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Revision as of 05:37, 2 September 2014

Alpha Protocol
Cover image missing, please upload it
Developers
Obsidian Entertainment
Publishers
Sega
Engines
Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows May 28, 2010
Alpha Protocol on Wikipedia

Key points

Poor camera controls mean a controller is recommended.

General information

Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums
Alpha Protocol Wiki

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Amazon.com
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GamersGate
DRM-free after installation (requires an internet connection during installation)
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Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
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Green Man Gaming
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Steam
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Retail
Requires online activation
DRM: Uniloc SoftAnchor.[1] Use Patch 1.1 to remove.
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Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.1 removes DRM and fixes various issues.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/34010/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/34010/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Field of view (FOV)

Widescreen Fixer supports this game.
Instructions

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Instructions

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Instructions

High frame rate

Instructions

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Issues fixed

Can't activate (Error code: -1912029)

Instructions

Game won't get past the launcher

Instructions

Animation fixes

Some animations may look unnatural but it can be fixed with some tweaking.
Instructions

No text visible for dialog choices

Instructions

Jerky camera

Instructions

Other information

Graphical tweaks

The graphics settings for Alpha Protocol are rather basic. There are some other settings which can be altered in the APEngine.ini file which can be found in the following folder:
{{p|userprofile}}\Documents\Alpha Protocol\APGame\Config\APEngine.ini

Before editing the file you must right click it, select properties and uncheck the "read only" box. Editing the following settings should improve the game's graphics (note: it is probably best to make a backup of this file before editing it in case something goes wrong):

  • Trilinear=True
  • EnableHighPolyChars=True
  • MaxShadowResolution=4096 (Set this to 1024, 2048 or 4096 depending on your PC capability)
  • bEnableBranchingPCFShadows=True
  • bEnableForegroundShadowsOnWorld=True
  • UseBackgroundLevelStreaming=False
  • OnlyStreamInTextures=True
  • OneFrameThreadLag=False

Then set the file to read only again in its properties and launch the game.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 @ 2.0 GHz / AMD Athlon XP 2200+
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 12 GB
Video card (GPU) nVidia GeForce 6800
ATI Radeon X1600

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/34010/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (34010) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References