Key points
- As of November 22, 2016 the game now features Steam Workshop support[3]
- GOG.com and Steam players can play multiplayer together.
- My Steelport servers and forums were shut down on January 31, 2018 for both this game and Saints Row: The Third, making custom characters imports created using the Inauguration Station impossible.[4]
General information
- Port Report: Saints Row IV
- Official series site
- Saints Row Wiki
- Saints Row Mods forums
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Version differences
- Commander In Chief Edition includes the base game and Commander-In-Chief Pack which was earlier exclusive to this edition.
- Game of the Century Edition is a complete edition with all DLC including the Child's Play Pack which is no longer available separately.[5] Upgrade for base game is available.
- All versions of the game are censored in Australia and cannot use the Rectifier DLC or play multiplayer with international copies of the game
DLC and expansion packs
Name |
Notes |
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Season Pass |
Includes: How the Saints Save Christmas, Enter The Dominatrix and The Rectifier. |
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Anime Pack |
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Bling Bling Pack |
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Brady Games Pack |
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Child's Play Pack |
No longer sold separately, part of Game of the Century edition. |
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College Daze Pack |
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Commander-In-Chief Pack |
Included with Commander In Chief Edition. |
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Dubstep Gun (Remix) Pack |
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Element of Destruction Pack |
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Enter The Dominatrix |
Part of Season Pass. |
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The Executive Privilege Pack |
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Game On Pack |
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Gamestop Warped Weapon Challenge |
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GAT V Pack |
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Grass Roots Pack |
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Hey Ash Whatcha Playin? Pack |
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How the Saints Save Christmas |
Part of Season Pass. |
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Pirate's Booty Pack |
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Presidential Pack |
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The Rectifier |
Part of Season Pass. |
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Reverse Cosplay Pack |
Free. |
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Stone Age Pack |
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The Super Saints Pack |
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Thank You Pack |
Free. |
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Wild West Pack |
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Volition Comics Pack |
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Zinyak Attack Pack |
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Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Rename intro movies (alternate method)[citation needed]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\videos
- Rename
logo_amd.bik , logo_deep_silver.bik , and logo_volition.bik .
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Mods
Mod Manager
Saints Row Mod Manager
- Works with Saints Row: The Third as well
Sandbox+
Sandbox+ combines all the best mods from the Saints Row modding community.
- Launcher with a nice GUI front end for display settings editing.[7]
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
Video settings
Template:Video settings
Input settings
Template:Input settings
Remove aim assist
Change "Snap to targets" option[citation needed]
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- Go to
Options > Controls > Gamepad options .
- Set "Snap to targets" off to disable aim assist.
- This also applies to keyboard + mouse users.
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Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
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UI |
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Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Spanish |
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Japanese |
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Polish |
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Russian |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Frequent Network disconnections
- Disabling the Steam overlay will prevent most disconnections in multiplayer[citation needed]
Issues unresolved
Infinite loading screen
- Verifying the game cache and a system restart may help alleviate the issue.[8]
- Officially there is no solution to this problem, and the save game is lost.[9]
Issues fixed
Controls unresponsive
- Issue whereby the game stops responding to control inputs upon entering the hub menu.
Controller buttons glitch
- The symbols displaying which button to press during gameplay and quick-time events flicker between keyboard and controller when using a gamepad.
- Issue seems to begin when the player moves the mouse or uses the keyboard when the controller is plugged in.
Game doesn't save rebound keys
- Issue where the game pretends to accept a rebound key setup but the changes don't take effect.
Rebinding[12]
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- Delete the default game bindings.
- Rebind to the desired setup.
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Black screen on launch / window keeps minimizing
- Upon launch, the screen goes black for a few seconds, the game window minimizes, and cannot be maximized.
Launch in 640x480[13]
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- Go to the installation folder.
- Right click on
SaintsRowIV.exe and select 'Properties'.
- Select the 'Compatibility' tab and then check 'Run in 640 x 480 screen resolution'.
- Apply the settings and then launch the game.
- Once the game has loaded, go video settings and set your desired resolution.
- Widescreen users will first have to select 'Widescreen' for their resolution to appear.
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Crash after title credits (AMD users)
- Issue where AMD users who have installed the game on a drive other than
C://
have the game crash to a black screen after title logos.[14]
Move the game to the C: drive[15]
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Low frame rate (AMD users)
- Issue where a low frame rate is experienced (especially in the open world), even on a high end AMD machine.
Installing beta driver[16]
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Frame rate locked at 30 FPS after beating the game
- After the credits the game will be locked to a frame rate of 30 frames per second.
Exit the game and relaunch[17]
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The Kinzie Gambit: All Hands on Deck
- Johnny Gat can't exit the ship during All Hands on Deck. He needs to open a chest to continue the mission.
- If the Genki Car in the previous mission teleports as it leaves the gameshow, you will encounter this issue.
Disable DLC[18]
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- Exit the game (game progress will revert to the start of Kinzie Gambit).
- Disable "Saints Row IV - Reverse Cosplay Pack", and "Saints Row IV - Thank You Pack" from the Steam launcher.
- Relaunch the game.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
11 |
Backward compatibility for Direct3D 10 and 10.1 GPUs is provided by Direct3D 11 |
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
- Still in alpha stage. Clipping issues expected
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
Vista |
7 |
Processor (CPU) |
AMD Athlon II X3 Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 |
AMD Phenom II X4 Intel Core i3-2100T |
System memory (RAM) |
4 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
10 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
AMD Radeon HD 5800 series Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 DirectX 10 compatible
| AMD Radeon HD 6800 series Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 DirectX 11 compatible |
Linux |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS, SteamOS | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core i3-2100 3.1 GHz AMD Athlon II X4 645 3.1 GHz |
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3 GHz AMD FX-4300 3.8 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
4096 MB |
8192 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
10 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce GT 440 AMD Radeon HD 6670 1024 MB of VRAM
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon HD 6970 2048 MB of VRAM |
- Recommended Graphics Drivers: Nvidia: 352, 355 or 358 series driver / AMD: AMD Catalyst (fglrx) 15.9 or better. MESA drivers and Intel Graphics are not currently supported.
Notes
References