General information
- Obsidian Entertainment forums
- Alpha Protocol Wiki
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- Currently unavailable for purchase due to expired music rights.[3]
DLC and expansion packs
- Preorder DLCs "Exclusive Assault Pack" (GameStop exclusive) and "Stealth Weapons Pack" (BestBuy exclusive) is available only on consoles.
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch 1.1 removes DRM and fixes various issues.
Skip intro videos
Delete or rename video files[citation needed]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\APGame\Movies\
- Delete or rename
slate_ap.sfd , slate_obsidian.sfd , and slate_sega.sfd .
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Game data
In-game general settings.
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
System |
Native |
Notes |
OneDrive |
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Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. |
Steam Cloud |
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Video
In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
Enable Ultra-Widescreen[4]
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- Use Widescreen Fixer
- Untick Automatically Detect Resolution.
- In Display Count Enter
3 .
- Enter your desired resolution into Detected Resolution.
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Add FOV hotkey[5]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\APGame\Config\
- Open
DefaultInput.ini .
- Go to
; --- General bindings
- Add the line
+Bindings=(Name="F11",Command="Fov 93")
- Press F11 during gameplay to activate your chosen FOV.
Notes
- High FoV causes several issues
- Most of cutscenes show models before they should appear in view, making them appear out of nowhere or get stuck
- Sniper scope no longer zooms
- Player model in Service Record is small
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Modify APEngine.ini[citation needed]
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- Open
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Alpha Protocol\APGame\Config\APEngine.ini
- Change
MaxAnisotropy to one of the following values: 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16.
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MSAA[citation needed]
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- Open Alpha Protocol driver profile via Nvidia Profile Inspector.
- Change
Antialiasing compatibility to 0x00000041 [6]
- Change
Antialiasing - Mode to Override any application setting
- Change
Antialiasing - Setting to 4x [4x Multisampling] or one of the other MSAA options.
- Apply changes.
Notes
- 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.
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SGSSAA[citation needed]
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- Open Alpha Protocol driver profile via Nvidia Profile Inspector.
- Change
Antialiasing compatibility to 0x080002C1 [7]
- Change
Antialiasing - Mode to Override any application setting
- Change
Antialiasing - Setting to 4x [4x Multisampling]
- Change
Antialiasing - Transparency Supersampling to 4x Sparse Grid Supersampling
- Apply changes. SGSSAA can be set higher(8x) but it must always match the MSAA value.
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Modify APEngine.ini[citation needed]
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- Go to the configuration files location.
- Open
APEngine.ini .
- Change
bSmoothFrameRate=TRUE to bSmoothFrameRate=FALSE
- May cause stuttering.
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Input
In-game key map settings.
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Surround sound |
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Needs a workaround on Vista and later; see No surround sound.[8] |
Subtitles |
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Under Game settings. |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Czech |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Polish |
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Russian |
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Spanish |
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VR support
Issues fixed
Can't activate (Error code: -1912029)
Install Patch 1.1[9]
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Install Patch 1.1 to remove the activation requirement.
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Game won't get past the launcher
Hitching / Stuttering
Modify APEngine.ini[citation needed]
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- Edit
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Alpha Protocol\APGame\Config\APEngine.ini
- Set these lines to the following values:
bSmoothFrameRate=True
bUseBackgroundLevelStreaming=False
UseTextureFileCache=True
OnlyStreamInTextures=True
OneFrameThreadLag=False
UseVsync=True
- Set this line to match your monitor's refresh rate:
MaxSmoothedFrameRate=62
- Save the file
- On nVidia GPU's setting Vsync to "Fast" can help as well. Disable in game Vsync when doing this.
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Jerky camera movement[citation needed]
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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.
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No text visible for dialog choices
No Text Visible for Dialog Choices[citation needed]
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When MSAA anti-aliasing enabled via video driver with default anti-aliasing compatibility bits this issue seems to occur. See Anti-aliasing (AA) for the solution.
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Motion Blur option doesn't work
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9.0c |
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Shader Model support |
3.0 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Physics |
PhysX |
2.8.1.15 |
Audio |
OpenAL, XAudio2 |
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Interface |
SoftAnchor |
Audit Dynamic Link Library - 1.2.2.0 Native HTML UI - 1.0.0.4 |
Cutscenes |
Sofdec |
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Graphical tweaks
- The graphics settings for Alpha Protocol are rather basic. There are some other settings which can be altered in the
APEngine.ini
file, found in the configuration files location.
- Before editing the file, the read-only tag needs to be removed.
Editing the following settings should improve the game's graphics:
Trilinear=True
EnableHighPolyChars=True
MaxShadowResolution=4096
(If you experience framerate issues, this can be lowered to 2048 or 1024)
bEnableBranchingPCFShadows=True
bEnableForegroundShadowsOnWorld=True
bUseBackgroundLevelStreaming=False
OnlyStreamInTextures=True
OneFrameThreadLag=False
Audio tweaks
- The sound settings for Alpha Protocol are very rudimentary. There are some other sound settings which can be altered in the
APEngine.ini
file, found in the configuration files location
Because the Game has OpenAL Support, the sound quality can be improved with a couple of changes within the ini file, especially when a H/W-based audio solution (e.g. Creative SoundBlaster) is used.
- Before editing the file, the read-only tag needs to be removed.
[ALAudio.ALAudioDevice]
MaxChannels=32
(some HW-Based soundchips supports up to 256 Channels! Common Settings are 48,64,96,128)
UseEffectsProcessing=True
TimeBetweenHWUpdates=15
MinOggVorbisDurationGame=20
MinOggVorbisDurationGame=20
MinOggVorbisDurationEditor=4
DeviceName=Generic Hardware
(Changed from DeviceName=Generic Software - nearly all gaming soundcards supports OpenAL via HW-based emulation)
Surround Sound and EAX support
- This game seems to work with the ALchemy software for supported Creative SoundBlaster soundcards.
- Doing so may break dialogue UI[citation needed]
Edit APEngine.ini[citation needed]
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- Edit the
APEngine.ini file and change the line: DeviceName=Generic Software to DeviceName=Generic Hardware
- Add the game to the list within Creative ALchemy by pointing to
<path-to-game>\Binaries
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP |
Vista, 7 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2.0 GHz |
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 | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce 6800GT ATI Radeon X1300XT DirectX 9.0c compatible
| Nvidia GeForce 9800 ATI Radeon HD 2900 |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References