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Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare

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Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare
Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare cover
Developers
Darkworks
Windows Spiral House
Publishers
2001-2003 Infogrames
2003-2018 Atari
2018-present THQ Nordic
Retail (Japan) CyberFront
Retail (Russia) Akella
Retail re-release Sold Out Software
Engines
Shadow Engine
Release dates
Windows June 22, 2001
Reception
Metacritic 66
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Genres Action, Puzzle
Themes Lovecraftian, Horror
Series Alone in the Dark
Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare on HowLongToBeat
Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare on IGDB
Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare on MobyGames
Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare on Wikipedia
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

Unplayable under Windows 10 due to serious graphical glitches. See Issues fixed.[1]
The GOG.com version has been fixed since early October 2018.
Music is very poorly converted from the Dreamcast version.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
Russian versions have a simple disc check.
All other versions are DRM-free.
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows 10 problems fixed
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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See Game launcher does not work (Steam version)
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Spiral House\launch\Data
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/259190/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\_Alone4_.000.sav[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/259190/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Launcher
Launcher
Only two graphics options are available. Resolution can be set manually and a High Quality mode can be enabled; greatly improving shadow quality.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
4:3 aspect ratio only. Selecting a 16:9 resolution will only stretch the image.
Select a 4:3 resolution to see the correct aspect ratio displayed.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
4k resolutions can be selected, but it will be a stretched 4:3 image.
Field of view (FOV)
Backgrounds are pre-rendered; no camera controls are available.
Windowed
Run alone4.exe with -windowed x=custom y=custom command line argument.
Replace "custom" with any value (e.g. -windowed x=800 y=600).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
VSync does not work on Windows 10
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Causes errors during gameplay. See High FPS Issues.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

In-game input settings
In-game input settings

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse buttons cannot be bound to commands
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse buttons work but no cursor is visible while in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Game does not use the mouse for gameplay
Controller
Controller support
"Action/Fire" will also confirm menu options, while "Run" will work as a back button in menus.
Full controller support
Pause cannot be bound to a controller
Controller remapping
By default, all buttons are unbound.
Options allow for one keyboard binding and one controller binding.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
"Tank controls" with fixed camera angles. Aiming cannot be inverted.
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Triggers, thumbstick clicks and D-pad inputs are not detected.[2]
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
DualShock 4 controllers
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

In-game general settings
In-game general settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, SFX and Dialogue.
Surround sound
Stereo & mono options
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Retail and GOG.com only.
German
Retail only; download for digital releases.
Italian
Retail only; download for digital releases.
Japanese
Retail only.
Polish
Retail only; download for digital releases. FMVs are subtitled.
Brazilian Portuguese
Retail only;[3] download for digital releases.
Russian
Local retail only; download for digital releases.
Spanish
Retail and GOG.com only; download for Steam release.

Issues unresolved

Cheat mode and resolution settings

Running the game in cheat mode does not allow to save the resolution set through the launcher.

Issues fixed

Serious graphical issues on Windows 10

White block in the menu screen and blue characters models on white background.
Fix graphical issues[4]
  1. Download these files.
  2. Replace the original alone4.exe with the executable file of the Spanish GOG.com version.
  3. Copy LOC_##.COK to the Provider folder and rename it to Locale (don't forget to delete the ".COK" extension).

Alternative solution for any Windows version

Fix graphical issues with bonus[5]
  1. Download patch with integrated 10 / 15 save slots for the russian version.
  2. Download patch with integrated 10 / 15 save slots for the english version.
  3. Copy the contents from any ZIP file to the game directory. Renaming is not necessary.

Notes

This fix is based on the english demo version.

Black screen when movies are played

May occur if the option High Quality is enabled.
Run as administrator[6]
  1. Set launch.exe and alone4.exe to run as administrator.
  2. Set alone4.exe to run in compatibility for Windows 2000.

Game launcher does not work (Steam version)

The game launcher does not work in the Steam version, preventing you to set any resolution other than the default one (640x480).
The following is a corrected version of the game launcher for Steam. It also comes bundled with a partial fix for the game not running on Windows 8 or 10, as well as higher quality movies ripped from the Dreamcast version.
Use unofficial fix[7]
  1. Download Alone In The Dark TNN Fixes & Cutscenes.
  2. Delete the movies folder in the installation folder.
  3. Copy the contents from the archive to the installation folder and overwrite files when prompted.
  4. Run the game directly through launch.exe instead of running it through Steam.

High FPS Issues

Limit the frame rate to 60 FPS[citation needed]
Set the refresh rate to 60Hz

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
OpenGL 1.1 [8][9]
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
[8]

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System 6.0h
Cutscenes Bink Video 1.0x

Activate cheat mode

Instructions[10]
  1. Run alone4.exe with -wizardmaster command line argument.
  2. The cheat menu will be visible in the inventory.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95 OSR2
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II 300 MHz
AMD K6-2 300 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 400 MB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia RIVA TNT
ATI Rage Pro
8 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.0 compatible
The game is not compatible with the Savage 4, 4 Pro +, Savage Rage II C, SIS 6326, Permedia 3, Riva 128ZX chipsets


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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>/259190/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (259190) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
  2. 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

  1. gog.com - last accessed on May 2023
  2. Verified by User:Cptmold on 2019-06-21
    Tested with an Xbox One wired controller on Windows 10 v1809
  3. Infogrames Brasil - last accessed on 2023-09-06
  4. https://steamcommunity.com/app/259190/discussions/0/357287935551283008/?ctp=1
  5. AITD4 Patch (with 15 save slots bonus) - YouTube - last accessed on May 2023
  6. gog.com - last accessed on May 2023
  7. Fix pack and higher quality FMVs :: Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare General Discussions - last accessed on 2017-04-17
  8. 8.0 8.1 Verified by User:Expack3 on 2019-12-04
    Tested using GOG version and apiTrace (build 2019-11-28 07:35).
  9. Verified by User:Williamjcm on 2022-12-01
    There is no D3D support. Tested with the GOG release.
  10. gog.com - last accessed on May 2023