Resident Evil 4

This page is for the original 2007 port. For the remastered version, see Resident Evil 4 Ultimate HD Edition. For the 2023 remake, see Resident Evil 4 (2023).

Resident Evil 4

Developers
	Capcom
Windows	Sourcenext
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Japan	Capcom
Russia	Noviy Disk
Release dates
Windows	March 1, 2007
Reception
Metacritic	76
IGDB	82
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Survival horror, Action, Shooter
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary, Horror, Europe
Series	Resident Evil

Resident Evil 4 is a third-person action horror shooter developed by Capcom, ported by Sourcenext, and published by Ubisoft overseas and Capcom in Japan. It is the fourth mainline installment in the Resident Evil series.

The game was released for the Nintendo GameCube on January 11, 2005, and despite originally being exclusive to that system, it was ported to PlayStation 2 on October 25 the same year. Another port was released for PC on May 15, 2007, however, it was based off the inferior PlayStation 2 port rather than the superior GameCube version, with even more problems than the PlayStation 2 version. The PC version initially shipped with none of the game's original lighting, lower quality textures, and introduced bugs and crashes that were not present in the previous console versions. A patch was eventually released to address these issues and the poor visual downgrades. Despite being released on PC, however, it does not accommodate keyboard and mouse controls as it does not support mouse controls whatsoever, and in-game button prompts only references generic button numbers rather than actual keys from the keyboard. In response to the poor state the initial PC version was released in, Capcom hired QLOC to develop another PC port, which was released through Steam in 2014 as the Ultimate HD Edition.

There was a modding community attempting to fix other issues with the PC version, however, since the release of the Ultimate HD Edition, modders has moved onto creating mods for that version instead.

Key points

Capped at 30 FPS

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM DRM.

Essential improvements

Patches

The game originally shipped with heavily downgraded visuals compared to the console versions. Patch v1.1.0 drastically enhances graphics, lighting and VFXs, and also fixes crashes which would occur when trying to skip certain cutscenes. The patch for the European, German, and Russian releases can be found here. If the patch fails to update the mid-way through installation, run the patch as administrator.

Skip intro video

Rename or delete logos.mp4 from <path-to-game>\Movies

Mods

High-Res Cutscenes

Greatly improves the resolution and quality of the cutscenes. Can be downloaded here.

Texture Patch 2.0

A high quality texture pack, preserving the essence of the game. Can be downloaded Here. This mod was created by the same creator of the RE4 HD Project mod.

ENBSeries

The lighting/graphical patch greatly improves how the game looks.

May decrease performance.

Resident Evil 4 MouseAim Patch

The game lacks mouse support by default. This unofficial patch implements the ability to aim with the mouse. Can be downloaded here.

May not work at all for some users.

4GB Patch

This tool patches the game executable allowing it to make use of a maximum of 4GB of RAM instead of just 2GB of RAM. It is highly recommended to use this patch if you intend to install mods in the game because this will prevent crashes. Can be downloaded Here.

High Resolution EFF-TPL Texture Replacement Pack v1.1

This will replace the low resolution textures of HUD, menus, fonts, effects (water, fire, blood ...) with high resolution textures. preserving the essence of the game. Can be downloaded here. This mod was created by the same creator of the RE4 HD Project mod.

The game will take longer than usual to start, about a few seconds.

This patch causes a few bugs in the game. Sometimes the videos will be replaced randomly with one of the new textures. It's not very frequent but it's annoying.

Is there an alternative way to install this patch that avoid the cutscene videos issue above mentioned but it seems it's less stable making sometimes the game to crash. It is recommended to have used 4GB Patch to avoid these crashes.

Laser Tweak 1.5

A tool that allows you to change the opacity and color of the laser sight. It also lets you choose a small laser dot and disable the HUD. Can be downloaded Here.

You must have Java installed on your computer to be able to run this tool. You can download the latest version of Java from the official website.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>/SetupTool.ini

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>/savedata.dat

Video

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			By default only resolutions 4: 3 (Anamorphic) and 16:10; see Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Use RE4 Melee Trainer.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Although Borderless Gaming can display the game in a borderdless window, it does not get rid of the menu on the upper part of the game window, even when enabling Remove Menus.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Can be forced through GPU control panel.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Only FXAA can be forced through GPU control panel.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS. RE4 Melee Trainer can increase the frame rate to 60 FPS, however, it merely doubles the game's speed.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

SetupTool.ini
Go to the installation folder. Edit SetupTool.ini. Edit SizeX and SizeY values to the desired resolution. Set Type=0 to set the game to widescreen mode.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Configured through setup tool.
Mouse acceleration		No mouse support whatsoever by default.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		An exit prompt pops up when attempting to quit the game from the title screen, which requires keyboard input.
Controller remapping		Controller bindings can be configured from the setup tool, however, it does not allow remapping of analog inputs to certain buttons. See Controller support for a fix.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		A fix is required for remapping analog triggers to certain buttons for XInput controllers.
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Button prompts		No controller prompts whatsoever.
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		Missing from the console versions.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Controller support

Certain controllers, especially XInput ones, may not be fully configurable through the game's setup tool, which must be configured manually.

How to bind inputs to analog triggers

Configure your XInput controller as desired through the setup tool. Open SetupTool.ini with a text editor (e.g. Notepad++). See configuration file(s) location to find this file. Look for the section [PAD] and bind ReadyKnife to az+ (Left Trigger) and ReadyWeapon to az- (Right Trigger). Save the changes. You should be able to use Left Trigger for drawing your knife and Right Trigger to draw your weapon. Triggers may still not working in Quick Time Events.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Missing surround sound audio from the GameCube version.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation.
Italian
Japanese
Polish				Retail version only.
Brazilian Portuguese				a) Text only: Gamevício. Apparently it only works on the version 1.0.0 of the game; b) Audio and text: Silent Fandub.
Russian				Retail version only.
Spanish
Latin American Spanish				Fan translation and audio by IG Studios, for this version, Download the .rar file from the Ubisoft logo. Comes with either HD or SD cutscenes.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Issues fixed

How to return to the title screen

The 2007 PC version of Resident Evil 4 does not make it clear for players on how to quit the game to the title screen.

Press the Start button → select Retry or Load → select Game Reset and choose Yes

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
Shader Model support	3.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000	XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz	Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4.6 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce FX 5600 ATI Radeon 9500 128 MB of VRAM	256 MB of VRAM