Play the original Sea Dogs 2 (Pirates of the Caribbean) with New Horizons

[Domifry]

Hey everyone,

I'm really excited to dive back into Sea Dogs 2 (Pirates of the Caribbean), but I’ve hit a bit of a snag. Every time I reach Falaise de Fleur, the game gets super buggy, with crashes and glitches that make it almost unplayable. See here: Game Issue: No People and Strange Noise in Falaise de Fleur (Pirates of the Caribbean - Original Version) I’ve tried a few things to fix it, but no luck so far.

I’ve heard about the New Horizons mod, and I’m wondering if it’s possible to install it and still play the regular game as it was originally intended, without all the extra content from the mod? Basically, I want to know if there’s a way to keep the core Sea Dogs 2 experience while using New Horizons to maybe smooth out the bugs. Or maybe you can tell me which Story Mode I should choose that it closest to the original game.

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

[Grey Roger]

The original story is included in "New Horizons". It is called "Tales of a Sea Hawk" and is the first story you can choose when you start a new game. However, even when you play this story, a lot will have changed, starting with the entire Caribbean - a lot of new islands are added, and all the islands and towns from the original game have been renamed - island Oxbay is now Barbados, town Oxbay is now Speightstown, for example.

You could try your luck with earlier versions of the Build Mod. Here are links for Build 11 and Build 12:
https://piratesahoy.bowengames.com/potc/b11.exe
https://piratesahoy.bowengames.com/potc/build12.1.exe

I've no idea if those work and certainly can't help with any bugs.

 

[Domifry]

Thanks! I will try the Tales of a Sea Hawk