Alias

Alias
Alias: Underground	2002
Alias	2004

Alias is a game in the Alias series.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM v5 DRM.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Acclaim\Alias

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
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
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.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Negative mouse acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
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
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers		See controller support notes

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
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
Spanish

Issues fixed

Videos don't play

Fix video issue^[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 you get the following message: "YOUR HARD DISK DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH SPACE TO SAVE GAMES AND OPTIONS. YOU NEED TO FREE 33 KBYTES."

Fix startup error^[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

High FPS Issues

Occurs due to script breaking at fps higher than 60fps

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

Vsync (Enabled by default) not working on Windows10

Vsync is enabled by default, but in Windows 10 it does not work because the Vsync of DirectX 8 in Windows 10 is broken.

Download the d3d8to9.
Copy D3D8.DLL from the folder to the game install directory and set the monitor refresh rate to 60 Hz.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		2D

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8.1, 9
Shader Model support	1.1

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
Hard disk drive (HDD)	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

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

[1]

Developers

	Acclaim Cheltenham
Publishers
	Acclaim Entertainment
Engines
	RenderWare
Release dates
Windows	June 14, 2004
Taxonomy
Series	Alias