The Ship
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Developers | |
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Outerlight | |
Publishers | |
Blazing Griffin | |
Engines | |
Source | |
Release dates | |
Windows | July 30, 2006 |
The Ship | |
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The Ship | 2006 |
The Ship: Remasted | 2016 |
Key points
- Small community
- Server list is broken, fix is available.
- Runs well on low end hardware
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Steam | The Ship, The Ship Single Player, and The Ship Tutorial come as three separate library options in Steam. | |||
Retail |
- All versions require Steam.
Essential improvements
Finding multiplayer games
The master server does not work in game, to get around this follow these steps:
Instructions |
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Skip intro videos
Instructions |
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- Servers must be favourited to be able to see how many REAL players are in the server. As the regular server browser counts bots as players.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
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System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2400/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
Template:Game data/row
System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2400/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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LAN play | |||
Online play |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | Windows and Linux dedicated server available under Tools in Steam client. | |
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP | Direct connect via console or steam protocol. |
Issues unresolved
The game can no longer communicate with the master servers. Unlikely to ever be fixed.
Instructions |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 6, 7, 8, 8.1, 9 | |
Shader Model support | 2, 3 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Havok | Heavily modified variant. |
Audio | Miles Sound System | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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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 |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 (2400) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
Categories:
- Windows
- Games
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- Self-hosting
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- Missing section (Video)
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- Missing section (Audio)
- Missing section (Localizations)