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Estranged: Act I

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Developers
Alan Edwardes
Engines
Source
Release dates
Windows January 16, 2014
macOS (OS X) January 16, 2014
Linux January 16, 2014
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Warnings

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.
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Key points

HBAO and Depth of Field are only available on Nvidia graphics cards.[1]

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Steam
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 Available for free.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
All versions require Steam DRM.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\estrangedact1\cfg\[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game>/estrangedact1/cfg/
Linux <path-to-game>/estrangedact1/cfg/
This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\estrangedact1\save\[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game>/estrangedact1/save/
Linux <path-to-game>/estrangedact1/save/

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.
Video settings.

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Input settings

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Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Bulgarian
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Thai
Ukrainian

VR support

Headsets State Notes
SteamVR
Oculus VR (LibOVR)
DK2 only - currently broken. LibOVRWrapper might work for this game.
Windows Mixed Reality
OSVR
Devices
Tracked motion controllers
Traditional controller
Keyboard/Mouse

Issues fixed

Purple and black broken textures

A generic fix for this issue can be found on our Source engine page.

CEF_error_header-6 error

Set administrator compatibility mode[2]

Other information

Console commands

Games running on the Source engine can utilize Source Engine Console Commands for various tasks.
Enabling the console in Source games[citation needed]
  1. Launch the game
  2. From the main menu select Options
  3. Select the Keyboard tab
  4. Click the Advanced button
  5. Check the box next to Enable developer console (~)
  6. Click Apply

Notes

Press ~ to open the console.
Some commands may first require you enabling sv_cheats. You can do so with sv_cheats 1.
Many servers will not allow you to play with cheats enabled, or will disable them upon entering the server.
Users without a US keyboard could experience some problems.

Launch options

View this Steam Support Article regarding launch options as well as the relevant Valve Developer wiki page for further information and a list of useful Source engine launch options.
Enabling a launch parameter[citation needed]
  1. Find the game in your Steam Library
  2. Right-click the game name
  3. Select Properties
  4. Select Set Launch Options...
  5. Input your selected launch options and separate each command with a space
  6. Press OK
  7. Launch the game

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) 2.2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 9 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.5.8, 10.6.3
Processor (CPU) 2.2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8 series
ATI Radeon X1600
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) 2.2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8 series
ATI Radeon X1600

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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).

References