American McGee's Alice Windows Fix

Designed to help users get the Alice: Madness Returns version working as well as make the first American McGee's Alice game available in Steam and Origin clients.Tested on Windows 10/11 YouTube videos on how to included.

How to

Reviving another classic game:
Here is how to get that American McGee's Alice Classic DLC working with the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ version of Alice:Madness Returns 2011 from Steam and Origin

Github repos with steps for Windows 10/11
Windows 11:
https://github.com/silentgameplays/Alice-Windows-11-Fix
Windows 10:
https://github.com/silentgameplays/American-McGee-s-Alice-Windows-10-Fix-Origin

Steam versions:

1. Download and install Alice:Madness Returns from Steam

2. Run the game at least once, create a profile

3. Download Alice1 from this Nextcloud link:
https://ann.nl.tab.digital/s/Twoj2T7F2GgzHJc

4. Copy the Alice1 folder into C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alice Madness Returns

5. Go to C:\Users\User\Documents\My Games\Alice Madness Returns\AliceGame\Config

6. Look for AliceEngine.ini file

7. Edit it with notepad,replace the entire [AliceGame.AliceGameEngine] section with these lines:

[AliceGame.AliceGameEngine]
Alice1Path=..\..\Alice1\bin
GIsSpecialPCEdition=TRUE

NB! If this does not work for Steam versions, then you can edit another Default Engine.ini file located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alice Madness Returns\AliceGame\Config

Look for DefaultEngine.ini file

Edit it with notepad,replace the entire [AliceGame.AliceGameEngine] section with these lines:

[AliceGame.AliceGameEngine]
Alice1Path=..\..\Alice1\bin
GIsSpecialPCEdition=TRUE

8. Launch Alice:Madness Returns again

9. Select option to play American McGee's Alice

EA App versions

1. You need to buy the copy of the original 2011 game Alice: Madness Returns from EA or Redeem your Steam Key in the EA App client

2. Download and install Alice:Madness Returns from EA App client

3. Run the game at least once

4. Download Alice 1 from Nextcloud link:

https://ann.nl.tab.digital/s/Twoj2T7F2GgzHJc

5. Go to C:\Users\User\Documents\My Games\Alice Madness Returns\AliceGame\Config

6. Look for AliceEngine.ini file

7. Edit it with notepad:

* Change this one line GIsSpecialPCEdition=FALSE to GIsSpecialPCEdition=TRUE

8. Copy the Alice 1 folder into C:\Program Files\EA Games\Alice Madness Returns\Game

9. Launch Alice:Madness Returns again

10. Select option to play American McGee's Alice (if it crashes when selecting Full Screen,don't worry just relaunch the game again)

#(Optional) 60 FPS Fix for Alice Madness Returns:

1. Go to C:\Users\User\Documents\My Games\Alice Madness Returns\AliceGame\Config

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alice Madness Returns\AliceGame\Config

2. Find the AliceEngine.ini file

3. Edit with notepad

4. Find the following values

MinSmoothedFrameRate=22
MaxSmoothedFrameRate=31

5. Change one of these values to:

MinSmoothedFrameRate=22
MaxSmoothedFrameRate=60

NB! If this does not work for Steam versions, then you can edit another DefaultEngine.ini file located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alice Madness Returns\AliceGame\Config

Find the DefaultEngine.ini file

Edit with notepad

Find the following values
MinSmoothedFrameRate=22
MaxSmoothedFrameRate=31

Change one of these values to:
MinSmoothedFrameRate=22
MaxSmoothedFrameRate=60

Additional steps if something is broken,game does not work correctly,etc:

1. Go to Control Panel>Programs>Programs and Features>Turn Windows Features on or off>Legacy Components>Enable Direct Play .NET 3.5 Framework support

2. Check on AMD/NVIDIA GPU’s if the driver is up to date, if not, reinstall using DDU
(no need for safe mode,just restart normally and install the latest driver version):
https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

3. Follow the guide,do a clean/fresh reinstall(delete all folders in Steam with the Alice: Madness Returns game and make sure that the game is located in C:\Program Files(x86) directory.

4. On Intel+NVIDIA (laptops) make sure that Alice:Madness Returns game is using NVIDIA as main GPU in NVIDIA Control Panel.

Additional steps for Alice Madness Returns Steam version to get the Alice 1 DLC running thanks to SpectralOcelot

1. Create a new shortcut by right clicking on the desktop and direct it to the .../Game/Alice1/bin/alice.exe

2. For the newly created shortcut in properties add the command -RunningFromAlice2 after the Target path:
Sample result should look similar to:
C:\Program Files (x86)\EA Games\Alice Madness Returns The Complete Collection\Game\Alice1\bin\alice.exe" -RunningFromAlice2
(NB! Your target path should point to YOUR game installation location, which is might be different. Don't just copy and paste this.)

3. This will allow you to run American McGee's Alice by simply using the shortcut, without having to launch through Madness Returns.
This also eliminated the "alice.exe not found" or ".../bin/alice.exe the parameter is missing" errors that users might experience, while trying to launch through A:MR.


Hope it helps!

Update-60 FPS optional fix added,enjoy!
Update EA App fix added.
Update Origin fix depricated
Update Additional tinkering steps with DefaultEngine.ini added for Steam versions.
This guide is published under GPL 3.0 License.

#Enjoy!
silentgameplays

[feelsssogood]

Pretty sure this doesnt work anymore ??

[Fastolph]

I can't get the original Alice to launch. The menu option is there in Madness Returns, but selecting it just closes the game without any error messages. When trying to launch Alice.exe manually, Windows just tells me "This app can't run on your PC". Windows 11 btw. Anyone got a clue?

[Nom_XD]

Additional fix: if you aren't able to save your game, make sure to install it in a FAT partition (e.g., exFAT; mine didn't save on NTFS partitions). That's all.

[silentgameplays]

Added additional fixes for Steam version.

[dididiidyurrrrrrr]

I tried the steam version and when i opened the console it said that the ''default.cfg'' file was missing and that it couldnt load it is there anything i can do about it?

[ʜᴜɴɢʀʏ ɢʜᴏꜱᴛ]

@Brash Candicoot there's only this version packed with Alice 2

[Brash Candicoot]

Sorry if you've already answered this but is this the HD remastered version of Alice 1? Thanks!

[silentgameplays]

Thank you for the great feedback!

[M O N K E Y S O U N D ™]

Very Helpful Thank You!

[silentgameplays]

Niceratops Thank you for the great feedback!

SpectralOcelot Wow thanks it looks like it is a proper way to get it working on Steam.Adding to the guide.