dark

The Ship Official Fix Guide

admin
2022-03-16 15:55:23

Introduction

Because there are numerous fixes for The Ship: Murder Party floating about the forums, we've decided to create a collection of official fixes.

If you have any issues that have not been covered in this guide, please post to the support section in the Steam Forums. This guide is a work in progress and any new issues that arise, will be added here.

If you think there are fixes missing below, feel free to comment and let us know!

Game Won't Open

Opt Into The Steam BetaWindows XP Compatibility Mode

If The Ship crashes on launch or doesn't start, you can try these known solutions...

Open Steam

In the top-left corner of Steam, click on Steam

Click settings

Under the account tab, you will see a section titled "beta participation"

Click the "change" button next to beta participation

Select "Steam beta update" in the drop-down menu and click OK

Click OK and restart Steam

Go your Steam Library

Right click The Ship

Click Properties

Click the local files tab

Click browse local files

Right click on ship.exe

Click the compatibility tab

Under compatibility mode, check the box that says "run this program in compatibility mode for"

Select Windows XP (Service Pack 3)

Click apply and then OK

The Ship.exe Has Stopped Working

Windows Vista, 7, Or 8 UsersWindows XP Users All Operating Systems - Verify Integrity Of Game Cache

Try completing all of the following instructions in the order in which they are presented. Skip any steps that do you apply to you.

Skip this step and proceed to the next one if you do not use Windows Vista, 7, or 8.

Completely exit Steam

Right-click on the shortcut which you use to launch Steam

Select "Run as Administrator"

Launch Steam again and continue to the section of this article titled "Verify integrity of game cache"

Skip this step and proceed to the next one if you do not use Windows XP

Exit Steam

Go to the "Start" menu, select "Run", type "regedit" and click "OK"

Navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\VALVE

Right-click and select "Permissions"

Check the "Allow" boxes for "Admin" and "System" for both "Full control" and "Read".

Launch Steam against and proceed to the section of this article titled "Verify integrity of game cache"

[/list] Load Steam

From the Library section, right-click on the game and select Properties from the menu.

Select the Local files tab and click the Verify integrity of game cache... button.

Steam will verify the game's files - this process may take several minutes.

Once the process is completed, the Check Window will automatically exit.

Warning One or more files may fail to verify. This is normal for most Steam games. The files that fail to verify are local configuration files that should not be replaced as part of this process. You can safely ignore this message.

Do not run the verification process while performing other system-intensive processes, such as defragmenting your hard drive or scanning for viruses.

Do not run this process for multiple games at the same time.

Can't Connect To Master Server

Connect Through Steam

The Ship currently has an issue where it cannot connect to Steam's master servers, making it difficult to find or join multiplayer matches. However, you can still join online matches by following either of these solutions.

Open Steam

In the top-left corner of Steam, click on view

Click servers

Under the game dropdown, select The Ship

Click connect to join the game

Connect using a server directory Find a server[www.gameserverdirectory.com]

Copy the IP of the server you wish to join

Open The Ship

Click "join a cruise"

Click on the "'favourites'' tab

Click "add a server"

Enter the server details and click OK

Click connect to join the game

Join using the developer console Go to the Engine Room

Select Keyboard

Select Advanced

Tick "enable developer console" on

Press the ` key (below escape and above tab)

Type "Connect" [www.gameserverdirectory.com] Click connect to join the game

Requires Mods To Run

If The Ship is crashes and states that it mods are required for it to run, it is usually because the player only owns a copy of The Ship singleplayer. This can be fixed by going through "The Ship Won't Open" solutions. However, If this does not resolve the issue, then you should contact Blazing Griffin's support[www.blazinggriffin.com] .

Source: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=172054843

More The Ship guilds

⮙