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This page archives the changelog for the Ice Ocean for the first half of 2008. The complete changelog can be viewed at Ice Ocean changelog.

2008-05-06

• Fix a bug that could cause island overviews from a different ocean to be displayed.
• Fix formatting issue for some long lists on pirate pages.

2008-04-23

• Bugfix - Fix carpentry puzzle hanging during Sea Monster/Blockade/Flotilla situations.
• Bugfix - Drinking appearance altering potions now works again.
• Bugfix - Treasure Haul now properly awards PoE for treasure hauled.
• Bugfix - Properly deactivate "Clear Charted" button on charting panel when it's not available.
• Bugfix - Fix various checkbox text that was being truncated.
• Bugfix - No longer show the rank & title options on the crew panel to those who cannot use them.
• Bugfix - Fix chat shortcuts not persisting across logins.
• Bugfix - Fix problem where bilge sounds continue after leaving bilge puzzle.
• Bugfix - No longer kick players out of the crow's nest & swordfight/rumble when they enter a fight from that location.
• Bugfix - Fix problem with java 1.4 users not being able to login.
• Bugfix - Fix held trophies not showing up in portraits.
• Bugfix - Fix navy pay sometimes not being awarded.

2008-04-21

• Will the behind the scenes goodness never end? Here comes some more...

2008-04-16

• Even more major behind-the-scenes changes that ideally shouldn't be seen. Should fix the various extreme boochage that appeared on 04/15.
• Fix bug that caused newly memorized league points to be forgotton on logout.

2008-03-28

• Major behind the scenes changes that ideally you shouldn't see - most likely to affect missions, crafting/labor, and parlor tables

2008-03-21

• Recenter the screen on every right click instead of just once while the pirate is walking.
• Fix bug that caused the screen to scroll in the wrong direction when starting to walk from near the edge of the screen.

2008-03-18 - Judgement Day

• Add current vessel-holders to vessel bulletin boards.
• Fix pirate/crew/flag pages to have the same background color as the rest of the interface.

2008-03-18

• Fix bug causing certain items to not appear in portraits.
• Add an option on the general tab to configure where screenshots are saved.
• Fix appearance of comboboxes on file selection dialogs.
• Fix a few issues with non-ascii characters (mostly related to German pirate names)
• Allow swordfighting and rumble tournaments to be unrated.

2008-03-10 - Beyond Thunderdome

• Adjust Xebecs and Longships to make them easier to repair.
• Minorly increase the damage a Xebec can withstand.
• Fix some booched Japanese translations, include english versions of a few missing translated graphics.

2008-03-10

• Adjust Xebec scenes to remove items blocking bilge stations (existing Xebecs keep their old scenes)
• Fix bug that caused disappearing pets.
• Fix booched tournament titles on tournament status view.
• Fix missing bit from the edge of the chat interface.
• Fix bug causing the chat window to expand horizontally.
• Fix bug with chat shortcuts going to the wrong channel while in a puzzle/bnavving.
• Updated Japanese translations (some graphics are still missing)
• Change the default shortcut for F12 to /print

2008-03-07

• Adjust Xebec recipe.
• Adjust Xebec scenes (tone down some bling, fix issue with holds & stairs being non-functional)
• Allow bands & gemstone rings to be displayed in portraits.
• Fix bug with tournament names on the tournament ahoy panel.
• Updated translations.

2008-03-05

• New vessel for manufacture: Xebec.
• New colors of cloth for manufacture and use: rose, mint, lavender
• New furniture for manufacture: fancy sink
• Add chat shortcuts accessed via the function keys. Their value can be customized in the options panel.
• Add functionality to save screenshots to the desktop via either the /print command or pressing Control-p.
• Use a bnav icon on swabbies when listing their bnav skill.
• Upon startup, if the configured client size is larger than the screen's actual size, attempt to drop to a saner resolution.
• On the interface to choose facial expressions for portraits, include the eyepatch if you have one.
• Give rag tops & bottoms distinct names.
• Sort the list of assignable crew titles alphabetically.
• Sort color options when painting a scene alphabetically.
• Underline the names of hearties in the scene view.
• Shorten the delay before recentering the view after moving.
• Speed up the pan as the display is recentered.
• New tab on yer pirate page with an expanded view of yer booty.
• Adjust boxing background to help clarify the bottom row.
• Make sea monsters extremely reluctant to spawn right next to player vessels.
• Remove defending from boxing.
• Fix bug that tied up attempted wagers against someone on the same computer until reboot.
• Various internal cleanup and bugfixes

2008-02-05

• Internal logging and tweaks.

2008-02-04

• Add a button, instead of the link, to a user's pirate page if they have no portrait set and the portrait mission is available.
• Fix bug booching some Atlantis sites.
• More internal cleanup.

2008-02-01

• More internal restructuring of NPPs. Please report any strange behavior.

2008-01-29

• Clean up behavior of island news on island tab instead of having a scroll area embedded in a scroll area.
• In boxing, let either mouse button be used. And show a right fist normally, or a left fist if mouse buttons are flipped.
• Remove run-time need for JVMPI (specifically, this fixes a bug where the client would instantly close under certain vms, e.g. the "server" vm that gets used on some linux systems that are considered server-class by java)
• When sinking in Atlantis, there's now a chance of having a starfish cling to you.
• New potion available for manufacture at apothecaries to remove said starfish.
• Show a message explaining to players why they don't qualify for a brigand king trinket if they don't.
• New background for boxing.
• If a user has the portrait mission available, show a link on their own pirate page to direct them there.
• Remove clothing purchase prerequisite from the portrait mission.
• Don't cache gallery data for as long; sometimes it would take several minutes for new portraits to show up in a player's gallery.
• Fix bug causing periodic lag spikes on ice.
• Fix bug that missed the first-time-greeter dialog when toggled to duty by joining a greeter pillage.
• Fix bug that kept pvp records from being kept when they involved crewless ships.
• Fix bug with scuttling brigand kings multiple times.
• Various internal cleanup; in particular, NPPs have changed a bit under the hood, but should behave the same. Please report any broken NPP behavior.

2008-01-25

• Fix installer issues. To try the new installer, you'll need to uninstall then reinstall your copy of ice.

2008-01-15

• Re-enable unrated, unwagered matches between multiple clients on the same computer.
• Update formatting of headers on various tabs under the sunshine panel.
• Break labor report out to its own tab because of space issues.
• Add missing translation for treasure haul portrait item.
• Disable manufacture of firs and wreaths.
• Minor adjustment to the blackjack's pattern.
• Allow people to plank players from their homes while in a puzzle.
• Fix an issue that could cause the sailing puzzle to get stuck between board changes. Please file bugs if you still see this happening.

2008-01-07

• Remove home island from ye tab to save space
• New clothing for manufacture: chainmail
• Minor tweaks to the mission page layout
• Adjust color of santa hats to better match other attire
• Disallow people on the same computer from challenging each other or joining parlor tables with each other
• Adjust seeding in double-elimination tournaments to avoid repeat matches until as late as possible
• New portrait item based on treasure haul experience
• New portrait item to display trophies won by the player
• Option on rumble to play "boxing" with only one launcher
• Overhaul and rework aspects of the pirate info page
• Disallow wrapping of snow furniture
• Don't jump back to the start of the palace shoppe after purchasing something
• Fix bug where players would sometimes get the brigand king swordfight background at parlor tables
• Add buttons to the palace tab to conveniently access the shoppe and portrait room
• Sort various lists of color options alphabetically
• Remove pirates from the list signed up to fight skeletons/zombies when they disconnect
• Reduce the amount of work needed before a bout of carpentry counts towards ratings
• Various internal cleanup