Update notes — May 21st

Hi everyone,



New update is available now.



Version 0.801 update notes:



New / Changes:



- Improved water display.

- Increased default speed for naval combat.

- Changed balance for the damage done in naval combat.

- Changed balance for firearms (reduced firing range).

- Improved functionality for sails controls.

- Possibility to sell a ship in the repair and ship purchase interface.

- Possibility to join one of the factions or remain independent at the start of the game.

- Amount of the gold earned in battle now depends on the player's renown.

- Player's purchases and sales no longer affect the prices of goods in the world.

- Ability to plunder cities without creating your own faction.

- Improved sky reflection in the sea on the strategic map.

- Fixed in-game text in a few places.

- Fixed conditions for the starting quest.

- Balance changes for ships in naval combat.



Fixed:



- Initial entrypoints for boarding locations.

- DirectX 7 option is now blocked in launcher and game settings.

- Player getting random messages about hired soldiers, like 'Pirates you ordered has been made available".

- Log errors caused by capturing a city while being in a faction.

- Bug that caused the game to see male characters as female ones.

- Mouse cursor bug appearing in one of the village locations.

- Loot screen is no longer showed if there isn't any loot after the battle.

- Bug that caused enemy fleet to remain on the strategic map after its defeat.

- Player will now leave his own faction if his last city is captured.

- Repeated request for joining a faction.

- Incorrect Dutch flag.

- Inability to engage enemy in naval battle if there's few sailors on the ship.

- Player's starting position during the siege.

- Speed parameter of Cavalry Broadsword.

- Some bugs in boarding locations.

- Hiring of continental soldiers.



A small note: after this update please only complete the starting quest if you're neutral. In any other cases, you may stumble upon some nasty problems.