For the original game, see Alone in the Dark. For the 2024 remake of the original, see Alone in the Dark (2024).
Alone in the Dark (2008) is a singleplayer first-person and third-person survival horror and shooter game in the Alone in the Dark series.
The PC version is a port of the original Xbox 360 release. All additions from Alone in the Dark: Inferno for PlayStation 3 are missing.
Due to compatibility issues with modern graphics cards and operating systems, the game crashes when accessing the Display options menu, causing the game to run at the lowest graphical settings and resolution. See Issues fixed.
General information
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
- The game uses three separate files for saved data:
prefs.aitd
saves all control, audio and graphical settings, res.aitd
saves resolution settings, and save.aitd
for game progress.
Save game data location
Video
Input
- Certain keys are unbindable when using the keyboard. The mouse buttons cannot be rebound, Delete cannot be bound to anything, and the default keys for vehicle/misc controls cannot be bound to on-foot controls unless they are unbound from vehicle/misc controls first. One consequence of this is that vehicle and on-foot controls must use separate buttons (i.e. if walking with the arrow keys, they cannot be used for driving) unless the default WASD keys are used.
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Music is only an on/off toggle. |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Issues fixed
- After changing a resolution on some configurations, menu is no longer displayed (aside from animated background).
Change resolution manually[citation needed]
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- Go to the save game folder.
- Open
res.aitd with a text editor.
- Put this and save:
ResolutionWidth = 1920
ResolutionHeight = 1080
NewResolution = 0
PrevResolutionWidth = 1920
PrevResolutionHeight = 1080
- This is an example for 1080p. Replace the values accordingly.
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Game crashes when accessing settings on Windows 7 or updated Windows 10
- On Windows 7 or later the game crashes when trying to access options due to access violation when trying to read available resolutions.
Use d3d9 wrapper fix[4]
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- Download this file and extract it.
- Copy
d3d9.dll and d3d9.ini to <path-to-game> .
- Edit settings in
d3d9.ini if needed.
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Use GeDoSaTo
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- Download and launch GeDoSaTo.
- Click on User Whitelist and add
alone on a new line, then save.
- Click on Edit Settings, find
renderResolution and set it to the desired screen resolution (ie. renderResolution 3840x2160@60 ).
- Find
presentInterval and set it to 1 .
- Find
overrideWidth and overrideHeight and set them respectively to the desired screen resolution (ie. overrideWidth 1280 and overrideHeight 720 ).
- Find
forceBorderlessFullscreen and set it to true .
- Run the game with GeDoSaTo Tool launched. If the game does not recognize keyboard and mouse input, switch to another process with Alt+Tab ↹ and switch back to the game.
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Game does not start on Windows 10
- Most modern desktop recording solutions (like Nvidia GeForce Experience) are not compatible with the game.
Close any recording programs
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Set the game to run in compatibility mode for Windows Vista, with disabled fullscreen optimizations[citation needed]
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Controller is not recognized
Delete or rename xinput1_1.dll in the installation folder
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VR support
3D modes |
State |
Notes |
vorpX |
| Too many problems on newer systems |
Other information
- Improves 64-bit support and enables the user to configure video settings via an external configuration file.
- If the game is crashing to the desktop on the loading screen, set
Alone_.exe
(the modded executable, not the original Alone.exe
) to compatibility mode for Windows XP or Vista.
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9.0c |
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Shader Model support |
3 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP |
Vista |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium D 2.6 GHz AMD Athlon X2 3800+ |
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
1 GB |
2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
9 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce 7600 ATI Radeon X1650 XT 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible
| Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS ATI Radeon HD 3850 512 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References