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# "Working Joe kills Ripley" death scenes | # "Working Joe kills Ripley" death scenes | ||
# "Ripley struggles against Working Joe" combat scenes | # "Ripley struggles against Working Joe" combat scenes | ||
− | {{Fixbox|description=Cap FPS with RTSS<ref>https://steamcommunity.com/app/214490/discussions/0/619568192687904234/?ctp=2#c364039785160204217</ref>|fix= | + | {{Fixbox|description=Cap FPS with RTSS|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/214490/discussions/0/619568192687904234/?ctp=2#c364039785160204217|title=death scene sounds!! :: Alien: Isolation General Discussions|date=2016-04-24}}</ref>|fix= |
# Download and install MSI Afterburner with RivaTuner. | # Download and install MSI Afterburner with RivaTuner. | ||
# In RivaTuner, create a new profile for (<code>AI.exe</code>). | # In RivaTuner, create a new profile for (<code>AI.exe</code>). |
Revision as of 20:16, 9 June 2021
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Developers | |
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Creative Assembly | |
macOS (OS X) | Feral Interactive |
Linux | Feral Interactive |
Microsoft Store | Lab42 |
Publishers | |
Sega | |
OS X, Linux | Feral Interactive |
Engines | |
Cathode | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 7, 2014 |
macOS (OS X) | October 27, 2015[1] |
Linux | October 27, 2015[1] |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 81 |
OpenCritic | 81 |
IGDB | 86 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | DLC |
Series | Alien |
Alien | |
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Aliens: A Comic Book Adventure | 1995 |
Alien Trilogy | 1996 |
Aliens Online | 1998 |
Aliens versus Predator (series) | |
Aliens: Colonial Marines | 2013 |
Alien: Isolation | 2014 |
Aliens: Fireteam Elite | 2021 |
Aliens: Dark Descent | 2023 |
Alien: Rogue Incursion | 2024 |
Key points
- Excellent PC version: great performance,[2] many graphics and controls settings, Oculus Rift support, and editable game XML files.
- PC version lacks a voice detection feature from the console versions where the player must maintain the microphone's noise level during the game.
- The anti-aliasing that ships with the game is rather poor but can be improved.[3] See Anti-aliasing (AA).
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Epic Games Store | DRM-free when launched directly from executable using the -EpicPortal command line argument, but it's not possible to save the game without the epic launcher running. [4] |
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Humble Store | ||||
Mac App Store | ||||
Microsoft Store | Xbox Game Pass for PC | |||
Steam | ||||
Amazon.com (unavailable) |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Season Pass | ||
Corporate Lockdown | Part of Season Pass and Collection. | |
Crew Expendable | Part of Collection. | |
Last Survivor | Part of Collection. | |
Lost Contact | Part of Season Pass and Collection. | |
Safe Haven | Part of Season Pass and Collection. | |
Trauma | Part of Season Pass and Collection. | |
The Trigger | Part of Season Pass and Collection. |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename video files[citation needed] |
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Skip save confirmation dialog
Use ThirteenAG's mod[5] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\214490\local |
Microsoft Store | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/feral-interactive/AlienIsolation |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\214490\remote |
Microsoft Store | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/feral-interactive/AlienIsolation/Steam Saves (<user-id>) |
- Game supports 2 manual save files and will create an automatic permanent checkpoint save at the beginning of each chapter.
- Loading a chapter save will automatically overwrite your manual save file.
- On Linux the "Steam Saves" directory is a symlink into $HOME/.steam/debian-installation/userdata/<user-id>/214490/remote
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
Steam Cloud | Save file and key bindings. | |
Xbox Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | Use Flawless Widescreen to center the HUD. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16x, but doesn't cover all textures, it is recommended to prefer driver level AF. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA, SMAA T1X, SMAA T2X (unavailable in SLI/Crossfire). See Anti-aliasing (AA). | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Cutscenes are pre-rendered at 30 fps. No frame rate cap. Audio during death scenes may be silent when the frame rate is over 100. |
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High dynamic range display (HDR) | Supports 10-bit output via Deep Color option. Does not support HDR. |
Field of view (FOV)
- Slider ranges from 47-75° vertical, with the higher FOV on the left side of the slider.
- Slider is using vertical FOV. See FOV Calculator for help.
- Slider can be customized to have different selectable values. See Menu Customization.
- FOV higher than 55° makes the player character's legs and feet disappear.
- FOV is locked at 47° during real-time rendered cinematics and when using terminals.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
- SMAA which shipped in the game isn't enough to remove the high intensity aliasing on edges of shiny surfaces.[3]
Temporal AA injector fix[6] |
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In Steam version:
Notes
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Ambient occlusion
HBAO+[8][9] |
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Notes
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | Mouse smoothing, cannot be disabled in options (alternate opinion: mouse actually seems to have two independent mouse speeds unrelated to acceleration with a speed threshold, similar to a joystick dead zone). | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | 4 Presets (2 'left handed') | |
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 | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Tracked motion controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | For DualShock use the Playstation UI Mod | |
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 | Up to 7.1 output.[10] | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | See Mute on focus lost. |
Mute on focus lost
Set mute in background[citation needed] |
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Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Czech | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | Fan translation. | |||
Italian | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Ukrainian | A Ukrainian fan translation is available. |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | Use Helix Mod: Alien: Isolation. | ||
vorpX | G3D, Z3D Officially supported Game. See VorpX game list. |
Headsets | |||
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SteamVR | Use MotherVR Mod. | ||
Oculus VR (LibOVR) | Use MotherVR Mod. | ||
Windows Mixed Reality | Use MotherVR Mod. | ||
OSVR |
Devices | |||
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Tracked motion controllers | |||
Traditional controller | See Input for details. | ||
Keyboard/Mouse |
Play area | |||
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Seated | |||
Standing | |||
Room-scale |
Issues fixed
Missing sound effects
- When frame rates are high, there are issues playing audio sound effects during the following (known) scenarios:
- "Alien kills Ripley" death scenes.
- "Working Joe kills Ripley" death scenes
- "Ripley struggles against Working Joe" combat scenes
Cap FPS with RTSS[11] |
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Notes
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Game shows "Disk access" error while loading
Run game (AI.exe ) as administrator
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Give full permissions to your user on installation folder[citation needed] |
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Brightness issues
- When using a flamethrower or plasma cutter, there is a chance that the whole screen will become excessively bright and blurry. The issue is likely connected with the trainer for the game.
Change anti-aliasing setting in game options[citation needed] |
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Turn off any trainers[citation needed] |
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Crashing every 15 minutes on Windows 10
- Game plays normally but crashes every 10 to 15 minutes on Windows 10. This issue is caused by a touch screen keyboard service.
Disable touch screen keyboard service[12][13] |
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Notes
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
Disabling lens flare
Disable lens flare[citation needed] |
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Menu customization
- By editing
engine_settings.xml
, in-game video options are easy to modify, and changes will be reflected in the game's menu as well.
Editing engine_settings.xml file
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- With this knowledge the FOV slider can be customized to show horizontal FOV values instead of the default vertical ones. Furthermore, we can cut off all values that don't show the main character's body anymore:
Customizing FOV slider[14] |
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Increased planar reflections
- It is possible to greatly increase planar reflections (floor reflections).
Planar Reflections Tweak[14] |
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or, to preserve the vanilla setting as an in-game option to quickly change between vanilla and increased reflections
Notes
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Increased shadow map resolution
- In-game settings allow for a maximum shadow map resolution of 2048. It is possible to change the settings and increase the value.
Shadow map resolution tweak[14] |
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Notes
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Increased level of detail (pop-in distance)
- Default Level of Detail setting even on Ultra results in excessive object pop-in which can be rectified.
LOD Tweak[16] |
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SLI Fix
- Default SLI compatibility bits do not scale properly in certain areas. Use alternative bits to improve performance at expense of some minor UI & light shaft flicker in places.
SLI Compatibility Bits Modification[17] |
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Notes
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DualShock 4 button prompts
- Replaces the default button prompts with PlayStation/DualShock 4 button prompts.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 (32-bit) | 7 (64-bit) |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16 GHz AMD Phenom II X3 710 2.6 GHz |
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 3.0 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 35 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GT 430 AMD Radeon HD 5550 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon R9 270 2 GB of VRAM |
- The minimum requirements are quoted for all settings on "Low" at 800x600 at 30fps. The recommended ones - for all settings on "High" at 1920x1080 at 60fps.[18]
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.10.4 | 10.10.5 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 2.0 GHz | Intel 2.8 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 35 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 1 GB of VRAM | 2 GB of VRAM |
- The following graphics cards are not supported: AMD Radeon HD 4xxx series, ATI Radeon X1xxx series, ATI Radeon HD2xxx series, Intel Iris 5100, Intel HD5000, Intel Iris 6100, Intel HD6000, Intel HD5300, Intel GMA series, Intel HD3000, Intel HD4000, Nvidia 1xx series, Nvidia 9xxx series, Nvidia 8xxx series, Nvidia 7xxx series and Nvidia 3xx series.
Linux | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 14.04.3 64-bit, SteamOS | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 2.0 GHz | Intel 3.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 35 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 600 series 1 GB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 2 GB of VRAM |
- Requires an Nvidia GeForce 600 series graphics card or better running driver version 355.11 or better.
- Intel and AMD GPUs are not officially supported.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Out now: Mac and Linux bravely get on board with Alien: Isolation™ – The Collection | Feral News
- ↑ http://www.notebookcheck.net/Alien-Isolation-Benchmarked.128374.0.html
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Alias Isolation Comparison 2 - YouTube
- ↑ Epic Store games you can play without the Epic Launcher spreadheet
- ↑ [Alien: Isolation] Save confirmation dialog skipper plugin - YouTube
- ↑ Alias Isolation: an anti-aliasing mod : alienisolation
- ↑ Release Cinematic Tools, TAA quality improvements · aliasIsolation/aliasIsolation - last accessed on November 14, 2016
- ↑ HBAO+ Compatibility Flags
- ↑ Original HBAO+ Post at Guru3D.com Forums
- ↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up
- ↑ death scene sounds!! :: Alien: Isolation General Discussions - last accessed on 2016-04-24
- ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/214490/discussions/0/2765630416810232079/
- ↑ https://www.neogaf.com/threads/windows-10-games-crashing-after-15-minutes-fix.1148961/
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 ALIEN: Isolation Tweak Guide | steamcommunity.com
- ↑ Shadow map resolution screenshots 2K/4K/8K | Guru3D.com
- ↑ LOD Tweak | Guru3D.com.
- ↑ 3DCenter SLI thread (#1721)
- ↑ Alien: Isolation FAQ - Official website