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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time}}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Top-down view}}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Direct control}}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Arcade}}
 
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | Space flight}}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | }}
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|gogcom id    =  
 
|gogcom id    =  
 
|gogcom id side =  
 
|gogcom id side =  
|official site=  
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|official site = https://www.kraisoft.com/action-games/aliensky/
 
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|igdb        =  
 
|igdb        =  
 
|mobygames    = alien-sky
 
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|wikipedia    =  
 
|winehq      =  
 
|winehq      =  
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|release history  =  
 
|release history  =  
  
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===Save game data location===
 
===Save game data location===
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
{{Game data/saves|Windows|}}
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{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{P|game}}\MP.cdf|{{P|game}}\Save.cdf}}
 
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|ultrawidescreen wsgf award =  
 
|ultrawidescreen wsgf award =  
 
|4k ultra hd wsgf award    =  
 
|4k ultra hd wsgf award    =  
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|widescreen resolution notes=  
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|ultrawidescreen notes      =  
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|4k ultra hd notes          =  
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|fov notes                  =  
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|windowed notes            =  
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|borderless windowed        = false
 
|borderless windowed notes  =  
 
|borderless windowed notes  =  
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|anisotropic notes          =  
 
|anisotropic notes          =  
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|antialiasing              = false
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
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|vsync                      = false
 
|vsync notes                =  
 
|vsync notes                =  
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|120 fps notes              =  
 
|120 fps notes              =  
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|ray tracing notes          =  
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|color blind notes          =  
 
|color blind notes          =  
 
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==Input==
 
==Input==
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{{Image|alienskyinput.png|Remap settings, including the volume slider}}
 
{{Input
 
{{Input
|key remap                = unknown
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|key remap                = true
|key remap notes          =  
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|key remap notes          = The game allows all actions to be remapped (left and right movement, fire and extra weapon fire.)
|acceleration option      = unknown
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|acceleration option      = false
 
|acceleration option notes =  
 
|acceleration option notes =  
|mouse sensitivity        = unknown
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|mouse sensitivity        = false
|mouse sensitivity notes  =  
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|mouse sensitivity notes  = The game allows mouse control for ship movement
|mouse menu                = unknown
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|mouse menu                = true
|mouse menu notes          =  
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|mouse menu notes          = The game has its own custom cursor
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|invert mouse y-axis      = false
 
|invert mouse y-axis notes =  
 
|invert mouse y-axis notes =  
 
|touchscreen              = unknown
 
|touchscreen              = unknown
 
|touchscreen notes        =  
 
|touchscreen notes        =  
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|controller support notes  =  
 
|controller support notes  =  
 
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|full controller          = unknown
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==Audio==
 
==Audio==
 
{{Audio
 
{{Audio
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|separate volume          = true
|separate volume notes    =  
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|separate volume notes    = The game has a separate slider for Sound and Music
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|surround sound notes      =  
 
|surround sound notes      =  
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|subtitles notes          =  
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|closed captions notes    =  
 
|closed captions notes    =  
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|mute on focus lost notes  =  
 
|mute on focus lost notes  =  
 
|eax support              =  
 
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  |language  = English
 
  |language  = English
 
  |interface = true
 
  |interface = true
  |audio    = unknown
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  |audio    = n/a
  |subtitles = unknown
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  |subtitles = n/a
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
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===API===
 
===API===
 
{{API
 
{{API
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|direct3d versions      = 8
 
|direct3d notes        =  
 
|direct3d notes        =  
 
|directdraw versions    =  
 
|directdraw versions    =  
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|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
|windows 32-bit exe    = unknown
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|windows 32-bit exe    = true
|windows 64-bit exe    = unknown
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|windows 64-bit exe    = false
 
|windows arm app        = unknown
 
|windows arm app        = unknown
 
|windows exe notes      =  
 
|windows exe notes      =  
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|minCPU  = Intel Pentium II
 
|minCPU  = Intel Pentium II
 
|minRAM  = 64 MB
 
|minRAM  = 64 MB
|minHD    =  
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|minHD    = 25 MB of free space
 
|minGPU  =  
 
|minGPU  =  
|minVRAM  =  
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|minVRAM  = 8 MB
 
|minDX    = 8.0
 
|minDX    = 8.0
  

Revision as of 14:35, 30 January 2022

Alien Sky
Alien Sky cover
Developers
KraiSoft Entertainment
Release dates
Windows March 8, 2004
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Top-down view
Controls Direct control
Genres Arcade
Vehicles Space flight
Art styles Pre-rendered graphics
Themes Space
Alien Sky guide on StrategyWiki
Alien Sky on MobyGames

Alien Sky is a singleplayer top-down view arcade game.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Developer website
Requires online activation
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\MP.cdf[Note 1]
<path-to-game>\Save.cdf[Note 1]

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
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)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
The game is most likely locked on 60 FPS, judging from how smooth the in-game animations are.
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)

Input

Remap settings, including the volume slider
Remap settings, including the volume slider

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
The game allows all actions to be remapped (left and right movement, fire and extra weapon fire.)
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
The game allows mouse control for ship movement
Mouse input in menus
The game has its own custom cursor
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
The game has a separate slider for Sound and Music
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 25 MB of free space
Video card (GPU) 8 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.0 compatible


Notes

  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).

References