Note: There is a known issue with Voodoo graphics cards and new operating systems, basically due to the fact that there are no officially supported drivers for these cards available for WindowsXP, nor for DirectX 8.x and newer. It has been installed with the game and can be opened via the Start menu! If you are having trouble, please look through the Readme file first. We will be glad to help you with any problems you might experience with our software. With the diversity of hardware and software components and systems configurations on the market, it is unfortunately impossible to preclude problems with the installation and running of software products. You can skip the intro by pressing the ESC key. Then start the program from the Start menu. Please place the Port Royale CD into your CD drive. Pentium III 900, 128 MB RAM, fast 32 MB video card (DirectX8.1 compatible) You will need the following to take advantage of all graphics options: Pentium II - 450, 64 MB RAM, 4 x CD-ROM, 16MB video card, sound card, 500 MB free hard disk space, DirectX 8.1 for video and sound card (DirectX 8.1 is supplied on the CD), network card (for network play), Windows 98/2000/Me/XP. If this is the case, please run the program "Setup.exe" from the CD! Then follow the onscreen instructions! To install "Port Royale", please insert the CD into the CD drive! The install program will start automatically, unless you have deactivated the auto-run option. There is a short excursion into the history of the colonial age on the CD as a pdf file. All other chapters serve as reference and give you more detailed information should you need it. Just a little note regarding the structure of this manual: Chapter 5 describes the main game functions and was designed to be an introduction. We, the development team of Port Royale, wish you many hours of fun and adventure. You can establish your own production of goods or you can receive assignments and missions from the local Governor. In addition to trading and transporting goods over the seas that are not always safe you also have the opportunity to buy Letters of Marque or to hunt down dangerous pirates. Now that you are about to set out on your first adventure, you can choose how to lead your life in the Caribbean. Thank you for buying Port Royale! In developing this game, we wanted to let you experience the exciting atmosphere of colonial times. Not long now to our maiden voyage, and I wonder whether one day I shall return a wealthy nobleman, or meet my maker here. Throughout the last weeks I have toiled, with some other sailors, to restore an old sloop to seaworthiness. They sank my ship – and that I saved my skin was the only good fortune I have had so far.Īnd so I am here, in this small town of Caracas. So into the New World I ventured to try my luck – though luck has been in scarce supply.Ī gentleman’s not suited to these parts – as we saw when I was set upon by pirates. In part I have the Dutch to thank, whose vessels swamped our markets with their cargo, 'til my father’s shipping company barely earned a penny from its voyages. “God only knows how I ended up in this forsaken place. PortRoyale-Handbuch UK WWK 16:53 Uhr Seite 2 ALLOCATION OF GOODS, WEAPONS, AND SAILORS
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