A.I.M.: Artificial Intelligence Machines

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A.I.M.: Artificial Intelligence Machines

Developers
	SkyRiver Studios
Publishers
2004-2018	1C Company
2018-2022	1C Entertainment
2022-present	Fulqrum Publishing
Estonia (2004)	Andrico
France (2004)	Micro Application
Release dates
Windows	February 27, 2004
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Adventure, RPG
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Sci-fi
Series	A.I.M.

A.I.M.
A.I.M.: Artificial Intelligence Machines	2004
A.I.M. 2: Clan Wars	2006
A.I.M. Racing	2007
A.I.M.3: War Protocol	TBA

A.I.M.: Artificial Intelligence Machines is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person adventure and RPG game in the A.I.M. series.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		StarForce DRM; removed with Patch 1.06. Version 1.03 (international disc release) also came without the DRM in some countries.
GamersGate
ZOOM Platform

Essential improvements

Patches

Patches are available here.

Although these patches are advertised for Russian release, they can be applied on any localized game version, minus the included Russian localization files.^{[citation needed]}

Missing road decals

Lower view distance in order to allow on-terrain decals to load in

While in-game main/pause menu, click on "SETTINGS". In options control panel, navigate to "Graphics" tab. Set "View Distance" to "Normal" or "Medium" (depending on localization). Click OK and return to game. Now the view distance is at 256 in-game length units. It is rather short for modern standards but it is enough for decals to start mostly loading in correctly. The VisibleRadius variable in <path-to-game>\data\config\cfg.ini can be additionally tweaked. 256 units is already a bit too high and some decals may not load in. 128 units is even lower view radius but it is guaranteed to load decals correctly.

Skip intro videos

Disable publisher and developer intros
Go to <path-to-game>\Data\CONFIG. Open cfg.ini. Enter Video=0 right under the [CONFIG] header. Save and close the file.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\data\config\

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\SAVES\

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Works, but game versions < 1.06 are crash-prone, and in-building menu buttons are dislocated from their intended positions.
Field of view (FOV)		v0.21, v1.00-1.03: dynamic (widens with movement speed) v1.04 & v1.06: fixed
Windowed		Requires game version 1.06 and Windowed=1 set in <path-to-game>\data\config\ under [CONFIG] section. Windowed mode is fixed at 640x480 resolution.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Windowed mode is unconditionally borderless.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Introduces some physics-related problems (like uninitiated glider self-acceleration in a random direction) when frame rate is very high (~300–1000, or more).
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Modify configuration file
Go to <path-to-game>\data\config\ Open cfg.ini. Find the line which starts with Antializing. Change the line to read Antializing=XX, where XX is the desired number of AA samples. Save and close the file. Notes Valid values are 0-15.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Some buttons aren't detected and cannot be used at all (like right stick) or have hardcoded function (left stick).
Full controller support		Menu navigation is possible only with mouse.
Controller remapping		Limited: some buttons either have hardcoded function or aren't detected at all and thus cannot be (re)mapped.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Supported but the controller's left stick takes over turning functionality of mouse while its buttons still work.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Sound, Engine.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Estonian
Bulgarian				The game was released in Bulgaria, but only its discs cover was in Bulgarian. It is unknown whether or not the game itself, too, was ever localized.
Czech
French				An unofficial French patch to 1.06 is available here.
German
Russian

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play		16 (default)	Versus, Co-op Desynchronizes usually rather quickly, especially when entering menus that pause game on client-side.
Online play		Although WAN isn't implemented, VPN can be used as a workaround.
Asynchronous multiplayer

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking		Servers will be automatically scanned for and joined, without any way for players to choose which one to join if multiple servers have been created.
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated		In game root directory, named as MMServ.exe, along with its accompanying MMServ.ini configuration file.
Self-hosting		When entering the multiplayer mode and no servers are detected, a new instance will be created and hosted automatically. Alternatively the server executable MMServ.exe can be launched directly.
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	1 (default)

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8.1

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98	ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 3 800 MHz AMD Athlon 800 MHz	Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz AMD Athlon 1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 2 ATI Radeon 7500 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible	Nvidia GeForce FX 5600 ATI Radeon 9500 128 MB of VRAM