Alien Shooter

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Key points

Very limited graphical options.

Keys can only be rebound by editing a config file.

General information

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Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Retail		UK version. Released as Invasion: Earth. In-game text is different from Alien Shooter.
Retail		Russian retail release.
Retail		ASProtect DRM. Alien Shooter 2: Gold Edition. Russian retail release. Comes with both expansions, as well as Alien Shooter 2.
Retail		ASProtect DRM. Complete Shooter Pack. Russian retail release. Base game only. Also contains Alien Shooter: Revisited, Alien Shooter 2: Reloaded, and Zombie Shooter.
GOG.com		Newer complete version with the both the first expansion, Fight for Life, and the second expansion The Experiment included.
Steam		Older base game only
Developer website		ASProtect DRM. Base game only. Expansions available standalone.
Developer website		ASProtect DRM. Alien Shooter Gold Pack. Base game only. Also contains Alien Shooter 2: Reloaded and Zombie Shooter.
Developer website		Russian version.

Name	Notes
Fight for Life
The Experiment

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SigmaTeam\AlienShooter\ <path-to-game>\AlienShooter.cfg^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33100/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SigmaTeam\AlienShooter\<user-id>
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33100/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Game's launcher.

Edit registry to set window mode^{[citation needed]}

Playing in a window mode may be problematic, as the mouse cursor is not grabbed by the game's window.

Disable Vsync by editing AlienShooter.cfg^{[citation needed]}
Go to the installation folder. Open `AlienShooter.cfg` Change `VSync=1` to `VSync=0`.

Change controls by editing AlienShooter.cfg^{[citation needed]}
Go to the installation folder. Open `AlienShooter.cfg` using Notepad. Below `[control]` you'll find actions bound to specific keys. Change keys to your liking leaving action names unchanged.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/33100/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (33100) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.