BIG 1.3.0 Lunar Update: NEW Island, Sail Damage, Lunar cosmetics and much more!

Ahoy me hearteys!

The Lunar New Year will soon be upon us (depending on when you're reading this)! That means it's time for Blazing Sails' Lunar Lands update. This is potentially our biggest update yet, with a new island, new cosmetics, a new feature, and TONS of QoL updates!

[h2]Check out the trailer![/h2]

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[h2]The Lunar Lands[/h2]
As with every major update, this one brings an all-new set of islands with it: The Lunar Lands. These massive rocky pillars are connected through walkways and bridges, and make for excellent sniping spots. You'll find the Lunar Lands in the North, between the Trident and Bandit Bay clusters!

[h2]Sail Damage[/h2]
Do you aim your cannons too high? Are you constantly surprised by the incredible laser accuracy of the patented Blazing Sails Cannons™? Well, now you too can be of use, with sail damage! When you hit an enemy sail, it will take some damage, causing their ship to slow down.

Want to learn more about sail damage? Check out our earlier sneak peek (or play the game!)

[h2]New cosmetics[/h2]
To further celebrate the Lunar New Year, we've created a bunch of oxcellent and oxciting new cosmetics for you to get yer grubby hands on! Always wanted to be a pirate wearing a dragon hat? Same here, that's why we made 'em.

To get you started, you'll get these special Lunar lantern flag and sail emblems if you fire up the game during this event!

[h2]QoL changes and optimizations[/h2]
New stuff is exciting, we know. But you know what else gets the blood pumping? Quality of life changes and optimizations, and this update brings a lot of those! You can check out the full patch notes below, but here's a few commonly requested features that we've implemented:

You can now see the wind direction while behind the wheel
An ADS slider has been added
Pirate and ship loadouts can now be saved
In-game weapon stats have been implemented
Dropping the anchor will now allow for much tighter turns (multi-wave drifting!)
Colorblind players rejoice, you can now change the color of the deadzone!

[h2]Here are the full patch notes:[/h2]

[h3]New island:[/h3]

The Lunar Lands have been added in the north (between Trident's Fall and Bandit Bay)

[h3]New gameplay features:[/h3]

Sail damage has been added (hit your masts using the hammer to repair)
Equiping your hammer will now show a sail HP widget on each mast of your ship
Anti-Sail cannonballs added (they cause 15 sail damage while other cannonballs only cause 5 sail damage)

[h3]New cosmetics:[/h3]

Event exclusive Items:

Lunar Knot Sail Emblem
Ox Sail Emblem
Lunar Dragon Sail Emblem
Lunar Knot Flag Emblem
Ox Flag Emblem
Red, White and Black Dragon Hat
Black, Yellow and Red Dragon Hat
Red, White and Black Lion Hat
Black, Yellow and Red Lion Hat
Green and Beige Dragon Hat
Black, Red and Yellow Dragon Hat
Purple and Yellow Dragon Hat
Black and Bordeaux Dragon Hat
Green, Yellow and Red Lion Hat
Purple, Black and Pink Lion Hat
Yellow, White and Red Lion Hat
White, Red and Yellow Lion Hat
Gold and Red Dragon Hat
Blue and White Dragon Hat
Gold and Red Lion Hat
White and Blue Lion Hat

New non-event Items:

Beige and Black Straw Hat
Black and Red Straw Hat
Beige Straw Hat
Red and Beige Straw Hat
Black Straw Hat
Blue Straw Hat
Dark Green Straw Hat
Dark Green and Red Straw Hat
Pink and Beige Straw Hat
Left Bright Red Footwrap
Right Bright Red Footwrap
Left Blue Footwrap
Right Blue Footwrap
Left Green Footwrap
Right Green Footwrap
Left Brown Sandal
Right Brown Sandal
Left Red Sandal
Right Red Sandal
Left Blue Sandal
Right Blue Sandal
Left Green Sandal
Right Green Sandal
Left Purple Sandal
Right Purple Sandal
Left Young Bamboo Pegleg
Right Young Bamboo Pegleg
Left Old Bamboo Pegleg
Right Old Bamboo Pegleg
Mom Tattoo
Double Fish Scale Sleeve Tattoo
Left Fish Scale Sleeve Tattoo
Right Fish Scale Sleeve Tattoo
Mister Moustache Shoulder Tattoo
Diamond Tattoo
Octopus Tattoo
Crossed Swords Tattoo

[h3]New main menu features:[/h3]

Pirate outfit preset saving added (click the list icon in pirate to open the preset menu)
Ship style preset saving (click the list icon in ship to open preset menu)
You can save outfits / styles, remove them, rename them and overwrite them

[h3]New cannon UI:[/h3]

Cannon UI now shows an actionbar listing all the cannonballs you have with you and now includes hotkeys to quickly select a specific cannonball type

[h3]Weapon tooltip improvements:[/h3]

Weapon tooltips now show some weapon stats like damage, reload speed, ...
Special weapons with AOE damage, vampiric damage or with a scope now a have special symbol in the weapons tooltip
Weapons now show a rarity color (white = tier 1, green = tier 2, blue = tier 3, purple = tier 4, yellow = tier 5)

[h3]Sniper changes:[/h3]

Snipers rifles (fast sniper and heavy sniper) now have a breathing wobble while aiming down the scope
You can hold shift or spacebar to hold your breath for a short moment to get a steady aim (keybind will follow shortly)

[h3]New settings:[/h3]

You can now change the color of the deadzone in any color you want (for colorblindness or just for fun, setting located in gameplay options)
You can now change the camera sensitivity while aiming down sight seperately

[h3]Item and inventory improvements:[/h3]

You now automatically pick up as much as you can carry when an item stack is more than your inventory can take

[h3]Gameplay changes:[/h3]

Glass bottle damage increased from 12 to 17
You can now see the wind direction (lines) while using the steering wheel
Trapshot rarity decreased again from tier 4 to tier 3
Trapshot loading time increased from 3 seconds to 5 seconds
Anti-cannonballs loading time increased from 3 seconds to 5 seconds
Trapshot projectile drop now same as heavy cannonballs
Explosive barrel impact damage reduced from 12 to 4 damage
Explosive barrel AOE ship damage increased from 2x 2 damage points to 3x 4 damage points
"Marked a location" voiceline can no longer be spammed (you can still spam the actual marker though, but the voice line will only play once every 2 seconds)
Ships now tilt much more when turning during anchor drop
Weapon spread will now also be applied when jumping or in air (falling)
Weapons are no longer reloadable while aiming down the sight, they reload automatically when going out of aim down sight though

[h3]Sound changes:[/h3]

New cannonball flight sound

[h3]Voiceline improvements:[/h3]

"They corked us" and "We're sinking" voicelines now use the voice and pitch you have selected

[h3]Optimisations:[/h3]

Ship culling has been added which should greatly improve performance with many ships
Ships that are behind obstacles are massively reduced in cost
Ship interiors are massively reduced in cost when interior is not visible

[h3]Bug fixes:[/h3]

Invisible player bug should be fixed
You no longer get sprint blocked when blocking a melee attack, only when you receive actual damage
Fixed a collision gap on the brigantine (you could fall through the floor in front of the upper staircase)
Fixed a bug that showed 0 open slots in green instead of red sometimes
Fixed a bug that would make the bow figure uncolored sometimes
Fixed a bug that sometimes made the beard uncolored (white)
Sorting on free crew slots should now work as intended
Fixed a bug that caused party members to always switch back to unready whenever a new player joined the party
Fixed a bug that caused selected cosmetics not to be highlighted as selected in the pirate and ship menu
Fixed a bug that caused the capstan to move off center after a while
Fixed a bug that caused the cursor to jump to the end when trying to edit ship name in the middle
Fixed some incorrect offsets in the body settings menu screen
Fixed a bug that caused teammates to appear with a red outline for a short moment after using the worldmap
Fixed a bug that caused the weapon spread to be only vertical (now horizontal and vertical)

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