The Ship
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Developers | |
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Outerlight | |
Publishers | |
Blazing Griffin | |
Engines | |
Source | |
Release dates | |
Windows | July 30, 2006 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 76 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Stealth |
Art styles | Cartoon |
Series | The Ship |
The Ship | |
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The Ship | 2006 |
The Ship: Remasted | 2016 |
Key points
- Server list is broken, fix is available.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | The Ship, The Ship Single Player, and The Ship Tutorial come as three separate library options in Steam. |
Essential improvements
Finding multiplayer games
The master server does not work in game, to get around this follow these steps:
Use Steam's generic server browser[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Skip intro videos
Use -novid command line argument[citation needed]
|
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\ship\cfg\[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2400/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\ship\SAVE\[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2400/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | FOV console setting is present but has no effect.[citation needed] | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No frame rate or refresh rate cap.[1] | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | Rendered image uses SDR color space. In-game HDR option refers only to HDR Rendering. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
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 |
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Separate volume controls | Game and Music are separate. | |
Surround sound | 5.1 and 7.1 available. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Polish | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
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.
Use an external server list[2] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 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 | |
Multiplayer | Steamworks | |
Anti-cheat | Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) |
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 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 (2400) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ New 120Hz Games Report - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Steam Community :: Guide :: How to join a server in "The Ship" - last accessed on May 2023