Alice: Madness Returns
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Developers | |
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Spicy Horse | |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 3 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 14, 2011 |
American McGee's Alice | |
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American McGee's Alice | 2000 |
American McGee's Alice (2011) | 2011 |
Alice: Madness Returns | 2011 |
Key points
- Frame rate is capped at 31 FPS.[1] See High frame rate.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | As of 2019 Ultimate Edition is still available digitally on Dell.com and Gamestop.com. Bundled with American McGee's Alice (2011). | |||
Origin | Standard Edition only |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Weapons of Madness and Dresses Pack |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Use the -nostartupmovies command line argument[2]
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Alice Madness Returns\AliceGame\Config\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/19680/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Alice Madness Returns\AliceGame\CheckPoint\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/19680/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Origin | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Field of view (FOV)
- Default FOV value is 70.
Bind FOV commands to keys[2] |
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Bindings=(Name="NumPadOne",Command="FOV 90")
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Use Flawless Widescreen[citation needed] |
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Windowed
Windowed Mode[citation needed] |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed
Use GeDoSaTo[citation needed] |
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Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anisotropic Filtering[citation needed] |
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Vertical sync (Vsync)
- See high frame rate.
Vsync[citation needed] |
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High frame rate
- Causes hit detection issues when exceeding an unknown threshold,[3] be sure to cap the frame rate at 60 or 120 FPS[4][5] depending on your monitor refresh rate to prevent major problems.
Change frame rate smoothing[2] |
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Input settings
Walking using keyboard
Instructions[6] |
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Bindings=(Name="LeftAlt",Command="Walking")
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Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Portuguese | Brazilian Portuguese translation by Tribo Gamer | |||
Spanish | ||||
Russian | Official localization by «1C-SoftClub». | |||
Russian | 1) Fan translation by ZoG Forum Team 2) Fan voice-over by Gremlin Creative Studio 3) Fan voice-over by «ElikaStudio». |
VR support
3D modes | State | GG3D | Notes | |
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Native 3D | Labeled as "3D Stereo" under Video settings. | |||
Nvidia 3D Vision | ||||
TriDef 3D | ||||
iZ3D | ||||
vorpX | G3D Officially supported Game, see vorpX gamelist. |
Issues fixed
Very small subtitles on large resolutions
Very small subtitles on big resolutions[citation needed] |
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Replace "SubtitleFontName=WarfareFonts.Fonts.WarfareFonts_Chrom20" with "SubtitleFontName=EngineFonts.LargeFont" Replace "LoadingTextFontName=WarfareFonts.Fonts.WarfareFonts_Chrom20" with "LoadingTextFontName=EngineFonts.LargeFont" |
Save files lost during crash
Save files lost during crash[citation needed] |
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Umbrella bug
Umbrella Bug[7] |
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Alternative fix for the Umbrella Bug[8] |
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Extreme stuttering even in the UI
Extreme Stuttering even in the UI[citation needed] |
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Alice: Madness Returns has stopped working (Steam)
- If the game crashes constantly at startup, run it as administrator for a more detailed error message.
Missing PhysX file[citation needed] |
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Crash after visiting and completing Quiz Radula Room
Answer the first question wrong and the second right, or the first two wrong and the third right, etc.[9] |
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Set PhysX to low until you finish the quest[10] |
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Infinite loading screen
- Reloading a save file with the frame rate uncapped may result in an infinite loading screen.
Infinite loading screen fix[11] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 | |
Shader Model support | 3 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | PhysX | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video |
Disable HUD
Set a key to toggle the HUD ingame[12] |
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Bindings=(Name="Divide",Command="ToggleHUD",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False,bIgnoreCtrl=False,bIgnoreShift=False,bIgnoreAlt=False) Bindings=(Name="Divide",Command="ShowHUD",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=True,bIgnoreCtrl=False,bIgnoreShift=False,bIgnoreAlt=False)
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | XP SP3, Vista SP2, 7 SP1 | |
Processor (CPU) | AMD Athlon X2 1.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 1.6 GHz |
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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 |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (19680) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Marioysikax on January 15, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Verified by User:Antrad on December 31, 2019
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/4kadej/alice_madness_returns_removing_31_fps_cap/d3dh7cr/
- ↑ Verified by User:Mars icecream on 2017-2
- +144fps was problematic while 120fps worked without any noticeable issues.
- ↑ Steam - How to make Alice walk in Madness Returns - last accessed on [unknown]
- ↑ Alice: Madness Returns Problem FAQ and Information - AmericanMcGee.com
- ↑ Re: Alice: Madness Returns Problem FAQ and Information - AmericanMcGee.com
- ↑ Crashing leaving Radula Room - AmericanMcGee.com
- ↑ Re: Crashing leaving Radula Room - AmericanMcGee.com
- ↑ Verified by User:Shooterboss on 29 November 2017
- ↑ Alice: Madness Returns No Hud - last accessed on 2017-5-21