Sea Dogs
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Developers | |
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Akella | |
Publishers | |
Original | 1C Company |
Current | Akella |
Retail re-release | Sold Out Software |
Engines | |
Storm[1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 27, 2000 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | RPG, Action, Open world, Sandbox, Vehicle combat |
Vehicles | Naval/watercraft |
Themes | Piracy |
Series | Age of Pirates |
Age of Pirates | |
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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 |
Caribbean Legend | 2024 |
Sea Dogs is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person RPG, action, open world, sandbox and vehicle combat game in the Age of Pirates series.
General information
- Titled Корсары in Russia.
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Disc check. | |||
GOG.com | ||||
Steam | ||||
ZOOM Platform |
Essential improvements
Patches
- 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
Use replacement video files |
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Apply the Sea Dogs intro skip. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\engine.ini[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/764670/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\RESOURCE\SAVES[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/764670/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Vert- with stretched UI; see Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
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 | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
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) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS |
Widescreen resolution
Set resolution in engine.ini[citation needed] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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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 | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Polish | Local retail version only. | |||
Russian | In full translation on the Official "Akella" version. |
Issues fixed
Invisible text
- 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] |
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"DxInit: The operation is not supported" launch error
The game is trying to run in a resolution unsupported by the monitor. Edit engine.ini
and enter a supported resolution (see Widescreen resolution).
Black squares on Windows 7 and higher
Use dgVoodoo 2 |
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Other information
Game editor
- Sea Dogs includes a hidden editor that can be used to add or edit quests, equipment, characters, etc.
Enable editor[citation needed] |
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Notes
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API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 OSR2 | 98, ME, 2000 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 233 MHz | Intel Pentium II 300 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 650 MB | 800 MB |
Video card (GPU) | 8 MB of VRAM | 16 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/764670/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (764670) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ PT Boats game by Akella - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Sea Dogs FAQ/Walkthrough for PC by ghighnote - GameFAQs - last accessed on May 2023