Alien Shooter
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| Developers | |
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| Sigma Team | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | May 18, 2003 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Isometric |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Action, Shooter |
| Themes | Sci-fi |
| Series | Alien Shooter |
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Alien Shooter is a singleplayer isometric action and shooter game in the Alien Shooter series.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
ASProtect DRM in Russia. UK version was sold as Invasion: Earth. In-game text is different from Alien Shooter. | |
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| GOG.com | |
Bundled with both expansions. | |
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| ZOOM Platform | |
Bundled with both expansions. | |
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| Steam | |
Version 1.22. | |
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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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fight for Life | |
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| The Experiment | |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SigmaTeam\AlienShooter\ <path-to-game>\AlienShooter.cfg[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33100/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SigmaTeam\AlienShooter\<user-id> |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Windowed
| Edit registry to set window mode[citation needed] |
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Note that in newer versions, ETeam might instead be spelled as SigmaTeam |
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 sensitivity | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| 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 | ||||
| Czech | Retail - 1 | |||
| Polish | Local retail version only. Patch for digital release here. | |||
| Russian | ||||
| Slovak | Fan - 1 Fight For Life The Experiment | |||
| Spanish | Fan translation, download. | |||
| Portuguese | Fan translation by rubinho146, Including expansions, Download |
Issues fixed
The game crashes at level 1
When going to the right hand side of the map, the game crashes.
| Use dgVoodoo 2 |
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Reborn crash
If the player dies and they have an extra life, the game will crash.
| Use dgVoodoo 2. See the above entry for details. |
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Medkit crash
If the player's HP is down to zero, the medkit should activate. However, on modern systems the item crashes the game.
| Use dgVoodoo 2. See the above entry for details. |
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Erroneous Display Problem
This issue happens when running the game in a resolution with 16-bit color depth.
| Set the resolution with 32-bit color depth at game's launcher. |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 8 | [1] |
| 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 | |||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 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 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/33100/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (33100) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Wintersnowfall on 2024-09-16