This page is for the remaster. For the original release, see American McGee's Alice.
Key points
- Remastered version of American McGee's Alice featuring native widescreen resolutions, controller support, updated character textures, and compatibility fixes for modern systems. Visuals can be further improved with the Alice HD Texture Pack.
- This game was bundled with Alice: Madness Returns as a pre-order bonus and as part of The Complete Collection, which is only available at GameStop.com and Dell.com.
General information
- Alice Wiki - A wiki for the series
Availability
- This game was bundled with Alice: Madness Returns as a pre-order bonus and as part of The Complete Collection, which is only available at GameStop.com and Dell.com.
Essential improvements
Launch without Alice: Madness Returns
- This game is normally launched through Alice: Madness Returns from its main menu for those that received this game through pre-ordering the latter or purchasing The Complete Collection.
Fix by using a hex editor[2]
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- Open
<path-to-game>\Game\Alice1\bin\alice.exe with a hex editor such as HxD.
- Search for the
-RunningFromAlice2 text string.
- Replace the first byte (
2D ) with null (00 ).
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Prevent Alice: Madness Returns from launching on exit
- This game normally re-launches Alice: Madness Returns upon exit.
Fix by using a hex editor[2]
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- Open
<path-to-game>\Game\Alice1\bin\alice.exe with a hex editor such as HxD.
- Search for the
..\..\Alice2\Binaries\Win32\AliceMadnessReturns.exe text string.
- Replace the first byte (
2E ) with null (00 ).
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Alice HD Texture Pack
- Further improves the overall look of the game. It is also compatible with the original 2000 release.
- Features an expanded tweaks/cheats menu and optional Overkill mod that adds more lighting effects and enemies.
Install the Alice HD Texture Pack[4]
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- Download the texture pack here, then extract its content somewhere conveniently accessible on your computer.
- Copy the
INT folder, as well as the autoexec.cfg , config.cfg , and zzpak*_mod.pk3 files into <path-to-game>\bin\base .
- Now run the game. The game's visuals should be changed with those from the HD texture pack.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System |
Location |
Windows |
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\American McGee's Alice\config.cfg |
Save game data location
System |
Location |
Windows |
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\American McGee's Alice\save\ |
System |
Native |
Notes |
OneDrive |
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Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. |
Video settings
Template:Video settings
Enable Vsync[5]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
config.cfg with a text editor.
- In the
Cvars section, add seta r_swapinterval "1" as a new line, then save the changes.
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Remove frame-rate cap[6]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
config.cfg with a text editor.
- In the
Cvars section, add seta com_maxfps "0" as a new line, then save the changes.
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Input settings
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Dutch |
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Use the Alice Dutch Patch. |
French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Fan translation, download.
Also compatible with the original release. |
Spanish |
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VR support
Issues fixed
Game runs at a low frame rate
- The game may run poorly even on modern hardware.
Edit config.cfg[7]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
config.cfg with a text editor.
- In the
Cvars section, add seta r_primitives "2" as a new line, then save the changes.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9 |
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Shader Model support |
3.0 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP SP3 |
Vista SP2, 7 SP1 |
Processor (CPU) |
AMD Athlon X2 1.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 1.6 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) |
2 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
8.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
ATI Radeon X1650 Nvidia GeForce 7600 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | |
References