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Syndicate (2012)
Syndicate coverart.jpg
Developer(s) Starbreeze Studios
Publisher(s) Electronic Arts
First release date February 21, 2012
Syndicate
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Syndicate 2012

Key points

Disadvantage Publisher dropped support for the game right after release. Not a single patch was released.
Disadvantage Game lacks PC-specific features like text chat, push-to-talk microphone or FOV customization.

General information

More information Starbreeze Official Forum

Contents

[edit] Availability

Source(s) Store unlock Notes
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Retail Origin.png
Information All copies use Origin.

[edit] Improvements

[edit] Enhanced quality

Fix Enhanced quality • Link

  1. Enter console by pressing ctr + alt + ~.
  2. Enter xr_adaptivequalitymode 3.
  3. Enter xr_fxaa 3 for better antialiasing.
  4. Enter xr_postaa 3 for post processing antialiasing.
  5. Enter xr_ssao 2 for ambient occlusion.
  6. Enter xr_ssaogain 0.5 for setting strength of SSAO.

[edit] Game data

  Location 
Save game location %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\Syndicate\SaveGames\default
Configuration files location %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\Syndicate\environment.cfg

[edit] Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Origin Native Syncs save games and settings.
GameSave Manager Hackable In the database.

[edit] Video settings

Video settings.
Graphics option Native WSGF Notes 
Widescreen resolution Native WSGF WS Gold.png 4:3, 5:4 and 16:10 resolutions are letterboxed to 16:9. 
Multi-monitor Hackable WSGF MM Silver.png See Multi-monitor. 
Field of view (FOV) Hackable Default is 70. See Field of view (FOV). 
Windowed Native Toggle with ALT + ENTER. 
Borderless fullscreen windowed Impossibru!  
Anisotropic filtering (AF) Native  
Anti-aliasing (AA) Native  
Vertical sync (Vsync) Native


[edit] Multi-monitor

Fix Multi-monitor resolution • Link

Multi-monitor resolution must be set manually in config file.

  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\Syndicate\
  2. Open Environment.cfg in notepad
  3. Locate VID_DWIDTH=xxxx and VID_DHEIGHT=xxxx and change xxxx to your desired values

[edit] Field of view (FOV)

Fix Changing FOV • Link

This solution comes from a YouTube user LogDoggie.[1]

  1. Download modified dll files here.
  2. Extract the archive (there may be some problems extracting it using WinRAR, if so - use 7zip instead).
  3. Choose a fitting FOV and copy its GameClasses_Win32_x86_Release.dll to ..\Syndicate\Content overwriting original file.

Notes:

Information It's recommended not to use modified FOV, while playing online.
Information Modified FOV doesn't scale well with Iron-sights.

[edit] Input settings

Input Settings Native Notes 
Remapping Native    
Mouse acceleration Impossibru!  Seems to be turned on by default. No option in menu.  
Controller support Native  Xinput controllers. See Controller support. 

[edit] Controller support

For gamepads that don't support Xinput use X360ce.

InformationUsually, when a gamepad is pluged in, game shows only gamepad controls. See fixes.

[edit] Issues unresolved

[edit] Crash when joining COOP

Sometimes a game crashes when joining a COOP game. Possible solutions include disabling Third-party overlay software like FRAPS, Steam or Xfire. Other solution is disabling voice input and output in audio settings of a game. Both solutions seem to reduce an amount of game crashes, but none fixes it fully.

[edit] Falling through the ground

One of the common problems in missions like Downzone is falling through the ground. There isn't a known fix how to solve that.

[edit] Issues fixed

[edit] Cannot launch the Game

Fix Cannot launch the Game • Link

A common fix is launching by Syndicate.exe file straight from the installation folder rather than from any launcher/client.

[edit] nVidia users crash

Fix nVidia users crash • Link

  1. Go to Nvidia control panel by right clicking the icon in the taskbar.
  2. Then manage 3d settings and set Threaded Optimization to on.

[edit] nVidia Optimus Crashes the Game

Fix nVidia Optimus Crashes the Game • Link

If you’re using a newer laptop that’s using an nVidia Optimus card, try checking your Optimus settings.

  1. Open the “nVidia Control Panel” from your start menu.
  2. On the lefthand side, under “Select a task…”
  3. Open the “3D Settings” tree, and select “Manage 3D Settings”
  4. On the righthand panel, click the “Program Settings” tab.
  5. Under “1. Select a program…”, click “Add”, navigate to your installation folder and navigate to the application / exe file.
  6. Under “2. Select the preferred graphics…”, choose “High-performance NVIDIA processor”
  7. Then (VERY IMPORTANT!) click “Apply” in the bottom right.
  8. Launch the game.

[edit] No sound or weak sound

Fix No Sound or weak sound on Windows Vista / 7 • Link

  1. Update your sound card drivers.
  2. If doing that doesn’t clear up the problem, make sure you have volume set to max for Syndicate in the volume mixer (click on the little speaker icon in the bottom-right of your screen in the system tray).
  3. If you’re in-game, just alt+tab out of the game and check if Syndicate is set to max in the volume mixer.
  4. Another tip you could try is to go to Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Sound > Communications Tab then select the “Do Nothing” radio button to permanently fix this issue.

Fix No Sound or weak sound on Windows XP • Link

  1. Reduce hardware acceleration
  2. Set your speakers to Stereo.

[edit] Crash to Desktop upon Launch / Startup

Fix Crash to Desktop upon Launch / Startup • Link

If you’re game randomly crashes upon launching the game, ensure or try the following:

  • Update your nVidia / ATI graphics drivers. Check our Technical References page for proper and official download links.
  • Turn off SLI / Crossfire then start the game. See if it stabilizes Syndicate performance.
  • Turn off your anti-virus software before launching the Syndicate, but make sure you turn it back on after playing. Make sure Windows Defender is also disabled.
  • Try using only one GPU first (turn the other one off via your nVidia / ATI graphics control

[edit] Game Only Shows Gamepad Controls

Fix Game Only Shows Gamepad Controls • Link

If you are having an issue where you only see gamepad controls, and no keyboard mouse controls follow these steps:

  • First make sure you have any physical gamepads or joysticks unplugged.
  • Next open device manager in windows.
  • Under device manager look for "Human Interface Devices", expand this.
  • Look for any entries related to a gamepad, in some cases these are 'software' controllers, or created by keyboard drivers.
  • Manually disable all such entries, now when you launch the game, you should get keyboard/mouse controls.

Notes

Information It should be apparent right away if the issue is fixed, as the main menu will say "press return to start" instead of "press [start icon] to start"

[edit] Profiles for gaming software

Information This game doesn't run it's process from EXE file but from BIN file that is located here: \System\Win32_x86_Release\Syndicate.bin. You need to add this path or file name to your gaming software in order to software properly recognize game running.

[edit] Logitech G-series Key Profiler

Fix Logitech G-series Key Profile - Solution 1 • Link

  1. Start game
  2. Alt+tab back to windows
  3. Create new profile in Profiler and select executable with GamePanel
  4. Go back to game and push button under LCD


Fix Logitech G-series Key Profile - Solution2 • Link

  1. Create new profile
  2. Select Syndicate.exe as executable
  3. Export profile
  4. Open exported file with notepad
  5. Search for Syndicate.exe and change it to Syndicate.bin
  6. Save and import profile in Profiler

Notes

InformationTested with version 3.06.109

[edit] Logitech SetPoint

Fix Logitech SetPoint • Link

  1. Create new profile or edit current one
  2. Add Syndicate.exe as assigned application
  3. Close SetPoint
  4. Navigate to %LOCALAPPDATA%\LogiShrd\SetPoint II\Devices\PointingDevice\[numbers]\[numbers]\profiles
  5. There should be list of your profiles. If it's not, look under different [numbers] folders within PointingDevice folder
  6. After you located your profiles, go one directory up and open profilemap.xml with notepad
  7. Search for Syndicate.exe and change it to Syndicate.bin
  8. Open SetPoint, select your syndicate profile and check if Syndicate.bin is in assigned applications
  9. If so, click Apply

Notes

InformationTested with version 5.45.10

[edit] General information

[edit] Disable bloom

Fix Disable bloom • Link

  1. Enter console with ctr + alt + ~.
  2. Enter xr_effectmodels 0.

Notes:

Information This will disable some other effects like rain and unfortunately this will not disable massive glow. For that there isn't permanent fix yet. For partial fix disable motion blur.

[edit] Disable motion blur

Fix Disable motion blur • Link

  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\Syndicate\
  2. Open Environment.cfg in notepad
  3. Locate XR_MOTIONBLUR_DOF=1 and change 1 to 0

Notes:

Information This will disable motion blur AND depth of field.
Information When character is running glow is also disabled and picture is darker.

[edit] System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP / Vista / 7 XP / Vista / 7
Processor (CPU) Core 2 Duo E4600 2.4GHz or Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Core 2 Quad Q6400 2.13GHz or Athlon II X3 440
System memory (RAM) 2GB RAM (XP / 7) / 3GB (Vista) 4GB RAM
Video card (GPU) GeForce 8800 GS or Radeon HD 4650 (512MB VRAM) GeForce GT 545 or Radeon HD 4850 (1GB VRAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 12 GB 12 GB

References

  1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImKha8mEGp4
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