Alpha Prime

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc v4.81 DRM^{[Note 1]}. Czech and Polish copies use StarForce 4 DRM^{[Note 2]}.
Steam
Publisher website (unavailable)

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

Demos

English demo is available.

German release

German retail release is mildly censored (no ragdoll).^[5] Steam release in Germany seems to be uncensored.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.3 is the latest official patch. It's already included in the Steam & North America DVD version.

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video folder^{[citation needed]}
Go to the installation folder. Delete or rename the `video` folder.

Dominus Prime

Mod that overhauls the gameplay and fixes some bugs. Can be downloaded here.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\settings.cfg^{[Note 3]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2590/pfx/^{[Note 4]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\save\^{[Note 3]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2590/pfx/^{[Note 4]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Advanced settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Default FOV is 60°. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		Toggle with `Alt`+`↵ Enter` or set `Fullscreen 0` in `settings.cfg`
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 8x FSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Enabled by default. To disable set `VSync 0` in `settings.cfg`
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Field of view (FOV)

Use console^[6]
Open the in-game console with `Ctrl`+`Alt`+`F3`. Modify the `DefaultFOV` variable to the desired size. Zoom in with the equipped weapon for the change to take effect. Repeat these steps each time the game is launched.

Input

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Supports two keys per action.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Separate X and Y axis sliders.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Some buttons on controller can be mapped, but is largely unusable.

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and effects.
Surround sound		Up to 7.1 output. May require DirectSound3D restoration software.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 4.0.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Spanish				Fan translation, download.
Polish				Local retail only.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX compatible

Notes

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]
↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.^[3]^[4] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 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).
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 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>/2590/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (2590) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
↑ https://www.schnittberichte.com/schnittbericht.php?ID=4258
↑ Has this game a fov option (field of view)? :: Alpha Prime General Discussions - last accessed on 17 May 2023

[3] SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]

[6] This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.^[3]^[4] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.

[gamedir-8] 3.0 ^3.1 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).

[Proton_path_note-9] 4.0 ^4.1 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>/2590/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (2590) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[2] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

[StarForce_Windows_8.1-4] Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support

[StarForce_Windows_10-5] Windows 10 support - StarForce Support

[7] ttps://www.schnittberichte.com/schnittbericht.php?ID=4258

[10] Has this game a fov option (field of view)? :: Alpha Prime General Discussions - last accessed on 17 May 2023

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Developers

	Black Element Software
Publishers
	IDEA Games
	Meridian4
	Bohemia Interactive
Engines
	Enforce
Release dates
Windows	December 21, 2006
Reception
Metacritic	59