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Revision as of 07:33, 9 September 2018
Developers | |
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Rogue Entertainment | |
Mac OS (Classic) | Westlake Interactive |
macOS (OS X) | Westlake Interactive |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Mac OS | Aspyr Media |
macOS (OS X) | Aspyr Media |
Engines | |
id Tech 3 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | December 5, 2000 |
Mac OS (Classic) | July 10, 2001 |
macOS (OS X) | July 10, 2001 |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
- 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.
American McGee's Alice | |
---|---|
American McGee's Alice | 2000 |
American McGee's Alice (2011) | 2011 |
Alice: Madness Returns | 2011 |
Key points
- The game doesn't install correctly on Windows 10 without a custom fix program.
General information
- Alice Wiki - A wiki for the series
Availability
Essential improvements
HD Texture Pack
- This texture pack updates far more textures than the 2011 remaster.
- Also compatible with the 2011 remaster.
Higher-resolution:
- Environment, object and character textures
- Animated textures (visual effects)
- Menu screens
- HUD
Expanded tweaks/cheats menu
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\base\config.cfg[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\base\save\[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Mac OS (Classic) |
Video settings
Widescreen resolution
Set custom resolution[3] |
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seta r_customwidth "1920" seta r_customheight "1080" |
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Enable Vsync[4] |
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High frame rate
Remove frame rate cap[citation needed] |
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|
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
Dutch | Use the Alice Dutch Patch. | |||
Italian |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Nvidia 3D Vision | See How to Play American McGee's Alice in 3D using 3D Vision. |
Issues fixed
The game won't save
- When attempting to save the game will display a "Hard disk full, try deleting save files" message
Copy the game folder to the proper location[citation needed] |
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This was tested on Windows 10 64bit ver. 1709 |
The game doesn't install correctly on Windows 10
- The installer seems to skip over several files during the installation process.
Copy missing files and fix shortcuts[5] |
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The game won't run
Set launch parameter[citation needed] |
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The game launches in a window
Edit config.cfg[citation needed] |
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Set fullscreen parameter[citation needed] |
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"Archiving recursive error" freeze
Run the .exe as an administrator[citation needed] |
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Low framerate
- The game may run poorly even on modern hardware.
Edit config.cfg[citation needed] |
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Can't enable A3D surround sound
Bypass card detection[6] |
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Audio issues
See here[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Windows | |||||
macOS (OS X) | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98, ME |
Processor (CPU) | AMD K6-2 400 MHz Intel Pentium II 400 MHz |
AMD Athlon 500 MHz Intel Pentium III 500 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 600 MB | 620 MB |
Video card (GPU) | 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 7 compatible | 32 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ American McGee's Alice | WSGF
- ↑ RAGE Vsync issues - Page 3
- ↑ Get American McGee's Alice working on your modern PC
- ↑ American McGee Alice(2000) A3D 2 Not working • VOGONS