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Port Royale
Port Royale: Gold, Power and Pirates	2002
Port Royale 2	2004
Port Royale 3: Pirates & Merchants	2012
Port Royale 4	2020

Port Royale: Gold, Power and Pirates is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and isometric business and strategy game in the Port Royale series.

Retail releases labeled as Gold Edition in the German-speaking market have patch 1.3.0 already applied. When the game was released internationally, the Gold Edition was used as the baseline.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		All non-Taiwanese versions uses ProtectDISC Software DRM Taiwanese version uses SecuROM DRM^[1]
GOG.com		Uses GOG's custom DirectDraw wrapper

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official patch is 1.4.0.3: international | German | German for pre-Gold Edition copies.

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video file
Go to `<path-to-game>`. Delete or rename `Intro.bik` and `TTIME.BIK`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save\options.sav^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save\*.mrk^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

General settings menu

Advanced graphical settings menu

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Run the game with the `/windowed` parameter (as of v1.4.0.3). Also, GOG's custom wrapper includes support for this.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		GOG's custom wrapper includes support for this.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, sound, video
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese				Retail only.
Traditional Chinese				Retail only.
Dutch				Retail only.
French				Retail only.
German				Retail only.
Hungarian				Retail only.
Italian				Retail only.
Japanese				Retail only.
Polish				Retail only.
Russian				Retail only.
Spanish				Retail only.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		8	Versus
Online play		8	Versus 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
DirectDraw	7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	Ascaron Matcher

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, ME	2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 450 MHz	Intel Pentium III 900 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	500 MB
Video card (GPU)	16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible	32 MB of VRAM

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).

References

↑ Verified by User:Posedennetshow on 2023-10-30
CRC32: CB93C5E7. T-Time officially shipped protection SecuROM in Taiwanese version.

[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).

[1] Verified by User:Posedennetshow on 2023-10-30
CRC32: CB93C5E7. T-Time officially shipped protection SecuROM in Taiwanese version.

[1]

[Note 1]

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 |strategywiki =
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+|mobygames    = 8077
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+{{Introduction
+|introduction      =
+|release history   = Retail releases labeled as '''''Gold Edition''''' in the German-speaking market have patch 1.3.0 already applied. When the game was released internationally, the ''Gold Edition'' was used as the baseline.
+|current state     =
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@@ Line 42: / Line 50: @@
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 {{Availability|
-{{Availability/row| Retail | | Disc | VOB {{term|DRM}} | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Retail | | Disc | All non-Taiwanese versions uses {{DRM|ProtectDISC Software}}<br>Taiwanese version uses {{DRM|SecuROM}}<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Posedennetshow|date=2023-10-30|comment=CRC32: CB93C5E7. T-Time officially shipped protection SecuROM in Taiwanese version.}}</ref> | | Windows }}
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-===Version differences===
-{{ii}} Retail releases labeled as '''Gold Edition''' in the German-speaking market have patch 1.3.0 already applied. The latest version is 1.4.0.3 for all languages and includes all Gold Edition content.
-{{ii}} The DRM-free GOG.com release includes 1.4.0.3 and, by transition, Gold Edition content.
 ==Essential improvements==
 ===Patches===
-* The latest official patch is 1.4.0.3: [https://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/3189/7/29294 international] | [https://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/3188/7/29289 German].
+* The latest official patch is 1.4.0.3: [https://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/3189/7/29294 international] | [https://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/3188/7/29289 German] | [https://web.archive.org/web/20060530065718/http://www.ascaron.org:80/portroyale/PR1_403_german_addon.exe German for pre-Gold Edition copies].
 ===Skip intro videos===
 {{Fixbox|description=Delete/rename video file|fix=
-# Go to <code>{{p|game}}</code>
+# Go to {{file|{{p|game}}|folder}}.
-# Delete or rename {{file|Intro.bik}}.
+# Delete or rename {{file|Intro.bik}} and {{file|TTIME.BIK}}.
 }}
@@ Line 107: / Line 112: @@
 |fov                        = false
 |fov notes                  =
-|windowed                   = hackable
+|windowed                   = true
-|windowed notes             = GOG's custom wrapper includes support for this.
+|windowed notes             = Run the game with the <code>/windowed</code> parameter (as of v1.4.0.3). Also, GOG's custom wrapper includes support for this.
 |borderless windowed        = unknown
 |borderless windowed notes  =
@@ Line 205: / Line 210: @@
 |eax support              =
 |eax support notes        =
+|royalty free audio       = always on
+|royalty free audio notes =
 }}
@@ Line 214: / Line 221: @@
   |subtitles = n/a
   |notes     =
+ |fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Simplified Chinese
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = n/a
+ |subtitles = n/a
+ |notes     = Retail only.
+ |fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Traditional Chinese
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = n/a
+ |subtitles = n/a
+ |notes     = Retail only.
   |fan       =
 }}
@@ Line 242: / Line 265: @@
 {{L10n/switch
   |language  = Hungarian
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = n/a
+ |subtitles = n/a
+ |notes     = Retail only.
+ |fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Italian
   |interface = true
   |audio     = n/a
@@ Line 258: / Line 289: @@
 {{L10n/switch
   |language  = Polish
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = n/a
+ |subtitles = n/a
+ |notes     = Retail only.
+ |fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Russian
   |interface = true
   |audio     = n/a
@@ Line 284: / Line 323: @@
 |lan play modes       = Versus
 |lan play notes       =
-|online play          = true
+|online play          = false
 |online play players  = 8
 |online play modes    = Versus
-|online play notes    =
+|online play notes    = The official multiplayer service has been shut down.
 |asynchronous         =
 |asynchronous notes   =
@@ Line 314: / Line 353: @@
 |direct3d versions      =
 |direct3d notes         =
-|directdraw versions    =
+|directdraw versions    = 7
 |directdraw notes       =
 |opengl versions        =
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 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows arm app        = false
 |windows exe notes      =
 |macos intel 32-bit app =
@@ Line 355: / Line 395: @@
 |cutscenes        = Bink Video
 |cutscenes notes  =
-|multiplayer      =
+|multiplayer      = Ascaron Matcher
 |multiplayer notes=
 }}

Developers

	Ascaron Entertainment
Publishers
Retail	Ascaron Entertainment
Digital	Kalypso Media
Release dates
Windows	June 14, 2002
Reception
Metacritic	79
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Business, Strategy
Vehicles	Naval/watercraft
Themes	Piracy, North America, South America
Series	Port Royale