The Ship

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The Ship
The Ship Coverart.jpg
Developers
Publishers
Engines
 
Release dates
Windows
July 30, 2006
The Ship at WineHQ
The Ship at Steam Charts
The Ship at SteamDB
 The Ship at Wikipedia

Key points

Disadvantage Small community
Information Server list is broken, fix is available.
Advantage Runs well on low end hardware

General information

More information Steam Community Discussions
More information Steam Users' Forums

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys
Steam Availability Table Icons - Steam.svg The Ship, The Ship Single Player, and The Ship Tutorial come as three separate library options in Steam.
Retail Availability Table Icons - Steam.svg
Information All versions require Steam.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

  Location 
Windows <path-to-game>\ship\cfg\

Save game data location[edit]

  Location 
Windows <path-to-game>\ship\SAVE\

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud Impossible

Video settings[edit]

In-game general video settings
In-game advanced video settings
Graphics option Option Notes
Widescreen resolution Native
Multi-monitor Impossible
Field of view (FOV) Impossible fov console setting is present but has no effect.
Windowed Native
Borderless fullscreen windowed Hackable
Anisotropic filtering (AF) Native
Anti-aliasing (AA) Native
Vertical sync (Vsync) Native
High frame rate Native No frame rate or refresh rate cap.[1]

Input settings[edit]

In-game key map settings.
Keyboard and mouse Native Notes
Remapping Native
Mouse acceleration Native
Mouse input in menus Native
Mouse Y-axis inversion Native
Controller
Controller support Impossible

Audio settings[edit]

Audio options Native Notes
Separate volume controls Native Game and Music are separate.
Surround sound Native 5.1 and 7.1 available.
Subtitles Impossible
Closed captions Impossible
Mute on focus lost Native

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play Native
Online play Native

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking Impossible
Peer-to-peer Impossible
Dedicated Native Windows and Linux dedicated server available under Tools in Steam client.
Self-hosting Native
Direct IP Native Direct connect via console or steam protocol.

Issues unresolved[edit]

Master Server Unavailable[edit]

The game can no longer communicate with the master servers. Unlikely to ever be fixed.

Fix Use an external server list[2]

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 6, 7, 8, 8.1, 9
Shader Model support 2, 3
64-bit executable Impossible

Middleware[edit]

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok Heavily modified variant.
Audio Miles Sound System
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
98, 2000, ME, XP, 7
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz 2.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) DirectX 8 compatible DirectX 9 compatible

References

  1. ↑ New 120Hz Games Report
  2. ↑ Steam Community :: Guide :: How to join a server in "The Ship"