Alone in the Dark (2008)

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Alone in the Dark

Developers
	Eden Games
	Hydravision Entertainment
Publishers
	Atari
Engines
	Twilight 2
Release dates
Windows	November 18, 2008

Alone in the Dark
Alone in the Dark	1992
Jack in the Dark	1993
Alone in the Dark 2	1993
Alone in the Dark 3	1994
Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare	2001
Alone in the Dark (2008)	2008
Alone in the Dark: Illumination	2015
Alone in the Dark (2024)	2024

For the original game, see Alone in the Dark.

Key points

Due to compatibility issues with modern graphics cards and operating systems, the game crashes when accessing the Display options menu, causing the game to run at the lowest graphical settings and resolution. See Issues fixed

Does not include any of the gameplay changes nor the extra content of the PS3 version.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 7 DRM
Steam		Other DRM: SecuROM 7 DRM

Steam version can be launched without the Steam client.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Atari\AITD
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/259170/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Atari\AITD
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/259170/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Input settings

Remapping

Certain keys are unbindable when using the keyboard. The mouse buttons cannot be rebound, Delete cannot be bound to anything, and the default keys for vehicle/misc controls cannot be bound to on-foot controls unless they are unbound from vehicle/misc controls first. One consequence of this is that vehicle and on-foot controls must use separate buttons (i.e. if you walk with the arrow keys you cannot also drive with them) unless you use the default WASD keys.

Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Russian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Game crashes when accessing settings on Windows 7

In Windows 7 and earlier, attempting to access display settings (i.e. to change the resolution) causes the game to crash on video cards with more than approximately 1 GB of VRAM.

Set Windows Vista compatibility mode[citation needed]
Open Alone.exe compatibility settings. Enable Windows Vista compatibility mode. This fix rarely works on Windows 10 or modern graphics cards.

Game won't start on Windows 10

Most modern desktop solutions (like Nvidia Geforce Experience) aren't compatible with the game.

Set Windows Vista, Windows 98 compatibility mode Close recording programs like Nvidia Geforce.

Can't access Display settings, therefore the game runs at lowest graphical settings

The game uses three separate files for saved data: 'prefs.aitd' saves all control/audio/graphical settings, 'res.aitd' saves resolution settings, and 'save.aitd' for game progress. See Game data

Download this [1] Replace the 'prefs.aitd' file with the one downloaded. This file is configured to the highest graphical settings.

Controller is not recognized

Rename or delete xinput1_1.dll in the root folder

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium D 2.6 GHz AMD Athlon X2 3800+	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	9 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 7600 ATI Radeon X1650 XT DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS ATI Radeon HD3850