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Estranged
Estranged: Act I	2014
Estranged: The Departure	2020
Estranged: Arctic Cold	EA

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Key points

HBAO and Depth of Field are only available on Nvidia graphics cards.^[1]

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Steam		Can be played without Steam running.^[2]

To play without Steam go to <path-to-game> and run hl2.exe with -game estrangedact1 command line argument.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\estrangedact1\cfg\^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game>/estrangedact1/cfg/
Linux	<path-to-game>/estrangedact1/cfg/

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\estrangedact1\save\^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game>/estrangedact1/save/
Linux	<path-to-game>/estrangedact1/save/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Bulgarian
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian
Vietnamese

VR support

Headsets	State	Notes
SteamVR
Oculus VR (LibOVR)		DK2 only - currently broken. LibOVRWrapper might work for this game.
Windows Mixed Reality
OSVR

Devices
Tracked motion controllers
Traditional controller
Keyboard/Mouse

Issues fixed

Purple and black broken textures

A generic fix for this issue can be found on our Source engine page.

CEF_error_header-6 error

Set administrator compatibility mode^[3]

Other information

Console commands

Games running on the Source engine can utilize Source Engine Console Commands for various tasks.

Enabling the console in Source games^{[citation needed]}

Launch the game
From the main menu select Options
Select the Keyboard tab
Click the Advanced button
Check the box next to Enable developer console (~)
Click Apply

Notes

Press ~ to open the console.

Some commands may first require you enabling sv_cheats. You can do so with sv_cheats 1.

Many servers will not allow you to play with cheats enabled, or will disable them upon entering the server.

Users without a US keyboard could experience some problems.

Launch options

View this Steam Support Article regarding launch options as well as the relevant Valve Developer wiki page for further information and a list of useful Source engine launch options.

Enabling a launch parameter^{[citation needed]}
Find the game in your Steam Library Right-click the game name Select `Properties` Select `Set Launch Options...` Input your selected launch options and separate each command with a space Press `OK` Launch the game

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
OpenGL		OS X and Linux only.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)			This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work* on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.*
Linux

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	2.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	6 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.5.8, 10.6.3
Processor (CPU)	2.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	6 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8 series ATI Radeon X1600

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)	2.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	6 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8 series ATI Radeon X1600

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

↑ HBAO,Dynamic Shadows | Steam Discussion Forums
↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2020-11-22
↑ [Fixes] How to fix the most common errors? - Steam Community Guides

[gamedir-3] 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).

[1] HBAO,Dynamic Shadows | Steam Discussion Forums

[2] Verified by User:Mastan on 2020-11-22

[4] [Fixes] How to fix the most common errors? - Steam Community Guides

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[Note 1]

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@@ Line 344: / Line 344: @@
 {{L10n/switch
   |language  = Portuguese
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = false
+ |subtitles = true
+ |notes     =
+ |fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Portuguese - Brazil
   |interface = true
   |audio     = false
@@ Line 384: / Line 392: @@
 {{L10n/switch
   |language  = Thai
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = false
+ |subtitles = true
+ |notes     =
+ |fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Turkish
   |interface = true
   |audio     = false
@@ Line 392: / Line 408: @@
 {{L10n/switch
   |language  = Ukrainian
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = false
+ |subtitles = true
+ |notes     =
+ |fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Vietnamese
   |interface = true
   |audio     = false
@@ Line 422: / Line 446: @@
 |osvr                        = false
 |osvr notes                  =
-|windows mixed reality       = unknown
+|windows mixed reality       = false
 |windows mixed reality notes =
 |keyboard-mouse              = unknown

Developers

	Alan Edwardes
Engines
	Source
Release dates
Windows	January 16, 2014
macOS (OS X)	January 16, 2014
Linux	January 16, 2014
Taxonomy
Monetization	Freeware
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	FPS
Vehicles	Train
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary, Horror
Series	Estranged