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What's new

Update 7 - Kraken Rising - Patch Notes

• Tentacles! Visible in "Action" mode by default, you can enable these for "Pure" via the "Kraken Mode" options in Settings->Operator.
  
• new, improved and beautified UI
  
• Windows desktop display orientation can now be set for the duration of the game via command line arguments (Properties/Set Launch Options...) e.g.
  rotate the main display by 90° / to portrait: -rotate 90
  rotate display 2 by 270° / to portrait (flipped): -rotate2 270
  
• command line options for Player Count 1-4 (-Players 3) and Game Style (-PureAction 0)
  
• improved cameras: automatic portrait/landscape switch, camera saved per orientation, better handling of aspect ratios for all cameras, orientations and screen sizes, select aspect ratio constraints (16:9, 9:16, 4:3, 3:4).
  
• dynamic mode for portrait cameras
  
• camera selection now properly filtered and named according to orientation portrait/landscape
  
• improved thumbstick/analog plunger control
  
• seamiles increased by 20% for all lanes/ramps
  
• Online System to support current and upcoming features
  
• EULA and Privacy Policy are now presented on the first game start in addition to the already existing confirmation dialog before the game's installation which is presented by the steam client
  
• feedback: you can now message us directly from within the game, which is especially useful for bug reports as this will transmit some debug information (e.g. ball states). This is currently one way, so if you want a reply please use the other support channels, too.
  
• fixed: Buccaneer Frenzy achievement
  
• fix: using Alt+Enter to switch from windowed to fullscreen will now use only valid resolutions as fullscreen resolution
  
• fix: the available resolutions are now always properly detected when using multi monitor setups with different diplays
  

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Update 7 Preview - Kraken Rising - Patch Notes

• Tentacles! Visible in "Action" mode by default, you can enable these for "Pure" via the "Kraken Mode" options in Settings->Operator.
  
• new, improved and beautified UI
  
• Windows desktop display orientation can now be set for the duration of the game via command line arguments (Properties/Set Launch Options...) e.g.
  rotate the main display by 90° / to portrait: -rotate 90
  rotate display 2 by 270° / to portrait (flipped): -rotate2 270
  
• command line options for Player Count 1-4 (-Players 3) and Game Style (-PureAction 0)
  
• improved cameras: automatic portrait/landscape switch, camera saved per orientation, better handling of aspect ratios for all cameras, orientations and screen sizes, select aspect ratio constraints (16:9, 9:16, 4:3, 3:4).
  
• dynamic mode for portrait cameras
  
• camera selection now properly filtered and named according to orientation portrait/landscape
  
• improved thumbstick/analog plunger control
  
• Online System to support current and upcoming features
  
• EULA and Privacy Policy are now presented on the first game start in addition to the already existing confirmation dialog before the game's installation which is presented by the steam client
  
• feedback: you can now message us directly from within the game, which is especially useful for bug reports as this will transmit some debug information (e.g. ball states). This is currently one way, so if you want a reply please use the other support channels, too.
  
• fixed: Buccaneer Frenzy achievement
  
• fix: using Alt+Enter to switch from windowed to fullscreen will now use only valid resolutions as fullscreen resolution
  
• fix: the available resolutions are now always properly detected when using multi monitor setups with different diplays
  

Pinball Cabinet Support Addon

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Scalability

Update 6.1 - Patch Notes

• new: Overall Quality setting: quickly choose from a list of predefined graphics presets
  
• much improved lighting, visuals and performance for the Rendering Settings Low and Medium
  
• fixed: Camera Settings are now applied instantly
  
• fixed: achievements
  
• updated to Unreal Engine 4.21
  
• many fixes and improvements
  

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Grand Finale: The Treasure Fleet

Update 6 - The Treasure Fleet - Patch Notes

• new: The Grand Finale mission - The Treasure Fleet.
  
• new: Stats Panel displayed during pause showing Tilt Warnings, Extra Balls, Blood & Gold, Treasure, ...
  
• new: Notoriety Rank is now displayed in the pause and game end stats
  
• new: your global rank is now displayed in the game end stats
  
• new: Pure Steel Ball
  
• new: Force Feedback scale setting
  
• balancing: updated scores and rewards, e.g. higher scores for Adventures and Pirate Battles. Loot is much more valuable now and is granted for many successful mission completions
  
• balancing: Bonus Multiplier is now capped at 42
  
• balancing: relocation of the Extra Ball and Bonus Held rewards
  
• balancing: updated Loot Event table
  
• balancing: Loot is now limited to 60. This limit is increased by 60 for each completed Treasure Fleet mission.
  
• some new and improved lights, voices, stingers and dmd graphics
  
• fixed: dead man could be hit after mission end
  
• fixed: mutiny in action mode could spawn too many mutineers
  
• fixed: the super jackpot trigger could be ignored in rare cases
  
• fixed: in very rare cases the super jackpot light could stay lit on ball end
  
• fixed: in very rare cases a locked ball could be thrown out of the skull
  
• fix regression: Bonus Held works properly again
  
• many, many smaller fixes and improvements
  

We got a few more improvements we'd like to add to the Black Flaggers in the coming updates, so:

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Update 5.3 - The Physics Nudge - Patch Notes

• massive improvements to physics accuracy and flipper dynamics -> grippier & bouncier
  
• balancing: Bang Back / Death Save protection: nudging if a ball is in a lower outlane will regularly result in an instant warning and death saves are a bit more difficult to pull off
  
• balancing: digital left/right nudges are a bit softer now. You can no longer nudge if the table is in TILT! state.
  
• balancing: Extra Balls per game are now limited to 10 in the 5 Ball game. The 3 Ball game is unchanged at max 12 Extra Balls per game.
  
• balancing: Extra Ball Lit now vanishes on ball end
  
• fix: added debounce to the TILT! warning sensor which fixes a possible instant TILT! on a single hard nudge
  
• fixed: ball does not come to rest on an activated flipper
  
• fixed: the ball could get stuck on the beginning of the crow wire ramp
  
• fixed: flickering lamp post lights on experimental Low Rendering
  
• fixed: The Pirate Battle would not always start properly if the third ball is locked instantly after another mission ends
  
• fixed: the game end stats displayed the current Pirate Battles count (same as lit letters) instead of the total count
  
• fixed: in very rare cases a ball can fail to drain properly preventing the ball end in local hot seat mode
  
• fixed: Ball can get stuck behind the skull if you manage to shoot around the mouth ramp and pillars during the Pirate Battle start
  
• fixed: Ball can get stuck behind the right trap door / popup pirate
  
• fixed: game end stats for Pirate battle would only show the values of the current cycle (e.g. 1-8, 9-16,...). This also allows the "We Arr Pirates!" achievement to work as intended.
  
• fixed: characters could be hit after dying or during their mission end animation
  
• changed Crow and Lighthouse insert light colors to orange
  
• The Bell light now blinks when only one letter is left
  
• regression fix: music fades out again instead of stopping instantly
  
• added more sounds, voice overs and light shows
  
• new: automatically pause the game if the game controller connection is lost
  
• added informative message box instead of the default Low Level Fatal Error for the incompatible AMD legacy driver 15.7.1 (suggesting the AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.2.​1 for Non GCN Products). The legacy driver 15.7.1 will work in the 64bit executable which will be added in a later update.
  
• removed some grime: the flippers look a bit cleaner now
  

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Action Cams

Update 5.2 - Lights, Camera, Action! - Patch Notes

• Experimental Feature: Action Cams
  
• UI: start/resume button
  
• UI: show/hide menu button
  
• updated Ambience colors and fog density
  
• fixed: queued sounds/voices could play later than intended instead of expiring
  
• fixed: some light shows were incomplete in the shipping game package
  
• fixed: potential crash if no audio device is present
  
• fixed: in very rare cases balls locked on top of the skull could be thrown off
  
• fixed: the crow ramp was not always dropped in multi-player for the next player
  
• fixed: a lit buccaneer booty could prevent the lanes or ramps progress in multi-player for the next player
  

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Price Change

New Supporter Upgrade DLC

• new Ambience setting, which allows you to use the lighting / color schemes used in the missions as default ambience and also includes two additional bright daylight settings.
  
• 11 Balls including: White Pearl and Glowing Pearl, Gold and Glowing Gold, and the new and exceptional glowing orbs.
  

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Update 5.1 - Prepare For Battle! - Patch Notes

• new: DMD graphics/animations
  
• new: additional lighting / color ambiences for more missions
  
• new: Bone and Glowing Bone ball skins are now available / properly named
  
• UI: AutoDetect now displays the benchmark progress and applies the new quality settings before closing the auto detect popup
  
• fixed: Autodetect did not work from within the pause menu, blocking any further user input
  
• fixed: not all mission end stingers would turn down the music
  
• fixed: in very rare cases the ball could get stuck in the crow ramp
  
• fixed: saved non native resolutions in fullscreen mode could be displayed as smaller window instead of fullscreen
  
• fix: main display selection now works with any monitor arrangement
  

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Get Ready Player Two.. And Three.. And Four!

Danger!

Performance

Update 5 - Ready Player Two! - Patch Notes

• new: Local Hot Seat Multi-Player -> up to 4 Players
  
• new: TILT! and tilt meter: multiple warnings during one ball will now result in a TILT! state, so: careful now when nudging
  
• new and updated: Rendering graphics setting (former Render Quality)
  
• new: velocity based analog nudge
  
• new: you can now skip the Ball End Bonus display with the launch button
  
• new: Game End stats are now in the blood & gold UI style
  
• new: The Mutiny is now accompanied by it's own music track
  
• new: more dmd animations and graphics
  
• new setting: the Scores HUD element (Score, Gold, Blood) is now hidden by default and can be enabled in Options/Operator
  
• new setting: Camera Settings - you can now choose your favorites and disable cameras for easier cam switching
  
• new setting: Gamma Slider in the lighting settings to modify the overall brightness curve
  
• new setting: 3D Resolution (previously named resolution scale) now displays the actual 3d render resolution instead of a normalized value and is applied instantly
  
• balancing: ball is released from the hidden cove with random force
  
• balancing: the treasure score is added to the bonus score after applying the bonus multiplier
  
• balancing: lane savers are now active for 45 seconds
  
• balancing: the anchor diverter is activated regularly leading to more big ship's cannon shots
  
• performance: Pinball Wicked should load a lot faster now
  
• music volumes are now better balanced
  
• bug fixes and score balancing
  
• many, many performance optimizations
  

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Update 4 Hotfix 1

• fixed: ball rolling sound would sometimes not stop if the ball is captured
  
• fixed: the Shark keeps the ball on Buccaneer Frenzy start far too long
  
• fixed: Buccaneer Blast and Frenzy would not reset to start with Buccaneer Blast on a new game, but would keep alternating
  
• balanced the volume of a few more music stingers
  

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