The Ship

The Ship
The Ship	2006
The Ship: Remasted	2016

Key points

Server list is broken, fix is available.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Humble Store
Steam		The Ship, The Ship Single Player, and The Ship Tutorial come as three separate library options in Steam.

All versions require Steam DRM.

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]}

Close the game if it's already running.
On Steam, go to View > Servers.
Click 'CHANGE FILTERS' and change the 'Game' to 'The Ship'.
Hold down shift and select all of the servers in the list.
Right click > Add Server to favorites.
Start The Ship, then go to the server browser and go to the favorites tab.

Notes

Servers in the Steam browser show bots as players. Either check player lists individually or use the in-game favorites tab to see REAL player counts.

Skip intro videos

Use `-novid` command line argument^{[citation needed]}

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
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
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
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game general video settings

In-game advanced video settings

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
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

In-game key map settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
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		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
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
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

Master Server Unavailable

The game can no longer communicate with the master servers. Unlikely to ever be fixed.

Use an external server list^[2]

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
Shader Model support	2, 3

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok	Heavily modified variant.
Audio	Miles Sound System
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	Steamworks
Anti-cheat	Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC)

System requirements

Windows
	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

[gamedir-1] 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-2] 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.

[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 (2400) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[3] New 120Hz Games Report - last accessed on May 2023

[4] Steam Community :: Guide :: How to join a server in "The Ship" - last accessed on May 2023

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

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[2]

Developers

	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