Alone in the Dark (2008)

For the original game, see Alone in the Dark.

Alone in the Dark

Developers
	Eden Games
Publishers
2008-2018	Atari
2018-present	THQ Nordic
Russia	Akella
Engines
	Twilight 2
Release dates
Windows	June 20, 2008
Reception
Metacritic	55
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Series	Alone in the Dark

Alone in the Dark
Alone in the Dark	1992
Jack in the Dark	1993
Alone in the Dark 2	1993
Alone in the Dark 3	1994
Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare	2001
Alone in the Dark (2008)	2008
Alone in the Dark: Illumination	2015
Alone in the Dark (2024)	2024

Key points

Port of the original Xbox 360 version. All additions from Alone in the Dark: Inferno for PlayStation 3 are missing.

Due to compatibility issues with modern graphics cards and operating systems, the game crashes when accessing the Display options menu, causing the game to run at the lowest graphical settings and resolution. See Issues fixed.

Using a controller is strongly recommended over keyboard and mouse controls.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 7 and SecuROM PA DRM
GamersGate
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam		Other DRM: SecuROM PA DRM
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable)

All versions require SecuROM PA DRM.

Steam version can be launched without the Steam client.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Atari\AITD\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/259170/pfx/

The game uses three separate files for saved data: prefs.aitd saves all control, audio and graphical settings, res.aitd saves resolution settings, and save.aitd for game progress.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Atari\AITD\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/259170/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			The game has many issues with setting the resolution on most modern systems. See Game crashes when accessing settings on Windows 7 or updated Windows 10.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen			Use Unknownproject's patch.
4K Ultra HD			When you can access the settings, you can select 4K resolution. However, you have to increase incrementally and restart the game between each change.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Use Unknownproject's patch.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		On by default.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Capped at 60 FPS. Use Unknownproject's patch to unlock.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		Rendered image uses SDR color space. In-game HDR option refers only to HDR Rendering.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See Remapping.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Go to Control Options and press any controller buttons when rebinding a key, until the game asks to confirm the use of a controller. When confirmed, all controls will be automatically rebound for a controller (Xbox 360 and Xbox One controllers work this way). Once this is done, menus are also controller-friendly.
Full controller support		Controller support needs to be activated in Control Options.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Xbox 360 controller prompts.
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Button prompts		Xbox 360 button prompts.
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Only in menus.

Remapping

Certain keys are unbindable when using the keyboard. The mouse buttons cannot be rebound, Delete cannot be bound to anything, and the default keys for vehicle/misc controls cannot be bound to on-foot controls unless they are unbound from vehicle/misc controls first. One consequence of this is that vehicle and on-foot controls must use separate buttons (i.e. if you walk with the arrow keys you cannot also drive with them) unless the default WASD keys are used.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music is only an on/off toggle.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Russian				Official localization by «Akella» – retail only. Patch for digital release here
Spanish
Polish				Local retail only.

Issues fixed

Menu is not being shown after changing resolution

After changing a resolution on some configurations, menu is no longer displayed (aside from animated background).

Change resolution manually[citation needed]
Go to the save game folder. Open res.aitd with a text editor. Put this and save: ResolutionWidth = 1920 ResolutionHeight = 1080 NewResolution = 0 PrevResolutionWidth = 1920 PrevResolutionHeight = 1080 This is an example for 1080p. Replace the values accordingly.

Game crashes when accessing settings on Windows 7 or updated Windows 10

On Windows 7 or later the game crashes when trying to access options due to access violation when trying to read available resolutions.

Use Unknownproject's patch

Use d3d9 wrapper fix
Download this file and extract it. Copy d3d9.dll and d3d9.ini to <path-to-game>. Edit settings in d3d9.ini if needed.

Use GeDoSaTo

Download and launch GeDoSaTo. Click on User Whitelist and add alone on a new line, then save. Click on Edit Settings, find renderResolution and set it to the desired screen resolution (ie. renderResolution 3840x2160@60). Find presentInterval and set it to 1. Find overrideWidth and overrideHeight and set them respectively to the desired screen resolution (ie. overrideWidth 1280 and overrideHeight 720). Find forceBorderlessFullscreen and set it to true. Run the game with GeDoSaTo Tool launched. If the game doesn't recognize keyboard and mouse input, switch to another process with Alt+Tab ↹ and switch back to the game.

Game won't start on Windows 10

Most modern desktop recording solutions (like Nvidia GeForce Experience) aren't compatible with the game.

Close any recording programs

Set Windows Vista, Windows 98 compatibility mode and disable fullscreen optimizations[citation needed]

Controller is not recognized

Delete or rename xinput1_1.dll in the installation folder

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		Too many problems on newer systems

Other information

Unknownproject's patch

Improves 64-bit support and enables user to configure video settings via an external configuration file.

If the game is crashing to the desktop on the loading screen, set Alone_.exe (the modded executable, not the original Alone.exe) to Windows 98 compatibility mode

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
Shader Model support	3

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium D 2.6 GHz AMD Athlon X2 3800+	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	9 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 7600 ATI Radeon X1650 XT 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS ATI Radeon HD 3850 512 MB of VRAM