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Revision as of 22:22, 1 July 2014
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Developers | |
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Remedy Entertainment | |
Engines | |
MAX-FX 3.0 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | February 16, 2012 |
Alan Wake | |
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Alan Wake | 2012 |
Alan Wake's American Nightmare | 2012 |
Alan Wake Remastered | 2021 |
Alan Wake II | 2023 |
Key points
- Excellent port[1]
General information
- Official forums
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Steam Users' Forums for game series
Availability
- The GOG.com edition and the edition released for the Humble Weekly Bundle are the only DRM-free version of the game. The Steam version has additional features, such as achievements.
- The only places where the soundtrack can be bought are Amazon.com, Origin and Steam.
- The bonus content of the Collector's Edition can be found in the installation folder of the game.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Instructions |
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Game data
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System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/108710/pfx/[Note 1] |
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resolution.xml
controls screen resolution as well as debugging information, and is automatically recreated if not found.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Field of view (FOV)
- Suggested values by aspect ratio:
16:9, 16:10, 15:9 >> FOV 11
21:9 (2560x1080) >> FOV 13
15:4 (3840x1024) >> FOV 15
48:10 (5040x1050) >> FOV 19
48:9 (5760x1080) >> FOV 20
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Turkish |
Issues fixed
Binding Enter or Backspace to actions
Instructions |
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Disabling blur effects
Instructions |
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Low frame rate and stuttering
Instructions |
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"No World Loaded" error
- This is caused by a corrupted download.
Instructions |
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Everything is black and white on Intel graphics
- This glitch causes all the graphics in the game to appear white, black and dark grey, while all the lighting and shadows seem to work.
- This occurs on (even slightly) older Intel graphics drivers (confirmed with the one that ships with Apple's Boot Camp drivers for Windows 8).
Instructions |
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Issues unresolved
Commentary audio volume too high
The volume for audio commentary cannot be changed and may be too high for some users. It was lowered slightly in 1.02 to be "more sensible".
Other information
Command line parameters
Set these parameters to change certain hidden settings or force different options at start-up.[2]
Command | Notes |
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-hX |
Screen height (e.g. -h720). |
-wX |
Screen width (e.g. -w1280). |
-window |
Force windowed. |
-novsync |
Disables v-sync. |
-showfps |
Shows frame rate counter. |
-forcesurround |
Forces 5.1 speaker mode. |
-forcestereo |
Forces stereo speak mode. |
-nosound |
Disables sound. |
-cleancloud |
Deletes save games and settings for Alan Wake from the Steam Cloud. |
-noblur |
Disables the in-game vector blur. |
-locale=xx |
Forces a selected locale. |
-rigidcamera |
Modifies mouse aim behavior. |
-directaiming |
Removes all mouse acceleration, also enables -rigidcamera. |
-nativekeys |
Fixes Windows language bar or input language disappearance. |
-developermenu |
Unlocks all episodes and allows you to play at Nightmare difficulty without completing the game first on lower difficulties. |
-freecamera |
Pressing the right thumb stick enables/disables freecamera mode. There is no keyboard switch. |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP SP2 | 7 |
Processor (CPU) | 2 GHz Dual core | 2.66 GHz Quad core |
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 8 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX260 AMD Radeon 4890 1 GB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/108710/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (108710) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
Categories:
- Pages needing cover images
- Windows
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- Missing section (API)