The much anticipated sequel to the surprise simulation hit of last year will not only add new harbours and many new vessels, but also much desired things like advanced weather conditions and open sea missions. Ship Simulator will amaze you with its progress and will rock your simulated world.
Ship Simulator 2008 will include the following new features:
- Dynamic ocean waves, with realistic ship motions
- Long distance travels , open ocean voyages between ports
- Visible damage system
- Thirty new complex and challenging missions
- Extensive day, night, and weather systems
- Three new environments: San Francisco, Southampton/Cowes/Solent, and Marseille
- Six new ships, each with walkthrough functionality and interactive bridge controls
- Controllable container crane
- Advanced vector graphic sea chart based on realistic 3D seabed models, with full-screen display option, transparency setting, and level-of-detail on text & depth readings
- Advanced damage system showing dents and holes in the ships after severe collisions
- Free-roam mode where players can choose a ship, an environment, set all weather, day & time parameters and get sailing
- Realistic bow splash water, with support from an advanced physics simulation model
- Extensive mapping options for keys and joystick buttons
- Advanced rope system, which allows you to connect and disconnect player ships to other ships or mooring boulders at will (anchoring is now also possible)
- Addition of icebergs which cause damage when you collide with them
Features currently under development
- Mid-mission save function
- A system for sinking ships when damaged below the water line
- Advanced system for scoring and ranking in different ship type classes, linked to your on-line profile on the forum
- Two extra player ships: jet-ski and hovercraft
- Additional language versions of the game (French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Polish and more)
- Set waypoints yourself in free-roaming mode
- Multiplayer functionality, so you can sail around in your favourite environment every day with your Ship Simulator friends
- Mission editor, so you can create your own adventures and share them with your fellow players on the forum These features will be released in free downloadable patches and updates later this year. ons, and start sailing!
Minimum System Requirements For Ship Simulator 2008
Microsoft Windows 2000, XP or Vista
2.4 Ghz Intel Pentium IV or AMD processor
1 GB RAM (XP), 2 GB RAM (Vista)
4x CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive
Approx. 500 MB free hard disk space
NVIDIA GeForce 5900 or ATI 9600 Pro / X600, 128MB memory
DirectX 9.0 compatible sound card
Mouse with scroll wheel
Optional controllers: Joystick, Joypad or Steering wheel
Releasedates
- UK, Scandinavia, Portugal: OUT NOW
- France, Australia/NZ: September 28th 2007
- Italy, Spain: October 5th 2007
- USA and Canada: Q1-2008