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Are you a bad enough dude to

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

A placeholder for the in-game tv movies found throughout the game.

startup_mgs.bik

The Microsoft Game Studios logo was carried over from the Xbox 360 version. The PC release was published by Remedy.

test_surround_sound.bik

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

LOD image of a parade stand.

Barrel texture.

Bench texture.

Chipped paint.

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 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.

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.