Tides of War

Unofficial fix for Windows 10/11 is out (v0.13.2)

Textured ships again (no more solid red ones), sharp ×2–×4 scaling with working mouse and dialogs, borderless fullscreen, no SUBST or compatibility modes needed, saves next to the game, smoother ship movement.

Download: https://github.com/vdergachev/tides-of-war-fix/releases/tag/v0.13.2

How to install:

Unpack the zip into the game folder (next to TOW.exe).
Double-click tow_patch.exe and confirm (it keeps a backup and can undo itself).
Start TOW.exe as usual. No settings need to be changed.

Requirements: English 1998 release of the game. Anibtn32.ocx and Threed32.ocx must be registered: run the game’s setup.bat as administrator once, otherwise the game crashes when you open the port.

If the patcher says your TOW.exe is not supported, please post the SHA-256 it shows. Bug reports with tow_fix.log are welcome on GitHub.

Hey hey hey people, I've managed to repair the game and working on patch right now.
Runs on win 10 machine, screen was upscaled (2-3X) and some issues was fixed. Looks a bit creepy, cuz it extremely outdated under the hood. That renovation requires a great deal of attention, patience, and luck. If anyone interested LMK.

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how do you get the game to save your progress

@Blockpit - Mount the disc image, disc 1 for Angland and North Pirate missions and disc 2 for Darn and South Pirate missions

I have the same: game installed, player name added, then select the first mission and it 's back tot the main menu. What's the fix for that problem?

So i installed this, game loads to create name etc, go to click 1st mission, i press select then it takes me right back to the start menu.. any ideas?

I can get the game running with windows 11 fairly easy. The game runs fine, with some minor audio issues. The main issue is all the ships are red, they all are rendered, but are colored red in error. I plan to come back and try other methods. Would like a clean playthrough one day.

In the patch fix is a .bat file. Run and start that instead of the game exe.
Any problems go to the game EXE and right click go to properties and compatibility to set things like play in Windows 95 or XP.
Then the .bat files when started connects to the EXE and takes info from it to start the game.

I downloaded the ISO and the patch for this game. However the game would not load. I have my original copy of the game but the first disc is scratch and does not work any more. I also still have the copy of the manual that came with the box. Sadly however I have lost the box in various moves over the years.

Downloaded ISO mounted it on virtual drive, downloaded patch/fix extracted and pasted it into install location and works fine for me, however getting the it to run in 8 bit (256 color) mode when launching from the batch file is my last issue for perfect quality however I'm already on the 4th mission.

ISO Archive should be fixed now

Yeah, it sadly still wants Win 95 OS to run. Sad face.

This was one of the best games I have ever played. It absolutely captures the genre of sea combat in the age of the fighting sail. The variety of nations, the variety of ships, and the variety of missions was fantastic. I so miss it, but it would not load on anything other than Win95 from the disks I purchased. I look forward to playing it again after all these years. I have looked for it for a very, very long time.