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− | |120 fps notes = | + | |120 fps notes = Due to a poorly implemented 120 FPS cap, frame rate constantly jumps between 105 and 125 and in some extreme and physics heavy cases will drop to as low as 80 FPS, despite GPU and every individual CPU thread being well bellow %100 utilization. |
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Revision as of 18:05, 23 October 2020
Developers | |
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Deep Silver Volition | |
Enter the Dominatrix | High Voltage Software[1] |
Linux | Virtual Programming |
Publishers | |
Deep Silver | |
Engines | |
CTG | |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 20, 2013 |
Linux | December 21, 2015[2] |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 86 |
IGDB | 84 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | DLC |
Series | Saints Row |
Saints Row | |
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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 |
Key points
- As of November 22, 2016 the game now features Steam Workshop support[3]
- GOG.com and Steam players can play multiplayer together.
- The My Steelport service was shut down on January 31, 2018[4] taking with it all community-created characters. Players wanting to share custom characters needs to make use of a community-made local server emulator for Windows.
General information
- Port Report: Saints Row IV
- 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 |
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Retail | ||||
Amazon.com | Game of the Century Edition. | |||
Game of the Century Edition also available. | ||||
GOG.com | Game of the Century Edition. | |||
Humble Store | Game of the Century Edition also available. | |||
Microsoft Store | Re-Elected. Xbox Game Pass for PC. | |||
Steam | Game of the Century Edition also available. |
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
- The GOG.com version removes all UI elements and functions related to My Steelport service. It is not possible to connect this version to the fanmade My Steelport emulator.[6]
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Season Pass | Includes: How the Saints Save Christmas, Enter The Dominatrix and The Rectifier. | |
Anime Pack | ||
Bling Bling Pack | ||
Brady Games Pack | ||
Child's Play Pack | No longer sold separately, part of Game of the Century edition. | |
College Daze Pack | ||
Commander-In-Chief Pack | Included with Commander In Chief Edition. | |
Dubstep Gun (Remix) Pack | ||
Element of Destruction Pack | ||
Enter The Dominatrix | Part of Season Pass. | |
The Executive Privilege Pack | ||
Game On Pack | ||
Gamestop Warped Weapon Challenge | ||
GAT V Pack | ||
Grass Roots Pack | ||
Hey Ash Whatcha Playin? Pack | ||
How the Saints Save Christmas | Part of Season Pass. | |
Pirate's Booty Pack | ||
Presidential Pack | ||
The Rectifier | Part of Season Pass. Not available for Australian versions of the game | |
Reverse Cosplay Pack | Free. | |
Stone Age Pack | ||
The Super Saints Pack | ||
Thank You Pack | Free. | |
Wild West Pack | ||
Volition Comics Pack | ||
Zinyak Attack Pack |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Instructions[7] |
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Rename intro movies (alternate method)[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | |
Microsoft Store | |
Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/vpltd/SaintsRow4/ |
Steam | <path-to-game>/display.ini |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\_saves\[Note 1] |
Microsoft Store | |
Steam | <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/206420/ |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud | ||
Xbox Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | Increasing field of view is recommended. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Use SR4 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 | Cutscenes are capped at 30 FPS. The game may cap the frame rate to arbitrary numbers during gameplay and cutscenes, for example 50 and 25 FPS respectively; use Fast v-sync (Nvidia) or Radeon Enhanced sync (AMD) to fix this. | ||
120+ FPS | Due to a poorly implemented 120 FPS cap, frame rate constantly jumps between 105 and 125 and in some extreme and physics heavy cases will drop to as low as 80 FPS, despite GPU and every individual CPU thread being well bellow %100 utilization. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | Weapon Store menus cannot be entirely navigated with a keyboard. | |
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 |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | For DualShock controllers use DualShock Button Prompts mod | |
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Steam Input | ||
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Steam Input API support | ||
Official controller preset(s) | ||
Steam Controller button prompts |
Remove aim assist
Change "Snap to targets" option[citation needed] |
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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
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | Auto configures up to 5.1 output[8] | |
Subtitles | Option in gameplay settings. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Option in gameplay settings. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | Fan translation, download and info. | |||
Polish | ||||
Russian | ||||
Russian | Fan translation by «ZoG Forum Team». |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 2 | Co-op, Versus Use Nucleus Coop & Unofficial mod. |
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LAN play | 2 | Co-op, Versus |
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Online play | 2 | Co-op, Versus |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
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.[9]
- Officially there is no solution to this problem, and the save game is lost.[10]
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[11] |
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Issues fixed
Cannot get past "The Real World" mission
- The closing gates that appear near the end of "The Real World" mission may close too fast, rendering the mission unbeatable.
Lower the Resolution and Graphics Settings[citation needed] |
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Install "No Gates in The Real World" mod[citation needed] |
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Controls unresponsive
- Issue whereby the game stops responding to control inputs upon entering the hub menu.
Restart the game[12] |
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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.
Restart the game[13] |
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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[14] |
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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[15] |
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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.[16]
Move the game to the C: drive[17]
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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[18] |
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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[19] |
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Stuttering caused by My Steelport service shutdown
- The game repeatedly attempts to connect the now-defunct My Steelport service, which may cause the game to stutter.
Edit hosts file[20] |
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- This fix will also enable the game to use My Steelport emulator.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 | Backward compatibility for Direct3D 10 and 10.1 GPUs is provided by Direct3D 11 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Havok | |
Audio | Wwise | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
Multiplayer | Steamworks |
Mods
Mod Manager
- Works with Saints Row: The Third as well
Sandbox+
Sandbox+ combines all the best mods from the Saints Row modding community.
First Person View mod
- Still in alpha stage. Clipping issues expected
Launcher With Advanced Graphics Options
- Launcher with a nice GUI front end for display settings editing.[21]
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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Steam Workshop for Saints Row IV is live! - Steam Community - last accessed on 2016-11-23
- ↑ TrueAchievements - Saints Row: The Third - My Steelport Server Closure - last accessed on 2019-07-11
- ↑ Saints Row IV & Saints Row: The Third | Saints Row IV now available with all DLC included!
- ↑ My Steelport emulator - Saints Row Mods
- ↑ Unskippable intros - Saints Row Mods - last accessed on 2016-7-2
- ↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up
- ↑ Port Report: Saints Row IV
- ↑ SR IV: glitches and bugs. - Saints Row IV & Saints Row: The Third forums
- ↑ Verified by User:Blackbird on 2016-5-14
- ↑ Saints Row Community: SRIV glitches and bugs
- ↑ Port Report
- ↑ Steam Community Discussions: Saints Row IV - bugs and technical issues thread
- ↑ Steam Community Discussions: Saints Row IV - bugs and technical issues thread page 3
- ↑ Steam Community Discussions: Saints Row IV - bugs and technical issues thread
- ↑ Steam Community Discussions: Saints Row IV - bugs and technical issues thread page 2
- ↑ Steam Community Discussions: Saints Row IV - bugs and technical issues thread page 5
- ↑ Stuck at “Kill aliens” in “All Hands On Deck” - Gaming StackExchange
- ↑ Micro freezing/lagging - Saints Row Mods
- ↑ Saints Row IV Game Launcher (retrieved)