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Estranged: Act I

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Estranged: Act I
Estranged: Act I cover
Developers
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
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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.

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
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Can be played without Steam running.[2]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
To play without Steam go to <path-to-game> and run hl2.exe with -game estrangedact1 command line argument.

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

Video settings.
Video settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
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.
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.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Rendered image uses SDR color space. In-game HDR option refers only to HDR Rendering.

Input

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Slider for a game volume. Music volume can be changed using snd_musicvolume X console command.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
With an option to disable it.
Royalty free audio

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
Brazilian Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian
Vietnamese

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
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]

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
OpenGL
OS X and Linux only.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.
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