to you. The light does not switch off them until they die or you go away from them.
• Fixed a district reset caused by the ray of light fix. Please log in and sail around with the ray of light present, as well as when it's not.
• The islands at sea now have the light on them if you have a defeat enemy task on the island.

Known Issues

• When changing tracked quests the ray of light may stop working until moving to a new zone. We will be releasing another update soon to correct this issue.

2018-9-10 tlopo-rc-v1.17.3

• Fixed a bug that caused the Ray of Light to appear incorrectly when tracking quests.
• Fixed a bug which caused boss enemies to spawn with incorrect levels.
• Fixed a bug which prevented the Governor's Mansion from taking damage.
• Fixed a district reset with PVP.
• Fixed an issue which prevented Jolly Roger spawning inside invasions.

2018-9-9 tlopo-rc-v1.17.2

Features

• Reverse-engineered and implemented Disney's nametags, which have been open-sourced and can be found here: https://github.com/loblao/libotp-nametags
  • This should make the tags much more clear, reduce lag a bit, and fix the issue where clicking on players randomly stops working.
  • This should also fix an issue where NPC Shopkeepers' badges were hidden behind quest indicators.
• Implemented the "Sure Footed" skill
• Stop on by the tailors on Padres del Fuego and Port Royal to purchase a new pair of men's "Leather Cuff Boots."

Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug causing groups of enemies to not spawn with proper levels.
• Fixed a bug where enemies would sometimes not attack barricades during invasions.
• Fixed a bug where navigation tools would not apply a rank boost.
• Fixed a district reset related to invasions.
• Fixed a district reset related to SvS.
• Fixed a district reset related to the lookout matchmaker.
• Fixed a number of client crashes related to weapons.
• Fixed an old Disney issue where rank 5 and 6 Privateering infamy badges were swapped.

Maintenance

• Added a new Peddler roster for the 2018-2019 season. You will see it be released slowly over the coming months.
• Balanced out Jack Sparrow's Blade
  • Decreased "Critical Strike" skill to Rank 3.
  • Decreased "Powerful" skill to Rank 3.
  • Removed Drain Health.
• Bones will now begin to drop automatically when the Hollowed Woods event begins. It will no longer require an update to the game each time.
• Localizer grammar/typo fixes.
• Modified holiday date ranges.
• Replaced duplicate ship names.
• Whitelist and Blacklist updates.

On the Horizon

• We have recently open-sourced a new technology that we're calling "Pypperoni" and can be found here: https://github.com/Pypperoni
  • Pypperoni is a free and open source Python compiler and bytecode preprocessor designed and maintained by the TLOPO team. This compiler will be the successor to TLOPO's current runtime, Nirai. When Pypperoni is released, we will be removing support for 32-bit applications. We will provide more information when we get closer to releasing this update.

August

2018-8-17 TLOPO-rc-v.1.17.1

Bugfixes

• Fixed a district reset caused by two players requesting to use the same cannon at the exact same time.
• Fixed a district reset related to broadsides.
• Fixed a district reset related to cannons.
• Fixed a district reset when launching a Fishing Boat.
• Fixed a district reset when swapping from Grenades to Voodoo Dolls.
• Fixed a district reset with the Black Pearl Boss Battle.
• Fixed a gameserver function crash caused by someone disconnecting while using the Lookout matchmaker. This was the source of all the issues with players' friends and guild lists.
• The huge boulder next to the peddler on Tortuga is no longer floating above the ground.

Maintenance

• Code cleanup.
• Localizer grammar/typo fixes.

Known Issue

• Forts in the Black Pearl Boss Battle do not attack and do not take damage. To progress, shoot the bridges. They will take damage and allow you to pass through once destroyed.

2018-8-14 tlopo-rc-v1.17.0

Features

• Sea Charms and Cannon Rams are now fully functional! Players can equip one in the "Item" slot of their inventory for special boosts and effects, including:
  • Ammo damage boosts.
  • Critical shot.
  • Extra ammo range.
  • Infinite ammo.
  • Skill boosts.
  • Skill duration boosts.
• Rumor has it that four new legendary weapons have surfaced. The Brethren Court has learned that these be quite powerful - wielded by some of the most fearsome and notorious individuals in the Caribbean. Will you be one of the first to find them? Only time will tell...
• Big changes have been made to The Diplomat and China Seas Warrior outfits. These sets now have different clothing items depending on which peddler you visit.
  • China Seas Warrior now has two variations of closed coats, for both males and females.
  • The Diplomat now has an open long coat and high neck shirt variation for males and a closed coat variation for females.
  • The two outfits will return as week-long flash sales throughout August to get players these new items.
• Kat Repperson, a new peddler, has set up shop in Las Pulgas on Padres del Fuego, next to Goslin Prymme's tavern.
• New colorable hat: Accented EITC Hat. It is available in the secret shop and in loot (as brights).
• Rank IV Storm Chaser, Fortune Hunter, and Copperhead hulls now have better speed, cargo, and armor stats respectively. Previously, these hulls had worse stats compared to their rank III counterparts.
• Sailing skills will now properly increase in duration when more skill points are applied.
• The Seven Seas Repeater Pistol group (six weapons!) can now be found in loot.
• Per player request, we removed the previously discontinued peddler outfit, Treasure Hunter, from general loot. It is back on the docket as a flash sale set.
• The Treasure Hunter outfit now has a brand new pair of shorts for men.
  • The old shorts are still available in loot.
  • The previous shorts were able to be found elsewhere in the game. These are exclusive to Peddlers.
• We've added 75 new prefixes and 75 new suffixes to the ship name chooser!
• We've entirely rewritten the back-end of the Lookout matchmaker system again to better accommodate for Team PvP queuing and future updates. We hope to have more improvements to the Lookout system in the future!

Bugfixes

• Cannon fixes:
  • Fixed a district reset caused by shooting a cannon after using a voodoo doll.
  • Rewrote several functions for cannons on the back-end. This is a huge fix. It patches up three of our most common in-game crashes that occur thousands upon thousands of times.
• Sailing & ship fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where enemies would go idle on flagships.
  • Fixed a bug where ramming speed did not damage the targeted ship.
  • Fixed a crash when boarding a player ship that didn't have an infamy badge.
  • Fixed a crash when launching or docking a ship.
  • Fixed a district reset when boarding a flagship.
  • Fixed a district reset when being hit by enemy broadsides.
  • Fixed a district reset when firing broadsides.
  • Fixed several miscellaneous issues with flagships.
• Quest fixes:
  • Finally fixed a bug preventing players from completing digging quests when you have 2+ digging quests in your quest journal.
  • Fixed a bug causing the treasure chest animation to not appear when digging.
  • Fixed a bug which caused the Raven's Cove Story Quest to get stuck at various points.
  • Fixed a bug which caused the Raven's Cove teleportation quest to not appear in your quest journal. If you are still missing the quest, please contact support.
  • Fixed an issue that caused players to crash when picking up daily quests.
• Lookout fixes:
  • Fixed a district reset when accepting a Mayhem match as a group from the Lookout panel.
  • Fixed dozens of internal server function crashes with the matchmaker.
  • Fixed several other miscellaneous district resets with the matchmaker.
• PvP fixes:
  • Fixed a district reset that occurred at the end of a Team PvP match.
  • Fixed a district reset when joining a PvP match with more than 8 players.
  • Players can no longer move before the PvP match has officially started.
• SvS fixes:
  • A ship's bounty should now properly clear once it is sunk.
  • Reworked how bounty and score systems work.
• Miscellaneous fixes:
  • Adjusted some Alligator and Scorpion boss names, as some were duplicates. A new Huge Alligator boss name has been added as well.
  • Clothing icon color fixes.
  • Fixed a catalog bug that prevented various clothing items from showing up in the new peddler's shop.
  • Fixed a district reset caused by an enemy reaching an invasion barricade at the same moment that it was destroyed.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented the Divine Musket from dropping in loot.
  • Fixed an old Disney loot bug that prevented General Darkhart, General Sandspine, and Undead Timothy Dartan from having custom loot drops.
  • Fixed texture issues with the Court Blouse, Embroidered Blouse, Florid Top, and Tavern Blouse.
  • Reworked how all skill boosts and special effects from weapons are applied to players. It's a much smoother process under the hood.

Maintenance

• Code cleanup.
• Localizer grammar/typo fixes.
• Made minor tweaks to the stats of a few different weapons.
• Whitelist and Blacklist updates.

Game Note

• Since sailing charms have become operational, the team is also actively working on polishing up Cannon Defense! Ye will be able to acquire sought-after items such as the Revenant Ram once that is released!

July

2018-7-16 tlopo-rc-v1.16.2

Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue that would have prevented enemy ships from doing damage.
• Fixed an issue that would have prevented voodoo dolls from healing.
• Fixed multiple district resets with ship AI.
• Fixed multiple district resets with weapon AI.

Maintenance

• Code cleanup.
• General security improvements.

2018-7-12 tlopo-rc-v1.16.1

Bugfixes

• Actually fixed an issue that caused many of the new Stocking Caps to not appear in loot.
• Fixed a district reset that prevented players from queuing and loading into Team PvP.
• Fixed a district reset with Team PvP.

Maintenance

• Code cleanup.
• Localizer grammar and typo fixes.

2018-7-8 tlopo-rc-v1.16.0

Features

• Team PvP is finally here! Battle in groups in the Pillager's Pass map on Tortuga! Grab your mates and queue for a match in one of the following ways:
• Form two separate crews and battle the opposite team by selecting the battle button in the player card of one of your opposing teammates.
• Queue as a crew in the lookout panel or in the player card of another crew member to be split into teams and face off against each other!
• Queue solo in the lookout panel to be matched on teams randomly with other pirates.
• Based on community feedback, boss loot has been heavily improved! You should notice an increase in the quality of containers dropped by bosses.
• To be clear, this does not affect item RARITY rates - just container types.
• Be sure to leave us your feedback on the forums about this change. More skull chests for all!
• Craving ink? Be sure to go check out Nina Perpetua in the Las Pulgas tattoo shop for some hot new "full sleeve" arm tattoos.
• Loot Chests can now be replaced in sailing loot.
• This does NOT affect anything that drops within Loot Chests or the chance that you plunder a chest in the first place. All it means is more Loot Skull Chests and materials for you and your crew if you so desire!
• We researched this extensively. This change was put in place to more accurately match the sailing loot experience from the original game.

• We've added a few new weapons to loot! Most of these were added in order to fill in some holes in a few weapon groups. The following new items were added to complete some weapon groups:
  • Admiral's Broadsword
  • Commodore's Broadsword
  • Corsair's Blunderbuss
  • Divine Musket
  • Divine Pistol
  • Divine Repeater Pistol
  • First Mate's Broadsword
  • Knives of the Bear Idol
  • Knives of the Dark Idol
  • Knives of the Moon Idol
  • Orangutan Blunderbuss
  • Orangutan Broadsword
  • Privateer's Blunderbuss
  • Quartermaster's Broadsword
  • Seven Seas Bayonet
  • Seven Seas Blunderbuss

• The following previously unreleased weapons are now available in loot:
  • Tyranny Doll
  • Warmonger Doll
  • Gorilla Doll
  • Adventurer Doll
  • Treasure Hunter Doll
  • You can now loot Admiral Broadsword weapon group. This includes the Quartermaster's, First Mate's, Lieutenant's, Commander's, Captain's, Commodore's, Vice Admiral's, and Admiral's Broadswords.

• We've also added a ton of new random bosses over 240!
  • Every single enemy type now has 4 random bosses (with the exception of Jumbees, Rage Ghosts, Powder Keg Runners, and Undead Captains).
  • For a refresher: Random bosses are rare powerful enemies that have a low chance of spawning in place of a regular foe. You may go quite a while without seeing one! This has no effect on stationary bosses like General Darkhart.
  • For the first time ever, there are now random bosses for Ghosts and the Crew of the Flying Dutchman! Head on over to Isla Tormenta and Raven's Cove to check them out.
  • Many other miscellaneous enemy types now have bosses too, most notably Navy Officers, Undead Executioners, and many many more.
  • We took a lot of care with the names for these bosses. Be sure to check them out! Many of them are easter eggs calling back to the olden days of POTCO beta (or pre-beta). You may even see some references to lore beyond the game...

• A new outfit has been added to the game. See it when the Peddlers restock on August 1st!

Bugfixes

• Boss fixes:
  • Fixed an old Disney issue that caused a handful of random bosses to be categorized as roosters, pigs, and ravens. I for one want an angry rooster boss that pecks you to death and drops a legendary, but you can't win 'em all.
  • Fixed an old Disney issue that caused a handful of random bosses to stop spawning.
  • Fixed an old Disney issue that caused dozens of random bosses to be mis-categorized. For example, bosses that were Scorpions accidentally turned into Fly Traps.

• Guild fixes:
  • Fixed a district reset with guild promotions.
  • Fixed an issue where guilds were able to accumulate too many invite tokens, causing some players to be unable to use their pirates if their guild reached this maximum.

• Miscellaneous fixes:
  • Clothing icon color fixes.
  • Potential fix for players only looting the Gold Tiger Stripe Stocking Cap instead of one of the other 15 new stocking caps.
  • If you're still having issues with this, please send us your feedback! We can only test if this works via the large number of people looting on the main game. Thank you!

• PvP fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where killing yourself with grenades in PvP would count as kill credit.
  • Fixed a district reset when using the Throw Dirt skill in PvP.
  • Fixed a district reset with the PvP matchmaker.
  • Fixed an issue that caused players to spawn directly next to the enemy in Team PvP.
  • Fixed an issue that caused teams to be formed improperly in Team PvP.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the red Infamy "rank up" message to not show up when you leveled up to a new Infamy rank.
  • Fixed an issue where matchmaking requests would build up and not be deleted.
  • The message that displays when you are clumsy with grenades is now gender neutral and won't say "his" when a female pirate does it.
  • Reworked how spawn bubbles function in PvP. We are still working on preventing grenade damage from going through the shield, but other issues with it should be resolved.

• Quest fixes:
  • Fixed an issue where players would sometimes not be able to attack Kudgel during the Raven's Cove Story Quest. If you still encounter issues killing Kudgel, switch servers.
  • Fixed bonus rewards from the Raven's Cove Story Quest not being properly awarded. This has been a thorn in our side for quite some time now. We're glad this bug is finally squashed!
  • We know there are still a ton of quest bugs out there, from missing quests to broken search containers. This is a top priority. Thanks for your patience!

• Voodoo Doll fixes:
  • This is NOT a drill! We've made some progress on the voodoo doll sound effect bug! Sound the alarm... but not too loudly! Our ears are still ringing from having to put up with that noise for so long. Thanks for your patience! There are a few instances where this pesky bug still shows itself again. We hope to have this bug fully squashed in the next release.
  • Fixed an issue where the attune sound effect would persist and get louder if the attuned enemy was defeated.
  • Fixed an issue where the attune sound effect would persist and get louder if the attuned player would go to jail.
  • Fixed an issue where the attune sound effect would persist and get louder if the attuned player would teleport away.
  • Fixed an issue where the attune sound effect would persist and get louder on players and enemies after the doll was put away.
  • Fixed an issue where killing multiple attuned enemies with a voodoo doll would not properly award reputation or loot for all of them.
  • The voodoo swirl effect will no longer persist at the feet of enemies and players after they have been unattuned or if the doll has been put away.

Maintenance

• Added an internal debug feature to help better track the black screen PvP bug.
  • Thanks so much for your patience with this! We'll keep working on it until it's fixed!
• Code cleanup.
• Changed some dates for some upcoming holidays.
• Localizer grammar and typo fixes.
• Reorganized the Pirate Bayonet, Pirate Blunderbuss, and Idol Throwing Knives weapon groups. These changes were made to accommodate for the new weapon additions.
  • If you have any weapons from these groups in your inventory, you may see stat, rarity, and name changes. They should not be too radical. We made sure that the majority of the changes only benefited the player. So stats on a famed weapon you had could only be scaled up, rather than scaled down to a rare rank.
• WhiteList and BlackList updates.

June

2018-6-23 tlopo-rc-v1.15.2

Bugfixes

• Fixed a crash with players entering certain buildings while using low graphics.
• Fixed a texture issue where the female Rogue Privateer Cavalry Hat was using the Cotton Cavalry Hat design.
• Fixed a back-end crash causing players to appear offline or appear to have no location.

Maintenance

• Code cleanup.
• Slowed down the ship task a little bit to hopefully decrease some server lag.

Known Issues

• We're aware of issues introduced with our last patch that is causing some players to not receive credit from enemies. We're looking into this and appreciate your patience!

2018-6-12 (tlopo-rc-v1.15.1)

Bugfixes

• Emergency fix for the constant district resets from the last update.

6-11-2018 (tlopo-rc-v1.15.0)

Summer in TLOPO!

• Enjoy a new "double" event every month. This month, earn double gold June 11th-17th!
• Redeem the code RED by June 17th for a new Ostrich Hat!

Features

• Lootable Clothing:
  • New bright colors: Bright Pink, Bright Purple, Electric Blue, and Gold. Lootable at levels 30+!
  • New cotton versions of the following items can now be found in loot, and yes, you can find them in bright colors!
    • Bonnet, Cavalier Hat, Cavalry Hat, Feathered Tricorne, Gaucho, High Wing Hat, Navy Tricorne, Ostrich Hat, Stocking Cap, Stove Hat, Female Long Skirt, Male High Neck Shirt, Male Long Coat, Male Puffy-Sleeved Shirt, Male Shorts
    • Cavalier Hat, Cavalry Hat, Feathered Tricorne, High Wing Hat, Navy Tricorne, Ostrich Hat, Closed Female Vest, Embellished Vest, Low Corset, Open Male Vest, Striped Male Tank

• Female Clothing:
  • A colorable Long Skirt is now available at a few different tailors.
  • A new hat type, Bonnet, can now be found in loot.
  • All Bandanas, EITC Hats, Ostrich Hats, and Tricornes, are now unisex and available for females.
  • All unreleased versions of the 3 above hat types will be available for both genders when released.
  • Ladies can now loot the Dark Ostrich Hat.
  • Ladies can now purchase Admiral Hats and Rough Tricornes from Tailors.
  • Now that Ostrich Hats are completely unisex, we expect to see a demand for the quest ostrich hats for females. That functionality isn't available yet, but we are looking into it!

• Male Clothing:
  • Colorable Long Coats, High Neck Shirts, Puffy-Sleeved Shirts, and Shorts are now available at various tailors.
  • Some unreleased bandanas and bands that were available only for females are now wearable by men as well. They will be available for both genders when released.
  • Turned on the following shirts. They can now be found in loot.
    • Fleet Long Sleeve, Fleet Short Sleeve, Laced

Long Sleeve, Laced Short Sleeve

• Miscellaneous features:
  • Added higher resolution ground and volcano rock textures.
  • Classic 2008 versions of some items are now available... but where???
  • Previously discontinued crude starter weapons are now available at Blacksmiths, Gunsmiths, and Gypsies.
  • We have improved the stats on the Cursed Blade of Yore based on player feedback.
  • Yes! This is one of the new legendary cursed blades. And yes, it has been found! We'll have an announcement and reveal its stats soon! Stay tuned!

• Jewelry:
  • Jewelry stores have been reworked much like with Tattoos, but for finger rings.
  • Padres del Fuego now sells rings for the ring finger or "third" finger. Las Pulgas for the pinky finger.
  • Port Royal now sells rings for the index finger.
  • Previously discontinued items such as the Golden/Silver Knuckles, single hoop earrings, and lone ear cuffs, are once again for sale at all Jewelers.
  • Tortuga now sells rings for the middle finger. These were the previously released designs.

• Peddlers:
  • Added another new Peddler outfit, but no spoilers! You'll see what it is in July (which will have two new outfits).
  • Mardi Gras and Caribbean Day tricornes now have feathers for males.
  • New Holiday Peddler Outfit: Fourth of July.
  • The Pilgrim Explorer outfit has been removed from general loot and has been re-purposed as a Thanksgiving holiday outfit.

• PvP:
  • After each kill, text will appear showing you how many Infamy points you earned. This works for SvS as well.
  • The Brawl sword skill will now stun players in PvP.
  • The Grave Shackles voodoo doll skill is now functional within PvP.
  • The Taunt sword skill will now apply a decrease in accuracy to players in PvP.
  • The Throw Dirt dagger skill and Smoke Bomb grenades will now properly blind players when used. You can even blind yourself with the grenades if you aren't careful!
  • You can now challenge people to PvP on their player cards even if they aren't in the same area as you. This will work cross-island, but not cross-server.

• PvP Infamy Rewards:
  • French and Spanish vendors now have very different items for sale. The majority of the old items can be found at the Spanish vendor, with new ones on the French isle. The vendor in Barbossa's Grotto sells items from both shops.
  • An entirely new set of face tattoos is available at the French vendor. These can get pretty freaky - wear at your own risk!
  • New "fresh" versions of the Pirate Brand and Bullet Wound scars are now available at the Spanish vendor. You can still by the classic versions on the French island.
  • New coats matching Garcia de la Avaricia and Pierre le Porc are now available at their respective island vendors.
  • Two new eye tattoos are available are Land Infamy rank 4, one on each SvS island.

• Tattoos:
  • Every island now has a unique catalog. The previous catalog had all the same tattoos on every island.
  • New "Full Chest" versions of some classic tattoos are now available on Padres del Fuego alongside a new Koi Fish arm tattoo.
  • New intricate designs can be found on Tortuga.
  • New tribal-style tattoos can be found on Cuba.
  • The old tattoo selections have been split up between shops on Port Royal and Padres del Fuego.
• All vendors now have a "sell" button within the shop view.

• New inventory icons have been added for the following items:
  • Bonnet, EITC Boots, Navy Shoes, Cuff Boots, Male Closed Coat, Female Closed Coat, Navy Tricorne, Bandana, Long Skirt, High Neck Shirt
  • Various pieces of jewelry.

Bugfixes

• Miscellaneous fixes:
  • Enemies defeated in Hollowed Woods will now properly count toward quests that require you to kill enemies in any jungle or in any location on Port Royal.
  • Fixed a district reset when going to jail from a flagship.
  • Fixed a district reset when going to jail from the Underground Parlor Games.
  • Fixed a district reset with enemies & barricades in Invasions.
  • Fixed a district reset with random bosses.
  • Fixed an issue that would have caused the Father's Day quest to be unplayable by pirates that completed it last year.
  • The new monkey and skull compass emblems will no longer be used on Treasure Fleet ships.

• Peddler fixes:
  • Fixed an issue that would have caused the Crimson Captain outfit to expire from the catalog early.
  • Tweaked the August outfit to have a belt for females.

• PvP fixes:
  • Fixed a crash when accepting an invite.
  • Fixed a district reset when defeating someone in PvP.
  • Fixed an issue that allowed players in a PvP match to teleport to someone in a different match.
  • Fixed an issue that caused some PvP invites to not go through.
  • Fixed an issue where credit would not be awarded properly when someone was defeated with a grenade.
  • Another potential fix for the black screen bug at the end of a match
    • Unfortunately, this is hard to test internally. We need a large number of players doing PvP to see if the fix did indeed work. Please send us your feedback on this!
  • The game will no longer incorrectly tell you that you ranked up in Infamy after every single kill you make.

• SvS/Sailing fixes:
  • Increased the speed of the ship task again to hopefully make broadsides less wonky and ships less likely to zip around randomly.
  • Increased the SvS bounty cap to 35,000, up from 1,000.

• Texture fixes:
  • Adjustments to the female Carnival Day Blouse to remove seams.
  • Disney's previously unused plain High Neck shirt now has folds and texture around the neck.
  • Fixes to the Traveler's Ostrich Hat so there isn't a big gap in the buckle on the top.
  • Made changes to the 2008 version of the Seafoam Corset so it'd work on 2013 bodies a little better.
  • Minor tweaks to the Bonnet texture.
  • Removed a black line from the back of the male Evening Jacket.

• User Interface fixes:
  • Fixed an issue with the cargo pop-up message not displaying loot earned when a ship is sunk. It'd always show up in your cargo hold, but wouldn't appear in the "Plunder!" notifications.
  • Player cards will now display the island the PvP maps are located on. Tortuga for Pillager's Pass and Padres Del Fuego for Molten Cavern.

Maintenance

• Added some logging functionality to help debug sailing loot.
  • We know how big of an issue this is, and we're doing everything we can to fix it. This is one big step towards that. Thanks again for your continued patience and support!
• Code cleanup.
• Implemented a new functionality for holidays on the backend.
• Tons of localizer tweaks and fixes. Bad grammar is not tolerated here.
• We have temporarily disabled the Queen Anne's Revenge so it will not break players' ships while we patch up its bugs.
• Whitelist and blacklist updates.

Known Issues

• The extensive list of known issues from 1.14.0 still stands. We're working on them.
• Some of them are much more complex than others. We really appreciate your patience. Just hang in there!
• The amount, in reality, isn't halved and is still double that of what would normally be looted.
• This is an old bug from back in Disney days. We will fix it at some point, but other more serious issues, like the ones we listed in 1.14.0, take priority.

May

2018-5-21 (tlopo-rc-v1.14.1)

Features

• Added more tunes to musicians. Head on over to the taverns and check them out (there are 23 of them to be exact)!

Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue causing avatars to appear offline/have no location/have no name.
• Fixed an issue causing doll healing skills not to work properly.
• Fixed a district reset with jails.
• Fixed a district reset with PVP and teleporting.
• Fixed several bugs with invasions.

Maintenance

• Code cleanup.
• Localizer tweaks.
• Simplified log files. They will no longer be cluttered with unimportant information.
• Whitelist/blacklist updates.

2018-5-18 (tlopo-rc-v1.14.0)

Features

• An all-new Mother's Day tattoo design for the face, chest, and arms is available at all tattoo shops.
  • A new St. Patrick's Day design has also been implemented and will be available next year.
• Guilds have a new rank: Co-Guildmaster!
  • Co-Guildmasters will have all of the permissions the Guildmaster has, except they cannot name a new GM or submit a guild name for review.
  • They will be able to kick Members, Veterans, and Officers.
  • They can promote anyone all the way from Member up to Officer. Only the GM can name Co-GMs.
  • There is no limit on the number of Co-GMs a guild can have, but it is recommended that the Guildmaster does not give out the position lightly.
  • If a Guildmaster names someone new as the head of the guild, they will now step down to the rank of Co-GM instead of Officer.
  • If a Guildmaster pirate is deleted, the game will automatically select one of the Co-GMs to be the new GM instead of an Officer. If there are no Co-GMs, the game will pick from the next highest possible rank, whether that be Officer, Veteran, or Member.
  • In order to promote someone to the rank of Co-Guildmaster, they must already be an Officer.
• Invasions are now 75% more likely to occur.
• Males: Leather Vests can now be colored. Bright variants can also drop in loot.
• Over 70 new HD hat textures have been implemented.
  • Not every hat is HD, but you should notice a significant improvement in quality for the majority of them.
• PvP has been enhanced! This has been highly requested, and we're so happy to finally deliver. There is more to come!
  • Players can crew up and queue for a Mayhem match to face off against each other!
  • Players can queue solo looking for matches with other players, now more than 1v1. Face off against anywhere between 2 and 8 pirates!
• The Caribbean is getting more musical:
  • Holiday songs will no longer fib and say "Coming Soon." Instead, they're referenced as a "Holiday Song" and say to check back in the winter.
  • Musicians are now playing many more tunes, some all-new to TLOPO! Pay 'em a few doubloons and have a good time with yer mates.
  • Musicians have been added to Cuba, Padres del Fuego, Ile d'Etable de Porc, and Isla de la Avaricia!
  • Musicians have been added to the Rowdy Rooster (Port Royal) and the Faithful Bride (Tortuga).
  • Sid Shufflefoot from the Brethren Feast + Mardi Gras is now an actual musician - you can pay him to take requests!
  • We have rewritten musicians so they can function anywhere, not just in taverns. This will allow for a lot of possibilities down the line.
• The Lookout system has been entirely rewritten on the back-end. This has allowed for the following changes:
  • Players can now queue for a match as a crew.
  • The time it takes to find a match has been upped from 10 seconds to 30 seconds to smoothen the process.
• The "Puke" Potion has been added! Yuck, what's in that thing? Visit Padres del Fuego to brew one.
• Underground Parlor Games are now live! Queue solo or with friends to engage in private Blackjack or Poker games. This is also a great spot for guild meetings!
• We've added some new music and sound effects!
  • A new sound effect for scorpion death/knockdown has been added.
  • A new sound effect for the Brawl sword skill has been added.
  • Our original Fort Charles music from Alpha has returned!
• We have overhauled the invite code system for guilds. Previously, it was subject to abuse, with players forcing themselves back into guilds over and over.
  • Limited-use invite codes are now limited to a maximum of 20 uses, down from 100.
  • Officers can now only generate limited-use codes.
  • Only the Guildmaster and Co-Guildmasters can generate unlimited invite codes. Both the GM and Co-GM have the ability to clear any invite codes.
  • Players who use invite codes to join a guild will now trigger a chat notification to be sent to everyone else in the guild (similar to a regular invitation).
  • Veterans can no longer generate any codes.
• We've added two more sail emblems to shipwrights! They're community created, too!

Bugfixes

• Invasion fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where enemies would continue attacking after the invasion ends.
  • Fixed an issue that caused certain players to receive zero reputation points at the end of an invasion.
  • Fixed an issue that caused enemies to not attack barricades during an invasion.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Jolly Roger to attack barricades from across the island.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the fog around Jolly Roger's ship to persist after an invasion ended.
  • Fixed an issue with Invasions displaying incorrect time durations when using the /event and /holiday commands.
  • Fixed several crashes with the end of an invasion.
  • Jolly Roger's health has been increased. He is no longer a pushover!
  • Made several enhancements to the behavior of Jolly Roger and other enemies during an invasion.
  • Rewrote how reputation is distributed to hopefully correct players not receiving enough reputation at the end of an invasion.
• Invasion district reset fixes:
  • Fixed a district reset that would occur if Jolly Roger won an invasion.
  • Fixed a district reset with enemy movement when a skeleton dies during an invasion.
• Lookout/Matchmaking fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where the lookout panel wouldn't reset after a match, preventing the player from queuing again.
  • Fixed a district reset when teleporting to a friend in a parlor game.
  • Fixed a district reset with canceling a queue.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the queue to stall if there was a disconnected crew member.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented players from spawning together in a parlor game.
  • Fixed an issue where PvP invites would hang for a long time.
  • Fixed an issue would cause players to load a PvP match when queuing for a parlor game.
  • Fixed several district resets with queuing for a match.
• Miscellaneous fixes:
  • Fixed a district reset that occurred when attacking enemies.
  • Fixed a district reset with random boss enemies not having a name.
  • Fixed an exploit with a potion inventory slot that caused some potion effects to never expire.
  • Fixed an exploit with grenades where players would switch to a new weapon while the grenade was still in midair, causing massive damage.
  • Fixed an issue with bone drops from the Hollowed Woods Anniversary event. When the event is live again, bones will no longer eat up a slot for loot. They will use an extra slot.
  • Partially fixed the attune sound effect bug. It'll still persist, but won't get louder.
  • Pedro del Mar in the Avaricia Tavern is no longer floating.
  • Players who are knocked out during a fight and then revived will now receive loot credit.
  • Reworked how attuning works on the back-end.
• PvP fixes:
  • Cleaned up the function that hides the introductory message when a match begins.
  • Fixed an exploit with being undead outside of the Curse of the Muertos Moon event.
  • Fixed an issue that allowed players to skip around when pressing 'F7.'
  • Fixed an issue that caused players to crash or hang on a black screen after a game ends.
  • Fixed an issue that caused scoring to not be updated.
  • Fixed an issue that caused someone's kill to be credited as "Unknown."
  • Fixed an issue where players wouldn't spawn in proper spawn positions.
  • Fixed an issue where scoring would be tallied incorrectly.
  • The respawn shield bubble will now automatically respawn if the player begins attacking an opponent.
• Sailing/SvS fixes: We have sped up the ship task. This should potentially fix the following issues. Please provide feedback!
  • Broadsides will now be less wonky with their aim.
  • Ships will not zip around the screen as much.
• Tattoo and texture fixes:
  • Pirate Brand tattoos for the face and chest have been fixed - they will no longer appear "scrunched" up.
  • The Hawaiian Pectoral tattoo for the chest has been fixed to not appear "scrunched."
  • The male body texture has been edited to correct a strange light patch on the back of the neck and to add more detail to the shoulders.
  • Train track style scars will no longer be bunched up on male faces, and are now oriented the same as when worn by females.
  • Upper arm tattoos will no longer be scaled improperly on males' right arms.
• User interface fixes:
  • "Speed" will no longer be listed twice in the ship purchase panel. The second Speed bar is now correctly listed as Sail health points.
  • Adjusted the hint that pops up in your inventory if you have no weapons. It will no longer overlap with the inventory page arrows.
  • Fixed a bug that allowed Veterans to access the guild name submission panel.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the empty inventory hint to not display on the second weapons page.
  • Fixed an issue with the feedback panel that caused pop-up windows to display behind the main feedback window.
  • Fixed preview colors for certain sail colors. A ship with blue sails won't show as bright pink in the dinghy or sea chest menus.
  • Reworded several messages when inviting or promoting guild members.
  • Rewrote the /holiday and /event commands to display the time left in Days, Hours, Minutes rather than just Hours, Minutes.

Maintenance

• Changes to holiday date ranges.
• Code cleanup.
• Localizer and quest grammar/typo fixes.
• Whitelist/Blacklist updates.

Known Issues

• There are several issues players have let us know about over the past few weeks, particularly concerning quests, bonus quest items, the Queen Anne's Revenge, PvP, and sailing loot.
  • This list is not exhaustive. We are aware of these issues. Just bear with us a little longer as we work on some fixes. Thanks for your patience!

April

2018-4-13 (tlopo-rc-v1.13.0)

Features

• Port Royal Invasions are back! Gather your mates and defend Port Royal from Jolly Roger's vicious attacks! Invasions will occur randomly, so be on alert!

Bugfixes

• Fixed a district reset with Jolly Roger.
• Fixed an issue that caused Invasions to constantly restart.

Maintenance

• Code cleanup.

Known Issues

• Jolly Roger's health may be a bit too low, making him too easy to defeat.
• Jolly Roger's magic stretches too far! He may attack a barricade on the other side of the island with his Dark Thunderbolt.
• Players who join an Invasion mid-way may not be awarded the proper amount of reputation points once it is completed.

2018-4-10 (tlopo-rc-v1.12.3)

Features

• Over 100 new HD textures have been implemented! Clothes and other character-related textures should seem MUCH clearer now. No more blurriness or graininess. You'll notice it the most with coats, shoes, and tattoos... especially PvP tattoos!

Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue that caused some female tattoos to be placed in incorrect areas depending on which arm you had them equipped on.

Maintenance

• Code cleanup.
• Localizer grammar/typo fixes.
• Made some preparations for an upcoming holiday. Stay tuned to the news blog in the coming days!

2018-4-4 (tlopo-rc-v1.12.2)

Hint

• If ye be looking to find new blades, keep to the six. Except if they're a pair, for then they'd have to share.

Bugfixes

• Increased the rate at which the new legendary cursed blades will drop as per community feedback. Please note that they will still be very hard to obtain, just not impossibly hard. This does NOT affect global loot rates.
• Spouts now have a voodoo energy bar.
• Spouts will now spawn at levels 47-52, up from 45-52.
• Spouts will now use the full range of voodoo skills.

Maintenance

• Code cleanup.

March 

2018-3-30 tlopo-rc-v1.12.1

Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue with tutorial instances that caused pirates to get stuck at 30% upon loading the game.

Maintenance

• Code cleanup.
• Preparations for an upcoming holiday.
• Whitelist and Blacklist updates.

2018-3-24 (tlopo-rc-v1.12.0)

Features

• All-new cave: Forsaken Shallows. Venture deep into Isla Tormenta and discover a new cave filled with powerful new enemies.
• 19 new Cursed Blades (6 Legendary, 8 Famed, and 5 Rare) can now be looted on Isla Tormenta and in El Patron's Mine! It's up to you to uncover these new blades!
• There are six new bosses in Forsaken Shallows and Cursed Caverns. These high ranking members of Davy Jones' crew are not to be trifled with!
• Cicatriz, a deadly ghost boss, can now be found at the Northern Idol in El Patron's Mine alongside a posse of her men.
• Added multiple new passive and active weapon skills for the new Cursed Blades.
• A new high-level enemy type, Spout, can be found in Forsaken Shallows.
• Redeem the code DAVYHAT by April 24th for an all-new clothing item!

Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue related to the game icon.

Maintenance

• Changed dates for some upcoming holidays.
• Code cleanup.
• Localizer grammar/typo fixes.

2018-3-23 (tlopo-rc-v1.11.8)

PSA

• We have updated cargo drops for ships! They should now be close to how it was back in the original game. You won't have overflow like in TLOPO previously, but you will still keep your gold and retain the proper amount of loot or skull chests that can fit in your ship's cargo hold.
  • Please note that ship cargo is NOT sailing loot. These are two entirely different systems. Your loot drops will not be affected in any way by this update.

Features

• Added a custom music track for Hollowed Woods. Since players won't be able to enter the area until Halloween, we recommend that you look up our old alpha 2015 Halloween track if you're curious about how it sounds. It's very similar.
• Added the final loading screen for Forsaken Shallows in preparation for its release tomorrow!
• Barbossa's Grotto now has a minimap.

Bugfixes

• Edited textures for the male Military Commander coat and several upcoming Peddler items.
• Fixed a district reset with the Black Pearl Boss Battle.
• Fixed an issue that caused Governor's Garden to load the Pillager's Pass minimap.
• Fixed issue that caused the female Sea Serpent coat to use the wrong coat model. This should make the texture look less weird.
• Fixed an issue that caused the game to search for animations that didn't exist over and over again every time a Davy Jones enemy appeared on screen. This caused a massive amount of lag in Cursed Caverns (and the testing phases of Forsaken Shallows).
• Fixed an issue that caused the loading screens for Hollowed Woods and Raven's Cove to display incorrect pictures when using the classic style loading screen.
• Fixed several issues with flagships.
• Slightly lowered enemy aggression so players won't be ganged up by 10+ enemies at once.
• Updated cargo drops for ships to reflect how they were rewarded in the original game.

Maintenance

• Code cleanup.
• Changed date ranges for some upcoming holidays.
• Localizer typo/grammar fixes.

Known Issues

• Attacking the Queen Anne's Revenge may cause a player's ship to lock people out, preventing them from boarding it.
• Enemies on EITC Barracuda flagships fall through the deck of the ship. This may prevent you from defeating them and may trap you on the ship. We recommend avoiding them for now.
• There are still several problems with the Black Pearl Boss Battle. Not every player will deal damage using cannons and rewards are not properly distributed at the end of the encounter.

March 10, 2018 (tlopo-rc-1.11.7)

Bugfixes

• Fixed a few issues with NPCs that were causing district resets.

Maintenance

• Code cleanup.
• Localizer grammar edits.
• Whitelist and blacklist update.

March 8, 2018 (tlopo-rc-1.11.6)

Bugfixes

• Fixed a district reset caused by attacking Jack the Monkey in Barbossa's Grotto.

Maintenance

• Code cleanup.

March 8, 2018 (tlopo-rc-1.11.5)

Features

• Implemented frame interpolation to player

characters, cutscene actors, creatures, and more. This should make animations look super smooth, all without any impacts on game performance!

Bugfixes

• Fixed a district reset caused by inventories.
• Fixed a district reset with the Black Pearl

Boss Battle

• Fixed an issue that caused the wrong Saint

Patrick's Day holiday message to display.

• Fixed an issue that caused the Emerald Boots in the male Emerald Duelist peddler outfit to be crude instead of rare.

• Potentially fixed more quest searching bugs.

Thanks so much for your continued patience with this. Please provide us feedback if you're still having trouble!

• We rewrote NPC battle managers to fix several

issues caused by patching memory leaks.

Maintenance

• Code cleanup.
• Localizer grammar/typo fixes.
• WhiteList and BlackList updates.

Known Issues

• Attacking Jack the Monkey causes a crash.

We're testing a fix for this that should be out in the next update.

macOS Launcher Update

v1.5.2

Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug which prevented macOS Yosemite and

El Capitan players from updating files. Thank you for your patience as we resolved this issue!

March 3, 2018 (tlopo-rc-1.11.4)

Maintenance

• We have reallocated our server's resources to better provide our players with a reliable connection. In this update, we have removed 4 districts in order to add more connection servers. This should significantly improve server responsiveness/lag as well as bring the community closer together.

March 1, 2018 (tlopo-rc-1.11.3)

Features

• The Evil Eye voodoo doll skill is now functional.

Bugfixes

• Bonus rewards for the Raven's Cove Story Quest now function properly.
• Fixed more searchable items for quests. Hopefully this is the last of them. If you're still having issues, please let us know!
• The searchable object in Boatswain's House on Tortuga is now properly a cabinet instead of a crate.

February

February 28, 2018 (tlopo-rc-1.11.2)

Maintenance

• Performed some server maintenance to eliminate latency issues on our servers.

February 25, 2018 (tlopo-rc-1.11.1)

Maintenance

• Improved moderation tools.
• Removed 2 districts (Deseano and Jovencito) to potentially alleviate the high latency issues experienced over the past day.
• Tweaked the way messages are sent within our servers. This should hopefully resolve the issues players were facing with lost progress and being unable to move/delete items in inventories.

February 24, 2018 (tlopo-rc-1.11.0)

On the Horizon

• Something strange be brewin' in Cursed Caverns on Isla Tormenta. Ye best watch your step.

Features

• Our infrastructure has undergone a bit of an expansion. We've added several new web servers and client agents, and four new Oceans! You might recognize their names: Cortos, Deseano, Fragilles, and Kokojillo!
• The Sword of Triton now has a custom inventory icon.
• The Triton's Vengeance passive skill is now functional.

Bugfixes

• Fixed a district reset with sailing loot.
• Fixed the remaining bugged searching containers for quests. Thanks for your patience! Other quest fixes are forthcoming.
• Fixed an issue that caused Engenio Fausto's jeweler catalog to be empty.
• Jumbees in Hollowed Woods will no longer incorrectly drop Cursed Blades.

Maintenance

• Code cleanup.
• Each ocean can now hold 600 pirates at once, upped from 350.
• Localizer typo fixes.
• Made improvements to moderation tools.
• Several security enhancements to our servers.

Windows Launcher 1.3.0

• Improvements to patching have been made; this should improve download speeds.
• The launcher has received a facelift with a brand new skin, featuring our official logo.
• Known issue: the old "skull" logo still appears as the launcher's icon.

February 21, 2018 (tlopo-rc-1.10.3)

PSA

• Make sure to check out our list of Known Issues. There are still quite a few things we're working on fixing that may still be interrupting your gameplay. Thanks so much for your patience!
• Many players have been asking us if any changes were made to land loot recently. We have not touched land loot in any form in any of the recent updates. Any droughts you see in your plunder are just due to luck (or lack thereof). If we make any changes to land loot, we will be sure to tell you. We will always be transparent about any changes we make. Thanks!

Features

• Added an additional fart sound effect to Flatulent Fizz potions.
• Mastered GUI for overall notoriety and weapons will now use the new TLOPO logo.

Bugfixes

• As much as it would have been nice to have a comeback to the argument "when pigs fly," the pig near Adoria Dolores' tailor shop on Padres Del Fuego no longer floats in midair.
• Fixed a bug that prevented Jolly Roger from attacking barricades during Invasions.
• Fixed a crash related to quests.
• Fixed a district reset caused by porting a ship with materials in its cargo.
• Fixed an issue with badge display.
• Fixed various memory leaks.
• Most quest searchable containers now function properly. Others, such as shelves or cabinets do not. We're working on getting those fixed!
• Significant improvements to loot obtained while sailing. We're still working on this. Thanks so much for your patience!
• Tia Dalma will no longer be randomly standing in King's Run on Port Royal.

Maintenance

• Fixed an issue with our anti-cheat systems.
• Localizer grammar/typo fixes.

Known Issues

• The Black Pearl Boss Battle does not reward plunder.
• Boarding permissions for The Queen Anne's Revenge are still wonky.
• Bonus rewards from the Raven's Cove Story Quest are not being awarded or may award the wrong item.

Some players are still missing their Black Pearl Story Quest. We're investigating this issue.

• There are still a few issues that need to be worked out with sailing loot. It's a top priority for us.

February 17, 2018 (tlopo-rc-1.10.2)

Maintenance

• Temporarily disabled the random invasion task in order to stop invasions from constantly happening. We're working on identifying this issue and appreciate your patience.

February 17, 2018 (tlopo-rc-1.10.1)

Bugfixes

• Fixed a server bug where some players' inventories failed to load.
• Fixed a server crash preventing numerous players from logging in.

Mac Launcher Update

• Here's what's new in version 1.5.1 of our mac launcher!

Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug which prevented Mac players from patching the game properly.

February 16, 2018 (tlopo-rc-1.10.0)

PSA

• We have entirely rewritten the questing system fixing numerous issues with questing, such as the frequently lost Black Pearl Quest. Please check to see if any of your missing quests have been returned. Thank you so much for being patient as we looked into this issue, please provide us with feedback on this update if you're still having issues with your quests!

Features

• Random Bosses are now spawning periodically around the Caribbean!

Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug causing the game's icon to not appear on Windows.
• Fixed a bug where Jolly Roger attacked barricades that were already destroyed.
• Fixed a bug where the ray of light shined on the wrong door in the tutorial.
• Fixed a bug with health regen in battle.
• Fixed a bug with the ravens on Raven's Cove preventing them from flying.
• Fixed a deep-rooted issue causing quests to be randomly dropped without any apparent explanation.
• Fixed a massive server memory leak in the world creation system.
• Fixed a server memory leak related to NPC enemies.
• Fixed a server memory leak related to ships.
• Fixed a visual issue in the shard panel post-invasions.
• Fixed numerous issues with Jolly Roger's attack AI.
• Fixed several district resets caused by the fixed memory leak.
• Fixed several grammatical errors in text.
• Fixed several issues with the tutorial.
• Fixed the ship loot overflow bug.
• Potentially fixed issues with Jolly Roger's animations not always showing.
• We have entirely rewritten the questing system fixing numerous issues with questing, such as the frequently lost Black Pearl Quest.

Maintenance

• Added new hints to the loading screen regarding player security.
• Code cleanup.
• Numerous security improvements.
• Players are now required to defeat the two enemy skeletons in the tutorial.

We have made a few changes to the Jolly Roger's and other invasion enemies' health formula.

February 11, 2018 (tlopo-rc-1.9.7)

Features

• Added some new spawn locations on Cuba to prevent clustering.
• The "Nearby" panel in the Hearties panel has made a return!
• We have re-implemented our revamped feedback panel from phase 1 of Beta! You can now submit more detailed bug reports and suggestions.

Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug where charms and jewelry could not be equipped.
• Fixed a crash from the pistol shot animation.
• Fixed a crash related to pirate movement.
• Fixed a crash when declining a friend request when the requester pirate went away.
• Fixed a crash when invasions started.
• Fixed a crash when rejecting a friend request.
• Fixed a crash with grenades.
• Fixed a crash with the ship repair minigame.
• Fixed a district reset caused by equipping jewelry.
• Fixed a district reset from poker.
• Fixed a district reset with the Black Pearl Boss Battle.
• Fixed a GUI issue in the shard panel caused by invasions.
• Fixed another massive memory leak on our servers.
• Fixed misleading pig text when players try to interact with it when it's not roasting.

Maintenance Maintenance

• Code cleanup.
• Improved moderation tools.
• Numerous security improvements.
• Upped the chance of invasions occurring.
• We have added more detailed logging to help us debug crashes.
• Whitelist and blacklist update.

February 10, 2018 (tlopo-rc-1.9.6)

Features

• Immunities given by weapons are now functional!
• Infamy badges can now be displayed on ship nametags.
• Invasions will now start at random times!
• PvP tattoos are now able to be purchased at Infamy vendors!

Bugfixes

• Fixed a district reset related to ship repair.
• Fixed a memory leak in the core infrastructure of our districts.
• Fixed an issue that caused players to be unable to pick up the Valentine's Day quest if they had previously completed it last year.

Maintenance

• Code cleanup.
• Deprecated some old GUI options in the Infamy Accessory and Tattoo stores that related to legacy inventories.
• Improved moderation tools.
• Localizer typo corrections and updates.
• Significantly improved our server security features.
• Updated our database software to the latest version.
• Updated our server engine to the latest version; bringing more stability and other misc. improvements.

February 8, 2018 (tlopo-rc-v1.9.5)

Bugfixes

• Finally fixed the memory leak which caused all districts to repeatedly crash over a short period of time. Woohoo!
• Fixed a bug with Fire Bats dealing too much damage on death.

Maintenance

• Code cleanup.
• Optimized an operation with world creation.

Mac Launcher Update

• Here's what's new in version 1.5.0 of our mac launcher!

Features

• Implemented resource patching for faster download speeds.

Maintenance

• Faster launcher start up time.
• Improved file writing for faster installation/patching.
• More efficient storage management.
• Updated the TLOPO application icon to our new logo.

Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug causing the window background to be black instead of transparent.
• Fixed a bug where minimize button would not work properly.
• Fixed a bug with Touch Bar not working on macOS High Sierra.

February 7, 2018 (tlopo-rc-v1.9.4)

Bugfixes

• Implemented a patch to correct the database issues experienced earlier today.

February 5, 2018 (tlopo-rc-v1.9.3)

Maintenance

• Code cleanup to make things look pretty.
• Consolidated and cleaned up some operations with enemies.
• Optimized an update task with pirate avatars.
• Optimized and cached a few operations with ships.
• Optimized several operations with quests and quest-givers.

Note

• We're heavily focusing on optimizing our servers - if you couldn't tell! We dislike lag, and so do you! This update will have a fairly significant impact on server response time. We'll be adding more profiling tools soon which will help us pinpoint any other bottlenecks.

February 4, 2018 (tlopo-rc-v1.9.2)

Maintenance

• Several heavy operations with quests have been reworked to be cached and preloaded. We identified during our logging last night that these operations were a huge consumer of system time. We hope this to be another step towards finally eradicating the server lag present during invasions. Apart from invasions, the lag created by these operations also caused teleports and quests as a whole to be delayed.

February 3, 2018 (tlopo-rc-v1.9.1)

Features

• On shards where an invasion is taking place, an icon of Jolly Roger will be visible on the server selection screen!
• We've improved our infrastructure to better handle the massive amount of activity during invasions. We hope this will solve the server lag and lockups.

Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug where players would be revived at the end of an invasion if they were knocked out.
• Fixed a bug that prevented players from being revived during an invasion.
• Tweaked the math that calculates Jolly Roger's health. No more insanely high HP!

Maintenance

• Code cleanup.

February 3, 2018 (tlopo-rc-v1.9.0)

Features

• This update has implemented content that we are to showcase at our GM event! Stay tuned for updates. These release notes will be updated with more concrete information post-event.

January

January 30, 2018 (tlopo-rc-v1.8.7)

Bugfixes

• Fixed several internal exceptions and district resets. We love stable servers, and so do you!

Maintenance

• Code cleanup.

January 30, 2018 (tlopo-rc-v1.8.6)

Maintenance

• Code cleanup.
• Improved our moderation tools.
• We have made significant optimizations to textures. Many players will notice a significant boost in overall game performance.

Known Issues

• We are currently working on finding a solution for DirectX9. We hope to have a fix out for this soon.

January 26, 2018 (tlopo-rc-v1.8.5)

Bugfixes

• Fixed a district reset from loot containers. We don't like annoying recurring resets either, sorry about those!

Maintenance

• Code cleanup to make our code more pretty.
• We have replaced the website URL in our update message (the one shown when disconnected) with our status page URL. That status page shows cool status stuff, you should check it out here: status.piratesonline.co

January 22, 2018 (tlopo-rc-1.8.4)

Bugfixes

• Emergency fix for a district reset with SvS.

January 22, 2018 (tlopo-rc-1.8.3)

Features

• The green interact circle now has an all-new HD texture.
• We adjusted the loot rates in accordance with community feedback. We feel that this will make players much happier with their drops. Let us know your feedback on this!

Bugfixes

• A task to kill the boss Scatter Snap will no longer say to kill a regular Giant Crab.
• A task to kill Tomas Blanco will no longer say to kill any Spanish Undead skeleton.
• Fixed a district reset in the Black Pearl Boss Battle caused by skipping the cutscene.
• Fixed a district reset when taking weapons from El Patron's loot.
• Fixed a district reset with nature auras.
• Fixed a district reset with potions.
• Fixed a major flaw in our gameserver preventing the proper deletion of thousands of objects. We think this is the root cause of our AI leak.
• Fixed an occasional district reset when attacking Hunters and Flagships.
• Fixed several client memory leaks.
• Fixed an issue with tasks asking to kill Spanish and French enemies in general.

Maintenance

• Code cleanup.
• Dozens of typo corrections to the localizer and quests.
• Whitelist and blacklist update.

January 5, 2018 (tlopo-rc-1.8.2)

Features

• We now have a "status" page! You can easily check the uptime/downtime of our services at status.piratesonline.co. This page is still a little rough around the edges, so bear with us as we work to make it a bit prettier.
• We've released some information on the APIs we've been developing. You can check this out at piratesonline.co/docs. We have a lot more to document, so stay tuned!

Bugfixes

• Fixed a few issues with the collection of statistics in-game.

January 4, 2018 (tlopo-rc-1.8.1)

Features

• Dealer Shirts have returned to the Caribbean! You can find these old classics in loot as well as in their original tailors at Cuba and Port Royal.

Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug (and prevented further bugs) with holidays and redeem codes caused by changes in year.
• Fixed a few bugs with quests.
• Fixed an exploit with chat.
• Potentially fixed that really annoying backend memory leak which is making our districts reset periodically.

Maintenance

• Code cleanup.
• Even more localizer tweaks. Bad grammar is seriously not welcome here.

On the Horizon

• We're now monitoring the status of our servers in a more robust manner; more to come on this.
• We are adding several public-facing APIs soon which will allow developers in the community the opportunity to create fan-made applications.

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