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Alias
Alias cover
Developers
Acclaim Cheltenham
Publishers
Acclaim Entertainment
Engines
RenderWare
Release dates
Windows June 14, 2004
Alias on Wikipedia

General information

MobyGames entry

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SecuROM v5 DRM.
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Acclaim\Alias

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Acclaim Entertainment\Alias

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Italian
German
Spanish

Issues fixed

Videos don't play

Fix video issue[1]
  1. Open the Start menu, type in cmd and press Enter.
  2. Type in and enter: regsvr32 C:\Games\Alias\MultiVMR9.dll (change C:\Games\Alias\ to your game install path).

'Not enough space' error

At game startup you get the following message: "YOUR HARD DISK DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH SPACE TO SAVE GAMES AND OPTIONS. YOU NEED TO FREE 33 KBYTES."
Fix startup error[1]
  1. Make a text file.
  2. Copy the following code into it.
  3. For 64-bit OS:
    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
    
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Acclaim]
    
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Acclaim\Alias]
    
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Acclaim\Alias\1.0]
    "ADMIN_RIGHTS"="You do not have administrator rights."
    "Installed Path"="C:\\Games\\Alias\\"
    "Language"="English"
    "NO_DISC"="Please insert Alias Disk2."
    "NO_DRIVE"="No CD-ROM/DVD drive found."
    "WRONG_DISC"="Please insert Alias Disk2."
  4. For 32-bit OS:
    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
    
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Acclaim]
    
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Acclaim\Alias]
    
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Acclaim\Alias\1.0]
    "ADMIN_RIGHTS"="You do not have administrator rights."
    "Installed Path"="C:\\Games\\Alias\\"
    "Language"="English"
    "NO_DISC"="Please insert Alias Disk2."
    "NO_DRIVE"="No CD-ROM/DVD drive found."
    "WRONG_DISC"="Please insert Alias Disk2."
  5. Change the following settings to your own:
    • "Installed Path"="C:\\Games\\Alias\\"
    • "Language"="English" (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish)
  6. Save it as a .reg file.
  7. Run it and merge it.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8.1, 9
Shader Model support 1.1
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, ME, 2000, 98SE
Processor (CPU) 1.6 GHz Intel Pentium 4, 2.6 GHz Intel Celeron, or better
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.2 GB
Video card (GPU) Hardware Vertex and Pixel Shaders V1.1
DirectX 8.1 compatible

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Alias | WSGF - last accessed on 2017-03-13