Estranged: Act I
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Developers | |
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Alan Edwardes | |
Engines | |
Source | |
Release dates | |
Windows | January 16, 2014 |
macOS (OS X) | January 16, 2014 |
Linux | January 16, 2014 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | Freeware |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | FPS |
Vehicles | Train |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Contemporary, Horror |
Series | Estranged |
Estranged | |
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Estranged: Act I | 2014 |
Estranged: The Departure | 2020 |
Estranged: Arctic Cold | EA |
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.
Key points
- HBAO and Depth of Field are only available on Nvidia graphics cards.[1]
General information
Availability
- To play without Steam go to
<path-to-game>
and runhl2.exe
with-game estrangedact1
command line argument.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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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 |
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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 |
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Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Hor+ | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | 75-90°. | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Add -noborder to the launch options of the game. |
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Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | MSAA up to 8x. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Double buffered [3] | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Frame rate cap can be changed by changing fps_max in the developer console. To uncap FPS or cap FPS higher than 300 you must first set sv_cheats = 1 before using fps_max . sv_cheats = 1 will also disable achievements. |
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High dynamic range display (HDR) | Rendered image uses SDR color space. In-game HDR option refers only to HDR Rendering. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | Impossible to change game settings using controller. | |
Controller remapping | Buttons can be rebound directly in Keyboard menu. Axis can be changed using joy_advaxis commands. | |
Controller sensitivity | Separate settings for vertical and horizontal axes. | |
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers |
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Tracked motion controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Slider for a game volume. Music volume can be changed using snd_musicvolume X console command. |
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Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | With an option to disable it. | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Bulgarian | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
Czech | ||||
Danish | ||||
Dutch | ||||
Finnish | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Greek | ||||
Hungarian | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Norwegian | ||||
Polish | ||||
Portuguese | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Romanian | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Swedish | ||||
Thai | ||||
Turkish | ||||
Ukrainian | ||||
Vietnamese |
VR support
Headsets | State | Notes | |
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SteamVR | |||
Oculus VR (LibOVR) | DK2 only - currently broken. LibOVRWrapper might work for this game. | ||
Windows Mixed Reality | |||
OSVR |
Devices | |||
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Tracked motion controllers | |||
Traditional controller | See Input for details. | ||
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[4] |
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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] |
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Notes
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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] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 | |
OpenGL | OS X and Linux only. |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later. | ||
Linux |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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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) | ||
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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 | ||
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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
- ↑ 1.0 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
- ↑ HBAO,Dynamic Shadows | Steam Discussion Forums
- ↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2020-11-22
- ↑ Black mesa vsync is double buffered - last accessed on 2024
- ↑ [Fixes] How to fix the most common errors? - Steam Community Guides - last accessed on 9 June 2023