Alternativa
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| Developers | |
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| Centauri Production | |
| First Reality | |
| Publishers | |
| Bohemia Interactive | |
| Russia | Akella |
| Engines | |
| CPAL3D | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | November 3, 2010 |
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Key points
- This game forces a constant resolution of 1024x768 for 4:3 aspect ratio making it difficult to run it fullscreen on modern displays without any kind of modding
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
German release | |
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| Retail | |
Polish release | |
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| Steam | |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Centauri\ALTERNATIVA |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33990/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Alternativa\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33990/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud |
Video
In-game Settings
- Game does not have an option to choose between different resolutions, forcing black bars on the sides.
- It does however changes the resolution using the Aspect Ratio option in settings, but for some reason it refuses to work on 16:9 and 16:10 aspect ratios forcing it only on 4:3
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | 8 Samples | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | See Change refresh rate | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
| Potential resolution fix |
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Refresh Rate (Hz)
| Change refresh rate |
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- For another potential resolution workaround, check this guide How-to: About resolution and aspect ratio
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
| Controller types |
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Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Music, Sound, Dialogue, 3D Sound and Better sound quality | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Czech | Retail only | |||
| German | Retail only; download for Steam release. | |||
| Italian | Retail only | |||
| Polish | Retail only | |||
| Russian | Retail only; download for Steam release. | |||
| Spanish | Fan translation, download. |
VR support
| 3D modes | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| vorpX | 2D Game is only partly 3D, play 2D without specific vorpx profile. |
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Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | ||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz or compatible | |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 2.0 support |
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Notes
- ↑ 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>/33990/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (33990) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.