Pirates of Black Cove
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Developers | |
---|---|
Nitro Games | |
Publishers | |
Paradox Interactive | |
Retail, ZOOM Platform | TopWare Interactive |
OS X | Virtual Programming |
Engines | |
Vision | |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 2, 2011 |
macOS (OS X) | April 26, 2013 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 56 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Direct control, Point and select |
Genres | Action, Strategy |
Art styles | Stylized |
Themes | Piracy |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
Pirates of Black Cove is a singleplayer bird's-eye view action and strategy game.
General information
- Steam Community Discussions (regular, sold by Paradox Interactive)
- Steam Community Discussions (Gold Edition, sold by TopWare Interactive)
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | ||||
Retail | Gold Edition; leads to separate Steam repo not otherwise available. | |||
Steam | ||||
ZOOM Platform | Gold Edition. | |||
GamersGate (unavailable) | ||||
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable) | [1] | |||
Green Man Gaming (unavailable) | ||||
Mac App Store (unavailable) |
- A free demo version is available from GamePressure and ModDB.
Version differences
- The Gold Edition is a complete edition that includes the Origins DLC.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Origins |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\data\settings.xml[Note 1] <path-to-game>\data\keyboard.xml[Note 1] %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Nitro Games\PiratesOfBlackCove |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/49330/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Nitro Games\PiratesOfBlackCove\SavedGames |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/49330/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | The default windowed option. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | "Off", "Low" and "High" options. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | [2] | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | Can be changed manually by editing the keyboard.xml file in the configuration file locations. |
|
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Master, music, speech, effects | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | DLC cutscenes are erroneously replaced by French ones in TopWare's Gold Edition on Steam.[3] Voiceovers are correct in the ZOOM Platform and Paradox's Steam versions. | |||
French | In-game voiceovers are in English, cutscene ones are localized. | |||
German | In-game voiceovers are in English, cutscene ones are localized. | |||
Russian | Fan translation by «R.G. ExPromt» – text or video with subtitle. | |||
Spanish | In-game voiceovers are in English, cutscene ones are localized. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 9.0c |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later. |
Middleware
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8600 256 MB of VRAM Shader model 3.0 support |
macOS (OS X) | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum[4] | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.6.8 | |
Processor (CPU) | 2 GB | |
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM | 512 MB of VRAM |
- OS X supported video cards: GeForce 8600/8800/9600/120/130/9400/285/320/330 or better, AMD Radeon HD 2600/4670/4850/4870 or better, Intel HD 3000/4000 or better (GMA 950/X3100, GeForce 7300/7600, ATI Radeon X1600/X1900 and Radeon HD 2400 are not supported).[4]
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 (49330) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Microsoft Games for Windows Marketplace - last accessed on 20 August 2022
- ↑ Verified by User:Nico 0 on 2020-06-08
- Tested at 165 FPS
- ↑ French intro? :: Pirates of Black Cove Gold General Discussions - last accessed on 2023-04-01
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Pirates of Black Cove Game :: Deliver2