Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales
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Developers | |
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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 |
Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person RPG, action, open world, sandbox and vehicle combat game in the Age of Pirates series.
General information
- Released as Sea Dogs: Caribbean Tales on digital stores.[2] Known as Корсары III in Russia.
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Essential improvements
Patches
- Latest official patches are available from Patches-Scrolls.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\config.ini[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/817460/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\Save[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/817460/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Modify the screen_x and screen_y values in <path-to-game>\config.ini . |
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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. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | Separate horizontal and vertical sensitivity settings. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, effects, dialogue. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
LAN play | |||
Online play | The official multiplayer service has been shut down. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 9.0c |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Audio | FMOD Ex | |
Cutscenes | Windows Media Foundation |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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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 |
Notes
- ↑ 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.
References
- ↑ piratesahoy.net - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Sea Dogs: Caribbean Tales, is it AoP?, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Windows 7 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support