Estranged: Act I

Estranged: Act I

Developers   Alan Edwardes

Engines   Source

Release dates Windows January 16, 2014 OS X January 16, 2014 Linux January 16, 2014

Key points

HBAO and Depth of Field are only available on Nvidia graphics cards.

General information

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Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys
Steam		Available for free.

All versions require Steam.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\estrangedact1\cfg\
OS X	<path-to-game>/estrangedact1/cfg/
Linux	<path-to-game>/estrangedact1/cfg/

This game does not support the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\estrangedact1\save\
OS X	<path-to-game>/estrangedact1/save/
Linux	<path-to-game>/estrangedact1/save/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.

Graphics option	Option	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Field of view (FOV)		75-90°.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Add -noborder to the launch options of the game.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		MSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Oculus Rift
High frame rate

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Buttons can be rebound directly in Keyboard menu. Axis can be changed using joy_advaxis commands.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Slider for a game volume. Music volume can be changed using snd_musicvolume X console command.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		With an option to disable it.

Issues fixed

Purple and black broken textures

A generic fix for this issue can be found on our Source engine page.

CEF_error_header-6 error

Set administrator compatibility mode

Other information

Console commands

Games running on the Source engine can utilize Source Engine Console Commands for various tasks.

Enabling the console in Source games Launch the game From the main menu select Options Select the Keyboard tab Click the Advanced button Check the box next to Enable developer console (~) Click Apply Notes: Press ~ to open the console. Some commands may first require you enabling sv_cheats. You can do so with sv_cheats 1. Many servers will not allow you to play with cheats enabled, or will disable them upon entering the server. Users without a US keyboard could experience some problems.

You can also have the console open by default on launch by following this guide:

-console Find the game in your Steam Library Right-click the game name Select Properties Select Set Launch Options... Input -console Press OK Launch the game

Launch options

View this Steam Support Article regarding launch options as well as the relevant Valve Developer wiki page for further information and a list of useful Source engine launch options.

Enabling a launch parameter Find the game in your Steam Library Right-click the game name Select Properties Select Set Launch Options... Input your selected launch options and separate each command with a space Press OK Launch the game

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	2.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	6 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9 compatible

OS X
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.5.8, 10.6.3
Processor (CPU)	2.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	6 GB
Video card (GPU)	NVIDIA GeForce 8 series ATI X1600

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)	2.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	6 GB
Video card (GPU)	NVIDIA GeForce 8 series ATI X1600