Alien Nations
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| Developers | |
|---|---|
| Neo Software Produktions | |
| Publishers | |
| 1999-2011 | JoWood Productions |
| 2011-2016 | Nordic Games |
| 2016-present | THQ Nordic |
| North America | Simon & Schuster Interactive |
| Russia | 1C Company |
| Poland | CD Projekt |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | May 11, 1999 |
| Mac OS (Classic) | 2001 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Isometric |
| Controls | Point and select, Multiple select |
| Genres | Building, RTS |
| Themes | Fantasy |
| Series | Alien Nations |
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| Alien Nations | |
|---|---|
| Alien Nations | 1999 |
| The Nations | 2001 |
Alien Nations is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and isometric building and RTS game in the Alien Nations series.
Key points
- Also released as Die Völker in Germany and Amazons & Aliens.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
Illegal Table of Contents DRM | |
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| GamersGate | |
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| GOG.com | |
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DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Mission Pack | |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
| Use replacement intro.avi |
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Apply the Alien Nations intro skip. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\Savegames\an.cfg[Note 1] |
| Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\Savegames[Note 1] |
| Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy |
Video
Video settings.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Displays at only 4:3 resolutions 800x600 and 1024x768. | ||
| 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) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
| Controller types |
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Audio
Audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Effects, Music, Mentor. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| EAX support |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Polish | Retail only Details | |||
| Russian | Retail only |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAN play | 3 | |||
| Online play | 3 | The official multiplayer service was shut down. | ||
Issues fixed
Crashes and renderer problems
| Use DDrawCompat[1] |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| DirectDraw | 6 |
| Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | |||||
| Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 95/98 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 233 MHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 130 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 2 MB of VRAM DirectX 7 compatible |
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| Mac OS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 8.6 | |
| Processor (CPU) | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 96 MB | 128 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 200 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 6 MB of VRAM | |
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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Nessy on 2021-11-20