Sea Dogs

Age of Pirates
Sea Dogs	2000
Pirates of the Caribbean	2003
Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales	2006
Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships	2009
Sea Dogs: To Each His Own	2012

Key points

Includes a game editor for adding or editing game content.

General information

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1 Availability
2 Essential improvements
- 2.1 Patches
- 2.2 Skip intro videos
3 Game data
- 3.1 Configuration file(s) location
- 3.2 Save game data location
4 Video settings
- 4.1 Widescreen resolution
5 Input settings
6 Audio settings
7 Issues fixed
- 7.1 Invisible text
- 7.2 "DxInit: The operation is not supported" launch error
8 Other information
- 8.1 Game editor
9 System requirements
10 References

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Disc check.
GOG.com

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

The latest patch is Patch 1.06 for international versions and Patch 1.061 for Russian versions.

Some retail re-releases already include the latest patch (the version is shown on the title screen).

Skip intro videos[edit]

Use replacement video files

Apply the Sea Dogs intro skip.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\engine.ini

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\RESOURCE\SAVES

Video settings[edit]

In-game settings.

Config settings (Config.exe).

Graphics option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Vert- with stretched UI; see Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Field of view (FOV)	Sea Dogs is Vert-; FOV is always the same.
Windowed	Use reduced color mode or set desktop to 16-bit color to fix windowed color issues.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)	On/off only; if it doesn't work or you want a higher setting, force it in the video card control panel.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Widescreen resolution[edit]

Set resolution in engine.ini^{[citation needed]}

Go to the installation folder.
Edit engine.ini.
Change WINDOW_WIDTH and WINDOW_HEIGHT to the width and height of your resolution.
Save your changes.

Menus and other interface elements will be stretched, but 3D elements will have the correct aspect ratio.

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio settings[edit]

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound effects and Music.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Most dialogue is text-only but cutscenes and voices have no subtitles.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Issues fixed[edit]

Invisible text[edit]

Invisible text in-game.

The retail version may have invisible text in certain situations (such as when running on Windows 10) due to a font issue.

Replace broken fonts^[2]

Go to <path-to-game>\RESOURCE\INI\
Edit fonts.ini.
Replace all instances of log-russ, log-russ-Italic, and seawolf with arial (or another working font).

Notes

All in-game text will be readable but will not have the correct appearance due to the different font.

"DxInit: The operation is not supported" launch error[edit]

You have set a resolution your monitor does not support. Edit engine.ini and enter a supported resolution (see Widescreen resolution).

Other information[edit]

Game editor[edit]

Sea Dogs includes a hidden editor that can be used to add or edit quests, equipment, characters, etc.

Enable editor^{[citation needed]}

Go to the installation folder.
Edit engine.ini.
Change CORE_MODULE core to CORE_MODULE tools_launcher
Save your changes.