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American McGee's Alice

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American McGee's Alice
American McGee's Alice cover
Developers
Rogue Entertainment
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Engines
id Tech 3
Release dates
Windows December 5, 2000
Mac OS (Classic) July 2001
macOS (OS X) July 2001
American McGee's Alice guide on StrategyWiki
American McGee's Alice on Wikipedia
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Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
American McGee's Alice
American McGee's Alice 2000
American McGee's Alice (2011) 2011
Alice: Madness Returns 2011

Key points

The game doesn't install correctly on Windows 10 without a custom fix program.

General information

Alice Wiki - A wiki for the series

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
 DRM: CDILLA 2 disc check.
Windows
Mac OS
macOS (OS X)

Essential improvements

HD Texture Pack

This texture pack updates far more textures than the 2011 remaster.
Also compatible with the 2011 remaster.

Higher-resolution:

  • Environment, object and character textures
  • Animated textures (visual effects)
  • Menu screens
  • HUD

Expanded tweaks/cheats menu

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location

Save game data location

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System Location

Video settings

General settings.
General settings.
Video settings.
Video settings.

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Widescreen resolution

Set custom resolution[1]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open config.cfg with a text editor.
  3. In the Cvars section, change seta r_mode "X" to seta r_mode "-1" (add it if it doesn't exist).
  4. Add the following lines and adjust them to the desired resolution:
seta r_customwidth "1920"
seta r_customheight "1080"

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Enable Vsync[2]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open config.cfg with a text editor.
  3. In the Cvars section, add seta r_swapinterval "1" as a new line.
  4. Save the changes.

High frame rate

Remove frame rate cap[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open config.cfg with a text editor.
  3. In the Cvars section, add seta com_maxfps "0" as a new line.
  4. Save the changes.

Input settings

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Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Dutch
Use the Alice Dutch Patch.
Italian

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
See How to Play American McGee's Alice in 3D using 3D Vision.

Issues fixed

The game doesn't install correctly on Windows 10

The installer seems to skip over several files during the installation process.
Copy missing files and fix shortcuts[3]
  1. Install the game from the CDs as normal. Make a note of the installation folder.
  2. Place Alice CD1 back into your computer's optical drive.
  3. Download and run Alice Windows 10 Fixer.
  4. If you installed Alice to a folder other than the default, you will need to enter this path manually when it asks you where to install.

The game won't run

Set launch parameter[citation needed]
  1. Make a shortcut to alice.exe and go to properties.
  2. Add the -RunningFromAlice2 command line argument.

The game launches in a window

Edit config.cfg[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open config.cfg with a text editor.
  3. In the Cvars section, add seta r_fullscreen "1" as a new line.
  4. Save the changes.
  5. Write-protect the file by setting a "read-only" attribute.
Set fullscreen parameter[citation needed]
  1. Make a shortcut to alice.exe and go to properties.
  2. Add the +set r_fullscreen 1 command line argument.

"Archiving recursive error" freeze

Run the .exe as an administrator[citation needed]

Low framerate

The game may run poorly even on modern hardware.
Edit config.cfg[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open config.cfg with a text editor.
  3. In the Cvars section, add seta r_primitives "2" as a new line.
  4. Save the changes.

Can't enable A3D surround sound

Bypass card detection[4]
  1. Open game .exe in a hex editor
  2. Search for B000520053E87095070083C40885C0751A
  3. Replace it with B000520053E87095070083C40885C0741A

Audio issues

See here[citation needed]

Other information

API

ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95 98, ME
Processor (CPU) AMD K6-2 400 MHz
Intel Pentium II 400 MHz		 AMD Athlon 500 MHz
Intel Pentium III 500 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 600 MB 620 MB
Video card (GPU) 16 MB of VRAM
DirectX 7 compatible 		32 MB of VRAM

References