Blazing Sails News

The first update for Blazing Sails has arrived! We've mainly focused on some of the most pressing issues like reward notification, rewards based on match placement, bug fixes and some small quality of life improvements!

General:

• Added some missing translated text
  
• You now don't need to stay until the end of a match to get a chance at a new cosmetic
  
• Winning a game now gives you a higher chance for a new cosmetic
  

Bug fixes:

• Fixed a bug that made cannonball projectiles spawn twice when other players we’re spamming fire button when using a cannon
  
• Dedicated servers now automatically restart when a match is in progress with 0 players
  
• Fixed a bug that made footsteps continue to play after a player had died
  
• Fixed a bug that made swivel cannons show loaded indicator when they weren’t actually loaded after being installed
  
• Fixed a bug that made hair colors not work until you equip a beard
  
• Shoulder cannon projectiles AOE no longer damages players through obstacles
  
• The game icon has been updated to show the Blazing Sails logo and no longer the Unreal Engine logo
  

Visual improvements:

• Bow mounted explosive barrels now produce the renewed particle effect when exploding (it still spawned the old one)
  

Gameplay:

• When sailing in the deadzone the wind now always blows toward the safe zone (This will make it easier to get out of the deadzone)
  
• Usernames have been lowered so they appear closer the player’s head (This should make it easier to recognize friends in battle situations)
  

Balancing:

• The ship’s cork now fills up the hull a bit slower than before (about 20% slower)
  
• Double barrel rifle projectile damage increased from 40 to 45
  

UI:

• When you received a new cosmetic, you will now get a fancy pop-up showcasing your new items when returning to the main menu
  
• “Ship” and “Pirate” buttons will now be highlighted if you have a new item in one or both categories
  
• Kill information now also shows kill streak counter and has a small animation
  

Optimizations:

• Props now cull out correctly on all islands
  
• Character mesh LODS added
  
• Seagulls above floating crates now use vertex animation instead of skeletal bones which is more performant
  
• General prop culling optimisation pass
  

A lot of worries about the lack of voice chat are going around. We'd like to assure you all that we hear you (pun intended) and are working hard to fix voice chat. In the meantime, here is a small teaser of the reworked (and, we hope you will agree, improved) item drops UX we'll include in our upcoming update:

A hotfix is being pushed that should solve the quickplay issue affecting some of our players. As a way of apologizing (and because we want to see fewer naked pirates), we're going to increase the drop chance of items by over double. For those not aware (and this is our fault, let's be honest): You have a chance of getting an item at the end of the match.

If you don't like the matches quickplay is placing you in, you can add this file to this folder: steamapps/blazingsails/blazingsails/saved/config/windows/matchmaking.ini
Be ware of editing this as it may adversely affect your game experience.
> [/Script/BlazingSails.MatchmakingManager]
> MinPing=5
> MaxPing=150
> PingWeight=0.6
> MinFillRatio=0
> MaxFillRatio=1
> FillRatioWeight=0.7
> bIgnoreInProgress=false
> InprogressWeight=0.3

Ahoy scallywags!

Blazing Sails is now available in all of its loot-hoarding, hull-busting, cork-pulling glory! Gone are the days of spamming fishammo in our Discord asking for a release date, because that’s RIGHT NOW!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1158940/Blazing_Sails_Pirate_Battle_Royale/


[h2]Features[/h2]
And to the new landlubbers, welcome! Here’s a rundown of what Blazing Sails has to offer:

• Fast-paced PvP action
  
• Intense teamplay
  
• A wide arrrrray of different weapons to loot and equip yourself with
  
• Ship upgrades. Want a golden steering wheel? You got it!
  
• A unique respawn system -- death isn’t the end as long as your ship stays intact
  
• Fully customizable ship and pirate, from classic skull and bones to pink banana sails
  

Does that sound like your cup of rum? It should! Grab Blazing Sails at 10% off during the launch week, and join us on the high tides!

Ahoy Pirates!

We're happy to announce Blazing Sails will sail into Early Access 9th of September 2020. Along with this announcement we've also made a brand spanking new trailer you can watch below:

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

Be sure to keep an eye on our official Discord channel for a cool contest with awesome rewards next week!