Alter Ego (2010)

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Steam

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Engine.config^{[Note 1]} <path-to-game>\saves\options^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/63110/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\saves\*.egs^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/63110/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

External video settings

In-game general settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Letterboxed with aspect ratio 16:10 and narrower, Vert- on 16:9 and wider. See aspect ratio examples.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Available but Vert-. Game does not have ultra-widescreen resolutions in the list, choose `Resolution` - `Autodetect` to use desktop resolution.
4K Ultra HD		Game does not have 4K resolution in the list, choose `Resolution` - `Autodetect` to use desktop resolution. Backgrounds are prerendered FullHD pictures.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Aspect ratio 4:3. Letterboxed.
Aspect ratio 16:10. Slightly letterboxed.
Aspect ratio 16:9. Vert-, slightly cut off from top and bottom. Subtitles in cutscenes are partially visible.
Aspect ratio 21:9. Vert-, heavily cut off from top and bottom. Subtitles in cutscenes are not visible.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration		No acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Only Sound and Spoken Word can be changed
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	OpenAL

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP2	Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	2.5 GHz Single Core
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 6600 AMD Radeon 9600 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 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).
↑ ^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>/63110/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (63110) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

Developers

	Future Games^[1]
	bitComposer Games
Publishers
	Viva Media
Engines
	AGDS5
Release dates
Windows	August 3, 2010
Reception
Metacritic	59
Taxonomy
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	Cinematic camera
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	Realistic, Pre-rendered graphics
Themes	Europe, Victorian