Saints Row: Gat out of Hell

Saints Row
Saints Row 2	2009
Saints Row: The Third	2011
Saints Row IV	2013
Saints Row: Gat out of Hell	2015
Saints Row: The Third Remastered	2020
Saints Row	2022

General information

Saints Row Wiki

Saints Row Mods forums

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.com

GOG.com
Humble Store
Steam

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Devil's Workshop Pack

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Modify configuration files^{[citation needed]}
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open `display.ini`. Add `SkipIntroVideo = true` into the file.

Delete or rename video files^{[citation needed]}
Go to `videos` in the installation folder. Delete, move or rename `logo_volition.bk2`, `HVS_Logo.bk2` and `logo_deep_silver.bk2`.

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>/display.ini^{[Note 1]}
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/vpltd/SaintsRow4GooH/
Steam	<path-to-game>/display.ini

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>/_saves/^{[Note 1]}
Steam	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/206420/

Save game data location is shared with Saints Row IV.

21 manual save slots + 1 autosave slot are available.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud		Approx. 100 MB available. This space is shared with Saints Row IV.^[3]

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Hor+
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Use GOOH FOV Editor
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 8X MSAA
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Triple buffered.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		In-engine cutscenes and pre-rendered cutscenes are capped at 30 FPS. Specific animations are locked at 30 FPS, such as the "Halo Powered Beatdowns" and "The Archduke's Death", and may appear as if they're heavily stuttering at higher frame rates.^{[citation needed]} Gameplay is capped at 120 FPS. If the full-screen mode is selected, the game will switch to a 60 Hz refresh rate with each launch; Re-applying graphics settings will fix this issue.^{[citation needed]}
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Input

In-game key map settings.

In-game control settings (for keyboard/mouse).

In-game control settings (for gamepad).

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Some users report issues with rebinding certain keys.^[4]
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Independent sensitivity of X and Y axes.
Mouse input in menus		Weapon Store menus cannot entirely be navigated with a keyboard.
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion		X axis can be inverted too.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity		Independent sensitivity of X and Y axes.
Controller Y-axis inversion		X axis can be inverted too.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts		Use DualShock Button Prompts mod
Motion sensors support
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Rapidly changes button prompts. See #Lock game icons so they don't switch between mouse, keyboard, or gamepad.

Lock game icons so they don't switch between mouse, keyboard, or gamepad

Open up display.ini located in the game directory with notepad[1]
Change UIController Style
UIControllerStyle = 0 will result in default behavior. The game will automatically switch between kb/m and gamepad displays.
UIControllerStyle = 1 will lock the UI to kb/m displays. You will never see (A), or (LB), or anything like that, it’s always kb/m.
UIControllerStyle = 2 will lock the UI to gamepad displays. You will never see any keyboard keys, or even the mouse cursor.

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Effects, Music and Voice.
Surround sound		7.0 Surround
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	2	Co-op Use Nucleus Coop & Unofficial mod.
LAN play	2	Co-op
Online play	2	Co-op

Issues fixed

Fails to Launch / Hangs / Freezes After Intro

Move the installation^{[citation needed]}
If the game is installed in a storage drive other than `C:`, move it to a new or existing Steam Library on `C:`.

Restart the computer^{[citation needed]}
This issue can be caused by an unknown factor that disappears when restarting the computer.

Corrupted/Invalid save

Remove saved games^[5]

This fix will erase saved games in Saints Row IV.

Delete files in <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/206420/remote.
- If these files are restored by Steam Cloud Sync, you can open them in a text editor and save them as blank files. You may also need to disable steam cloud synchronization.
Delete <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/206420/remotecache.vdf

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11	Backward compatibility for Direct3D 10 and 10.1 GPUs is provided by Direct3D 11.
Shader Model support	5

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok Physics
Audio	Wwise
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	Steamworks

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista	7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 AMD Athlon II X3	Intel Core i3-2100T AMD Phenom II X4
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 AMD Radeon HD 5800 DirectX 10 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 AMD Radeon HD 6800 DirectX 11 compatible

Linux
	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)	4 GB	8 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	7 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GT 440 AMD Radeon HD 6670 1 GB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon HD 6970 2 GB 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

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

↑ High Voltage Software Games
↑ SteamOS versions of Saints Row IV and Gat out of Hell now available! - last accessed on 2016-04-14
↑ SteamDB - last accessed on 2021-01-18
↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/301910/discussions/0/622955136053344248/
↑ Can't even start a new game - Steam Community Forums

[gamedir-3] 1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[High_Voltage_Software-1] High Voltage Software Games

[2] SteamOS versions of Saints Row IV and Gat out of Hell now available! - last accessed on 2016-04-14

[4] SteamDB - last accessed on 2021-01-18

[5] ttps://steamcommunity.com/app/301910/discussions/0/622955136053344248/

[6] Can't even start a new game - Steam Community Forums

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Developers

	Deep Silver Volition
	High Voltage Software^[1]
Linux	Virtual Programming
Publishers
	Deep Silver
Engines
	CTG
Release dates
Windows	January 20, 2015
Linux	December 21, 2015^[2]
Reception
Metacritic	66
OpenCritic	67
IGDB	64
Taxonomy
Monetization	DLC
Series	Saints Row