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|release dates=  
 
|release dates=  
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|DOS|1995}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|DOS|1995}}
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|taxonomy    =
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes            | Singleplayer }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | First-person, Top-down view }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Point and select }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Business }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | }}
 
|steam appid  =  
 
|steam appid  =  
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|gogcom page  =  
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|gogcom id    =  
 +
|hltb        = 51517
 
|strategywiki =  
 
|strategywiki =  
 +
|mobygames    = 4256
 
|wikipedia    = High Seas Trader
 
|wikipedia    = High Seas Trader
 
|winehq      =  
 
|winehq      =  
 +
|license      = commercial
 
}}
 
}}
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{{Image|High Seas Trader - Menu.jpg |Menu}}
 
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{{Image|High Seas Trader - Gameplay.jpg|Gameplay}}
 
  
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'''General information'''
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{{Introduction
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{{mm}} [http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/high-seas-trader High Seas Trader for DOS (1995) - MobyGames]
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|introduction      =
 +
 
 +
|release history  =
 +
 
 +
|current state    =
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}}
  
 
==Availability==
 
==Availability==
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Make the game use Sound Blaster 16 for digital sound effects and General MIDI for music, even though <code>SETUP.EXE</code> allows selecting only one or the other.
 
Make the game use Sound Blaster 16 for digital sound effects and General MIDI for music, even though <code>SETUP.EXE</code> allows selecting only one or the other.
  
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{{Fixbox|description=Replace file|ref=<ref name=crashes>[http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=55942#p612949 Separate sound/music config in High Seas Trader? - VOGONS]</ref>|fix=
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{{Fixbox/fix|Replace file|ref=<ref name=crashes>[http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=55942#p612949 Separate sound/music config in High Seas Trader? - VOGONS]</ref>}}
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# Delete or rename {{file|{{p|game}}\DRIVERS\SBPRO2.MDI}}.
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# Delete or rename <code>{{p|game}}\DRIVERS\SBPRO2.MDI</code>.
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# Make a copy of {{file|MPU401.MDI}} and rename it to {{file|SBPRO2.MDI}}
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# Make a copy of <code>MPU401.MDI</code> and rename it to <code>SBPRO2.MDI</code>
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# Run {{file|SETUP.EXE}} and select '''Sound Blaster Pro 16'''.
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# Run <code>SETUP.EXE</code> and select '''Sound Blaster Pro 16'''.
 
 
}}
 
}}
  
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===Configuration file(s) location===
 
===Configuration file(s) location===
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
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{{Game data/row|DOS|{{p|game}}}}
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{{Game data/config|DOS|{{p|game}}\}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
===Save game data location===
 
===Save game data location===
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
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{{Game data/row|DOS|{{p|game}}}}
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{{Game data/saves|DOS|{{p|game}}\}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
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==Video settings==
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==Video==
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{{Video settings
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{{Image|High Seas Trader - Menu.jpg |Menu}}
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{{Image|High Seas Trader - Gameplay.jpg|Gameplay}}
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{{Video
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|widescreen wsgf award      =  
 
|widescreen wsgf award      =  
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|fov                        = n/a
 
|fov                        = n/a
 
|fov notes                  =  
 
|fov notes                  =  
−
|windowed                  = true
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|windowed                  = false
−
|windowed notes            = Toggle with {{key|Alt|Enter}} (when using [[DOSBox]]).
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|windowed notes            =  
 
|borderless windowed        = false
 
|borderless windowed        = false
 
|borderless windowed notes  =  
 
|borderless windowed notes  =  
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|antialiasing              = n/a
 
|antialiasing              = n/a
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
 +
|upscaling                  = unknown
 +
|upscaling tech            =
 +
|upscaling notes            =
 
|vsync                      = false
 
|vsync                      = false
 
|vsync notes                =  
 
|vsync notes                =  
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|120 fps                    = false
 
|120 fps                    = false
 
|120 fps notes              =  
 
|120 fps notes              =  
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|hdr                        = unknown
 +
|hdr notes                  =
 
|color blind                = unknown
 
|color blind                = unknown
 
|color blind notes          =  
 
|color blind notes          =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
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==Input settings==
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==Input==
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{{Input settings
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{{Input
−
|key remap                = hackable
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|key remap                = false
−
|key remap notes          = Press {{key|Ctrl|F1}} to use DOSBox's built-in [https://www.dosbox.com/wiki/Mapper mapper].
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|key remap notes          =  
 
|acceleration option      = false
 
|acceleration option      = false
 
|acceleration option notes =  
 
|acceleration option notes =  
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|mouse sensitivity        = hackable
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|mouse sensitivity        = false
−
|mouse sensitivity notes  = Use DOSBox's built-in sensitivity setting ([sdl]\sensitivity in the .conf file).
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|mouse sensitivity notes  =  
 
|mouse menu                = true
 
|mouse menu                = true
 
|mouse menu notes          =  
 
|mouse menu notes          =  
 
|invert mouse y-axis      = n/a
 
|invert mouse y-axis      = n/a
 
|invert mouse y-axis notes =  
 
|invert mouse y-axis notes =  
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|touchscreen              = unknown
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|touchscreen notes        =
 
|controller support        = false
 
|controller support        = false
 
|controller support notes  =  
 
|controller support notes  =  
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|invert controller y-axis  = unknown
 
|invert controller y-axis  = unknown
 
|invert controller y-axis notes=  
 
|invert controller y-axis notes=  
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|touchscreen               = unknown
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|xinput controllers        = unknown
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|touchscreen notes        =  
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|xinput controllers notes  =
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|button prompts           = unknown
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|xbox prompts              = unknown
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|button prompts notes     =  
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|xbox prompts notes        =
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|impulse triggers          = unknown
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|impulse triggers notes    =
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|dualshock 4               = unknown
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|dualshock 4 notes        =
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|dualshock prompts        = unknown
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|dualshock prompts notes  =
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|light bar support        = unknown
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|light bar support notes  =
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|dualshock 4 modes        = unknown
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|dualshock 4 modes notes  =
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|tracked motion controllers= unknown
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|tracked motion controllers notes =
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|tracked motion prompts    = unknown
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|tracked motion prompts notes =
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|other controllers         = unknown
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|other controllers notes  =  
 +
|other button prompts     = unknown
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|other button prompts notes=  
 
|controller hotplug        = unknown
 
|controller hotplug        = unknown
 
|controller hotplug notes  =  
 
|controller hotplug notes  =  
 
|haptic feedback          = unknown
 
|haptic feedback          = unknown
 
|haptic feedback notes    =  
 
|haptic feedback notes    =  
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|light bar support        = unknown
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|simultaneous input        = unknown
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|light bar support notes   =  
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|simultaneous input notes  =
 +
|steam input api          = unknown
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|steam input api notes    =
 +
|steam hook input          = unknown
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|steam hook input notes    =
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|steam input presets      = unknown
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|steam input presets notes =
 +
|steam controller prompts  = unknown
 +
|steam controller prompts notes =
 +
|steam cursor detection    = unknown
 +
|steam cursor detection notes =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
−
==Audio settings==
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==Audio==
−
{{Audio settings
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{{Audio
 
|separate volume          = false
 
|separate volume          = false
 
|separate volume notes    =  
 
|separate volume notes    =  
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|mute on focus lost notes =  
 
|mute on focus lost notes =  
 
|eax support              =  
 
|eax support              =  
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|eax support notes        =  
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|eax support notes         =
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|royalty free audio        = unknown
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|royalty free audio notes  =
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|red book cd audio       =  
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|red book cd audio notes  =
 +
|general midi audio      = true
 +
|general midi audio notes =
 +
}}
 +
 
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{{L10n|content=
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{{L10n/switch
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|language  = English
 +
|interface = true
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|audio    = unknown
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|subtitles = unknown
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|notes    =
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|ref      =
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|fan      =
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}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
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The game runs much too fast to be playable.
 
The game runs much too fast to be playable.
  
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{{Fixbox|1=
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{{Fixbox|description=Use [[Glossary:Command line arguments|command line argument]]|ref={{CN|date=September 2017}}|fix=
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{{Fixbox/fix|Use parameter|ref={{CN|date=September 2017}}}}
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Run {{file|HST.EXE}} with the <code>-P</code> parameter.
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Run <code>HST.EXE</code> with the <code>-P</code> parameter.
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 +
'''Notes'''
 +
{{ii}} The port animations will still be extremely fast, but gameplay (i.e. sailing) will be normal.
 
}}
 
}}
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{{ii}} The port animations will still be extremely fast, but gameplay (i.e. sailing) will be normal.
 
  
 
==Other information==
 
==Other information==
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|mantle support        =  
 
|mantle support        =  
 
|mantle support notes  =  
 
|mantle support notes  =  
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|vulkan support        =  
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|vulkan versions        =  
−
|vulkan support notes   =  
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|vulkan notes           =  
 
|dos modes              = VGA
 
|dos modes              = VGA
 
|dos modes notes        = 320x200
 
|dos modes notes        = 320x200
 
|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
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|64-bit executable     = false
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|windows 32-bit exe    =
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|64-bit executable notes=  
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|windows 64-bit exe    =
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|windows arm app        = unknown
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|windows exe notes      =
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|macos intel 32-bit app =
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|macos intel 64-bit app =
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|macos arm app          = unknown
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|macos app notes        =
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|linux 32-bit executable=  
 +
|linux 64-bit executable=
 +
|linux arm app          = unknown
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|linux executable notes =  
 
}}
 
}}
  

Latest revision as of 22:03, 26 December 2023

High Seas Trader
High Seas Trader cover
Developers
Impressions Games
Release dates
DOS 1995
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives First-person, Top-down view
Controls Point and select
Genres Business
High Seas Trader on HowLongToBeat
High Seas Trader on MobyGames
High Seas Trader on Wikipedia

High Seas Trader is a singleplayer first-person and top-down view business game.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
 Use DOSBox.
DOS

Essential improvements

Sound effects + General MIDI

Make the game use Sound Blaster 16 for digital sound effects and General MIDI for music, even though SETUP.EXE allows selecting only one or the other.

Replace file[1]
  1. Delete or rename <path-to-game>\DRIVERS\SBPRO2.MDI.
  2. Make a copy of MPU401.MDI and rename it to SBPRO2.MDI
  3. Run SETUP.EXE and select Sound Blaster Pro 16.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\

Video

Menu
Menu
Gameplay
Gameplay

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
For DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio
General MIDI audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues fixed

Game runs too fast

The game runs much too fast to be playable.

Use command line argument[citation needed]

Run HST.EXE with the -P parameter.

Notes

The port animations will still be extremely fast, but gameplay (i.e. sailing) will be normal.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes VGA 320x200

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 3.0
Processor (CPU) Intel 386
System memory (RAM) 4 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 MB
Video card (GPU) VGA


References