Chegou às lojas a nova versão do Ship Simulator, a versão 2008. Neste simulador podemos tomar o controlo de inumeros barcos, esde cargueiros a lanhas rápidas. Para saber algumas das novas features desta nova edição cliquem em "Read More...".

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Several new key features in Ship Simulator 2008 include:
• Dynamic ocean waves, with realistic ship motions
• Long distance travels , open ocean voyages between ports
• Visible damage system
• Thirty new complex and challenging missions
• Extensive day, night, and weather systems
• Three new environments: San Francisco, Southampton/Cowes/Solent, and Marseille
• Six new ships, each with walkthrough functionality and interactive bridge controls
• Controllable container crane

Several new features were also added into the game that were unannounced until today:
• Advanced vector graphic sea chart based on realistic 3D seabed models, with full-screen display option, transparency setting, and level-of-detail on text & depth readings
• Advanced damage system showing dents and holes in the ships after severe collisions
• Free-roam mode where players can choose a ship, an environment, set all weather, day & time parameters and get sailing
• Realistic bow splash water, with support from an advanced physics simulation model
• Extensive mapping options for keys and joystick buttons
• Advanced rope system, which allows you to connect and disconnect player ships to other ships or mooring boulders at will (anchoring is now also possible)
• Addition of icebergs which cause damage when you collide with them

As if that wasn’t enough, developer VSTEP is still working on even more features, which will be provided as a free upgrade patch around September this year:
• A system for sinking ships when damaged below the water line
• Advanced system for scoring and ranking in different ship type classes, linked to your on-line profile on the forum
• Two extra player ships: jet-ski and hovercraft
• Additional language versions of the game (French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Polish and more)
• Set waypoints yourself in free-roaming mode

Two new features we are also working on will be made available to you after September:
• Multiplayer functionality, so you can sail around in your favourite environment every day with your Ship Simulator friends
• Mission editor, so you can create your own adventures and share them with your fellow players on the forum.