Alpha Protocol

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Alpha Protocol
Alpha Protocol cover.jpg
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Release dates
Windows
May 28, 2010
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 Alpha Protocol at Wikipedia

Key points

Disadvantage Poor camera controls mean a controller is recommended.

General information

More information Steam Community Discussions
More information Steam Users' Forums
More information Alpha Protocol Wiki

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys
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GamersGate DRM-free
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Retail Requires online activation DRM: Uniloc SoftAnchor.[1] Use Patch 1.1 to remove.

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

Advantage Patch 1.1 removes DRM and fixes various issues.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

  Location 
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Alpha Protocol\APGame\Config

Save game data location[edit]

  Location 
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Alpha Protocol\Checkpoints

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud Impossible
GameSave Manager Native

Video settings[edit]

Advanced video settings.
Graphics option Option WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution Native WSGF WS Bronze.svg
Multi-monitor Native WSGF MM Bronze.svg Multi-monitor HUD: Position Affects Gameplay
Advantage Widescreen Fixer supports the game
Field of view (FOV) Hackable See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed Native
Borderless fullscreen windowed Impossible
Anisotropic filtering (AF) Hackable See Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA) Hackable See Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync) Native
High frame rate Hackable See High frame rate.

Field of view (FOV)[edit]

Advantage Widescreen Fixer supports this game.

Fix Add FOV hotkey[2]

  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Open DefaultInput.ini.
  3. Go to ; --- General bindings
  4. Add the line +Bindings=(Name="F11",Command="Fov 93")
  5. Press F11 during gameplay to activate your chosen FOV.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)[edit]

Fix Modify APEngine.ini

  1. Open %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Alpha Protocol\APGame\Config\APEngine.ini
  2. Change MaxAnisotropy to one of the following values. (0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16)

Fix Force through video driver.

Anti-aliasing (AA)[edit]

Fix FXAA

Fix SMAA

Fix MSAA

  1. Open Alpha Protocol driver profile via NVIDIA Inspector.
  2. Change Antialiasing compatibility to 0x00000041[3]
  3. Change Antialiasing - Mode to Override any application setting
  4. Change Antialiasing - Setting to 4x [4x Multisampling] or one of the other MSAA options.
  5. Apply changes.

Notes:

Information Default NVIDIA profile has wrong anti-aliasing compatibility bits for Alpha Protocol. Therefore when MSAA forced through video driver in-game dialogue choices show missing.

Fix SGSSAA

  1. Open Alpha Protocol driver profile via NVIDIA Inspector.
  2. Change Antialiasing compatibility to 0x080002C1[4]
  3. Change Antialiasing - Mode to Override any application setting
  4. Change Antialiasing - Setting to 4x [4x Multisampling]
  5. Change Antialiasing - Transparency Supersampling to 4x Sparse Grid Supersampling
  6. Apply changes.

High frame rate[edit]

Fix Modify APEngine.ini

  1. Open %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Alpha Protocol\APGame\Config\APEngine.ini
  2. Change bSmoothFrameRate=TRUE to bSmoothFrameRate=FALSE

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse Native Notes
Remapping Native
Mouse acceleration Impossible
Mouse input in menus Native
Mouse Y-axis inversion Native
Controller
Controller support Native XInput controllers only. Must be enabled in-game.
Full controller support Impossible
Controller remapping Impossible
Controller Y-axis inversion Native

Audio settings[edit]

Audio settings.
Audio options Native Notes
Separate volume controls Native
Surround sound Hackable Needs a workaround on Vista and later; see No surround sound.[5]
Subtitles Native Under Game settings.
Closed captions Impossible
Mute on focus lost Native

Issues fixed[edit]

Can't activate (Error code: -1912029)[edit]

Fix Install Patch 1.1[6]

Install Patch 1.1 to remove the activation requirement.

Game won't get past the launcher[edit]

Fix Reinstall NVIDIA PhysX

  1. Uninstall nVidia PhysX.
  2. Install the NVIDIA PhysX System Software.

Animation fixes[edit]

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

Fix Modifiy APGame.ini file

  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Alpha Protocol\APGame\Config
  2. Open APGame.ini via a text editor
  3. Find and change the following settings to the values shown below: 
InteractDistance=250
CoverWalkSpeed=75.f
CoverRunSpeed=125.f
PlayerRotationSpeed=800000.0f
MoveSpeedNormal=240
MoveSpeedScoped=80
SprintSpeed=320

No text visible for dialog choices[edit]

Fix No Text Visible for Dialog Choices

Information When MSAA anti-aliasing enabled via video driver with default anti-aliasing compatibility bits this issue seems to occur. See Anti-aliasing for the solution.

Jerky camera[edit]

Fix Jerky Camera Movements

Setting the graphics tweaks as previously mentioned will disable background streaming and make the jerky camera occur less often. Using and enabling a controller will all but eliminate it.

Other information[edit]

Graphical tweaks[edit]

Information 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[edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7 XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 @ 2.0 GHz / AMD Athlon XP 2200+ Intel Core 2 DUO @ 2.5 GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+
System memory (RAM) 1 GB 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 12 GB 12 GB
Video card (GPU) nVidia GeForce 6800
ATI Radeon X1600 		nVidia GeForce 9800
ATI Radeon HD 2900

References

  1. ↑ SEGA Blog | Alpha Protocol PC DRM Details * Updated 5/17/10
  2. ↑ FOV - The Alpha Protocol Wiki
  3. ↑ http://www.forum-3dcenter.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=8280303#post8280303
  4. ↑ http://www.forum-3dcenter.org/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=9923780&postcount=4954
  5. ↑ Get your surround sound on a Realtek! - Steam Users' Forums
  6. ↑ Can't activate game - PC Support - Obsidian Forum Community