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Revision as of 10:29, 12 August 2020

Alan Wake's American Nightmare
Alan Wake's American Nightmare cover
Developers
Remedy Entertainment
Windows Nitro Games
Publishers
Remedy Entertainment
Engines
MAX-FX
Release dates
Windows May 22, 2012
Reception
Metacritic 73
IGDB 79
Alan Wake's American Nightmare on HowLongToBeat
Alan Wake's American Nightmare on IGDB
Alan Wake's American Nightmare on MobyGames
Alan Wake's American Nightmare on Wikipedia
Alan Wake
Alan Wake 2012
Alan Wake's American Nightmare 2012
Alan Wake Remastered 2021
Alan Wake II 2023

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
DRM-free after installation through Epic Games Launcher (notes may include more details)
DRM-free when launched directly from executable.[1]
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
DRM-free
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Windows
Steam
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Alan Wake Franchise also available.
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\data\videos\
  2. Delete or rename startup_remedy.bik

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Steam %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Remedy\AmericanNightmare
<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\202750\remote\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/202750/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Remedy\AmericanNightmare_GOG_Version\
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\202750\remote\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/202750/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud
Approx. 100 MB available.

Video

Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.
Advanced options for graphics.
Advanced options for graphics.

Field of view (FOV)

Suggested values by aspect ratio:
Aspect Ratio FOV
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

Controls settings.
Controls settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Toggle "Direct aiming" in the controls.
Mouse sensitivity
Use -sensscale=X to adjust the strength of the sliders.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Two pre-configured button layouts available.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M
Rapidly changes button prompts

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, SFX, speech, cinematics
Surround sound
Auto configures up to 7.1 output[3]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Fan translation, download.
Russian
Official localization by «1C-Softclub»
Russian
Fan translation by «ZoG Forum Team». Fan audio localization by GamesVoice
Spanish
Turkish
Fan translation. Details missing—please edit this page and add it.

VR support

3D modes State GG3D Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
TriDef 3D
vorpX
G3D
User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Other information

Command line parameters

Set these parameters to change certain hidden settings or force different options at start-up.
Command Description
-hX Screen height (e.g. -h720).
-wX Screen width (e.g. -w1280).
-window Force windowed.
-novsync Disables Vsync.
-showfps Shows frame rate counter.
-forcesurround Forces 5.1 speaker mode.
-forcestereo Forces stereo speaker mode.
-nosound Disables sound.
-cleancloud Deletes save games and settings for Alan Wake from the Steam Cloud.
-locale=xx Forces a selected locale.
-sensscale=X Changes the mouse sensitivity scale slider in-game. Allows for a wider range on the scale.
-developermenu Lets you enable some cheats via the pause menu (debug mode).[4]
-freecamera Pressing the right thumb stick enables/disables freecamera mode. There is no keyboard switch.

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 10
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok
Audio FMOD Ex 4.26.9
Cutscenes Bink Video 1.99n

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP2
Processor (CPU) Intel Dual Core 2.0 GHz
AMD Dual Core 2.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 8 GB
Video card (GPU) 512 MB of VRAM
DirectX 10 compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX compatible sound card


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/202750/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (202750) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References