Planet Alpha
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Developers | |
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Planet Alpha ApS | |
Publishers | |
Team17 | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 4[Note 1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 4, 2018 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 72 |
OpenCritic | 71 |
IGDB | 58 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Side view, Scrolling |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Platform |
Themes | Sci-fi |
Planet Alpha is a singleplayer side view and scrolling platform game.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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GamersGate | ||||
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GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Microtransactions
Type | Notes |
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No microtransactions | None |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Replace video file[2] |
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Notes
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\PlanetAlpha\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\ %LOCALAPPDATA%\PlanetAlpha\Saved\SaveGames\SavedSettings.sav |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/485030/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\PlanetAlpha\Saved\SaveGames\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/485030/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Static aspect 16:9. | ||
Multi-monitor | Pillarboxed by default. Use this patcher. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Pillarboxed by default. Use this patcher or a modified exe for 21:9. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Exclusive fullscreen also available. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Framerate normally capped at 92 FPS.[3] See High frame rate for how to achieve 120 FPS. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives. |
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.
High frame rate
Modify user settings file[4] |
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Post-processing
Disable chromatic aberration[2] |
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[SystemSettings] r.SceneColorFringeQuality=0 |
Motion blur
Disable motion blur |
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[SystemSettings] r.MotionBlur.Max=0 |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | Mouse not used during gameplay. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | Right stick used for subtle camera movements only. | |
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | Can be disabled. | |
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Master, Music, Effects, Interface | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Danish | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Norwegian | ||||
Romanian | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Swedish |
Change language
- Steam users can change the language via the game properties.
Modify Engine.ini[2] |
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[Internationalization] Culture=en |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Native 3D | |||
Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: Planet Alpha (DX11). |
Issues fixed
Game crashes shortly after start
- The game is affected by OpenSSL SHA bug.
See Bypass OpenSSL SHA bug on Intel 10th gen and later CPUs.[5][6] |
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Fix OpenSSL SHA bug by patching executable[6] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 | 10 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-2550K 3.4 GHz AMD FX-4350 4.2 GHz |
Intel Core i5-4570 3.2 GHz AMD FX-9590 4.7 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon HD 7850 2 GB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 AMD Radeon R9 380X 2 GB (Nvidia), 4 GB (AMD) of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.19.2.0[1]
- ↑ 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>/485030/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (485030) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-09-25
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Verified by User:Waschbär on 2020-07-17
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-06-18
- ↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2019-06-18
- ↑ Planet Alpha Steam Discussions - Crashes 10-15 seconds into the game - last accessed on 2022-09-26
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-09-26