Age of Sail II - game update v.1.56 - Download

version: v.1.56

Main features of this patch are as follows:

- reverse lowerguns status. With good weather they were disabled, with bad enabled. Now fixed.

- debugkeys in chat disabled

- damage indicator in fog of war mode now disabled

Here is what is included in version 1.55 and v1.54 BETA:

The main feature of this update is multiplayer improvement, so online community can use this update for championship. List of features:

Multiplayer:

* Gun damage in multiplayer game is shown correctly both for client and server players

* Multiplayer lag time shorten

* Icons above ships are shown correctly in multiplayer game both for client and server players

* Number of players on server in "Find Multiplayer Game" window is shown correctly

General improvements:

* Game options settings work properly

* 3D people on the deck option works correctly

* some small fixes

Here is what is included in version 1.53 BETA:

* Smoke appears at the proper side

* Reverse side damage corrected

* Game options work correctly

* Sails damage improved

* Multiplayer game more stable

* Client player drop off message updated

* Splashes are visible both for host and client

* Internet registration check box improved

* Players quantity on server is shown correctly

* Loading bar before multiplayer battle

Here is what is included in version 1.52:

* multiplayer lag time shorten

* lag time during boarding in multiplayer shorten

* multiplayer chat window improved

* smoke visible again

* sails an rigging damage correctly both in autofire and manual fire

* quick save and quick load (F6, F7) action improved

* "find multiplayer game" window works properly

* AI is a bit more active and aggressive during multiplayer battles

* NEW FEATURE: loading bar, shows loading progress before every battle in single game

Here is additional features of version 1.51:

* save/load bug

* Crashes on some computers after loading fixed.

* flags in campaign fixed

* Flag on ships that player buy in campaign game fix

* prize crew fix

* Improved mariners calculation and icon fix

* multiplayer game optimization

* sound of sunken ship improvement

V1.50 includes the following improvements, added features, and tech

support updates:

- New icon for surrendered ship

- New icon for captured ship

- Game spy logo on find Internet game window

- Message in chat window if one player leaves multiplayer game

- Improved Ship List 'scrolling.

- Cannon's Recharge improved:

Left Mouse Button - Change Next Type

Right Mouse Button - Reload

- Icons on ship improved. Sometimes icons crawl over player's name.

- Chat window feature during battle added

- Ships will change flag in campaign by side, not by nationality.

- Captured ships now should carry player's side flag.

- Guns Repair issue addressed

- Guns can be repaired during battle.

- Many AI improvements.

- AI much more aggressive

- "End" feature (E-key) feature improved

- setup.exe in the game folder can give ability to user to select video card if more than one video card installed in computer

This feature will allow users with old daughter cards like Voodoo 2 play the game. It can also switch off all intro movies.

- Completely new ships path finding

- Improved shot system

- Ships should not fire to enemy ship if friendly ships are in

front of enemy.

- Multiplayer - better tasks synchronization

- When surrendered ships captured flag should be changed to side that put a prize crew and icon that ship is captured displayed

- All known problems with Voodoo 3 fixed - black gunrange, missing splashes, white windows

- Repair task

- Save & load issues fixes

- Ships capturing (including surrendered ships) and ability to buy them in their future

- Lot's of small fixes

New Gamespy command line support:

Gamespy arcade:

'-host': tell the game to go straight to a staging room as the host of a game, and wait for clients to connect to it.

'-join ': launch the game as a connecting client and attempt to

connect to the host at the given IP address, in order to enter that staging room.

'-name ""' specify name of theplayer. NOTE: name should be quoted

Examples:

AOS2launch.exe -host -name "John Doe"

AOS2launch.exe -join 123.111.222.111 -name "Enola Gay"

Also includes all these updates from V1.01:

- Improved Sail Repair

- Improved Multiplayer Game Speed

- Improved Fires on ships

- Information about ship speed updated

- Crew tasks assignment updated

- Ship control in multiplayer mode updated

- Speed control in multiplayer mode updated

- Fort damage improved

- Side B fire control feature added

- Turn time calculation improved

- Campaign defeat briefing feature added

- status arcs on ships have new order, the same as on Helm window

- forts in gun range feature added

- Gun range on ships with carronades updated

- Grapple function improved

- Boarding action improved

- Nest of Pirates campaign 3rd scenario improved

- Players names in multiplayer game feature added

- Prize crew can be put on ships

- Improved fort functionality

- Fog of war - additional info about enemy ships updated

- Campaign save game improved

- Crew can be assigned when game is on pause - new feature

- Marines can be transferred - new feature

- Speed of Melee improved

- AI improved

- Improved Voodoo 3 support

- improved weather sound effects

- other minor improvements (lot's of them!)

• Last update: Friday, October 12, 2001
• Genre: Strategy
• File size: 1.5 MB