Alan Wake

Alan Wake was originally an Xbox 360 game which has now been ported to the PC by the original developers, a company by the name of Remedy. Reports have come in that some people are experiencing poor performance on PC.

Version Differences

Alan Wake is a Steamworks game, which means that all digital and retail versions can be registered on Steam.

Collector's Edition

Collector's Edition includes 130-page illustrated PDF Book and a full soundtrack.

• Alan Wake Files PDF is kept:

Steam\steamapps\common\Alan Wake\Alan_Wake_Files

• Soundtrack is kept:

Steam\steamapps\common\Alan Wake\Soundtrack

Issues and Fixes

Mouse

• Mouse control employs mouse acceleration and smoothing. With patch 1.02 a -rigidcamera command was added which might make mouse aim feel more responsive for some users.

Keyboard and Mouse Binding

• Enter key cannot be bound.

Fix: edit the file:

Steam\userdata\[steam id?]\108710\remote\keybinds.xm

Keycodes are "MF1" (without E0 prefix).

• List of keyboard commands.

Commentary Audio Volume

The volume for audio commentary is uncomfortably high, with no way of changing it. The 1.02 patch modified it to be "more sensible".

Alt+Tab Causes Crash

Alt+Tab causes a crash, although it is possible to use the Windows key to come out of the game.

Graphical Tweaks

Field of Vision

A slider is natively supported. However, there is no numerical value on the slider. The developer has stated the scale is between is ~0.8-1.2..

Multimonitor Support

Alan Wake supports 3x1 EyeFinity configurations only. The 5x1 and 3x2 configurations are not supported.

On Windows XP, NVIDIA nView Span mode will not work. It is recommend using the 'extend desktop' display option instead.

SLI and Crossfire Support

Remedy reports that multi-GPU configurations are not well-supported, and recommends switch the option off.

There is a Crossfire profile which increases performances by approximately 70% [1].

Antialiasing

Antialiasing cannot be switched off as an option, as the game is designed with 2XMSAA as a minimum.

Blur Effects

The commandline option -noblur will disable all blur effects. See this thread on the official Alan Wake forums for a tweak to only disable motion blur.

Save Game Data

Folder Location

Windows 7:

C:\Users\<username>\Documents\Remedy\AlanWake

Windows XP:

\My Documents\Remedy\AlanWake

The save game folder also contains resolution.xml, which controls screen resolution, as well as debugging information, and is regenerated if not found.

Cloud Support

Steam Cloud

Alan Wake supports Steam Cloud for save game data.

• Statistics are not transferred.
• Folder location:

  Steam\userdata\108710\

Controller Support

The PC version uses the same control scheme as the Xbox 360 version, and as such is fully compatible with an Xbox 360 controller.

Command Line Options

Commands are entered from the Steam launch options. Right click on the Alan Wake in Steam Library, click Properties, click Set Launch Options. Then enter one or more of the following commands.

Command	Notes
-h	Screen height (e.g. -h720).
-w	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 Steam Cloud.
-noblur	Disables the in-game vector blur.
-locale=xx	Forces a selected locale (this can be changed in Steam game settings).
-rigidcamera	Modifies mouse aim behavior.