Macro
Swashbuckler
Hi. I'm Macro, a veteran POTCO player, a part of the original Partners N Crime. (Under the name Raven.) I found some bugs and graphics problems in my free time. Most, if not all of these are minor problems and should not be prioritized. All of these bugs appear to be re-createable so I will include how to recreate them along with the acknowledgement. I apologize in advance if any of these have been pointed out already or are intentional. Please note I also play the game with low graphics and my main pirate was created vertically challenged and seemingly too morbidly obese to plunder anything besides the fridge, but if I suspect a glitch may be affiliated with my low graphics or my pirate's creation rather than the game's side, I'll point that out. Decide the priority of each for yourself. (Glitches, game play and screenshots from Windows.)
EDIT : Once the glitches are fixed, ill mark them as so on this list. If you have any glitches you've found yourself that you dont want to create in your own post, feel free to comment or pm me and Ill add them to this thread.
Invalid Characters
The first seems to be a problem with TLOPO trying to include certain characters outside of the default 95 English characters and those included in the game from other languages. Below are some examples.
Known Jumping Glitch (and it's vertically challenged pirates' counterpart.)
A known version of the glitch, as noted by other members where the pirate jumping animation seems to lock before completing resulting in the pirate staying in the air in a mid-jump pose. This seems to happen to any pirate who made theirs using any shape beside the far-left. (Far-left edition below)
Screenshot credits to Redhawk.
My pirate was created vertically challenged, and seemingly a little obese for plundering seems to have a similar issue. When jumping, the pirate locks in a pose as well, though it seems slightly further into the animation.
•Using a broadside whilst sailing doesn't do anything.
Self-explanatory, and may be intended but I found it strange, since cannoning is out.
Broadsides were (and still are) temporarily disabled as firing them seemed to shoot them in random directions. (Thanks to Stephen Teague for pointing this out to me.)
What would TLOPO be without some old-fashioned POTCO glitches?
Being stuck in the ground upon teleportation is not anything but nostalgia to a returning pirate.
Im sure this is fairly well known, but creating a guild does absolutely nothing.
You seem to be perfectly capable of purchasing from NPCs but when you go to sell, your inventory doesn't come up.
•There seems to be a problem with the mini maps for minor islands.
The mini maps only seem to function for Port Royal, Tortuga & Padres del Fuego. (Also the 3 islands available for stowaway by the stowaway master.) The mini map is simply gray or transparent minus NPCs for smaller islands, whilst its fully functioning in major islands.
EDIT : Apparently not a glitch at all but rather an intended feature as used in the original POTCO. (Thank you to Benjamin Calicovane for pointing this out.)
Small visual glitch in Kingshead.
Kingshead really strange shadow glitch.
As I was wandering around Kingshead looking for glitches, I noticed my shadow on the wall following me at a really strange angle.
Common rendering glitch.
The difference of 2 pixels can create a strange and sudden rendering glitch as the target renders in. This is the door in this example. Please note, that I tested this with everything on lowest settings, and everything on highest settings to make sure it wasn't an issue in the difference in graphics.
Floating on ship, Drop anchor glitch & Wheel crashing
(Found by & screenshot by Stephen Teague)
"As you can see Unknownfighter (navy3001) is floating, and its telling me to drop anchor even though I am not at the wheel
Edit: Also I crash whenever I do grab his wheel"
"Floating always happens, the anchor I am not sure what happened was I was sailing and my internet connection broke so I logged back in and boarded the ship via public boarding (as this ship wasn't mine) and I was standing near the front of the boat and it gave me the option to dock it even when I wasn't near the wheel" -SV
Another ship related bug
in addition to one regarding the compass.
Self explanatory, also I noticed that in the last screenshot his compass functioned fine displaying his ship, but in this one it seems to be completely glitched.
Credits to Stephen Teague
Thank you for reading. I'll be updating this on my next playtime.
Last updated 7.29.2016.
Special Thanks to :
Benjamin Calicovane (Pointing that the compass is made as intended.)
Redhawk (Screenshot of pirate jumping.)
My completely non-imaginary girlfriend for proofreading this.
Stephen Teague (For noting to me that the broadsides were temporarily disabled.)
Stephen Teague (Adding several glitches involving ships and crashing.)
EDIT : Once the glitches are fixed, ill mark them as so on this list. If you have any glitches you've found yourself that you dont want to create in your own post, feel free to comment or pm me and Ill add them to this thread.
Invalid Characters
The first seems to be a problem with TLOPO trying to include certain characters outside of the default 95 English characters and those included in the game from other languages. Below are some examples.
Known Jumping Glitch (and it's vertically challenged pirates' counterpart.)
A known version of the glitch, as noted by other members where the pirate jumping animation seems to lock before completing resulting in the pirate staying in the air in a mid-jump pose. This seems to happen to any pirate who made theirs using any shape beside the far-left. (Far-left edition below)
Screenshot credits to Redhawk.
My pirate was created vertically challenged, and seemingly a little obese for plundering seems to have a similar issue. When jumping, the pirate locks in a pose as well, though it seems slightly further into the animation.
•Using a broadside whilst sailing doesn't do anything.
Self-explanatory, and may be intended but I found it strange, since cannoning is out.
Broadsides were (and still are) temporarily disabled as firing them seemed to shoot them in random directions. (Thanks to Stephen Teague for pointing this out to me.)
What would TLOPO be without some old-fashioned POTCO glitches?
Being stuck in the ground upon teleportation is not anything but nostalgia to a returning pirate.
Im sure this is fairly well known, but creating a guild does absolutely nothing.
You seem to be perfectly capable of purchasing from NPCs but when you go to sell, your inventory doesn't come up.
•There seems to be a problem with the mini maps for minor islands.
The mini maps only seem to function for Port Royal, Tortuga & Padres del Fuego. (Also the 3 islands available for stowaway by the stowaway master.) The mini map is simply gray or transparent minus NPCs for smaller islands, whilst its fully functioning in major islands.
EDIT : Apparently not a glitch at all but rather an intended feature as used in the original POTCO. (Thank you to Benjamin Calicovane for pointing this out.)
Small visual glitch in Kingshead.
Kingshead really strange shadow glitch.
As I was wandering around Kingshead looking for glitches, I noticed my shadow on the wall following me at a really strange angle.
Common rendering glitch.
The difference of 2 pixels can create a strange and sudden rendering glitch as the target renders in. This is the door in this example. Please note, that I tested this with everything on lowest settings, and everything on highest settings to make sure it wasn't an issue in the difference in graphics.
Floating on ship, Drop anchor glitch & Wheel crashing
(Found by & screenshot by Stephen Teague)
"As you can see Unknownfighter (navy3001) is floating, and its telling me to drop anchor even though I am not at the wheel
Edit: Also I crash whenever I do grab his wheel"
"Floating always happens, the anchor I am not sure what happened was I was sailing and my internet connection broke so I logged back in and boarded the ship via public boarding (as this ship wasn't mine) and I was standing near the front of the boat and it gave me the option to dock it even when I wasn't near the wheel" -SV
Another ship related bug
in addition to one regarding the compass.
Self explanatory, also I noticed that in the last screenshot his compass functioned fine displaying his ship, but in this one it seems to be completely glitched.
Credits to Stephen Teague
Thank you for reading. I'll be updating this on my next playtime.
Last updated 7.29.2016.
Special Thanks to :
Benjamin Calicovane (Pointing that the compass is made as intended.)
Redhawk (Screenshot of pirate jumping.)
My completely non-imaginary girlfriend for proofreading this.
Stephen Teague (For noting to me that the broadsides were temporarily disabled.)
Stephen Teague (Adding several glitches involving ships and crashing.)
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