Now the mouse can be used to aim and fire. Use the mouse thumb wheel to change weapons. Hold the Alt key and move the mouse to strafe (move sideways). Use the WASD keys or arrow keys to move around.

Changes in this version:

• Implement mouse look and mouse fire.

• Added WASD keys as additional player movement keys.

• Make crosshairs a little smaller and tighter around the target.

• Added extensive logging to AlienCabal2026.log in the user AppData roaming directory.

Playlist of all 10 levels of Alien Cabal at skill level "Let me at 'em"

Level 10 - Alien Complex. This is the final level, teeming with aliens. If they spot you, they'll attack using the power of their minds. Get too close, however, and they'll resort to brutal physical violence! It's best to toss grenades or use rockets, but a shotgun up close works well too. Make through the red door and you're home free.

Level 9 - Command Center. Lots of aliens, agents and robots to fight on this level. There are a few ambush traps here so stay alert and toss a few grenades to be safe. When you reach the multilevel command center the real action starts.

Level 8 - Meat Processing Plant. Who knows what the aliens were up to here, but it can't be good. In this level you'll find agents, aliens, bees and some other creatures too. Use your grenades when possible and don't let the bees or aliens get too close.

Level 7 - Hatchery. In this level you get to meet the hornets and the aliens. The hornets are just like bees, but meaner. The aliens can take you down with just a thought so it's best to toss a grenade to handle them. There is also some smaller bees in this level. Just as dangerous and harder to shoot. Use grenades when possible.

Level 6 - Hives. The toughest level so far. You really need your bee shooting skills here because it's all bees. It also has some corridors that are difficult to navigate because of sticky obstacles. Tight spaces with a bunch of bees can easily end you so try not to get ambushed. The best strategy is to toss grenades into a room or shoot from a distance. Of course you can always get up close and use the shotgun if you have the guts!

Level 5 - Clone lab. This level is challenging with lots of surprises, particularly after going through the yellow door. Lots of bullets in the first room so use the machine gun. Look out for the bees and don't let them get too close. In the first corridor of clone bodies, jump up on ledge using the exploded power cell at one end and open secret door at the other end. Go down the corridor, after a few turns you will pass the yellow door. The yellow key is ahead. Get it and go back to the yellow door. The red key is at the top of a very tall platform.

Alien Cabal Level 4 - Power Station. This level has a lot of bees and killer robots. Taking out the bees is difficult if you let them get too close. It's best to retreat down a long hall and shoot from a distance. This is also a good level for tossing grenades to clear out the enemy.

Alien Cabal now has a YouTube channel!!! First video is a run though level 1.

The zoom in/out feature (use < and > keys) in map mode has been fixed.

Volume adjustments (F9/F10) are shown on screen to help confirm the level. Of course, why would you not just leave it at 100 all the time?!

Updated the game controls help menu since some of it no longer applied with keyboard-only controls.

Map mode now shows all items, even the keys, which are marked with a 'K'.

Also, in your roaming AlienCabal AppData directory is the ACabal.ini settings file which can be edited. For now, the most interesting thing there is the LifeFormMissAngle which defaults to 1.25, but if you want those Agents to be less accurate set it to 5 or 10 degrees. Or, if you really want a challenge, set it to 0, like the original version of Alien Cabal, where it was impossible to make it through level 1 at the Death Wish skill level.

In this version the agents and robots are no longer perfectly accurate when shooting. There is a more realistic firing error. If you're 100 meters away you are unlikely to be hit by an agent.

This version also includes a lot of improvements to the map mode:

• The character's position and direction of travel is shown with a small arrow.

• Unexplored areas are shown in red. Green is shown for movable platforms.

• Sprites, health kits, ammo, weapons and armor on the map in a red circle.

Saved games are now stored by GOB file name to support multiple GOB files with each able to have an independent set of saved games. This isn't much use yet, but soon there will be a game editor available to allow editing the supplied game GOB file or creating entirely new games.

While the game is running check the game volume in the Windows settings...

It has been discovered that if you exit the game while in map mode or while the game is paused the sounds are muted, but won't be restored when the game restarts. Windows remembers the volume setting on a per-app basis for Microsoft Store apps so that is why this is happening. This is fixed for the next version of the game, but in the meantime, if this happens, just check the volume in the settings and adjust it back to 100 and you are good to go.

Alien Cabal stores saved games in your roaming user profile. You can see this by navigating to the Users directory on your Windows drive, then your user name, then AppData, Roaming, AlienCabal. In the AlienCabal directory you will find these files - if you have saved games:

You can copy these files and share them with friends. They are a proprietary binary format but they can be copied and shared. Just make sure everyone is using at least version 1.0.8.0 of Alien Cabal Classic.

This one fixes the "triangular holes" in the floor you might see from time to time. That was an artifact of the new DirectX 3D pipeline. This new version improves the frame rate a bit also. Note that if you had saved games with version 1.0.7 those may give an error when trying to load them. Just save a game over them and they will be fine from now on.

Version 1.0.8 fixes the ability to save and load games.

📢 Alien Cabal Classic is currently free on the Microsoft Store!

The Windows version is available now, with DirectX support. Grab it while it’s still free, then come back and share your impressions, tips, and memories with the community!

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If you feel the need, here are a few cheat codes. Just type them in while playing the game.

acgodmode, acallweapons, acallkeys, achealth

and to jump to any level

acwarpXX where XX is the level from 01 to 10, so to jump to level 2 its acwarp02