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Age of Pirates
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
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
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

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

Game not launching to main menu

Use compatibility mode (Vista Service Pack 2) on START.exe

No shadows on Intel HD graphics

Switch to dedicated GPU

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
	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

[gamedir-2] 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).

[Proton_path_note-3] 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.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (937940) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] ratesahoy.net - last accessed on May 2023

[1]

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

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 {{Infobox game/row/developer|Akella}}
 |publishers   =
-{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Playlogic|Retail}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Akella|Retail (Russia), digital}}
-{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Akella|Digital}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Playlogic Entertainment|Retail (international)}}
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 |release dates=
-{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|May 12, 2009}}
+{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|November 28, 2007}}
 |taxonomy     =
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
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 |wikipedia    = Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships
 |winehq       = 10119
 |license      = commercial
+}}
+{{Introduction
+|introduction      =
+|release history   =
+|current state     =
 }}
 '''General information'''
 {{ii}} Released as '''Sea Dogs: City of Abandoned Ships''' on digital stores. Titled '''Корсары: Город потерянных кораблей''' in Russia.
+{{ii}} Steam and GOG.com versions do not include the manual ([https://web.archive.org/web/20151030111053/http://cds.g3s5t9f4.hwcdn.net/manuals/AoP2_UKMANUAL.pdf link 1], [http://www.replacementdocs.com/download.php?view.9327 link 2]) and [https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/ageofpirates/images/3/32/Stock_Game_COAS_Map.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140721153312 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 links|1455191756|sea_dogs_series|for game series}}
 {{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/937940/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
+{{mm}} [https://ageofpirates.fandom.com/wiki/Age_of_Pirates_Wiki Game Wiki]
 ==Availability==
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 |4k ultra hd wsgf award     =
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+|widescreen resolution      = false
-|widescreen resolution notes=
+|widescreen resolution notes= Resolution is not set in-game, but with ''Config.exe'' in the install directory. Only 4:3 resolutions are available.
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+|multimonitor               = false
 |multimonitor notes         =
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+|ultrawidescreen            = false
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+|4k ultra hd                = false
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+|fov                        = false
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+|windowed                   = true
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+|windowed notes             = Set with ''Config.exe''
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+|60 fps                     = true
 |60 fps notes               =
 |120 fps                    = unknown
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 ==Input==
 {{Input
-|key remap                 = unknown
+|key remap                 = true
 |key remap notes           =
 |acceleration option       = unknown
 |acceleration option notes =
-|mouse sensitivity         = unknown
+|mouse sensitivity         = true
-|mouse sensitivity notes   =
+|mouse sensitivity notes   = Horizontal and vertical can be set independently.
 |mouse menu                = true
 |mouse menu notes          =
-|invert mouse y-axis       = unknown
+|invert mouse y-axis       = true
 |invert mouse y-axis notes =
 |touchscreen               = unknown
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 ==Audio==
 {{Audio
-|separate volume          = unknown
+|separate volume          = true
 |separate volume notes    =
 |surround sound           = unknown
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 |subtitles                = true
 |subtitles notes          =
-|closed captions          = unknown
+|closed captions          = false
 |closed captions notes    =
 |mute on focus lost       = unknown
@@ Line 192: / Line 201: @@
 {{L10n|content=
+{{++}} GOG version includes all languages, Steam version misses Russian.
+{{ii}} Change language in GOG version by executing ''language_setup.exe'' in the game directory.
 {{L10n/switch
 |language  = English
@@ Line 244: / Line 255: @@
 ==Issues fixed==
 ===Game not launching to main menu===
-{{Fixbox|description=Use compatibility mode (XP Service Pack 3) on ''START.exe''}}
+{{Fixbox|description=Use compatibility mode (Vista Service Pack 2) on ''START.exe''}}
+===No shadows on Intel HD graphics===
+{{Fixbox|description=Switch to dedicated GPU
+}}
 ==Other information==

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