Alien Shooter
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| Developers | |
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| Sigma Team | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | June 12, 2003 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Series | Alien Shooter |
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Key points
- Very limited graphical options.
- Keys can only be rebound by editing a config file.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
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| Retail | |
UK version. Released as Invasion: Earth. In-game text is different from Alien Shooter. | |
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| Retail | |
Russian retail release. | |
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| Retail | |
ASProtect DRM. Alien Shooter 2: Gold Edition. Russian retail release. Comes with both expansions, as well as Alien Shooter 2. | |
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| Retail | |
ASProtect DRM. Complete Shooter Pack. Russian retail release. Base game only. Also contains Alien Shooter: Revisited, Alien Shooter 2: Reloaded, and Zombie Shooter. | |
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| GOG.com | |
Newer complete version with the both the first expansion, Fight for Life, and the second expansion The Experiment included. | |
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| ZOOM Platform | |
Newer complete version with the both the first expansion, Fight for Life, and the second expansion The Experiment included. | |
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| Steam | |
Base game only - DLC available for purchase separately | |
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| Developer website | |
ASProtect DRM. Base game only. Expansions available standalone. | |
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| Developer website | |
ASProtect DRM. Alien Shooter Gold Pack. Base game only. Also contains Alien Shooter 2: Reloaded and Zombie Shooter. | |
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| Developer website | |
Russian version. | |
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
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| Fight for Life | |
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| The Experiment | |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SigmaTeam\AlienShooter\ <path-to-game>\AlienShooter.cfg[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33100/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SigmaTeam\AlienShooter\<user-id> |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33100/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
Game's launcher.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | Limited to 640x480, 800x600 and 1024x768 by default. Steam version in fullscreen 1440x900 (inside perhaps 1280x720 with black borders). A hack for GOG version enables several resolutions up to 1920x1080. There's a similar one for Steam. At least one level for the expansion, The Experiment [Mission 04 - Testing Laboratory] will crash if set to a higher resolution. Also, high resolutions allow a bit of cheating by being able to shoot further than monsters can normally see. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | See Windowed. Steam version toggleable. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Enabled by default. See Vertical sync (Vsync). | ||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | |||
Windowed
| Edit registry to set window mode[citation needed] |
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Vertical sync (Vsync)
| Disable Vsync by editing AlienShooter.cfg[citation needed] |
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Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | See Remapping. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Remapping
| Change controls by editing AlienShooter.cfg[citation needed] |
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Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Polish | Local retail version only. Unofficial translation for digital releases can be downloaded here. It does not translate text related to the expansion packs. | |||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish | Fan translation, download. |
Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 2000, XP, Vista | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 800 MHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 50 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM | |
Notes
- ↑ 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). - ↑ 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>/33100/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (33100) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.