Alien Shooter

Key points

Very limited graphical options.

Keys can only be rebound by editing a config file.

General information

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Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		ASProtect DRM in Russia. UK version was sold as Invasion: Earth. In-game text is different from Alien Shooter.
GOG.com		Bundled with both expansions.
ZOOM Platform		Bundled with both expansions.
Steam		Version 1.22.
Developer website		ASProtect DRM. Base game only. Expansions available standalone.
Developer website		ASProtect DRM. Alien Shooter Gold Pack. Base game only. Also contains Alien Shooter 2: Reloaded and Zombie Shooter.
Developer website		Russian version.

Name	Notes
Fight for Life
The Experiment

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SigmaTeam\AlienShooter\ <path-to-game>\AlienShooter.cfg^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33100/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SigmaTeam\AlienShooter\<user-id>
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33100/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

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

Edit registry to set window mode^{[citation needed]}

Playing in a window mode may be problematic, as the mouse cursor is not grabbed by the game's window.

Disable Vsync by editing AlienShooter.cfg^{[citation needed]}
Go to the installation folder. Open `AlienShooter.cfg` Change `VSync=1` to `VSync=0`.

Change controls by editing AlienShooter.cfg^{[citation needed]}
Go to the installation folder. Open `AlienShooter.cfg` using Notepad. Below `[control]` you'll find actions bound to specific keys. Change keys to your liking leaving action names unchanged.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Polish				Local retail version only. Patch for digital release here.
Russian
Spanish				Fan translation, download.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

↑ 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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/33100/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (33100) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.