Blazing Sails recently got an update that brings back Quickplay, tweaks the water shader, and resolves some bugs.
The developers reintroduced Quickplay to ensure players get into a lobby without wasting too much time. You just have to select Quickplay, then choose between Battle Royale, Conquest, and other game modes. The game will automatically queue you into a lobby and search for the best match, which is quite convenient.
Blazing Sails Update 1.5.5
Quickplay
- Quickplay has been added again
- New submenu added for Quickplay to choose game mode
Water Shader Tweaks
- New specular system which should produce a much more realistic/better looking specular
- New subsurface system that scatters light through high waves depending on view angle
- Distant foam no longer shows obvious tiling, now fades out into softer foam banks
- Colors have been tweaked to look more natural (shader changes also make it possible to have deeper colors now)
- Slightly optimized (performance-wise)
- Wave height tweaked to be a slight bit wilder in the open ocean
Extra Sail Settings
- Micro tear slider added to ship options
- Sail dirt slider added to ship options
- Sail top paint layer wear slider added to ship options
Tutorial
- Added a fully interactive/playable tutorial to teach all the game's basic mechanics (video removed)
Waterpump Tweaks
- Waterpump sound now matches the animation
- Waterpump now also visually pump longer when upgraded
- New waterpump sounds
Conquest Tweaks
- Conquest flags now show a capture radius on the ground
Ship model Tweaks
- Added Jacob's ladder planks to the side of the ships
- Split up some long wooden railing bars on the hulls of the ships into smaller sections
- Bomb vessel hull wooden planks texture stretching and tiling improved so it's more similar to the other ships
Gameplay Changes
- Nockgun no longer fires single shots but instead can be aimed down sight again
- Nockgun: Right-click (full volley) now became left click
- Nockgun spread greatly decreased so it fires more precisely in medium range
- Double barrel rifle fire rate increased in none aim down sight mode (in ADS mode fire rate is as before)
- Double barrel rifle recoil increased with the same percentage
- Sail turning speed has been slightly increased
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug that caused the nockgun to fire 1 extra pellet (8 instead of 7)
- Removed an unnecessary delay for disconnection popups
You can read more about the update here.
