Alan Wake (Windows)

Alan Wake
Developers: Remedy Entertainment, Nitro Games Publisher: Remedy Entertainment Platform: Windows Released internationally: February 16, 2012 This game has unused areas. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused cinematics. This game has unused music. This game has debugging material. This game has anti-piracy features.

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To do: Get screenshots of the anti-piracy stuff and the unused areas visible with the -freecamera option. Find if -legaleyepatch was added. demo06 -files demo08 -files gdc09 -files Explore the debug folder more thoroughly. Wolf animations. Leftovers from the racetrack and museum. Early Alan models dating back to 2008.

Unused Cinematics

To do: Check for more.

The game's data/videos folder has a couple of unused .bik video clips.

ingame_tv_placeholder.bik	startup_mgs.bik	test_surround_sound.bik
A placeholder for the in-game TV movies found throughout the game.	The Microsoft Game Studios logo was carried over from the Xbox 360 version. The PC release was published by Remedy.	A surround sound test for the loading screen videos.

Unused Textures

To do: There's more. A lot more.

Missing Mesh

A placeholder texture, presumably used with some sort of debug cube to indicate models which hadn't been finished yet. Found in the debug folder.

Museum

To do: There's more files for the museum, such as higher quality textures, the model itself in Bright Falls and various unused props.

A LOD texture for the museum. The building itself remains in Bright Falls, although unseen.

Race Track

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  LOD image of a parade stand.

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  Barrel texture.

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  Bench texture.

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  Chipped paint.

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  Tires.

Bunch of textures from a cut race track. Back when Alan Wake used to be open world, this racetrack used to house a minigame.

Unused Music

To do: Check for more unused audio.

The game's files have some unused tracks.

manuscript_music_01

This unused track was audible in the E3 2009 demo, after Alan finds the manuscript page on the back of a car. The cutscene, and this following moodpiece were both removed from the final game.

Anti-Piracy Features

As of version 1.05, if the game detects that it was installed in a not quite legal form, a few minor aesthetic changes are made to the game in response: Alan Wake wears a pirate eyepatch for the entire game (Barry, on the other hand, wears two!) and the messages shown during loading screens are replaced with a message politely encouraging the player to buy the game if they like it.

There has been a survey in 2012 on if there should be a command line to get this legally, such as "-legaleyepatch". It is not noted in patch notes if this was added or not.

(Source: Steam User Forums)

Free Camera Mode

To do: Capture the random misplacements. Cut buildings can be seen in Bright Falls, such as the museum and a bank.

Patch version 1.04 added a "-freecamera" debug command-line function that replaces the camera side toggling when clicking in the right stick with toggling a free camera mode. This lets you move the camera around the entire map.

• In one of the New York episodes, it's possible to find a floating cottage and a piece of powerline over a nearby forest. It is also possible to see that the house Alan lives in reuses textures from Max Payne 2.

• Every field in the game has crop circles.

(Source: Remedy forums)