Ship Simulator 2008

Media format: CD-ROM

Have you ever wanted to sail a real boat? Have you ever dreamed of being a commercial cruise boat captain, ferries, speedboats, or yachts? Well with Ship Simulator 2008, you can experience your dreams inside the comfort of your own home.

With this simulator, you can either captain your aquatic vehicle of choice in the free-roam mode or take the challenge and go on one of thirty missions. You can even create your own missions and then share them on the Ship Simulator 2008 forums.

Ship Simulator 2008 is currently the most recent edition in the Ship Simulator franchise and it allows the player to sail in multiple real life locations. Another neat feature for Ship Simulator 2008 is the capability to support user-generated content. You can find the user-created add-ons on the Ship Simulator forums. These add-ons can range from new missions to new ships and textures. These resources along side the tools given on the disk give you near-limitless entertainment value. Not only that, but Ship Simulator 2008 also allows for Multiplayer functionality. That’s right, you can play with your friends as long as you have an Internet connection.

Lastly, Ship Simulator is not just a product for entertainment. It is also a tool for education. Ship Simulator 2008 contains multiple different ship types with controls modeled after their real life counterparts. The game features a damage system that will affect the boat’s performance and players will have to play smart to complete missions. Each ship features interactive walkthroughs that educate the player on that ship type and tells the player the basic controls for each boat.

So what are you waiting for? You no longer have to live on the coast in order to live your dream of sailing the seven seas or the four oceans. You can experience them from the comfort of your own home without the risk of catching a nasty cold.

Manufacturers Description

Ship Simulator is a revolutionary simulation game that puts players at the helm of some of the most varied and detailed ships to be found at sea. Players will need to perform a multitude of tasks, all set within a stunning 3D environment, taking control of a wide array of ship types – from massive cargo ships and ferries, to speedboats, yachts, water taxis and even the mighty Titanic.

Ship Simulator 2008 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
• Sixteen 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
• 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
• Set waypoints yourself in free-roaming mode
• Mission editor, so you can create your own adventures and share them with your fellow players on the forum

Minimum System Requirements For Ship Simulator 2006:

Operating system: Windows 2000, XP or Vista
Processor: Pentium 4 2.4GHz or AMD equivalent
Memory: 1GB (Windows 2000/XP) or 2GB (Vista)
Graphics card: GeForce 5900 or ATI 9600 Pro / X600 (128MB)
Audio devices: Sound card
Input controller: Mouse with scroll wheel
Optional controllers: Joystick, Joypad or Steering wheel
 

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