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General questions[]

What are the system requirements?[]

The basic system requirements are a decent OpenGL compatible card, with a 2.8 GHz processor and at least 4 GB of RAM.

Why is the menu not completely visible?[]

This can happen on Windows when you use the scaling option. Either disable scaling completely, or add an exception for the alienarena.exe application. More info here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/629540/discussions/0/1646544348823676392/

Why don't I have any sound?[]

It's probably because you need to install OpenAL. On Windows, you can do this by running oalinst.exe located in the root folder.

Why do I get a map difference error?[]

It's probably because you have an older version of the map than the one on the server. To fix that, reinstall the map. From version 7.71.4, you can use the command installmap for that:

  • Go to Game options - Network - Network options
  • Enable "installmap and installmodel overwrite files"
  • Use the command installmap <mapname> in the console
  • Restart Alien Arena (the map is cached, so if you got it once, you need to restart)

If you have an older version of Alien Arena (7.71.3 and lower), you can go to https://www.alienarena.org, download the zip, extract it, and copy all contents of the arena folder in the zip into your arena folder. Then restart Alien Arena.

Where can I get help?[]

Have a look at https://www.alienarena.org for the most basic information. If you have specific questions, join our discord server: https://discord.gg/Rd5fwBg. There are usually people available to help you with questions.

There is an IRC-network too: irc.alienarena.org, port 6697 or 6667, channel: #alienarena

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