Take the helm of your own ship and set sail for the golden
age of piracy. You're in complete command on the main deck
of your ship. Receive a new mission at the beginning of
each game; you may be off to find Christopher Columbus'
flagship, the Santa Maria, or trace thousands of
historical routes through the Spanish Main.
Frequently Asked Questions
WINDOWS USERS
The cursor jumps around on the screen when I perform
certain actions. How do I stop this?
For which age group is Pirates designed?
Why does the game pause occasionally, or act sluggish or
slow?
I seem to be having display problems. What can I do?
MACINTOSH USERS
How do I solve an "error type 1" message when trying to
install the game?
How can I fix the "Can't find threads lib" error message?
Why does the program freeze up on opening sequence?
How can I fix the error that occurs when trying to save a
game?
WINDOWS USERS
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The cursor jumps around on the screen when I perform
certain actions. How do I stop this?
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A:
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If you find that the mouse cursor jumps around on the
screen when you perform certain actions in
Pirates, and you are using Microsoft
Intellipoint mouse software, turn off the
snap-to option:
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open the Control Panel, usually
found in the Main group in
Program Manager
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select the Mouse option, which opens
the Mouse Manager dialog box
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turn off the snap-to option
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close the Mouse Manager and the
Control Panel
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For which age group is Pirates designed?
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A:
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Pirates is designed for ages 10 and up.
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Why does the game pause occasionally, or act
sluggish or slow?
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The PC is probably low on resources due to running too
many applications at the same time. Close all other
applications before launching Pirates.
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I seem to be having display problems. What can I
do?
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Try changing the display settings to SVGA 640 x
480 with 256 colors. If that does not clear
up the problem, obtain updated drivers from your video
card manufacturer.
To change the video driver to SVGA 640 x 480 x
256:
In Win 3.11:
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go to Main\ Windows\ Setup
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click on Options\ Change System
Settings
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hit the scroll button on the display
box and scroll to SVGA 640 x 480 x
256
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In Win 95:
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select Start\ Settings\ Control
Panel
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select Display\ Settings tab
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set the display area to 640 x 480,
the color palette to 256, and the
video adapter to SVGA.
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MACINTOSH USERS
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How do I solve an "error type 1" message when trying
to install the game?
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To resolve this:
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Turn off all extensions except Apple
CD-ROM, QuickTime, QuickTime PowerPlug and
Hard Drive Manager.
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Restart the Mac and then try running the program.
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How can I fix the "Can't find threads lib" error
message?
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A:
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Double-click on the Pirates CD icon on the desktop.
Drag and copy the threads manager from the CD to
the extensions folder.
Run the program.
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Why does the program freeze up on opening
sequence?
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A:
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Disable ScreenSavers, antivirus programs and programs
that run in the background.
Make sure the video display is set to 256 colors:
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click on the Apple
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choose Control Panel
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choose Monitor
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set to 256
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For Macs running System Software 7.5 and higher:
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disable modern memory manager
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enable virtual memory and set it to
16MB
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How can I fix the error that occurs when trying to
save a game?
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A:
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Make sure you have selected the hard drive (usually the
C: drive) as the destination drive, and
not the CD-ROM drive.
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