Set sail and join the colonial powers of Spain, England, France and the Netherlands in their fight for supremacy of the Caribbean in the 17th century.
[h1]Port Royale 4 – Changelog – Update 1.6[/h1]
[i]Hi everyone![/i]
Update 1.6 for Port Royale 4 has set sail on PC, PS4 and Xbox One. This update fixes several bugs and errors, including a few crashes that were popping up during manual naval battles.
Thank you for your continued feedback and support.
[i]Your Port Royale 4 team[/i]
[b]Improvements[/b]
[list]
[*]Added option to highlight convoys with multiple command points in red.
[*]Added tooltips for captain’s dialogue.
[*]Added name of convoy to naval battle dialogue.
[*]Added a detailed tooltip on goods for automatic trade convoys.
[*]Added pause option to tavern dialogue.
[*]Added legend entry for help button in character dialogue.[/list]
[h2]Bug fixes and optimizations[/h2]
[b]General bugs:[/b]
[list]
[*]Fixed crash during naval battles caused by faulty sound effects.
[*]Fixed crash when armed trader is plundered.
[*]Fixed text overlap of long convoy names in naval battle, convoy, and lighthouse menu.
[*]Fixed character name overlap (at certain length) in character selection screen.
[*]Fixed misaligned convoy name, flag, and captain during naval battles.
[*]Fixed bug preventing player progress due to a missing Pirate.
[*]Fixed incorrect production effects in towns.
[*]Fixed bug displaying quantity of goods as negative.
[*]Fixed town mission “Sell Goods” (now works in all towns).
[*]Fixed display of turns / rounds in naval battles.
[*]Fixed bug that had ‘game speed’ and ‘end turn’ buttons appear in legend during naval battles intro.
[*]Fixed bug that allowed players to revoke captain’s tactics while animation was still running.
[*]Fixed visual flickering on coral in ocean
[*]Overhauled naval battle AI (now more agile)
[*]Fixed naval battle AI so enemy ships now make use of fire darts on immobilized ships.
[*]Fixed bug allowing players to leave a blank name for a nation when declaring independence.
[*]Fixed bug that made town names invisible when buying building permissions.
[*]Fixed bug which caused the game to un-pause after a naval battle.
[*]Fixed bug during naval battles which allowed the player to use more movement points than they had available.
[*]Fixed faulty captain’s tactic ‘outmanoeuvre’.
[*]Overhauled captain experience points, skills, and initial start level.
[*]Fixed bug which caused Shipyards to not offer ships on hard mode.
[*]Fixed bug that did not register unarmed ships during “sink ship” missions.
[*]Fixed bug that prevented sinking armed ships in trade convoys.
[*]Fixed graphical glitch in harbour fortress (hovering barrels)
[*]Reworked letters of marque after declaring independence.
[*]Adjusted estimated repair time for vessels.
[*]Reworked spawn logic for pirates so that there aren’t too many active at the same time.
[*]Fix bug causing warehouses to be overloaded.
[*]Fixed exploit during town sieges with large convoys.
[*]Fixed current production display in town dialogue.
[*]Fixed bug causing farm crops not to spawn.
[*]Adjusted position and size of flag in town dialogue. [/list]
[b]Tutorial fixes[/b]
[list]
[*]Fixed bug preventing players to proceed after specific steps (e.g., setting up trade routes in the tutorial).
[*]Fixed bug during the tutorial “Basics of production”.
[*]Fixed bug that caused town satisfaction to not be high enough.[/list]
[b]Gamepad fixes[/b]
[list]
[*]Added display of additional functions in gamepad legend.
[*]Adjusted size of ‘trader route selection’ label to prevent longer names from clipping into buttons.
[*]Fixed bug that prevented tavern dialogue from opening
[*]Fixed auto scroll when gamepad is active. [/list]
[b]Console-only fixes[/b]
[list]
[*]Fixed random crashes on Xbox.
[*]Fixed description of ‘Buy/Sell functions’ in large shipyards repair dock menu
[*]Fixed bug during tutorial where unrelated businesses could be purchased and, because of insufficient funds, player couldn’t proceed further.
[*]Fixed icons for left and right controller sticks.
[*]Fixed incorrect game tips upon player clicking left stick during trade route and viceroy screens.
[*]Fixed graphical glitches for water texture.
[*]Adjusted touchpad sensitivity when swiping (now less sensitive). [/list]