Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships
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Developers | |
---|---|
Akella | |
Publishers | |
Retail (Russia), digital | Akella |
Retail (international) | Playlogic Entertainment |
Engines | |
Storm[1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 28, 2007 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | RPG, Action, Open world, Sandbox, Vehicle combat |
Vehicles | Naval/watercraft |
Themes | Piracy, Supernatural, South America |
Series | Age of Pirates |
Age of Pirates | |
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Sea Dogs | 2000 |
Pirates of the Caribbean | 2003 |
Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales | 2005 |
Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships | 2007 |
Sea Dogs: To Each His Own | 2012 |
Caribbean Legend | 2024 |
Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships is a singleplayer third-person RPG, action, open world, sandbox and vehicle combat game in the Age of Pirates series.
General information
- Released as Sea Dogs: City of Abandoned Ships on digital stores. Titled Корсары: Город потерянных кораблей in Russia.
- Steam and GOG.com versions do not include the manual (link 1, link 2) and map that the retail packages came with. They are strongly recommended for understanding the game (though world maps can also be bought in-game).
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Game Wiki
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Solidshield v1 and TAGES v5 DRM (international) or StarForce 5 DRM (Russia). | |||
GOG.com | ||||
Steam | ||||
ZOOM Platform |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\engine.ini[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/937940/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\SAVE[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/937940/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Resolution is not set in-game, but with Config.exe in the install directory. Only 4:3 resolutions are available. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Set with Config.exe | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | Horizontal and vertical can be set independently. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
- GOG version includes all languages, Steam version misses Russian.
- Change language in GOG version by executing language_setup.exe in the game directory.
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Russian | Retail and GOG.com only. | |||
Spanish |
Issues fixed
Use compatibility mode (Vista Service Pack 2) on START.exe |
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No shadows on Intel HD graphics
Switch to dedicated GPU |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 9.0c |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Audio | FMOD Ex | |
Cutscenes | Windows Media Foundation |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz | Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB (XP) 1 GB (Vista) |
1 GB (XP) 2 GB (Vista) |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 8.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 4 series 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | Nvidia GeForce 6600 |
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 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (937940) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ piratesahoy.net - last accessed on May 2023