A.I.M.: Artificial Intelligence Machines
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Developers | |
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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. | |
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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 |
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Retail | StarForce DRM; removed with Patch 1.06. Version 1.03 (international disc release) also came without the DRM in some countries. |
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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 |
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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
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Skip intro videos
Disable publisher and developer intros |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\data\config\[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\SAVES\[Note 1] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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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 |
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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. |
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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[1] |
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Notes
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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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 | ||
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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 |
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Separate volume controls | Music, Sound, Engine. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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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 | |
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Local play | ||||
LAN play | 16 (default) | Versus, Co-op Desynchronizes usually rather quickly, especially when entering menus that pause game on client-side. |
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Online play | Although WAN isn't implemented, VPN can be used as a workaround. | |||
Asynchronous multiplayer |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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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. |
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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. |
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Direct IP |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 1 (default) |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8.1 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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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 |
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%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Steam Community Guide - 8x anti-aliasing/ 8x сглаживание - last accessed on 2016-08-21