Alan Wake

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Available without DRM on GOG.com.

Excellent Port and an extensive options menu

General Information

Steam Users' Forums

Steam Community Discussions

Remedy Forums

Availability

Version Differences

Alan Wake is available on GOG.com, DRM-free and with some bonus content. It's also available on Steam and GamersGate with Steamworks DRM (Steam Cloud and Achievements).

Collector's Edition

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

• Alan Wake Files PDF is kept:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alan Wake\Alan_Wake_Files

• Soundtrack is kept:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alan Wake\Soundtrack

Improvements

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.
-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.

Game data

resolution.xml controls screen resolution as well as debugging information, and is regenerated if not found.

Video settings

File:Alanwake settings.png

Graphical settings.

Suggested FOV value by aspect ratio:

15:4 (3840x1024) >> FOV 15

48:10 (5040x1050) >> FOV 19

48:9 (5760x1080) >> FOV 20

Issues and Fixes

Keyboard and Mouse Binding

Instructions

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. Patch 1.05 and 1.06 fixes most alt-tab issues.

Trees Flicker After Alt+Tab During Day Scenes

This glitch is related to NVIDIA videocards, Fixed in patch 1.03.

Stuttering Frame Rate When Game Starts

If you're experiencing extremely low frame rates (1 FPS or less) as soon as the game starts, make sure your graphics card is configured to heed application settings for FSAA/FXAA rather than overriding them.

"No World Loaded" message is visible on screen

This is due to corrupted download. Please use the Steam Client's "Verify Integrity of Game Cache", which can find in Alan Wake / Properties / Local Files.

SLI and Crossfire Support

Remedy reports that multi-GPU configurations are not well-supported, and recommends switching the option off. However, SLI support is a 'high priority' on Remedy's update roadmap, which states that it may be added sometime after the second patch.

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

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.

Instructions