Saints Row: The Third Remastered

This page is for the remastered version released in 2020. For the original 2011 version, see Saints Row: The Third.

Saints Row: The Third Remastered

Developers
Original	Volition
Remastered	Sperasoft
Publishers
	Deep Silver
Engines
	CTG
Release dates
Windows	May 22, 2020
Reception
Metacritic	70
OpenCritic	74
IGDB	72
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Shooter, Open world
Vehicles	Automobile, Flight, Helicopter, Naval/watercraft
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary, Comedy, Sci-fi
Series	Saints Row

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

Saints Row: The Third Remastered is a third-person open world action shooter in the Saints Row series, and a remastered version of the 2011 game Saints Row: The Third. The remaster was developed by Sperasoft and published by Deep Silver, featuring an entirely new lighting engine with physical-based rendering, HDR rendering, and global illumination, as well as reworked and improved vehicles, completely remade weapons, reworked visual effects, higher resolution textures, improved materials and much more.

The version includes all DLCs from the original game with the exception of Team Fortress 2 Masks, Bloodsucker Pack (but this one can be restored), and Unlockable Pack which are not included and cannot be purchased.

The game was released for Windows on the Epic Games Store on May 22, 2020 with an announced release for Steam in 2021. While the original 2011 game eventually received a Linux port in 2016, as of May 20, 2020 no such support for the remastered version has been announced.

Initial reactions to the announced remaster on social media were lukewarm, with some dismissing it as merely being the original game with a few shader filters applied. On the day of release as the review embargo dropped and more information about the remaster surfaced it was revealed that much of the graphics engine and resources had been recreated or enhanced. Digital Foundry described the remaster as "an exceptional effort" that "addresses all of [the performance] issues" of the original game and "radically updates all visual aspects of the presentation" and was "one of the best remasters" they have seen.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store
GamersGate
GOG.com		GOG Galaxy is required for online features.
Humble Store		Option of Epic Games or Steam key.
Steam

Cross-play between Steam and GOG versions in co-op is not available.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Remove <path-to-game>\videos\startup_logos.bik

Use the config parameter
Open <path-to-game>\display.ini in a text editor. Add the following to the bottom of the file: SkipIntroVideo = true Changing the display settings will overwrite the file and remove the parameter.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Epic Games Launcher	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Saints Row The Third\Remastered\sr3DEF_PROFILE <path-to-game>\display.ini
GOG.com	%LOCALAPPDATA%\GOG.com\Galaxy\Applications\53610945248137475\Storage\Shared\Files\sr3DEF_PROFILE <path-to-game>\display.ini
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\978300\remote\sr3DEF_PROFILE <path-to-game>\display.ini
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/978300/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Epic Games Launcher	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Saints Row The Third\Remastered\*.sr3s_pc
GOG.com	%LOCALAPPDATA%\GOG.com\Galaxy\Applications\53610945248137475\Storage\Shared\Files\*.sr3s_pc
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\978300\remote\*.sr3s_pc
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/978300/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Gameplay is Hor+, but UI elements are 16:9 static aspect. In-game cutscenes are Vert-. Use RoseTheFlower's to remove letterbox.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Use SR3 FOV Editor.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		2x, 4x, 8x, 16x
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA, TAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Only gameplay, cutscenes have screen tearing. Triple buffered.
60 FPS		Cutscenes were originally capped at 30 FPS; an update in November 2021 removed the frame cap.
120+ FPS		Due to a poorly implemented 120 FPS cap, the frame rate can behave erratically in some cases. See Frame rate (FPS).
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See Game is too dark in HDR mode.

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  16:9 FOV

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  21:9 FOV

Frame rate (FPS)

Some physics elements are capped at 60 FPS; use Cheat Engine below to fix.

In fullscreen mode, the game may switch to a 60 Hz refresh rate on startup; see Game uses incorrect refresh rate to fix.

Remove multiple FPS Caps[citation needed]

This process must be performed each time the game is launched to take effect. Download and run Cheat Engine. Go to the main menu. Set Executable, Writable and CopyOnWrite to Don't Care and memory scan option to SRTTR.exe. Disable the Fast Scan option and search for the value 0.00833333 as a float in rounded (extreme) mode. Select all values. Disable the Fast Scan option and search for the value 0.03333333 as a float in rounded (extreme) mode. Select all values. Disable the Fast Scan option and search for the value 0.01666666 as a float in rounded (extreme) mode. Select all values. Disable the Fast Scan option and search for the value 0.00833333 as a double in rounded (extreme) mode. Select all values. Disable the Fast Scan option and search for the value 0.01666666 as a double in rounded (extreme) mode. Select all values. Set the all the values to (1/FPS), see below for example: 0.00694444 for 144 FPS (floats). 0.00277777 for 360 FPS (floats). 0.00256410 for 390 FPS (floats). 0.0069444444444444 for 144 FPS (doubles). 0.0027777777777777 for 360 FPS (doubles). 0.0025641025641026 for 390 FPS (doubles). A few contextual 30 FPS animation caps in cutscene to gameplay transition cannot be removed with this method without crashing and they will appear as if they're heavily stuttering at higher rates; especially if output frame rate is not divisible by 30. Heavily recommend using the in-game triple buffered v-sync for improved frame pacing due to the implementation of FPS caps, at the cost of slightly increased input latency for lower frame rate values. If this method caused a crash past the title screen, try only selecting values closer to the actual 1/FPS value rather all the given values (e.g. 0.01666666754 instead of 0.01666666567)

Cap FPS with SpecialK
Can provide better frame pacing compared to driver or rivatuner capping when driving. Can normalize the bizarre frame rate caps (22 FPS in cutscenes, etc) even with frame limiter off. Will unlock cutscene framerate to value specified if "Sleepless Render Thread" is checked - may cause issues as described above. Use SpecialK to cap framerate as usual to desired value. (120fps maximum)

Input

Keyboard and mouse settings

Gamepad settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		Incorrectly mapped left stick makes the controller unusable.

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Hook input (legacy mode)
Official controller preset(s)
Steam Controller button prompts

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  On foot bindings

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  Driving bindings

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  Aircraft bindings

Audio

Audio settings

Gameplay settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Effects, Music, Voice
Surround sound		7.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

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

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		2	Co-op, Versus
Asynchronous multiplayer

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking

Issues fixed

Game is too dark in HDR mode

The game seems to have a bug with its brightness calibration slider, causing the value to be incorrect by 50 units.

Correct brightness setting

Open the Display settings of the game and enter the HDR Settings subpage. Change the Brightness down to 90 and then back up to 100 again. The game should now be much brighter as a result. Using the Restore to defaults option will show the brightness slider as 100, but in reality set the brightness to 50. This discrepancy of 50 units can be confirmed by setting the slider to 40 and then exiting and entering the display settings at which point the slider will show 90 instead. Setting the value to 100 manually and then entering and exiting the display settings will cause the value to be off the screen as it is shown to be on 150 instead.

This issue also affects non-HDR users.

Correct brightness setting

Open the file display.ini as found in the game's configuration files. Find the HDR section by scrolling to the bottom of the file. Delete the entire HDR section. Save the file. Open the properties of display.ini file, select the checkbox labelled Read-Only, then click the OK button. Notes: The game should now be brighter, and no HDR will be active. The game's brightness settings will reset upon the game window losing focus; it will return to normal upon exiting and restarting the game.

Game uses incorrect refresh rate

The game may default to the lowest supported refresh rate, ignoring the setting in the configuration file.

Override refresh rate set by game
Some users have reported that this mod introduces visual glitches and performance issues. Download the latest release of 3Dmigoto (3Dmigoto-XX.zip). Go into the 3Dmigoto archive, and go into x64. Copy the contents to the installation folder. Open d3dx.ini found in the installation folder. Change hunting=1 to hunting=0. Change ;refresh_rate=60 to desired hertz (e.g. refresh_rate=120 sans the ;).

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Audio	Wwise
Cutscenes	Bink Video

Restore Bloodsucker ability

Bloodsucker Pack has not been added to the Remastered version, so there is no Bloodsucker ability, but code responsible for this DLC are still in remaster files and ability can be restored.

Modify game tables

Download and install .NET 5.0 Runtime. Download sr-tools.exe and move it to some random folder. Go into <path-to-game>\Cache and search for misc_tables.vpp_pc. Copy misc_tables.vpp_pc into the same folder that sr-tools.exe is in. Open this folder in CMD and execute this command: sr-tools vpp unpack misc_tables.vpp_pc Go into newly created misc_tables folder and find unlockables.xtbl. Open unlockables.xtbl with a text editor, and right under root and Table, paste the following code: <Unlockable> <Name>Vampire</Name> <Type> <Vampire></Vampire> </Type> <DisplayName>UNL_VAMPIRE</DisplayName> <Description>UNL_DESC_VAMPIRE</Description> <Image_Source> <Filename>uhd_ui_reward_vampire.tga</Filename> </Image_Source> <Detailed_Description_Text>UNL_DESC_VAMPIRE</Detailed_Description_Text> <Event_Text>UNL_VAMPIRE</Event_Text> <Price>0</Price> <Category>PlayerAbilities</Category> <Auto_Unlock>Silently</Auto_Unlock> </Unlockable> <Unlockable> <Name>DLC_gameplay02_alert</Name> <Type> <Reminder></Reminder> </Type> <DisplayName>UNL_DLC_GAMEPLAY02_ALERT</DisplayName> <Description>UNL_DESC_DLC_GAMEPLAY02_ALERT</Description> <Image_Source> <Filename>uhd_ui_reward_vampire.tga</Filename> </Image_Source> <Detailed_Description_Text>UNL_DESC_DLC_GAMEPLAY02_ALERT</Detailed_Description_Text> <Event_Text>UNL_DLC_GAMEPLAY02_ALERT</Event_Text> <Category>Player Abilities</Category> <Price>0</Price> <_Editor> <Category>Entries:DLC</Category> </_Editor> <Is_DLC>True</Is_DLC> </Unlockable> 8. Save the unlockables.xtbl and place it inside <path-to-game>.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	AMD FX-6000 series at 3.4 GHz Intel Core i5-3000 series at 3.4 GHz	AMD FX-8000-series at 3.5 GHz Intel Core i5-4000 series at 3.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	46.27 GB
Video card (GPU)	AMD Radeon 500 series Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 4 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible Shader model 6 support	AMD Radeon RX 5700 Nvidia GeForce GTX 1000 series 6 GB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	Integrated or dedicated DirectX 9 compatible soundcard
Other	Keyboard, mouse and an internet connection for the Epic Games Launcher.

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Minimum system requirements target 720p on Low, recommended targets 1080p on High.