Today we're bringing you a small hotfix with a bunch of new sounds, some bug fixes and more! There were still quite a few old sounds from back in the good ol' days. These ancient sounds were mainly reused swooshes and placeholder sounds. We finally got around to giving them the love they deserve, so here are the new replacement sounds!
Patch notes:
Gameplay improvements:
Enemy curse effects are now orange instead of teal making it much easier to distinguish friend from foe
Bow mounted barrels no longer have a cooldown but are now only mountable when no enemy ship is nearby (10 meter radius around bow)
Fresh weapons now have a fully loaded clip and can now be used immediately after picking them up
After dying, players respawn on ship with fully loaded weapons (they get the ammo in the clips for free)
Added a swoosh sound to melee blocking
Sound improvements:
New explosive barrel sound
New pickup / grab sound
New small shot based weapon reload sounds
New Sniper scope sound
New spyglass zoom in and out sound
New upgrade sound
New compass teleportation leave and arrive sounds
New action bar swapping sound
New deposit all loot (in ship chest) sound
New wood grab (from barrel) sound
New ammo grab (from ammobox) sound
New shoulder cannon reload sound
New bomb launcher reload sound
Slightly improved cannon reloading sound
Bug fixes:
Curse skull now snaps to username when no title is selected (instead of floating awkwardly above it)
Red enemy outline now works on all skeleton skins as intended (wasn't working on charred and drowned)
Fixed a bug that caused ammo in weapon clips to disappear when weapon was dropped from inventory
Unloaded Steam avatars no longer show as white square, but as a default Steam question mark avatar
Sound effects now play when stealing items from ship interactables
Ahoy! Ever felt like becoming a tattoo artist? Well, now is your chance! We’ve got a sweet competition where you can show off ye’ olde tat designing skills in return for the brand new Undead Pirate Pack DLC!
Instructions:
Pick and download either the male or female template below
Draw an epic pirate tattoo on the body template! This can be face only, full body, body only, front only, back only, etc… Whatever floats your boat!
Yarharhar! It's that time of the year again! ːblazingsailsː And we've got some spooky scary scallywagish stuff lined up for y'all along with the usual QoL improvements and bug Fixeses!
But first, a little bit of ye olde pirate shilling. The Iceberg Interactive Publisher Sale is now live! Ye can get up to 90% off on a bunch of amazin' titles! Blazing Sails is now also 30% off for your swashbuckling pleasure.
A wise pirate once said: "You'd best start believing in ghost stories. Because now you're in one!", so without further ado, let's get into the spooky notes.
Sick and tired of wiping newby bilgerats like cannon fodder? Oh boy, do we have a challenge for you... Starting from pirate level 6 you'll have the option to enable the Pirate Curse! That makes you look FRIGGIN EPIC! Of course, this comes at a price! Are you worthy to become A PIRATE GOD?
When winning 50 rounds with the Pirate Curse active you'll unlock:
The Golden Skeleton skin
"Pirate God" title
All of this can only be worn/enabled when the pirate curse is active!
Spooky Cosmetics
Like last year, the Exclusive Halloween Cosmetics can be found in the item chests and thus will be disabled again shortly after the event! So now is the perfect time to get that epic pumpkin hat you so desperately need!
Revamped Kill Card
We've also taken the time to improve the kill card. It now contains A LOT more handy information!
Experienced players can now enable the Pirate Curse to work towards unlocking the Pirate God achievement
With the Pirate Curse enabled players have only 75 HP and all damage dealt to other players is reduced to 75% of normal damage
Enabling the Pirate Curse drops a spectral wheel on your character's back (also synced in crew lobby)
Added curse switch widget and info to start screen
While the Pirate Curse is active players receive:
Glowing green-blue eyes
A huge spectral steering wheel on their back
A special green-blue skull icon above their name, in the scoreboard, on their HUD and in the enemy's killcard and kill feed
25% extra XP
Pirate God:
Win 50 victories with the Pirate Curse enabled to unlock Pirate God achievement
Players with the Pirate God achievement can equip the title of "Pirate God" and use the golden skeleton skin (while the curse is active)
Kill card revamp:
Kill card now shows more information about your attacker and the way you died:
Attacker title and level
Attacker crew
Distance from where you were killed
Killshot damage amount
Attacker's leftover HP
If it was a headshot that killed you or not
Gameplay improvements:
Score, kills and deaths now persistent on servers meaning you won't lose your stats when being disconnected anymore (reconnecting will now just regrant you your previous stats)
Steering wheel third person camera distance increased from 200 to 300
UI improvements:
Kills now produce a new sound effect
Crew member party UI now auto-scales based on amount of players in crew
Spectator improvements:
Spectator cam now shows player avatar, level and title
General improvements:
Empty ship names no longer possible in-game, now replaced with "Nameless Ship"
Update 1.6.5.5: Tiki sets, new level based unlocks, conquest improvements & more
Hi there me lads!
We've been very busy lately with some long term stuff which is why it's been a bit quiet last few weeks. But we've also been working on a new update which we're releasing today!
Today's update includes a complete new Tiki inspired set, ancient crowns, new ancient tattoos, new facial hair types, new earrings and more!
We've also added some awesome new level based unlockables on the progression timeline, like a grim reaper bow figure, a monocle, a dagger in the mouth and more!
So far we've added 5 unlockable cosmetics to the first few levels and 1 towards the end of the progression timeline. This is only the first of many to come though, as we will add more and more with each new update! Upcoming items include unique peg legs, hats, hooks, face items and more!
Aside from new cosmetics we've also reworked conquest a bit by reducing the amount of active flags from 3 to 1 to create a bit more conflict and shift the focus more on combat instead of running around the map capturing flags. We're still very much tweaking the conquest gamemode so keep in mind that changes like these are still experimental. We've also fixed some exploits and improved ship respawning so it's no longer possible to spawnkill new ships. Aside from that the ticket depletion is now also based on server player amount and crew size.
We've also vastly improved the tutorial with many more visual cues, cleaner tooltips, new animations and more in-between steps to make the tutorial experience as easy to follow as possible.
And that's not all! We've now also enabled the Steam Community items! Trading cards, badges, backgrounds and emoticons can now be collected!
Patch Notes:
Conquest improvements:
Now only one flag is active at once instead of 3 which depletes 3 times as fast
Destroyed ships now respawn on spawn point furthest away from other ships
Ticket depletion of ships now based on players on ship's crew
Kill ticket depletion now based on amount of players on the server
Conquest pre-game timer reduced to 60s
Gameplay improvements:
Players are now kicked out of cannons, swivel cannons, steering wheel, sails and other "vehicles" when the ship is destroyed
Sharpness filter:
Added a sharpness filter slider to the video options menu
Tutorial improvements:
Added more visual cues and made the tutorial much easier to follow
Reworked pop up animation and visuals
Added some extra in between steps to improve overall experience
Progression additions:
6 level based unlocks added to timeline (more will follow in coming updates): - level 3: dagger in mouth - level 9: double braided beard - level 15: wheat straw in mouth - level 21: coconut bra - level 27: golden monocle - level 171: grim reaper bow figure
Bug fixes:
Fixed incorrect resource amount after respawning in conquest
Fixed some bugs with the tutorial level
Fixed a bug that caused brightness not to apply correctly
Time for another contest! After all, it's been a while since the last one. This one is fairly simple. Complete the following sentence:
"I thrust my shovel into the sand, only to find..."
That's it! Use this form to send your completed sentence!
It can be funny, original, moving, terrifying, or anything else really! One skilled, poetic scallywag will win an amazing prize. The contest ends on Monday, October the 4th. Submissions close at 4pm CEST.
Update 1.6.4.4: Storm Setting, More Conquest Maps and news about Full Launch
Ahoy Mateys!
Time for another update! But before that we’ve got something to talk about...
Many of you might have already gotten your hard earned pirate gold ready to buy Blazing Sails for yourself or a friend upon full release later this month. In the meantime we’ve been hard at work fixing the last bugs and improving the game even more to get it all set up. However, reflecting on the game as a team, we realised we don't think we're done with Early Access. The reason we released in EA from the very beginning has been to receive player feedback and get Blazing Sails to a place we're uniformly proud of - and we don't think we're there yet.
That being said, we don’t want to leave you pirates in the dark. Therefore we’ve decided to already release the Storm Setting and Extra Conquest Maps in this free update!
We’d also like to take this opportunity to ask for a bit of feedback from you all! What do you think about the current state of the game? What can we add for a successful full launch? And why? We’d love to find out what you think of all this. Therefore we have created this handy form
Thanks in advance for the valuable feedback pirates! On a sidenote, we're working on some major plans we'll be able to reveal soon™! Hope you’re excited.
First of all: A recent fix to the game incorrectly flagged part of our game as containing malicious content on some systems. We removed the tool causing this issue and were able to add the fix without it. None of your personal files or system were in danger. Our sincere apologies for any problems this might have caused.
We've also heard your feedback about our recently added progression system! Therefore we have now also added a generous amount of points based on your actual playtime. This way we want to increase the leveling speed for both experienced and new players. Even more additions coming very soon!
In the meantime we're also hard at work making more additions and improvements tot the Conquest Mode! We've decided to temporarily disable the mode for now while we fix some issues and add new additions.
Patch notes:
Gameplay improvements:
Can no longer farm XP when sails are fully damaged
Can no longer reload while climbing ladder
Improved player / ship collision which should make it much harder to penetrate the hull
Can no longer interact with objects inside of the ship hull while swimming
Can no longer repair damage from atop the deck
End game ghost ship should no longer spawn inside cliffs or islands anymore
Party UI additions:
Party member info box now shows party member's level in main menu parties
Progression improvements:
You now get 17 XP (score) every 10 seconds while playing (only during match, not pre-game)
Visual improvements:
Underwater effects now include blue colorisation
Bug fixes:
Fixed "Leave party" and "Kick" buttons being swapped in party UI
Fragging Out On The High Seas -- Blazing Sails Dev Stream
Ahoy landlubber!
Do you like watching high-octane PvP action? Good, because we've got the perfect stream for you. Join a band of merry misfits as they destroy people in a game they created! It's almost unfair... almost.
Or get a crew together and try out the Blazing Sails demo yerself!
Version 1.6.3: Winning screen additions, bug fixes and more
Today it's time for another hotfix! This time we've added a lot of new stuff to the winning screen like 5 awards for best helmsman, most repairs, most kills, most upgrades installed and most lootcrates opened. The winning screen / defeat screen now also shows more detailed info of your score.
Leveling and progression tweaks:
You now get score for destroying loot crates
You now get score for opening treasure chests
You now get score for installing upgrades
Winning screen now shows 5 award trophies for 5 best roles (repairs, steering, kills, loot gathering and upgrade installing)
Winning / defeat screen now shows more detailed score information
Loot chest screen tweaks:
You can now cancel chest openings when they take longer than 5 seconds
Bug fixes:
Fixed a bug that caused a double score write request for second place teams which resulted in score not possibly writing at all and / or other bugs
Fixed a small offset with the crosshair. Crosshair should be a tiny bit more precise now.
Fixed a bug that caused a regular chest to appear in loot chest screen when you didn't have any
Fixed weird blue shine on water in Noon Fog setting
