Patch 3 - patch notes

Hi all,

the 1.0.3 patch is now live.

The patch can be downloaded here:

http://patches.gamersgate.com/BlackCove_Patch_3.zip

@Steam-users: Please note that Steam updates automatically, just start the game and it will patch to the latest version.

French and Spanish languages are now available. Here's the rest of the changelog for 1.0.3:

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Version 1.0.3 (Patch 3) 11.8.2011

Features:
- Configurable keymap: My Documents/Nitro Games/PiratesOfBlackCove/Keymap.xml
- Added command line option "-windowed", which forces the game to start in windowed mode
- Support for German, Spanish and French languages

Breakers:
- Fixed a crash when leaving world scene
- Bloated savegames will now load

Missions:
- Fix for Corsair FM6 possible crash when killing some of the ships before mission ships start moving
- Fix for Buccaneer FM7 (Paddy Paws)
- Pirate FM 7 Chiefs Chowder: If the whaler is outside of the map it travels back to the map
- Monkey cannon works
- Buccaneer fm6 fix - after exiting from land before mission zone is captured
- Buccaneer fm7 fix - fail after killing petes ship
- Corsair fm1 - Steal the Luxury Ship from Port Cancun bugfix

Misc:
- Settings are now properly saved
- Characters won't get stuck into LZ signs/firestands/roadsigns/lamps
- Buildings should now drop items only to accessible positions
- Fixed issue where speech bubble would jump strangely when sinking a ship with mortar.
- Fixed issue where player ship info would show too many empty unit slots if last row was full.
- Fixed Resolution change popup not to go under other windows!
- Correct flag for Black Cove ships
- Selecting a dead hero now shows units under its command
- Cannons of cannon towers no longer disappear after re-entering a town
- Reset radar & healthbars after resolution change
- Multiplying artifacts no longer multiply when selecting them from inventory
- Now there's 15 badges visible on character screen, instead of them being only 13
- Santto Domingo -> Santo Domingo
- Fixed clipping ingame messages

Cheers,
Mattias and the Nitro team

 

Looks really good, thanks for the fixes and im sure many will be happy for the new features.

But there is still a problem :S the stuttering, its constant now on the steam version of the game :/

 

Nice, think you caught most of the ones I posted even You did notice the extra Santo Domingo though? :> Not just the extra "t" in the name.

 

Do you happen to know when Gamersgate will have the patch up, and if it will still be a while, is it possible for you to upload the patch somewhere else for the meantime, like you did with the second patch, I only ask this because I have the bloated save game bug, and am dying to get back into this amazing game.

 

Thanks for the manual. I hope this patch fixes the map. because my map is nothing like the manual. I am looking foward to trying all of the levels and wepons...

 

crashing on final black pirates cove fight, crashed multiple times and final made it into the cave then crashed again? now cant even get off the beach? whats up?? help!!!

 

I can load my saves again, so thanks for that. The following issue I mentioned in another thread has gotten MUCH worse:

With patch numero tres, the freezing happens everywhere now not just in the water. And it has mutated into something amazing. Immediately after the 2-second freeze, the screen goes black with no sounds only the background music. It stays black for about 5 seconds then displays the game screen for half a second then goes back to black and stays black.

I've let it sit there on a black screen to see if anything happens, and sometimes it crashes-to-desktop while other times it just stays black with the background music playing. I've gone back to square one of the DIY fixes and no change. I noticed nVidia released a new driver a few days ago so I installed that thinking it might help, but it didn't. I was running 275.33 and am now running 280.26.

The real kick in the nuts is that I played and enjoyed the game prior to and with patch 1.0.1. I had minor complaints, but nothing like what others were experiencing. The two following patches have deterred me from playing to flat-out not letting me play. I wish there were a way to roll back to 1.0.1, but I doubt it. This exercise in aggravation has killed any semblance of hope I had of playing the game to the end.

It seemed like such a great game judging by all the ball-tugging Steam was doing for PoBC prior to launch. I should have waited.

 

hmmm, gamersgate doesn't have patch 3 yet so maybe i'll hold off as i get the game freeze too (as i've reported elsewhere and they are checking). it doesn't seem to happen on land but i haven't been on land enough to say for sure. i'll be interested to see how nitro responds to this...maybe it's just your system...but maybe not.

 

hoping the 1.1gb patch 3 fixing most of the problems~

 

mso: I'd really appreciate to see your log.txt, game directory/bin/x86/dx9/log.txt

The log is recreated on every startup, so we need to see the log-file that has been created while the game stutters.

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If you are experiencing problems starting the game or otherwise experiencing problems with the game, one possible step is to delete the settings.bin from ~Documents\Nitro Games\PiratesOfBlackCove

And if you are still having problems starting the game, e.g. it still being in resolution that is unsupported for your hardware, you can run the game from command line with switch -windowed to make it force start in windowed mode.

 

This fixed my Savegame issue just fine, thanks.

And good to see "Buildings should now drop items only to accessible positions" fixed as well.

 

Thx, but no link like patch 1 and 2 ?

 

Thanks for the update! Waiting for download link.

 

Hey that`s just not fair...
I can`t play due to the inflated corrupted save..

Why non-Steam people have to wait for patch3?

 

i'm new to all this portal stuff. how long does it take to push it to gamersgate? they still don't have it. is that because of you or them? and, as already asked, why can't you host the patch like the other two so we can get the download now? just curious about the wait.

 

So can we get this patch this week or we have to wait many more days for it???

 

well i wish i could roll back to Patch 2....

I have steam edtions, and the game is running worse than ever.

FPS still stuck at 16 and now i have constant stuttering.

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?553950-FPS-Stuck-at-16

The game loads fine and all, but when the game runs like that make you wish that steam haddent updated the game.

and the small hot fix didnt help

Version 1.0.3.7713 (Steam Hotfix) 12.8.2011

- Fixed achievement "Gatherer" to be possible to achieve.
- Fixed achievement "Ship Tycoon" to be actually possible to achieve.
- Final mission crash fix
- Crash fix for collectables on loaded saves
- Fixed path finding problems when character crossing the bridges
- Fix for sea level musics
- Made horizontal scrollbar in load game menu invisible in localized versions also.

 

please can someone put download link for patch 3

 

It would be nice to download this patch. My save game files are now corrupt. My "hero" gets stuck in running motion at the Bucaneer palace and a couple of other towns. My game crashes when I exit these towns (if in window mode it i can at least close the error message and continue). The more I play this game the more frustrated I become and the less I want to play it. If patch 3 doesn't fix my issues, this game is getting removed from my laptop and I won't buy another game from this company. This game was just released and it has HORRIBLE problems from the get go. 3 patches later and it sounds like it is still a mess. Quality and error proofing are hallmarks for computer gaming. Get it right next time.

 

Sure takes them long to release it...