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− | |release history = | + | |release history = Currently, no PC version of the game comes with the console-exclusive pre-order DLC.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.gog.com/forum/alpha_protocol/pre_order_dlc/page1|title=GOG Forum discussion confirming pre-order console-exclusive DLC is missing|date=2024-04-07}}</ref><ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.shacknews.com/article/63505/alpha-protocol-pre-order-bonuses|title=Detailed description and history of pre-order console-exclusive DLC|date=2024-04-07}}</ref> |
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{{Availability| | {{Availability| | ||
{{Availability/row| Retail | | activation | {{removed DRM|SoftAnchor}}.<ref>[http://blogs.sega.com/2010/05/01/alpha-protocol-pc-drm-details/ SEGA Blog | Alpha Protocol PC DRM Details * Updated 5/17/10]</ref> Use [https://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/312/7/19350 patch 1.1] to remove.| | Windows}} | {{Availability/row| Retail | | activation | {{removed DRM|SoftAnchor}}.<ref>[http://blogs.sega.com/2010/05/01/alpha-protocol-pc-drm-details/ SEGA Blog | Alpha Protocol PC DRM Details * Updated 5/17/10]</ref> Use [https://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/312/7/19350 patch 1.1] to remove.| | Windows}} | ||
− | {{Availability/row| GOG.com | alpha_protocol| DRM-free | | | Windows }} | + | {{Availability/row| GOG.com | alpha_protocol| DRM-free | Has updated modern system compatibility <ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.gog.com/en/news/alpha_protocol_is_back_drmfree_for_modern_pcs_watch_the_documentary_video_on_the_process_of_its_revival|title=GOG release announcement|date=2024-04-07}}</ref>| | Windows }} |
{{Availability/row| Amazon | B0725XJBWT | Steam | | | Windows | unavailable }} | {{Availability/row| Amazon | B0725XJBWT | Steam | | | Windows | unavailable }} | ||
{{Availability/row| GamersGate | DD-ALP | DRM-free | | | Windows | unavailable }} | {{Availability/row| GamersGate | DD-ALP | DRM-free | | | Windows | unavailable }} | ||
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{{Availability/row| Steam | 34010 | DRM-free | The game comes with 2 executables, running {{file|Binaries\APGame.exe}} bypasses the Steam DRM | | Windows | unavailable }} | {{Availability/row| Steam | 34010 | DRM-free | The game comes with 2 executables, running {{file|Binaries\APGame.exe}} bypasses the Steam DRM | | Windows | unavailable }} | ||
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==Essential improvements== | ==Essential improvements== | ||
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|surround sound = hackable | |surround sound = hackable | ||
− | |surround sound notes = Needs a workaround on Vista and later; see [[ | + | |surround sound notes = Needs a workaround on Vista and later; see [[Alpha_Protocol#Surround_Sound_support|Surround Sound Support]] |
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|subtitles notes = Under '''Game''' settings. | |subtitles notes = Under '''Game''' settings. | ||
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{{--}} Some users report that changing Audio backend settings (installing ALchemy and/or changing DeviceName) results in the Dialogue UI being broken in-game.{{cn|November 2022}} | {{--}} Some users report that changing Audio backend settings (installing ALchemy and/or changing DeviceName) results in the Dialogue UI being broken in-game.{{cn|November 2022}} | ||
+ | {{mm}} Additional information, installation, and troubleshooting steps can be found here [https://web.archive.org/web/20141205121410/http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1613179 No Surround Sound - Discussion] | ||
{{mm}} Alpha Protocol does not support EAX, so only Surround workarounds are needed <ref>https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/List_of_games_that_support_EAX</ref> <ref>https://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/List_of_games_with_EAX_support</ref> | {{mm}} Alpha Protocol does not support EAX, so only Surround workarounds are needed <ref>https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/List_of_games_that_support_EAX</ref> <ref>https://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/List_of_games_with_EAX_support</ref> | ||
Revision as of 09:22, 9 April 2024
Developers | |
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Obsidian Entertainment | |
Publishers | |
Sega | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 3 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | May 28, 2010 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Stealth, ARPG, Action |
Themes | Asia, Europe, Middle East, Contemporary |
Alpha Protocol is a singleplayer third-person stealth, ARPG and action game.
Currently, no PC version of the game comes with the console-exclusive pre-order DLC.[1][2]
General information
- Obsidian Entertainment forums
- Alpha Protocol Wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SoftAnchor DRM.[3] Use patch 1.1 to remove. | |||
GOG.com | Has updated modern system compatibility [4] | |||
Amazon.com (unavailable) | ||||
GamersGate (unavailable) | ||||
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable) | [5] | |||
Humble Store (unavailable) | ||||
Steam (unavailable) | The game comes with 2 executables, running Binaries\APGame.exe bypasses the Steam DRM |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch 1.1 removes DRM and fixes various issues.
Skip intro videos
Delete or rename video files[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Alpha Protocol\APGame\Config\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/34010/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Alpha Protocol\Checkpoints\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/34010/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Vert- | ||
Multi-monitor | Use Widescreen Fixer to center the HUD. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See Ultra-widescreen. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Use Widescreen Fixer or see Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use DxWnd or GeDoSaTo | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See Anisotropic filtering (AF). | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Can be forced in the video card's Control Panel. Nvidia users see Anti-aliasing (AA). | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | See High frame rate. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Ultra-widescreen
Enable Ultra-Widescreen[6] |
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Field of view (FOV)
Add FOV hotkey[7] |
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Notes
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Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Modify APEngine.ini[citation needed] |
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Anti-aliasing (AA)
MSAA[citation needed] |
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Notes
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SGSSAA[citation needed] |
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High frame rate
Modify APEngine.ini[citation needed] |
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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 | XInput only. Must be enabled in-game. | |
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
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 | GOG.com version only. | |
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PlayStation button prompts | ||
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes |
Generic/other controllers | Nintendo Switch Pro controller supported in GOG.com version only. | |
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Button prompts |
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 | ||
Surround sound | Needs a workaround on Vista and later; see Surround Sound Support | |
Subtitles | Under Game settings. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Czech | Available for Steam version despite not being listed on the store page.[10] | |||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Available for Steam version despite not being listed on the store page.[10] | |||
Brazilian Portuguese | Translation. | |||
Russian | Available for Steam version despite not being listed on the store page.[10] | |||
Spanish |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: Alpha Protocol. | ||
vorpX | G3D User created profile, read here, for more details how to get the game running. |
Issues fixed
Can't activate (Error code: -1912029)
(Retail only) Install patch 1.1 to remove the activation requirement.[11] |
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Game won't get past the launcher
Reinstall Nvidia PhysX Legacy System Software[citation needed] |
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Hitching / Stuttering
Modify APEngine.ini[citation needed] |
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bSmoothFrameRate=True bUseBackgroundLevelStreaming=False UseTextureFileCache=True OnlyStreamInTextures=True OneFrameThreadLag=False UseVsync=True
MaxSmoothedFrameRate=62
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Jerky camera movement
Setting the graphics tweaks as previously mentioned will disable background streaming and make the jerky camera occur less often. Using and enabling a controller will all but eliminate it.[citation needed] |
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No text visible for dialog choices
- This issue seems to occur when MSAA is enabled via video driver with default anti-aliasing compatibility bits.
See Anti-aliasing (AA) for the solution.[citation needed] |
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Motion Blur option doesn't work
Modify APEngine.ini[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9.0c | |
Shader Model support | 3.0 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | PhysX | 2.8.1.15 |
Audio | OpenAL, XAudio2 | |
Interface | SoftAnchor | Audit Dynamic Link Library - 1.2.2.0 Native HTML UI - 1.0.0.4 |
Cutscenes | Sofdec |
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, found in the configuration files location. - Before editing the file, the read-only tag needs to be removed.
Editing the following settings should improve the game's graphics:
Trilinear=True
EnableHighPolyChars=True
MaxShadowResolution=4096
(If you experience framerate issues, this can be lowered to 2048 or 1024)bEnableBranchingPCFShadows=True
bEnableForegroundShadowsOnWorld=True
bUseBackgroundLevelStreaming=False
OnlyStreamInTextures=True
OneFrameThreadLag=False
Audio tweaks
- The sound settings for Alpha Protocol are very rudimentary. There are some other sound settings which can be altered in the
APEngine.ini
file, found in the configuration files location - Because the game has OpenAL support, the sound quality can be improved with a couple of changes within the ini file, especially when a hardware-based audio solution (e.g. Creative SoundBlaster) is used.
- Before editing the file, the read-only tag needs to be removed.
[ALAudio.ALAudioDevice]
MaxChannels=32
(some hardware-based soundchips support up to 256 channels. Common settings are 48,64,96,128)UseEffectsProcessing=True
TimeBetweenHWUpdates=15
MinOggVorbisDurationGame=20
MinOggVorbisDurationEditor=4
DeviceName=Generic Hardware
(changed fromDeviceName=Generic Software
; nearly all gaming soundcards support OpenAL via hardware-based emulation)
Surround Sound support
- There are two primary methods for enabling Surround Sound.
Creative Labs / Soundblaster |
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Generic using OpenAL Soft |
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- Some users report that changing Audio backend settings (installing ALchemy and/or changing DeviceName) results in the Dialogue UI being broken in-game.[citation needed]
- Additional information, installation, and troubleshooting steps can be found here No Surround Sound - Discussion
- Alpha Protocol does not support EAX, so only Surround workarounds are needed [12] [13]
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista, 7 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2.0 GHz |
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.5 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 12 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 6800GT ATI Radeon X1300XT DirectX 9.0c compatible | Nvidia GeForce 9800 ATI Radeon HD 2900 |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (34010) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ GOG Forum discussion confirming pre-order console-exclusive DLC is missing - last accessed on 2024-04-07
- ↑ Detailed description and history of pre-order console-exclusive DLC - last accessed on 2024-04-07
- ↑ SEGA Blog | Alpha Protocol PC DRM Details * Updated 5/17/10
- ↑ GOG release announcement - last accessed on 2024-04-07
- ↑ Welcome to Games for Windows Marketplace - Games for Windows - last accessed on 19 August 2022
- ↑ Ultra wide 21:9 fix ? - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ FOV - The Alpha Protocol Wiki - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ http://www.forum-3dcenter.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=8280303#post8280303
- ↑ http://www.forum-3dcenter.org/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=9923780&postcount=4954
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Game's depots on SteamDB - last accessed on 2023-08-20
- ↑ Can't activate game - PC Support - Obsidian Forum Community - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/List_of_games_that_support_EAX
- ↑ https://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/List_of_games_with_EAX_support