Alpha Protocol

Alpha Protocol

Developer(s)	Obsidian Entertainment
Publisher(s)	SEGA
Engine	Unreal Engine 3
First release date	28 May 2010

General information

Official Website

Steam User's Forum

Steam Community Discussions

Alpha Protocol Wiki

Availability

Source(s)	Store unlock	Notes
Steam
GamersGate
GameFly

Improvements

Graphical Tweaks

The graphics settings for Alpha Protocol are rather basic. There are some other settings which can be altered in the APEngine.ini file which can be found in the following folder:

%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\Alpha Protocol\APGame\Config\APEngine.ini

Before editing the file you must right click it, select properties and uncheck the "read only" box. Editing the following settings should improve the game's graphics (note: it is probably best to make a backup of this file before editing it in case something goes wrong):

• Trilinear=True
• MaxAnisotropy=16 (Set this to 4, 8, or 16 depending on your PC capability)
• EnableHighPolyChars=True
• MaxShadowResolution=4096 (Set this to 1024, 2048 or 4096 depending on your PC capability)
• bEnableBranchingPCFShadows=True
• bEnableForegroundShadowsOnWorld=True
• UseBackgroundLevelStreaming=false
• OnlyStreamInTextures=True
• OneFrameThreadLag=False

Then set the file to read only again in its properties and launch the game.

Game data

Save game location

	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\Alpha Protocol

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud		Does not sync save games and settings

Video settings

Graphics option	Native	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Force through driver control panel
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Framerate is smoothed 22-62 by default

Input settings

Input Settings	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Controller support

Issues fixed

Game won't get past the launcher

Game won't get past the launcher • Link Go to your Control Panel and Uninstall Programs. Uninstall nVidia PhysX Launch Alpha Protocol from within steam, and it should reinstall PhysX.

Animation Fixes

Animation Fixes • Link In order to fix the incorrect animation settings that make many actions look unnatural edit APGame.ini in the following folder: %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\Alpha Protocol\APGame\Config\APGame.ini Find and change the following settings to the values shown: InteractDistance=250 CoverWalkSpeed=75.f CoverRunSpeed=125.f PlayerRotationSpeed=800000.0f MoveSpeedNormal=240 MoveSpeedScoped=80 SprintSpeed=320

No Text Visible for Dialog Choices

No Text Visible for Dialog Choices • Link On some newer GPUs, Antialasing and Anisotropic Filtering may be forced. To get the text to show, disable Antialasing and Anisotropic Filtering for the application. The application is: ...\Alpha Protocol\Binaries\APGame.exe

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Windows XP/Vista/7	Windows XP/Vista/7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 @ 2.0 GHz / AMD Athlon XP 2200+	Intel Core 2 DUO @ 2.5 GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	nVidia GeForce 6800 / ATI Radeon X1600	nVidia GeForce 9800 / ATI Radeon HD 2900
Hard disk drive (HDD)	12 GB	12 GB