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And with anyluck some great news, I got an email from the Akella PR topdog and its looking very up for us <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/onya.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":onya" border="0" alt="onya.gif" />
 
<a href="http://arhipelag.infobox.ru/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=320" target="_blank">http://arhipelag.infobox.ru/index.php?act=...ype=post&id=320</a>
 
I hope they make more MP modes <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" />
 
Ahoy, mates!

On the russian Akella site, today was published some news and NEW SCREENSHOTS about Age of pirates! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/keith.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":keith" border="0" alt="keith.gif" />

<a href="http://www.akella.com/ru/newsarchive/2005/03/23/kiiinews2303/" target="_blank">http://www.akella.com/ru/newsarchive/2005/...3/kiiinews2303/</a>

In the news Akella says the following:

The game use Pixel Shaders 1.4 (only <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":c" border="0" alt="mad.gif" /> ), Vertex Shaders 1.1, FFT and Glow effect, wich is used in Prince Of Persia: Warrior Within.

On the Russian Developers Conference (`1-4` April) the game will be officialy presented. And only after that the russian beta test will start <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/whippa.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":whipa" border="0" alt="whippa.gif" />
 
So far this doesn't look very different to Seadogs 2/POTC with regard to the graphics, some different locations and ships lit up like Christmas trees, but everything else looks familiar. Hopefully this will mean it still plays on my, now, very mid range PC without having to upgrade. We could do with some info. on the actual gameplay and content rather than the pretty pictures.
 
Rummy if your VGA is to old (and probably does not support DX8.1 or model shader) you can use 3D Analyser to disable the effects(it is a prog. for running new games on old computers). A friend of mine ran Prince of Persia - WW on a GF MX440(64MB).
 
Ravenheart, where can i get that program?? <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":eek:" border="0" alt="ohmy.gif" />
 
Why are the ships all lit up like christmas trees? That just screams "Here I am! Feel free to fire into me!" Also, all those lanterns in the rigging are a nice way to lose your ship. All that tar and cloth = one nice fire! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dp_nogd.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":ng" border="0" alt="dp_nogd.gif" />


I give the rigging lights <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mybad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":facepalm" border="0" alt="mybad.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mybad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":facepalm" border="0" alt="mybad.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mybad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":facepalm" border="0" alt="mybad.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mybad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":facepalm" border="0" alt="mybad.gif" /> / 5 for silliness
 
I think it is <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":?" border="0" alt="unsure.gif" />
 
Well folks DID hang lanterns from de maintop upon occasion, at least accordin' tew Fred Bob's readin' o' O'Brian... but only one or two fer night time fleet navigation, etc. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" />
 
Looking good! I'm going to have to upgrade my video card so that it's the best it can be, I still can't seem to get that reflective water look <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":c" border="0" alt="mad.gif" /> ...but I need to upgrade my motheboard first.. hell I'll just get a new computer! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" />
 
The latest shots (9 April) have more of the crazy lantern ships - is there any proof they were lit up to this extent in the 18th/19th century. Suicide in an area crawling with pirates I would have thought! Also not too keen on the skinned damage modelling - just a few weird looking darker brown smudges on the hull. I would prefer to see real damage modelling based on what you actually hit with bits flying off and staying broken. The mast and sail damage is OK as it stands we just need more realistic damage to the hull.
 
3DGamers just loaded a bunch of Age Of Pirates Screenshots onto the site the other day..

<a href="http://www.3dgamers.com/screenshots/games/ageofpirates/" target="_blank">Age Of Pirates at 3DGamers</a>
 
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