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I Am Alive

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I Am Alive
I Am Alive cover
Developers
Ubisoft Shanghai
Publishers
Ubisoft
Engines
LEAD
Release dates
Windows September 6, 2012
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I Am Alive on Wikipedia
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Key points

User settings are saved in profile.sav which is encrypted.[1]

General information

Official Forum - not PC-specific.
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GamersGate
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Windows
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
Ubisoft Store
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Windows

Essential improvements

Disable shaders

Use Peixoto's patch[citation needed]
  • Use Peixoto's patch to disable the blur, film grain, or black & white shaders.

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\data\Videos
  2. Delete or rename Logo_ESRB.bik, Logo-Ubisoft.bik and Unreal_TechLogo.bik

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\IAmAlive\Save\IAA_Profile\profile.sav
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/214250/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\IAmAlive\Save\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/214250/pfx/[Note 1]
Some settings are stored in UserSettings.ini

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Resolution may need to be set manually if it can't be set in-game.
Set FullscreenViewportX/Y[citation needed]
  1. Go to src\SYSTEM in the installation folder.
  2. Open UserSettings.ini
  3. Go to [UserVideoOptions.IAAPlayer]
  4. Change FullscreenViewportX and FullscreenViewportY to your resolution.
  5. Set MonitorAspect<?code> to 1.777777
  6. Save your changes.

Input settings

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Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Helix Mod: I Am Alive and Helix Mod: I am Alive (Alternative).

Issues unresolved

Mouse Movement Stutters

When the game is loading additional world data in the background it stops responding to mouse movement. Currently there isn't a fix available.

Issues fixed

Menu Lag And Low Performance

Frequent freezing every few seconds.
Disable HID Devices[citation needed]
Fix may disable some 'human interface devices'.

Disable all HID Compliant devices in the Device Manager (every device starting with HID Compliant under Human Interface section).[2][3]

Checking Systems And iamalive_game.exe Not Working

Appears to be caused by a startup validation process which can be disabled.[4]
Can also be caused by running on an unsupported operating system.[5]
SystemValidation[citation needed]

Open UserSettings.ini and change the RunValidation value to false. [6] 

[SystemValidation]
RunValidation=False
LastAdapterNumber=0

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP SP3, Vista SP1, 7
Processor (CPU) AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ / Intel Pentium 4 630
System memory (RAM) 1 GB (XP), 2 GB (Vista or 7)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT / ATI Radeon HD 2600XT

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References