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{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|August 22, 2010}}
 
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'''General information'''
 
'''General information'''
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===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 
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==Video settings==
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{{Image|Black Sails - The Ghost Ship settings.png|In-game general settings.}}
 
{{Image|Black Sails - The Ghost Ship settings.png|In-game general settings.}}
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|antialiasing notes        = Off, 2x, 4x.
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==Issues fixed==
 
==Issues fixed==
 
===Unable to save settings or game progress===
 
===Unable to save settings or game progress===
{{Fixbox|description=Use Windows user account with English-only letters|ref=<ref>https://steamcommunity.com/app/373240/discussions/0/135509823668285482/</ref>}}
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Latest revision as of 13:17, 8 February 2024

Black Sails - The Ghost Ship
Black Sails - The Ghost Ship cover
Developers
Deck13 Interactive
Engines
Ogre
Release dates
Windows August 22, 2010
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives Cinematic camera
Controls Point and select
Genres Adventure
Art styles Stylized
Themes Horror, Historical
Black Sails - The Ghost Ship on HowLongToBeat
Black Sails - The Ghost Ship on IGDB
Black Sails - The Ghost Ship on MobyGames

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
Steam
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Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\BlackSails\settings-user.ini
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/373240/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\BlackSails\save\*.sav
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/373240/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Hor+
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Menu, interface and notes are not scaled.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Off, 2x, 4x.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Windowed

Enable windowed mode[1]
  1. Open settings-user.ini file with Notepad or other text editor.
  2. Using the Find function (Ctrl+F), search for fullscreen =. There will be exactly one entry.
  3. Change its value to false.
  4. Save the file.
  5. Launch the game.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Disable Vsync[2]
  1. Open settings-user.ini file with Notepad or other text editor.
  2. Using the Find function (Ctrl+F), search for vsync_enabled. There will be exactly one entry.
  3. Change its value to false.
  4. Save the file.
  5. Launch the game.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse-only game.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Mouse does not move camera.
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, Music, Effects, Speech
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German
Russian
Fan translation by «ZoG Forum Team».
For German-version or English-version

Issues fixed

Unable to save settings or game progress

Use Windows user account with English-only letters[3]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP3
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) 128 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0 compatible


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. Verified by User:Mastan on 2018-12-04
  2. Verified by User:Mastan on 2018-12-04
  3. Steam Community - last accessed on 26 May 2023