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Alien
Aliens: A Comic Book Adventure	1995
Alien Trilogy	1996
Aliens Online	1998
Aliens versus Predator (series)
Aliens: Colonial Marines	2013
Alien: Isolation	2014
Aliens: Fireteam Elite	2021
Aliens: Dark Descent	2023

Key points

Excellent PC version: great performance,^[2] many graphics and controls settings, Oculus Rift support, and editable game XML files.

"Novice" and "Nightmare" difficulty modes were added in a free patch.

General information

Official game website

Official forums

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
GamersGate

Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
Humble Store
Mac App Store
Steam
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.

All Windows and Linux versions require Steam.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Season Pass
Corporate Lockdown	Part of Season Pass and Collection.
Crew Expendable	Part of Collection.
Last Survivor	Part of Collection.
Lost Contact	Part of Season Pass and Collection.
Safe Haven	Part of Season Pass and Collection.
Trauma	Part of Season Pass and Collection.
The Trigger	Part of Season Pass and Collection.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System	Location

Save game data location

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System	Location

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game video settings.

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Field of view (FOV)

Slider in menu goes from 47-75° vertical, with the higher FOV on the left side of the slider.

Slider is using vertical field of view value. Use calculator for conversion to horizontal value.

A FOV higher than 55° makes the main character's legs and feet disappear.

Level of Detail (Pop-in Distance) Increase

Default Level of Detail setting even on Ultra results in excessive object pop-in which can be rectified.

Instructions

SLI Fix

Default SLI compatibility bits do not scale properly in certain areas. Use alternative bits to improve performance at expense of some minor UI & light shaft flicker in places.

Instructions

Input settings

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Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

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Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Czech
Polish
Russian
Brazilian Portuguese
Ukrainian

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		Use Helix Mod: Alien: Isolation.

Headsets
SteamVR		This game might be playable with the Revive Compatibility Layer (compatibility list).
Oculus VR (LibOVR)		See this reddit post.
Windows Mixed Reality		This game might be playable with the Revive Compatibility Layer.

Devices
Tracked motion controllers
Traditional controller
Keyboard/Mouse

Issues fixed

Game shows "Disk access" error while loading

Instructions

Instructions

Brightness issues

When using a flamethrower or plasma cutter, there is a little percent that a whole screen becomes very bright and blurry. Most likely it's connected with the trainer for the game.

Instructions

Instructions

Other information

Lens Flare

Instructions

Menu Customization

By editing engine_settings.xml, in-game video options are easy to modify, and changes will be reflected in the game's menu as well.

Instructions

With this knowledge the FOV slider can be customized to show horizontal FOV values instead of the default vertical ones. Furthermore, we can cut off all values that don't show the main character's body anymore:

Instructions

Increased Planar Reflections

It is possible to greatly increase planar reflections (floor reflections).

Instructions

Increased Shadow Map Resolution

2K Shadow Maps (Vanilla)

4K Shadow Maps with flickering

In-game settings allow for a maximum shadow map resolution of 2048. It is possible to change the settings and increase the value.

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7 (32-bit)	7 (64-bit)
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16 GHz AMD Phenom II X3 710 2.6 GHz	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 3.0 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	35 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GT 430 AMD Radeon HD 5550 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon R9 270 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.10.4	10.10.5
Processor (CPU)	Intel 2.0 GHz	Intel 2.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	35 GB
Video card (GPU)	1 GB of VRAM	2 GB of VRAM

The following graphics cards are not supported: AMD Radeon HD 4xxx series, ATI X1xxx series, ATI HD2xxx series, Intel Iris 5100, Intel HD5000, Intel Iris 6100, Intel HD6000, Intel HD5300, Intel GMA series, Intel HD3000, Intel HD4000, NVIDIA 1xx series, NVIDIA 9xxx series, NVIDIA 8xxx series, NVIDIA 7xxx series and NVIDIA 3xx series.

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 14.04.3 64-bit, SteamOS
Processor (CPU)	2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	35 GB
Video card (GPU)	1 GB of VRAM	2 GB of VRAM

Requires an Nvidia GeForce GTX 600 series graphics card or better running Driver version 355.11 or better. Intel and AMD GPUs are not supported.

References

[release_date-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Out now: Mac and Linux bravely get on board with Alien: Isolation™ – The Collection | Feral News

[2] ttp://www.notebookcheck.net/Alien-Isolation-Benchmarked.128374.0.html

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@@ Line 125: / Line 125: @@
 ===[[Glossary:Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]]===
-* Slider in menu goes from 47-75° vertical, with the higher FOV on the left side of the slider.
+{{ii}} Slider in menu goes from 47-75° vertical, with the higher FOV on the left side of the slider.
-* Slider is using vertical field of view value. Use [http://www.rjdown.co.uk/projects/bfbc2/fovcalculator.php calculator] for conversion to horizontal value.
+{{ii}} Slider is using vertical field of view value. Use [http://www.rjdown.co.uk/projects/bfbc2/fovcalculator.php calculator] for conversion to horizontal value.
-* A FOV higher than 55° makes the main character's legs and feet disappear.
+{{ii}} A FOV higher than 55° makes the main character's legs and feet disappear.
 ===Level of Detail (Pop-in Distance) Increase===
-*Default Level of Detail setting even on Ultra results in excessive object pop-in which can be rectified.
+{{ii}} Default Level of Detail setting even on Ultra results in excessive object pop-in which can be rectified.
 {{Fixbox|1=
 {{Fixbox/fix|LOD Tweak|ref=<ref name="lodtweak">[http://forums.guru3d.com/showpost.php?p=4933131&postcount=450 LOD Tweak | Guru3D.com].</ref>}}
@@ Line 323: / Line 323: @@
 ==Issues fixed==
 ===Game shows "Disk access" error while loading===
-{{ii}} Run the game as administrator (AI.exe) or give full permissions to your user on game's directory.
+{{Fixbox|1=
+{{Fixbox/fix|Run game (<code>AI.exe</code>) as administrator}}
+}}
+{{Fixbox|1=
+{{Fixbox/fix|Give full permissions to your user on game's directory}}
+}}
 ===Brightness issues===
-When using a flamethrower or plasma cutter, there is a little percent that a whole screen becomes very bright and blurry. Most likely it's connected with the trainer for the game. To fix this, simply change the antialiasing setting in game options or turn off the trainers.
+{{ii}} When using a flamethrower or plasma cutter, there is a little percent that a whole screen becomes very bright and blurry. Most likely it's connected with the trainer for the game.
+{{Fixbox|1=
+{{Fixbox/fix|Change anti-aliasing setting in game options}}
+}}
+{{Fixbox|1=
+{{Fixbox/fix|Turn off the trainers}}
+}}
 ==Other information==
 ===Lens Flare===
-The Lens Flare can be disabled by deleting or renaming the LENS_FLARE*.bin files in the DATA directory of the game.
+{{Fixbox|1=
+{{Fixbox/fix|Disable lens flare}}
+# Go to the <code>DATA</code> directory of the game.
+# Delete or rename the <code>LENS_FLARE*.bin</code> files.
+}}
 ===Menu Customization===
-* By editing ''engine_settings.xml'' it is fairly easy to customize the in-game video options. Some of the fixes and enhancements below make use of that.
+{{ii}} By editing <code>engine_settings.xml</code>, in-game video options are easy to modify, and changes will be reflected in the game's menu as well.
-* For example, shadow map resolution can be increased significantly and the change can be reflected in the in-game menu as well. This means that settings can be overwritten or even added to existing ones.
+{{Fixbox|1=
-* A specific setting line in the xml consists of:
+{{Fixbox/fix|Editing <code>engine_settings.xml</code> file}}
-# <code><Quality </code>, followed by
+{{ii}} A specific setting line in the file consists of:
-# the <code>name=</code> which is reflected as the setting name you see in-game (i.e. HDAO). Next is
+# <code><Quality </code>, followed by the <code>name=</code> which is reflected as the setting name you see in-game (i.e. HDAO).
-# the actual value, which can be a <code>int</code>, <code>bool</code> or <code>float</code>. The line content then ends with
+# Next is the actual value, which can be a <code>int</code>, <code>bool</code>, or <code>float</code>.
-# a <code>precedence=</code> which determines the order of the Quality items. A higher number means the item is more on the right. So <code>precedence=2</code> will be the next item after <code>precedence=1</code>.
+# The line content then ends with a <code>precedence=</code> which determines the order of the Quality items. A higher number means the item is more on the right. So <code>precedence=2</code> will be the next item after <code>precedence=1</code>.
-* Example: With this knowledge the [[#Field of view (FOV)|FOV slider]] can be customized to show horizontal FOV values instead of the default vertical ones. Furthermore, we can cut off all values that don't show the main character's body anymore:
+}}
+{{ii}} With this knowledge the [[#Field of view (FOV)|FOV slider]] can be customized to show horizontal FOV values instead of the default vertical ones. Furthermore, we can cut off all values that don't show the main character's body anymore:
 {{Fixbox|1=
 {{Fixbox/fix|Customizing FOV slider|ref=<ref name="steamaitweak">[http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=324612199 ALIEN: Isolation Tweak Guide | steamcommunity.com]</ref>}}
@@ Line 347: / Line 366: @@
 # Now customize the lines in between. For example, remove every of those lines and insert <code><Quality name="75" float="47.0" precedence="1"/></code>, <code><Quality name="80" float="51.0" precedence="2"/></code> and <code><Quality name="85" float="55.0" precedence="3"/></code>.
 # Save changes.
-* The FOV slider now has three possible settings: A horizontal FOV of 75, 80 or 85.
+{{ii}} The FOV slider now has three possible settings: A horizontal FOV of 75, 80 or 85.
 }}
 ===Increased Planar Reflections===
-*It is possible to greatly increase planar reflections (floor reflections).
+{{ii}} It is possible to greatly increase planar reflections (floor reflections).
 {{Fixbox|1=
 {{Fixbox/fix|Planar Reflections Tweak|ref=<ref name="steamaitweak" />}}
@@ Line 369: / Line 388: @@
 {{Image|AlienIsolation2048ShadowMaps.png|2K Shadow Maps (Vanilla)}}
 {{Image|AlienIsolation4096ShadowMaps.png|4K Shadow Maps with flickering}}
-*In-game settings allow for a maximum shadow map resolution of 2048. It is possible to change the settings and increase the value.
+{{ii}} In-game settings allow for a maximum shadow map resolution of 2048. It is possible to change the settings and increase the value.
 {{Fixbox|1=
 {{Fixbox/fix|Shadow map resolution tweak|ref=<ref name="steamaitweak"/>}}

Developers
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	The Creative Assembly
Publishers
	Sega
OS X, Linux	Feral Interactive
Release dates
Windows	October 7, 2014
macOS (OS X)	October 27, 2015^[1]
Linux	October 27, 2015^[1]