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Alien Breed 2: Assault
Developers

	Team17
Engines
	Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows	September 22, 2010
Reception
Metacritic	63
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Shooter
Themes	Sci-fi
Series	Alien Breed

Alien Breed
Alien Breed	1993
Alien Breed: Tower Assault	1994
Alien Breed: Impact	2010
Alien Breed 2: Assault	2010
Alien Breed 3: Descent	2010

Contents 1 Availability 1.1 Version differences 2 Game data 2.1 Configuration file(s) location 2.2 Save game data location 2.3 Save game cloud syncing 3 Video 3.1 Anisotropic filtering (AF) 3.2 Anti-aliasing (AA) 4 Input 5 Audio 5.1 Localizations 6 Network 6.1 Multiplayer types 7 Other information 7.1 API 8 System requirements 9 Notes 10 References

Alien Breed 2: Assault is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view action and shooter game in the Alien Breed series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for the Alien Breed Trilogy

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Developer website
Amazon.com
GamersGate

GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store		Alien Breed Trilogy.
Steam

Version differences

The GOG.com version does not include multiplayer^[1] or leaderboards.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\UnrealEngine3\AlienBreed2AssaultGame\Config\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/22650/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\UnrealEngine3\AlienBreed2AssaultGame\SaveData\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/22650/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Use the FOV Tool.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)	Use the FOV Tool.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)	See Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS	FPS can be unlocked by changing bSmoothFrameRate to false in BaseEngine ini file
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Anisotropic Filtering^{[citation needed]}
Go to `%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\UnrealEngine3\AlienBreed2AssaultGame\Config`. Open `AlienBreed2AssaultEngine.ini`. Locate `MaxAnisotropy` and select the amount of anisotropic filtering you want ranging from 0-16. Once you have set the anisotropic filtering to your liking save the file. Right click on the file `AlienBreed2AssaultEngine.ini` and select `Properties`. Enable `Read-only` to prevent the game from overwriting the file.

Anisotropic Filtering^{[citation needed]}

Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\UnrealEngine3\AlienBreed2AssaultGame\Config.
Open AlienBreed2AssaultEngine.ini.
Locate MaxAnisotropy and select the amount of anisotropic filtering you want ranging from 0-16.
Once you have set the anisotropic filtering to your liking save the file.
Right click on the file AlienBreed2AssaultEngine.ini and select Properties.
Enable Read-only to prevent the game from overwriting the file.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Enable MSAA or SGSSAA^{[citation needed]}
Go to `%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\UnrealEngine3\AlienBreed2AssaultGame\Config`. Open `AlienBreed2AssaultEngine.ini`. Locate `MaxMultisamples` and set it to `0`. Right click on the file `AlienBreed2AssaultEngine.ini` and select `Properties`. Enable `Read-only` to prevent the game from overwriting the file. Force Antialiasing in GPU Control Panel. Note Nvidia users will need to use Nvidia Profile Inspector and use the compatibility bit `0x00000041` for MSAA or `0x000000C1` for SGSSAA.

Enable MSAA or SGSSAA^{[citation needed]}

Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\UnrealEngine3\AlienBreed2AssaultGame\Config.
Open AlienBreed2AssaultEngine.ini.
Locate MaxMultisamples and set it to 0.
Right click on the file AlienBreed2AssaultEngine.ini and select Properties.
Enable Read-only to prevent the game from overwriting the file.
Force Antialiasing in GPU Control Panel.

Note

Nvidia users will need to use Nvidia Profile Inspector and use the compatibility bit 0x00000041 for MSAA or 0x000000C1 for SGSSAA.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation, #1, #2.
Italian
Japanese
Russian				Fan translation by «ENPY Studio»
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	2	Co-op 2 player co-op on consoles and PC demo. Use Nucleus Co-op.
LAN play
Online play	2	Co-op

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP SP2
Processor (CPU)	2.0+ GHz Single Core
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 6800 ATI Radeon X700 DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (22650) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ GOG.com - Alien Breed 2: Assault - last accessed on 2022-07-04
"Please note: Online co-op mode is unavailable."

Categories:

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-==Video settings==
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-{{Video settings
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+|wsgf link                  = https://www.wsgf.org/dr/alien-breed-2-assault/en
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 |multimonitor wsgf award    = limited
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+|upscaling                  = unknown
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+|upscaling notes            =
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 |60 fps notes               =
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+# Go to {{folder|{{p|userprofile\Documents}}\My Games\UnrealEngine3\AlienBreed2AssaultGame\Config}}.
-# Open <code>AlienBreed2AssaultEngine.ini</code>.
+# Open {{file|AlienBreed2AssaultEngine.ini}}.
-# Locate <code>MaxAnisotropy</code> and select the amount of anisotropic filtering you want ranging from 0-16
+# Locate <code>MaxAnisotropy</code> and select the amount of anisotropic filtering you want ranging from 0-16.
-# Once you have set the anisotropic filtering to your liking save the file
+# Once you have set the anisotropic filtering to your liking save the file.
-# Right click on the file <code>AlienBreed2AssaultEngine.ini</code> and select <code>Properties</code>
+# Right click on the file {{file|AlienBreed2AssaultEngine.ini}} and select <code>Properties</code>.
-# Enable <code>Read-only</code> to prevent the game from overwriting the file
+# Enable <code>Read-only</code> to prevent the game from overwriting the file.
 }}
 ===[[Glossary:Anti-aliasing (AA)|Anti-aliasing (AA)]]===
-{{Fixbox|description=Enable MSAA or SGSSAA|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
+{{Fixbox|description=Enable [[MSAA]] or [[SGSSAA]]|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
-# Go to <code>{{p|userprofile\Documents}}\My Games\UnrealEngine3\AlienBreed2AssaultGame\Config</code>
+# Go to {{folder|{{p|userprofile\Documents}}\My Games\UnrealEngine3\AlienBreed2AssaultGame\Config}}.
-# Open <code>AlienBreed2AssaultEngine.ini</code>.
+# Open {{file|AlienBreed2AssaultEngine.ini}}.
-# Locate <code>MaxMultisamples</code> and set it to <code>0</code>
+# Locate <code>MaxMultisamples</code> and set it to <code>0</code>.
-# Right click on the file <code>AlienBreed2AssaultEngine.ini</code> and select <code>Properties</code>
+# Right click on the file {{file|AlienBreed2AssaultEngine.ini}} and select <code>Properties</code>.
-# Enable <code>Read-only</code> to prevent the game from overwriting the file
+# Enable <code>Read-only</code> to prevent the game from overwriting the file.
-# Download [[Nvidia Profile Inspector]].
+# Force Antialiasing in GPU Control Panel.
-# Follow the tutorial on how to use Nvidia Profile Inspector [http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=357956 here] and use the compatibility bit <code>0x00000041</code> for MSAA or <code>0x000000C1</code> for SGSAA
+'''Note'''
+{{ii}} Nvidia users will need to use [[Nvidia Profile Inspector]] and use the compatibility bit <code>0x00000041</code> for [[MSAA]] or <code>0x000000C1</code> for [[SGSSAA]].
 }}
-==Input settings==
+==Input==
-{{Input settings
+{{Input
 |key remap                 = true
 |key remap notes           =
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 }}
-==Audio settings==
+==Audio==
-{{Audio settings
+{{Audio
 |separate volume          = true
 |separate volume notes    =
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 |closed captions          = false
 |closed captions notes    =
-|mute on focus lost       = true
+|mute on focus lost       = always on
-|mute on focus lost notes = Can not be disabled.
+|mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              =
-|eax support notes        =
+|eax support notes         =
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
 }}
@@ Line 223: / Line 262: @@
   |notes     =
   |fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Hungarian
+ |interface = hackable
+ |audio     = false
+ |subtitles = hackable
+ |notes     = Fan translation, [http://patyekmagyaritasai.hu/letoltesek.html#A #1], [https://magyaritasok.hu/magyaritasok/alien-breed-2-assault/alien-breed-2-assault/1220 #2].
+ |fan       = true
 }}
 {{L10n/switch
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   |notes     =
   |fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Russian
+ |interface = hackable
+ |audio     = unknown
+ |subtitles = unknown
+ |notes     = [https://enpy.net/forum/files/file/72-alien-breed-2-assault/ Fan translation by «ENPY Studio»]
+ |fan       = true
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 {{L10n/switch
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   |notes     =
   |fan       =
-}}
-{{L10n/switch
- |language  = Russian
- |interface = hackable
- |audio     = unknown
- |subtitles = unknown
- |notes     = [https://enpy.net/forum/files/file/72-alien-breed-2-assault/ Fan translation by «ENPY Studio»]
- |fan       = true
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 }}
@@ Line 260: / Line 307: @@
 ==Network==
 {{Network/Multiplayer
-|local play           = false
+|local play           = hackable
-|local play players   =
+|local play players   = 2
-|local play modes     =
+|local play modes     = Co-op
-|local play notes     = 2 player co-op on consoles and PC demo, not full game.
+|local play notes     = 2 player co-op on consoles and PC demo. Use [https://github.com/SplitScreen-Me/splitscreenme-nucleus/releases Nucleus Co-op].
 |lan play             = false
 |lan play players     =
@@ Line 294: / Line 341: @@
 ===API===
 {{API
-|direct3d versions      =
+|direct3d versions      = 9.0c
 |direct3d notes         =
 |directdraw versions    =
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 |shader model versions  =
 |shader model notes     =
-|windows 32-bit exe     = unknown
+|windows 32-bit exe     = true
-|windows 64-bit exe     = unknown
+|windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows arm app        = unknown
 |windows exe notes      =
-|macos 32-bit app       =
+|macos intel 32-bit app =
-|macos 64-bit app       =
+|macos intel 64-bit app =
+|macos arm app          = unknown
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux 32-bit executable=
 |linux 64-bit executable=
+|linux arm app          = unknown
 |linux executable notes =
 }}
@@ Line 339: / Line 389: @@
 {{References}}
+{{GOG.com Enhancement Project}}