Alias

Alias
Alias: Underground	2002
Alias	2004

Warnings

RenderWare games may not work on Windows 11 24H2 or later without using a DirectSound wrapper (see the engine page for details).

Alias is a singleplayer third-person action and stealth game in the Alias series.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 5.03.04 DRM

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Acclaim\Alias\1.0

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Acclaim Entertainment\Alias

Video

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See the WSGF entry. Files can be found here.
Multi-monitor		See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen		See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD		See the WSGF entry.
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)
High-fidelity upscaling	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Frame generation	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS	No frame rate cap. Frame rates higher than 60 FPS break the game.
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration		Negative mouse acceleration.
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		DualShock 4 and other non-XInput controllers need to have an XInput wrapper to work correctly with this game.
Full controller support		Although a GameSpot review claims that the camera controls can't be mapped to a gamepad [1], this is not the case as by default XInput devices have camera controls and other controller inputs already mapped.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers
Directinput button prompts

PlayStation controllers		See controller support notes
PlayStation button prompts
Motion sensors support
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes

Nintendo controllers
Nintendo button prompts
Face button layout support
Motion sensors support
Connection modes

Other controller(s)
Peripheral devices support
Additional button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Slovak				Fan - 1
Spanish

Issues fixed

Videos don't play

Type command in command prompt^[1]
Open the Start menu, type in `cmd` and press `↵ Enter`. Type in and enter: `regsvr32 C:\Games\Alias\MultiVMR9.dll` (change `C:\Games\Alias\` to your game install path).

'Not enough space' error

At game startup the game shows the following message: "YOUR HARD DISK DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH SPACE TO SAVE GAMES AND OPTIONS. YOU NEED TO FREE 33 KBYTES."

Make a registry file with the necessary keys^[1]

Make a text file.
Copy the following code into it.

For 64-bit OS:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Acclaim]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Acclaim\Alias]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Acclaim\Alias\1.0]
"ADMIN_RIGHTS"="You do not have administrator rights."
"Installed Path"="C:\\Games\\Alias\\"
"Language"="English"
"NO_DISC"="Please insert Alias Disk2."
"NO_DRIVE"="No CD-ROM/DVD drive found."
"WRONG_DISC"="Please insert Alias Disk2."

For 32-bit OS:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Acclaim]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Acclaim\Alias]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Acclaim\Alias\1.0]
"ADMIN_RIGHTS"="You do not have administrator rights."
"Installed Path"="C:\\Games\\Alias\\"
"Language"="English"
"NO_DISC"="Please insert Alias Disk2."
"NO_DRIVE"="No CD-ROM/DVD drive found."
"WRONG_DISC"="Please insert Alias Disk2."

Change the following settings to your own:

"Installed Path"="C:\\Games\\Alias\\"
"Language"="English" (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish)

Save it as a .reg file.
Run it and merge it.

"DirectInput problem detected - There is a problem with your DirectInput registry settings"

Install the Microsoft DirectInput Mapper^{[citation needed]}

High FPS issues

Occurs due to script breaking at framerates higher than 60.

Limit the Framerate to 60FPS^{[citation needed]}
See Frame rate capping.

Set the refresh rate to 60 Hz^{[citation needed]}

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		2D

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9	^[2]

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, ME, 2000, 98SE	XP
Processor (CPU)	1 GHz Intel Pentium 4	2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or better
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	1.2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Hardware Vertex and Pixel Shaders V1.1 DirectX 8.1 compatible	DirectX 9 compatible

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Alias | WSGF - last accessed on 2017-03-13
↑ Verified by User:Eddman on 2025-06-05

[WSGF-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Alias | WSGF - last accessed on 2017-03-13

[2] Verified by User:Eddman on 2025-06-05

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Developers

	Acclaim Cheltenham
Windows	Super Happy Fun Fun
Publishers
	Acclaim Entertainment
Engines
	RenderWare
Release dates
Windows	June 14, 2004
Reception
Metacritic	55
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Stealth
Series	Alias