Alien Shooter
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Developers | |
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Sigma Team | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 12, 2003 |
Taxonomy | |
Series | Alien Shooter |
Key points
- Very limited graphical options.
- Keys can only be rebound by editing a config file.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ASProtect DRM in Russia. UK version was sold as Invasion: Earth. In-game text is different from Alien Shooter. | |||
GOG.com | Bundled with both expansions. | |||
ZOOM Platform | Bundled with both expansions. | |||
Steam | Version 1.22. | |||
Developer website | ASProtect DRM. Base game only. Expansions available standalone. | |||
Developer website | ASProtect DRM. Alien Shooter Gold Pack. Base game only. Also contains Alien Shooter 2: Reloaded and Zombie Shooter. | |||
Developer website | Russian version. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Fight for Life | ||
The Experiment |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SigmaTeam\AlienShooter\ <path-to-game>\AlienShooter.cfg[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33100/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SigmaTeam\AlienShooter\<user-id> |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33100/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Limited to 640x480, 800x600 and 1024x768 by default. Steam version in fullscreen 1440x900 (inside perhaps 1280x720 with black borders). A hack for GOG version enables several resolutions up to 1920x1080. There's a similar one for Steam. At least one level for the expansion, The Experiment [Mission 04 - Testing Laboratory] will crash if set to a higher resolution. Also, high resolutions allow a bit of cheating by being able to shoot further than monsters can normally see. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See Windowed. Steam version toggleable. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Enabled by default. See Vertical sync (Vsync). | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS |
Windowed
Edit registry to set window mode[citation needed] |
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Vertical sync (Vsync)
Disable Vsync by editing AlienShooter.cfg[citation needed] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See Remapping. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Remapping
Change controls by editing AlienShooter.cfg[citation needed] |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Polish | Local retail version only. Patch for digital release here. | |||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | Fan translation, download. | |||
Portuguese | Fan translation by rubinho146, Including expansions, Download |
Issues fixed
The game crashes at level 1
When going to the right hand side of the map, the game crashes.
Use dgVoodoo 2 |
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Reborn crash
If the player dies and they have an extra life, the game will crash.
Use dgVoodoo 2. See the above entry for details. |
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Medkit crash
If the player's HP is down to zero, the medkit should activate. However, on modern systems the item crashes the game.
Use dgVoodoo 2. See the above entry for details. |
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Erroneous Display Problem
This issue happens when running the game in a resolution with 16-bit color depth.
Set the resolution with 32-bit color depth at game's launcher. |
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Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 2000, XP, Vista | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 800 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 50 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/33100/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (33100) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.