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Revision as of 03:26, 13 February 2013

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Australian version does not contain .exe file, which is fixable.[1]
Includes framerate cap, which is fixable.

General information

Steam Community Discussions
Gearbox Software Forums - A:CM Technical Support
Forums at AvPGalaxy.net non PC-specific.

Availability

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All versions require Steam, including retail and digital distribution.[2]

Improvements

Disable intro videos

Instructions

Disable framerate limit

Instructions
Instructions

Game data

Save game location

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Save game cloud syncing

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Video settings

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Field of view (FOV)

A slider is included, but no specific values are viewable.
Instructions

Input settings

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Support for Logitech G15 keyboard display. Shows current objective or challenge.

Disable mouse smoothing

Instructions

Issues unresolved

Blue screen on AMD CPU

There seems to be problem with game running on AMD processors where game crashes to BSOD. [3]. Issue is similar to Borderlands 2 BSOD to which fix can be found at Gearbox Software Support. It is unconfirmed to work with Aliens: Colonial Marines.

Issues fixed

Steam failed to start - Missing executable

Instructions

Failed to start game (app already running) error

There is no universal fix, however these are confirmed to work for some users.
Instructions
Instructions

No textures

Forcing anti-aliasing via drivers on nVidia GeForce cards will result in missing textures and black game scene.
Instructions

No weapon

Gearbox is aware of the issue and recommend this as a quick fix: [4]
Instructions

Unresponsive controls

Problem with controls where in-game camera is always rotating and in menu cursor is always moving down. Demonstrated here.
Instructions
Instructions

System requirements

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Although developer recommends 20GB of free space, download size is around 6GB.


References