Alien Nations

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Alien Nations
Alien Nations cover
Developers
Neo Software Produktions
Publishers
JoWood Productions
Nordic Games
Release dates
Windows July 1, 1999
Mac OS 2001
 
Alien Nations
Alien Nations 1999
The Nations 2002

General information

Nordic Games Forum - Publisher technical forum (link displays older threads).
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
 
 
Mac OS
GamersGate GamersGate Downloader (listed as "DRM-free" on store page)
 
GOG.com
 
 

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip intro videos[edit]

Use replacement intro.avi

Apply the Alien Nations intro skip.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Savegames\an.cfg
Mac OS

Save game data location[edit]

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Savegames
Mac OS

Video settings[edit]

Video settings.
Video settings.
Graphics option Option Notes
Widescreen resolution
Displays at only 4:3 resolutions 800x600 and 1024x768.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse Native Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio settings[edit]

Audio settings.
Audio settings.
Audio options Native Notes
Separate volume controls
Effects, Music, Mentor.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
3
Online play
3

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) 1 GHz 1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 compatible DirectX 9 compatible

References