Alter Ego (2010)
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Developers | |
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Future Games[1] | |
bitComposer Games | |
Publishers | |
Viva Media | |
Engines | |
AGDS5 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 3, 2010 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 59 |
Taxonomy | |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Perspectives | Cinematic camera |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Adventure |
Art styles | Realistic, Pre-rendered graphics |
Themes | Europe, Victorian |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Steam |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Engine.config[Note 1] <path-to-game>\saves\options[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/63110/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\saves\*.egs[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/63110/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Letterboxed with aspect ratio 16:10 and narrower, Vert- on 16:9 and wider. See aspect ratio examples. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Available but Vert-. Game does not have ultra-widescreen resolutions in the list, choose Resolution - Autodetect to use desktop resolution. |
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4K Ultra HD | Game does not have 4K resolution in the list, choose Resolution - Autodetect to use desktop resolution. Backgrounds are prerendered FullHD pictures. |
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Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Aspect ratio examples
Aspect ratio 4:3. Letterboxed.
Aspect ratio 16:10. Slightly letterboxed.
Aspect ratio 16:9. Vert-, slightly cut off from top and bottom. Subtitles in cutscenes are partially visible.
Aspect ratio 21:9. Vert-, heavily cut off from top and bottom. Subtitles in cutscenes are not visible.
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | No acceleration. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Only Sound and Spoken Word can be changed | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
German | Retail only. | |||
Spanish | Fan translation, download. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
OpenGL |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | OpenAL |
System requirements
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP SP2 | Vista, 7 |
Processor (CPU) | 2.5 GHz Single Core | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 6600 AMD Radeon 9600 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/63110/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (63110) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ http://www.future-games.cz/html/AlterEgo/en/Home-page (archived) - last accessed on 2018-09-05