Pirates, Vikings, & Knights II News

An update to PVKII has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart the game. Server owners, please update your servers.

[h2]Changelog[/h2]

• Fixed common server crash
  
• Fixed crash when loading hand models
  
• Fixed friendly hitsound playing when friendly fire is disabled
  
• Fixed infinite caltrops
  
• Fixed opposite side of bt_island chest zones not affecting timers
  
• Fixed territory markers crash
  
• Re-worked booty logic to accommodate multiple chest zones
  

[h2]MORE TIME x MORE BOOTY![/h2]
PVKII x GameBanana Contest Update Feb 27 🏴‍☠️🍌🦜
Close Quarters Combat Mapping Competition Prize Pool increased and capped at $750!
1st $350, 2nd $250, and 3rd $150!
Thank you donors and supporters! Thank you entrants for joining the competition.
Map submission deadline extended to May 29th 12:01 EST. You can still enter the competition at any time! May the best maps win!

[h2]JUDGE PROFILES![/h2]
The maps will be graded by a selection of Main Event Judges and Community Judges. Main Event Judges are well known individuals from the PVKII Team past and present, and Source Modding Community.

Awesome, Lead Developer for Battle Grounds III

Catfood, Distinguished CS:GO Mapper of tulip and reef.

Felis, PVKII Dev, Senior Programmer, Production Manager and Developer for NMRIH 1 and 2

Gazoid, PVKII Dev, Mapper of bt_island and bt_pinegrove, Indie Dev

Hurtcules, PVKII Developer, Mapper of bt_glacier

jRocket, PVKII Dev, Character Artist, Indie Dev

Postal, Lead Developer for Jabroni Brawl

Roald, Former PVKII Dev, Mapper of Anubis in CSGO

Mystery Judge

Community Judges be you! To apply to be a community judge please click here. Maps be judged on Polish/Optimization, Gameplay, Originality, and Graphics/ Visuals!


We've partnered up with the one and only Gamebanana crew! Check out all the pvkii content on their website. We encourage contestants to use Gamebanana to share progress.


Ye' mapping competition has just begun and ends on May 29th 2022 AD one stroke after midnight for ye' east coast swindlers! Visit the contest page for contest info, important dates, rules, tips and tutorials, and how to enter. Winners announced June 5th 2022 AD. What ye' be waiting for? Set sail and conquer!



CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE CONTEST PAGE HERE FOR INFO AND TO ENTER

Check out PVKII Online! Official Site | Official Forums | Official Discord Facebook | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram | modDB

UPDATE: No Stream tonight, but we're still meetin' up to play for Saturday Night Mayhem TONIGHT! Feb 26 13:30 EST/ 18:30 GMT

Ladies and germs, fishes and chips! This weekend witness the return of the epic cataclysm of combat known as Saturday Night Mayhem!

Join us on the following servers and only the following servers:

• House of Rum Custom & Stock Maps
  
• [NYC] East Coast Swindlers - CUSTOM
  
• EU] 24/7 Vanilla Rotation
  
  and introducing...
  
• [F L A T - E A R T H] (EU)
  

We'll also have a special announcement regarding the Close Quarters Combat Mapping Competition. If you haven't checked that out, be sure to visit the contest page on our official site for more info.

Join us tomorrow Saturday February 26th 13:30 EST / 18:30 GMT for Saturday Night Mayhem!

Check out PVKII Online!
Official Site | Official Forums | Official Discord Facebook | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram | modDB

Ye' be time for an adventure! Sail alone or take your crew to conquer a smaller land cuz a victory be a victory. Besiege 'em in close quarters combat and give 'em no quarter like this land ain't big enough for thirty two of us! Treasures abound and more to come if more set sail to seek victory. Those that make the most fruitful worlds will earn the spoils. Alas, not every fine sailor, tree huggin' overgrown bearded oaf, or lubby-dubby-sissy-scrubby can win! But best ye' try!

In other words, make a small map with big fun! We've got template layouts and prefabs to make the seas not so rough. What ye choose to do with them, or not with them, be the adventure! May the best maps win!

[h2]BOOTY UP FOR GRABS[/h2]
PVKII x GameBanana Contest Update Feb 21 🏴‍☠️🍌🦜
Close Quarters Combat Mapping Competition Prize Pool Increase to $600!
1st $300
2nd $200
3rd $100

More booty added to the prize pool as more contestants enter!

[h2]JUDGES[/h2]
The maps will be graded by a selection of Main Event Judges and Community Judges. Main Event Judges are well known individuals from the PVKII Team past and present, and Source Modding Community. Check out the growing list here. Community Judges be you! To apply to be a community judge please click here. Maps be judged on Polish/Optimization, Gameplay, Originality, and Graphics/ Visuals!


We've partnered up with the one and only Gamebanana crew! Check out all the pvkii content on their website. We encourage contestants to use Gamebanana to share progress.


Ye' mapping competition has just begun and ends on May 1st 2022 AD one stroke after midnight for ye' east coast swindlers! Visit the contest page for contest info, important dates, rules, tips and tutorials, and how to enter. Winners announced May 8th 2022 AD. What ye' be waiting for? Set sail and conquer!

CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE CONTEST PAGE HERE FOR INFO AND TO ENTER

Check out PVKII Online! Official Site | Official Forums | Official Discord Facebook | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram | modDB

An update to PVKII has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart the game. Server owners, please update your servers.

[h2]End of MacOS support[/h2]
Due to lack of engine support, we will be unable to ship Mac builds going forward. You can read more about it here. Previous MacOS builds have been deprecated, and are unable to join updated servers.

[h2]Changelog[/h2]

• Added Captain voice lines when parrot dies
  
• Added a death knell hitsound that plays on a killing blow
  
• Added entity “logic_ruleset”, that allows gameplay cvars to be set for the duration of the map
  
• Added server-side “pvk2_support_helper” command (prints OS and CPU information)
  
• Atlatl darts are now hidden when the Bondi is out of ammo
  
• Fixed caltrops slowing Huscarl and Gestir during their specials
  
• Fixed movement speed while blocking with a shield
  
• GrogBot chatter is now only displayed in offline bot games
  
• Hitsounds now scale in pitch depending on how much damage is done
  
• Internet servers with bots are hidden from browser for now
  
• Kicking no longer plays a hitsound
  
• Offline bot games no longer appear in the server browser
  
• Renamed “Casual” ruleset to “Classic”
  
• Restricted the server to only being able to execute commands marked with FCVAR_SERVER_CAN_EXECUTE
  
• Ruleset is no longer displayed in the loading dialog
  
• Small improvements to Javelin and Throwing Axe animations
  
• Support helper now recognizes Windows 11
  
• Tweaked how long GrogBots chase enemies
  
• Updated the friendly fire hitsound
  
• Updated the headshot hitsound
  
• te_cara rebuilt with correct cave lighting
  

[h2]Balance Changes[/h2]

General:

• Clash stun reduced from 1 second to 0.5 seconds
  
• Removed shield bash special multiplier
  

Artisan Pistol:

• No longer has spread while aiming down sight