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Alien Nations
Alien Nations	1999
The Nations	2001

Alien Nations is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and isometric building and RTS game in the Alien Nations series.

Key points

Also released as Die Völker in Germany and Amazons & Aliens.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Illegal Table of Contents DRM
GamersGate
GOG.com

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Mission Pack

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use replacement intro.avi
Apply the Alien Nations intro skip.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Savegames\an.cfg^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Savegames^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Displays at only 4:3 resolutions 800x600 and 1024x768.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Effects, Music, Mentor.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Polish				Retail only Details
Russian				Retail only

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		3
Online play		3	The official multiplayer service was shut down.

Issues fixed

Crashes and renderer problems

Use DDrawCompat^[1]
Use DDrawCompat.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DirectDraw	6

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95/98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 233 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	130 MB
Video card (GPU)	2 MB of VRAM DirectX 7 compatible

Mac OS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	8.6
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)	96 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	200 MB
Video card (GPU)	6 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

↑ Verified by User:Nessy on 2021-11-20

[gamedir-1] 1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[2021-11-20-2] Verified by User:Nessy on 2021-11-20

[Note 1]

[1]

@@ Line 4: / Line 4: @@
 {{Infobox game/row/developer|Neo Software Produktions}}
 |publishers   =
-{{Infobox game/row/publisher|JoWood Productions}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|JoWood Productions|1999-2011}}
-{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Nordic Games}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Nordic Games|2011-2016}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|THQ Nordic|2016-present}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Simon & Schuster Interactive|North America}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|1C Company|Russia}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|CD Projekt|Poland}}
 |engines      =
 |release dates=
-{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|July 1, 1999}}
+{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|May 11, 1999}}
 {{Infobox game/row/date|Mac OS|2001}}
+|taxonomy     =
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer, Multiplayer }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Bird's-eye view, Isometric }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Point and select, Multiple select }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Building, RTS }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Fantasy }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Alien Nations }}
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 |gogcom id    = 1207658717
+|hltb         = 358
+|lutris       = alien-nations
 |strategywiki =
-|wikipedia    =
+|mobygames    = 2277
+|wikipedia    = Alien_Nations
 |winehq       = 7547
 |license      = commercial
 }}
-{{Series|Alien Nations}}
+{{Introduction
+|introduction      =
+|release history   =
+|current state     =
+}}
+'''Key points'''
+{{ii}} Also released as '''Die Völker''' in Germany and '''Amazons & Aliens'''.
 '''General information'''
-{{mm}} [http://forum.nordicgames.at/forumdisplay.php?312-Alien-Nations-English-Board&pp=25&daysprune=-1&sort=lastpost&prefixid=&order=desc Nordic Games Forum] - Publisher technical forum (link displays older threads).
 {{GOG.com links|1207658717|alien_nations}}
 ==Availability==
 {{Availability|
-{{Availability/row| Retail | | unknown | | | Windows, Mac OS }}
+{{Availability/row| Retail | | Disc | Illegal Table of Contents {{term|DRM}} | | Windows, Mac OS }}
-{{Availability/row| GamersGate | DD-ALIENN | DRM-free | | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| GamersGate | alien-nations | DRM-free | | | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| GOG.com | alien_nations | DRM-free | | | Windows }}
+}}
+{{DLC|
+{{DLC/row| Mission Pack | | Windows }}
 }}
@@ Line 51: / Line 84: @@
 ===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 {{Save game cloud syncing
-|gog galaxy            = false
+|discord                   =
-|gog galaxy notes      =
+|discord notes             =
-|origin                =
+|epic games launcher       =
-|origin notes          =
+|epic games launcher notes =
-|steam cloud           =
+|gog galaxy                = false
-|steam cloud notes     =
+|gog galaxy notes          =
-|uplay                 =
+|origin                    =
-|uplay notes           =
+|origin notes              =
-|xbox cloud            =
+|steam cloud               =
-|xbox cloud notes      =
+|steam cloud notes         =
+|ubisoft connect           =
+|ubisoft connect notes     =
+|xbox cloud                =
+|xbox cloud notes          =
 }}
-==Video settings==
+==Video==
 {{Image|Alien Nations video settings.png|Video settings.}}
-{{Video settings
+{{Video
 |wsgf link                  =
 |widescreen wsgf award      =
@@ Line 101: / Line 138: @@
 }}
-==Input settings==
+==Input==
-{{Input settings
+{{Input
 |key remap                 = false
 |key remap notes           =
@@ Line 165: / Line 202: @@
 }}
-==Audio settings==
+==Audio==
 {{Image|Alien Nations audio settings.png|Audio settings.}}
-{{Audio settings
+{{Audio
 |separate volume          = true
 |separate volume notes    = Effects, Music, Mentor.
@@ Line 205: / Line 242: @@
   |subtitles = unknown
   |notes     =
+ |fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Polish
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = true
+ |subtitles = unknown
+ |notes     = Retail only [https://dubbingpedia.pl/wiki/Alien_Nations Details]
+ |fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Russian
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = true
+ |subtitles = unknown
+ |notes     = Retail only
   |fan       =
 }}
@@ Line 219: / Line 272: @@
 |lan play modes       =
 |lan play notes       =
-|online play          = true
+|online play          = false
 |online play players  = 3
 |online play modes    =
-|online play notes    =
+|online play notes    = The official multiplayer service was shut down.
 |asynchronous         =
 |asynchronous notes   =
@@ Line 240: / Line 293: @@
 |udp  =
 |upnp =
+}}
+==Issues fixed==
+===Crashes and renderer problems ===
+{{Fixbox|description=Use DDrawCompat|ref=<ref name="2021-11-20">{{Refcheck|user=Nessy|date=2021-11-20|comment=}}</ref>|fix=
+# Use [[Glossary:DirectX/DirectDraw troubleshooting#Custom DirectDraw wrappers|DDrawCompat]].
 }}
@@ Line 247: / Line 306: @@
 |direct3d versions      =
 |direct3d notes         =
-|directdraw versions    =
+|directdraw versions    = 6
 |directdraw notes       =
 |opengl versions        =
@@ Line 267: / Line 326: @@
 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows arm app        = false
 |windows exe notes      =
-|macos 32-bit app       =
+|mac os x powerpc app   = unknown
-|macos 64-bit app       =
+|macos intel 32-bit app =
+|macos intel 64-bit app =
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux 32-bit executable=
 |linux 64-bit executable=
 |linux executable notes =
+|mac os powerpc app     = true
+|mac os 68k app         = unknown
+|mac os executable notes=
 }}
@@ Line 280: / Line 344: @@
 |OSfamily = Windows
-|minOS    = XP, Vista
+|minOS    = 95/98
-|minCPU   = 1 GHz
+|minCPU   = Intel Pentium 233 MHz
-|minRAM   = 256 MB
+|minRAM   = 32 MB
 |minGPU   =
+|minVRAM  = 2 MB
+|minHD    = 130 MB
 |minDX    = 7
+}}
+{{System requirements
+|OSfamily = Mac OS
+|minOS    = 8.6
+|minCPU   =
+|minRAM   = 96 MB
+|minGPU   =
+|minVRAM  = 6 MB
+|minHD    = 200 MB
+|recRAM   = 128 MB
-|recCPU   = 1.4 GHz
-|recRAM   = 512 MB
-|recGPU   =
-|recDX    = 9
 }}
 {{References}}

Developers

	Neo Software Produktions
Publishers
1999-2011	JoWood Productions
2011-2016	Nordic Games
2016-present	THQ Nordic
North America	Simon & Schuster Interactive
Russia	1C Company
Poland	CD Projekt
Release dates
Windows	May 11, 1999
Mac OS (Classic)	2001
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Controls	Point and select, Multiple select
Genres	Building, RTS
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Alien Nations