Blazing Sails News

Hello there!

We've got another small update for you bringing some more bug fixes and some additions to the UI.

We've added damage numbers to the crosshair so you can now see how much damage you're doing. (You can disable it in the improved gameplay options)

Patch notes:

[h3]UI additions / tweaks:[/h3]

• Crosshair now produces damage numbers to show how much damage you have dealt (you can disable it in gameplay options)
  
• Health bar now has health numbers under it for more precise health info
  
• New font type for crosshair ammo display, damage numbers and Health numbers
  

[h3]Spectator cam improvements:[/h3]

• Spectator cam now uses your own FOV setting instead of 90
  
• Can no longer spectate dead players
  
• When spectating a dead player spectator cam will automatically switch to the next alive player
  

[h3]Sound improvements:[/h3]

• Cannonball sound range tweaked so you get a better sense of distance
  
• New cannonball distant sound
  
• Cannonball overall volume decreased a little (was too loud)
  

[h3]Bug fixes:[/h3]

• Curse player damage cap of 74 now also works on head shots as intended
  
• Tweaked kill card ship/team info a bit so it has less spacing under it
  
• Moved sharpness option to rendering category (more fitting)
  
• Disabled distance based tick rate when spectator to fix jitter when swapping between players
  
• When players are now somehow bugged with a naked (no pants) character, game will now automatically equip a beige boxer in-game
  
• Tweaked the location of the player spots when using sails on the bomb vessel (were way offsetted)
  
• Fixed a bug that caused crossbow bolt to be invisible when other players reloaded the crossbow
  

Like this update? Let us know on Discord!

Good evening bilge rats.

We've got a small update for you tonight with mainly some bug fixes but also something new. You can now see if your weapons are loaded or not indicated by a green or red icon in your action bar. This should help you reduce the number of times you switch to a weapon, only to awkwardly find out it's empty.

Patch notes:

[h3]UI improvements:[/h3]

• Actionbar now indicates if a weapon is loaded or not (main weapon and side arm)
  
• Killcard ship / team name visualization made a bit more clear with a small ship icon and now aligned to the right
  

[h3]Bug fixes:[/h3]

• Fixed a bug that caused weapons to appear offsetted in first person while jumping
  
• Fixed a bug that caused all melee weapons to ignore sprint block when attacking (only the fuse lighter doesn't block sprint while attacking now as intended)
  
• Fixed material of Blackbeard beard (the fuses now produce smoke as intended)
  
• Fixed fancy wig material (was completely broken)
  
• Fixed a bug that caused pirate god title not to be selectable when enabling / disabling curse
  
• Auto reverting back to male when disabling the curse while using golden skeleton now works as intended (also auto equips brown shorts now)
  
• Fixed an error spam in ship code
  

Like this update? Let us know on Discord!

Ahoy scalawags!

It's been a short while but here we are again with a small update. I hope you all enjoyed a nice and long Halloween event. (totally intended and not just forgotten about entirely while working hard on our next update)

In today's update we have some cool new stuff for you to unlock, some smooth looking new animations for you to drool on, some bug fixes, re-balancing and more!

Let's not keep you in uncontrollable suspension any longer and move onto the patch notes:

Version 1.6.9.2

[h3]New progression cosmetics:[/h3]

• 10 brand new cosmetics added to the progression timeline:
  - Booty tattoo
  - Broken bottle peg leg
  - Steampunk welding goggles
  - Paper boat hat
  - Fancy royal wig
  - Small Venetian mask
  - Large Venetian mask
  - Harpoon peg leg
  - Parrot in a cage hat
  - Big curly beard with fuses
  

[h3]Animation improvements:[/h3]

• Idle animation improved so left leg is no longer weirdly twisted (which was causing issues with some torso and pants cosmetics)
  
• New upper body bending system that uses a gradient which greatly improves quality of looking up and down
  
• Fixed a lot of small animation issues with hand placement on weapons
  

[h3]Gameplay changes:[/h3]

• Dual quad barrel flintlock right click now fires both guns at the same time with a tiny bit of spread
  
• Dual flintlock right click now fires both guns at the same time with a tiny bit of spread
  
• Nock gun projectile damage increased from 11 to 12 and spread reduced a bit
  
• Blunderbuss spread reduced from 0.15 to 0.1
  
• Added a max damage cap for cursed players (max 74 damage) except for dragon pistol which can still insta-kill with a head-shot
  

[h3]Sound tweaks:[/h3]

• New cannon sound (in preparation for the upcoming galleon)
  

[h3]Main menu:[/h3]

• Disabled Halloween main menu theme
  
• Ship stats cannon and swivel info improved
  

[h3]Conquest additions:[/h3]

• Lin stock weapon added to conquest which can ignite cannons when hitting them (in preparation of the upcoming galleon)
  

[h3]Bug fixes:[/h3]

• Fixed some bugs with golden skeleton and pirate god title
  
• Fixed a bug that causes cursor to disappear when typing a message while re-spawning in conquest
  
• Fixed some bugs with incorrect ship stats
  
• Fixed a bug which causes party kick and leave icons to be swapped
  

Like this update? Let us know on Discord!

Ahoy!

More cursed XP and bug fixes in today's hotfix!

Patch notes:

[h3]Curse changes:[/h3]

• Curse now gives 75% increased XP (instead of 25%)
  

[h3]Bug fixes:[/h3]

• Fixed a bug with ADS that could cause sniper rifles to become invisible when opening inventory while ADSing
  
• Disappearing vehicles should be fixed
  
• Fixed mouse sensitivity value not updating in gameplay options
  
• Fixed an exploit that allowed players to equip cursed unlocks without the curse being enabled
  
• Fixed some skeleton body part masking issues ("Rayman" skeletons)
  

Like this update? Let us know on Discord!

Ahoy! It’s high time for another Roadmap Update!

As mentioned in previous announcements, we’ve decided to postpone our full launch. And this, well... because we ain't done yet! There’s still a reasonable amount of stuff to add, explore and polish until we can confidently call our game “done”.

Many of you have been asking about future plans and what we intend to add in the next coming months. Of course, we reflected on this and now feel comfortable to unveil the next steps.



As some of you might remember, we’ve asked you all to fill out a feedback form so that we may get a better understanding of what you pirates think about the current state of the game, what your desires are, etc… We have learned a lot from that! We would like to thank everyone that took the time to give us this valuable feedback!

A lot of you would definitely recommend Blazing Sails in its current state and think we’ve improved the game a lot during Early Access. But generally we do see a need for more polish and more features. Mainly 2 things caught our attention. Many of you would love to see more ship options and more game modes!

We’ll do our very best to fulfill these needs and implement this feedback in the coming updates. This was also the main thing we kept in mind while brainstorming about our Roadmap.

That being said, game development is a costly affair. We needed to find some creative solutions so that we’re able to bridge these extra few months of development time. Therefore we’ll also be adding quite a lot of new awesome DLC cosmetics in the coming time. We’ve got some sweet ideas and are excited to work on these epic and sometimes wacky pirate costumes! Buying DLC is a great way to support our development during Early Access and really helps us to continue working on the features that add a lot of value to the overall game.

Hope you are excited for what we’ve got planned! In the end we want Blazing Sails to be in the best possible state upon full launch so that you and your friends may keep enjoying epic pirate PvP battles for a long time!


[h3]Without further ado, our Roadmap:[/h3]

Check out the high-res here!




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