Pirates of the Caribbean
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Developers | |
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Akella | |
Publishers | |
Bethesda Softworks | |
Ubisoft | |
Engines | |
Storm[1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | July 1, 2003[2] |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 64 |
IGDB | 49 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person, First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | ARPG, Open world |
Vehicles | Naval/watercraft |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Piracy, Supernatural, North America |
Series | Age of Pirates, Pirates of the Caribbean |
Age of Pirates | |
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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 |
Pirates of the Caribbean is a singleplayer third-person and first-person ARPG and open world game in the Age of Pirates and Pirates of the Caribbean series.
Key points
- Titled Корсары II or Sea Dogs 2 in Russia.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete, move or rename the video files[3] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\engine.ini[Note 1] <path-to-game>\options[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\SAVE\[Note 1] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Always on in windowed mode. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No frame rate cap.[3] See Frame rate related issues. |
Widescreen resolution
Modify the engine.ini file[4]
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | F1, F2 and menu controls cannot be remapped.[5] | |
Mouse acceleration | Negative mouse acceleration present. | |
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 | M effects, dialogue | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Dialogues with the NPCs are text-based. The rest of the spoken lines are not captioned. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Alt+Tab ↹ may crash the game.[3] | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
German | ||||
Polish | ||||
Russian | Also known in Russian community by the name "Sea Dogs 2" or "Корсары 2". |
Issues fixed
- Very high frame rates can cause various issues.
Relevant issues:
- interface navigation problems;
- menus buttons do not respond correctly;
- slow movement;
- very low mouse sensitivity.
Cap the frame rate to ≤ 300 FPS[3][6] |
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Use DirectX 9 convertor |
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Vsync doesn't work on Windows 10
- Vsync is enabled by default, but in Windows 10 it does not work because the Vsync of DirectX 8 in Windows 10 is broken.
Use DirectX 9 convertor |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8.1 | |
Shader Model support | 1.4 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
- No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98 | 98, ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Pentium III 800 MHz | Pentium III 1.2 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 3D compliant video card 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible | Video card supporting pixel shaders 64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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
- ↑ piratesahoy.net - last accessed on 26 May 2023
- ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean (2003) release dates - MobyGames - last accessed on 2021-06-29
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Verified by User:Orzelek303 on 2021-06-29
- ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean | WSGF - last accessed on 2021-06-29
- ↑ Verified by User:Orzelek303 on 2021-06-29
- F1 goes to the pause menu, F2 opens player status screen; Esc, ↵ Enter, arrow keys and mouse buttons are always used to navigate the menu screens.
- ↑ Solved - Windows 10: Low Frame Rates Despite (BECAUSE OF!) Good Hardware | PiratesAhoy! - last accessed on 2021-06-29