Ports of Call

Key points

Also known as Ports of Call Classic.

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Official website
Steam		Windows version. Runs without Steam. Registration details work with the non-Steam DOS or Windows version.^[1]

A shareware demo version is available for DOS and Windows.

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest version can be downloaded from the official site (2.04W for Windows, 2.03 for DOS). Windows version 2.04W adds the option of playing without the ship simulation (this choice is not available in the DOS version).^[2]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\REGISTER.LIC
Windows	<path-to-game>\register.lic^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1085260/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

REGISTER.LIC contains registration details (this file only exists in registered mode).

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\GAMES\
Windows	<path-to-game>\games\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1085260/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Saves can also be saved in a different subfolder.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		The Windows version is always windowed. The game window can be resized/maximised, but the correct aspect ratio is not maintained.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Italian
Norwegian
Portuguese
Spanish
Swedish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	4	Hot seat
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	VGA

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	3.3
Processor (CPU)	286
System memory (RAM)	640 kB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	VGA

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	500 MHz	1.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 MB	8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	5 MB	10 MB
Video card (GPU)	High color (16 bit or more) graphics card	True color graphics card

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 (1085260) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Verified by User:Garrett on June 1, 2019
The key option in the Steam client (opens <path-to-game>\key.png) says the registration details must be entered manually, but the Steam version is already registered when downloaded.
↑ ports of call - last accessed on May 2023

[gamedir-3] 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).

[Proton_path_note-4] 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 (1085260) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (1085260) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Verified by User:Garrett on June 1, 2019
The key option in the Steam client (opens <path-to-game>\key.png) says the registration details must be entered manually, but the Steam version is already registered when downloaded.

[2] rts of call - last accessed on May 2023

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Developers

	Dipl. Ing. Rolf-Dieter Klein
Release dates
DOS	1992
Windows	2002