Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales

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
Sea Dogs: Legendary Edition	TBA

General information

Released as Sea Dogs: Caribbean Tales on digital stores.^[2] Known as Корсары III in Russia.

Availability

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

Latest official patches are available from Patches-Scrolls.

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\config.ini^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/817460/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/817460/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

In-game settings

External settings application

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Modify the `screen_x` and `screen_y` values in `<path-to-game>\config.ini`.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	Windowed mode is borderless by default.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Separate horizontal and vertical sensitivity settings.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play		The official multiplayer service has been shut down.

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD Ex
Cutscenes	Windows Media Foundation

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz	Intel Pentium 4 2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 3 series 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce 6600

↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 7 or later.^[3]^[4]^[5] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 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>/817460/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (817460) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

Developers

	Akella
Publishers
Retail, North America	Atari
Retail, Russia	1C Company
Retail, Europe	Playlogic Entertainment
Digital, retail re-releases	Akella
Engines
	Storm^[1]
Release dates
Windows	September 12, 2006
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, Supernatural, South America
Series	Age of Pirates