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How to play Port Royale 2 on Windows 10 (for AMD users)
By Mitsukuni
This guide is not so effectual anymore. Please visit this one instead:
Easy fix for Port Royale 2 on Windows 10
   
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Category: Modding or Configuration
Languages: English
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24 Nov, 2017 @ 12:41pm
24 Apr, 2019 @ 5:32pm
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Overview
It's Alive 
1. First step... 
2. Game is working but... 
3. Sea texture is fine now and... 
And voilà 
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It's Alive
This guide is for AMD users. You can check NVIDIA version here.
1. First step...
...is make the game playable. (Otherwise it won't even start in Windows 10.)

  • Go to your default game directory. Usually;
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Port Royale 2

  • Right-click on PR2.exe -> Properties

  • On Compatibility tab, check "Run this program in compatibility mode for:"

  • Select "Windows 98 / Windows ME"
2. Game is working but...
...it's so pixelated and sea texture is messed up. To prevent this, open AMD Radeon Settings.

  • On Gaming tab, find Port Royale 2 profile and click.

  • Most of these settings are turned off by default. We're gonna turn them on.

    - Anti-aliasing Mode -> Select "Override application settings", than select "8xEQ" from Anti-aliasing Level.

    - Anti-aliasing Method -> Select "Supersampling"

    - Morphological Filtering -> You can toggle on this setting but i didn't see any major differences.

    - Anistrophic Filtering Mode -> Select "Override application settings", than select "16x" from Anistrophic Filtering Level.

    - Texture Filtering Quality -> Select "High"

    - Keep "AMD optimized" for Shader Cache and Tessellation Mode
3. Sea texture is fine now and...
...there is only one problem left. Everything is pixelated. To use anti-aliasing settings enabled, we need one last retouch.

  • Open Port Royale 2 configuration

  • Check "Execute in full-screen mode" (This option is a necessity, otherwise anti-aliasing won't applied)

  • Check other options too, except "Use colored hardware mouse cursor".
And voilà
Just like the old times.
22 Comments
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Lord 5 Nov, 2023 @ 12:05am 
Works fine on Linux with Proton...
Mitsukuni  [author] 8 Sep, 2023 @ 1:49pm 
@minotaurmanu
To be fair, other than Windows 11 everything seems fine. Some people cannot run the game on Windows 11 while others have no problem. Since I cannot try, I have no idea why. Sometimes it's hit or miss too, there was a person who has the same specs with me but the game didn't work for him/her. So, DLL fix usually works but when it doesn't, either I recommend a virtual machine and older Windows versions or a Linux version.

If you tried every step on the newer guide and it didn't work, sorry I can't help further. Maybe trying other compatibility settings would work but not sure.
minotaurmanu 8 Sep, 2023 @ 12:45pm 
@mitsukuni, My pc is an HP Windows 11, AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics 2GB FullHD, 20GB RAM, bought last year. I tried to set "windows 98/ME" compatibility, but it won't work neither pr2 Config. I don't know why.
Mitsukuni  [author] 8 Sep, 2023 @ 12:12pm 
@minotaurmanu
It doesn't start even when you set compatibility to "Windows 98/ME"?
Also, does your PC have iGPU? If so that could be related to it.
minotaurmanu 8 Sep, 2023 @ 11:51am 
@mitsukuni Provo a scaricare i file che mi hai fornito e ti farò sapere. Ad ogni modo, per la guida, quando seleziono "Port Royale 2 configuration" non si apre e nemmeno PR2.exe. Ho eseguito tutti i passaggi della guida, ma non ho risolto nulla.
Mitsukuni  [author] 6 Sep, 2023 @ 3:40pm 
@minotaurmanu
Could you try these DLLs from the link?
https://gitlab.com/gitsukuni/port-royale-2-dlls/-/blob/master/Wine_8-12.zip

If they also don't work, sadly I cannot help with Windows 11 since I don't use it. Best I can do is, I can upload new DLLs when there is a new major release.

By the way, could you write your system specs just for the feedback?
minotaurmanu 6 Sep, 2023 @ 2:01pm 
Purtroppo ho provato e non funziona. Niente da fare. @mitsukuni
Mitsukuni  [author] 5 Sep, 2023 @ 1:01pm 
Hi @minotaurmanu
This is an old guide and I only suggest this if the newer one doesn't work. So please check this one, perhaps it will work for you.

https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1714732243
minotaurmanu 5 Sep, 2023 @ 12:14pm 
Ciao, a me purtroppo non funziona, con tutti i passi seguiti sopra. Cosa posso fare? Possiedo Windows 11.
Mitsukuni  [author] 27 Jan, 2023 @ 6:17am 
@oldboys
You're welcome. It's nice to see this guide still works.