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Alpha Protocol

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Alpha Protocol
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Developers
Obsidian Entertainment
Publishers
Sega
Engines
Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows May 28, 2010
Alpha Protocol on Wikipedia

Key points

Poor camera controls with a mouse and keyboard. A controller is recommended.

General information

Alpha Protocol Wiki
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Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Requires online activation
DRM: Uniloc SoftAnchor.[1] Use Patch 1.1 to remove.
Windows
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Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.1 removes DRM and fixes various issues.

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

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

Save game data location

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

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game general video settings.
In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.

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Field of view (FOV)

Instructions

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Instructions

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Instructions
Instructions
Instructions
Instructions

High frame rate

Instructions

Input settings

In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.

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Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

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Localizations

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

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Helix Mod: Alpha Protocol.

Issues fixed

Can't activate (Error code: -1912029)

Instructions

Game won't get past the launcher

Instructions

Hitching / Stuttering

Instructions
Instructions

Animation fixes

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

No text visible for dialog choices

Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Shader Model support 3
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Audio OpenAL
Cutscenes Sofdec

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, found in the configuration files folder.

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. It is highly recommended to make a backup of this file before editing it.

  • Trilinear=True
  • EnableHighPolyChars=True
  • MaxShadowResolution=4096 (If you experience framerate issues, this can be lowered to 2048 or 1024)
  • bEnableBranchingPCFShadows=True
  • bEnableForegroundShadowsOnWorld=True
  • UseBackgroundLevelStreaming=False
  • OnlyStreamInTextures=True
  • OneFrameThreadLag=False

Afterwards, check the "read only" box in the file's properties.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium IV 2.4 GHz
AMD Athlon XP 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 12 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 6800GT
ATI Radeon X1300XT
DirectX 9.0c compatible

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