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Platform(s): PC
Genre: Simulation
Publisher: Lighthouse / DreamCatcher
Developer: VStep

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'Ship Simulator 2006' - v1.4 Patch Available NOW

by Rainier on Sept. 7, 2006 @ 6:08 a.m. PDT

Ship Simulator is the comprehensive simulator that allows players to ‘mission by mission’ master the varying boats in ever changing breathtaking 3D environments, and share performances and created levels online. Players will master the sea, when they master Ship Simulator 2006.

Get the Ship Simulator 2006 v1.4 Patch off WP (14/200mb)

NSTALLATION

- There are 2 versions of this patch 1.4 full and 1.3 -> 1.4 upgrade. If you already have 1.3, you can download just the upgrade. Downloading the full version will work on any version of Ship Simulator 2006 (1.0, 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.3)
- After installation, it should say 1.4 in the bottom left corner of the screen.

NEW FEATURES

- P6 New York Texture
- New controllers supported (multiple joysticks)

BUG FIXES

- Horn on the Titanic works again
- Some highscore issues fixed
- Fixed an issue with publisher.dat

KNOWN ISSUES (ALL PATCHES)

- Game not starting up/crashing
1) Make sure you have installed the latest drivers of both your video- and soundcard
2) Make sure you have installed DirectX 9.0c
3) Make sure your PC meets the minimum system requirements in general.
- Screen going black after starting up / Jerky performance after patch
Possible solutions;
1) Edit the publisher.dat file in the root of your Ship Simulator 2006 folder with an text-editor and change the publisher name to VSTEP and save the file.
2) Uninstall (or reinstall) any codec-packs you might have installed (K-Lite etc.)
3) Rename the file called 'lighthouse.cgr' from the stagepublisher folder to lighthouse.cgr_bak
- MySQL error:
Solution for the problem with the libmysql.dll error:
Create a backup of your current libmysql.dll in your WINDOWS/System32 folder.
After that copy the libmysql.dll from the ship_simulator_2006_installation_path/3rd folder to your WINDOWS/System32 folder.

NOTES FULL VERSION

- Patch 1.4 full includes all the fixes and updates from previous patches.
- The config.dat file has changed. You WILL loose your graphics settings when applying this patch.
- For support for the various control devices or TrackIR, contact the manufacturers of the device.
- GeForce 4 MX and Go are still NOT supported.

NOTES UPGRADE VERSION

- All of the above.
- 'Patch 1.4 upgrade' only upgrades 1.3. Do NOT install 'Patch 1.4 upgrade' over any of the earlier versions.


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