I've just sent some patches to patches that are enough to get Pirates running.
Installing pirates... Pirates uses a MSI installer, I had to
Set winver to win98. When prompted about directX 9 say no. (or yes if you really want to). If you get an OLE error make a note and try again, I managed to install on the forth attempt.
Then to run Pirates you need to... Turn pixel shaders off Turn shadows off. or you get missing textures.
I'd also suggest turning down the detail (just incase), but it doesn't seem to matter that much.
The problems I've come across so far are: Memory issues: Unknown cause as yet.
When visiting the Governor only a section of the screen fades in and out, this is caused by a viewport larger than the window not being handled correctly.
Sometimes textures on models like the docks don't render properly.
Sometimes the textures are the wrong way around or wrapped incorrectly, this may be the same problem as above.
I get 7-12 FPS in sailing, everything else is a lot quicker (upto 70fps).
AMD 2000+ 512MB Ram ATI-9600.
I've tried a few other Direct x 9 games but I generally can't get passed the installer (using wine or cegeda).
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