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SiN
SiN	1998
SiN Episodes: Emergence	2006
SiN: Reloaded	TBA

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

General information

Ritualistic Forums for SiN, SiN Steam & Wages of Sin

FAQ from developer

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Retail		Sold as part of SiN Episodes: Emergence.
Steam		Comes with Wages of Sin expansion pack.
GOG.com		Comes with Wages of Sin expansion pack.

A demo is available.

As of 2020, the digital releases of SiN are updated to version 1.13 for improved compatibility. Censored textures specific to the original Steam release have been restored to their uncensored counterparts.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Wages of SiN

Version differences

A remade installer exists for the Linux version; it requires the SiN Linux CD to install.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patches are available for SiN and Wages of Sin.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\base\players\<user-id>\config.cfg^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Linux	~/.hyperion/Sin/players/<user-id>/config.cfg
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1313/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\base\players\<user-id>\save\^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1313/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Native support in version 1.13. See Widescreen resolution for earlier versions.
Multi-monitor		See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen		See Widescreen resolution. Image is Vert- and FOV needs to be increased to compensate. See Field of view (FOV).
4K Ultra HD		See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)	Default is 90°. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Can be forced from graphics driver panel.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Can be forced from graphics driver panel.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	Labeled `sync every frame`,The option is in Advance Video Controls but it's broken in latest update, force in control panel instead.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	SiN Gold is capped at 200 FPS (`cl_maxfps 200`).
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Use a Sin Patcher^{[citation needed]}

Download a Sin Patcher for either 1.11 retail.
Move it to the installation folder and run it.
Type in your desired resolution values and click Apply resolution.
Start a game and select 1152x864 resolution in game's options.

Notes:

If the game still does not run at the desired resolution after following these steps, rename the main executable (sin.exe) to "quake2.exe", and set the renderer to "Default OpenGL". This tricks your GPU driver into loading compatibility profiles for Quake 2 (whose engine SiN is based on). Most modern driver suites should have these profiles.^[2]

Field of view (FOV)

Field of view (FOV)^{[citation needed]}
After level loads enter console with `~`. Enter `fov XXX` where XXX is your desired field of view.

FOV changes do not affect cutscenes or interactive monitors.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		See Mouse acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Linux port only.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Mouse acceleration

The Quake (II) Engine used for this game is somewhat notorious for "ignoring" the Enhanced Pointer Precision setting, and uses the Windows acceleration curve it refers to regardless. Since the game offers no option (like raw input) to bypass Windows filtering completely, it's necessary to apply a small registry change to take care of this acceleration.

MarkC Acceleration Fix^[3]
The MarkC Fix is a small registry change that modifies this acceleration curve to be linear - this simply means that this function will no longer act as acceleration. Thus, when a game calls for the function, no acceleration will be applied to your mouse input. This also means that this fix is universal, and not exclusive to this game alone.

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		Under Game Options, listed as Dialog System. Speech from random goons is not subtitled, even if they're unique lines.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		A3D 1.0 and 2.0 (after 1.03 patch).^[4] EAX 1^[5]

New Night Dive Studios v1.13 on Steam & GOG removes A3D and EAX support due to original 3D sound code being unbuildable on modern systems.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		16
Online play		16

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP		Use `connect [IP address here]` in the console.

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	22450
UDP	22450

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Game shuts down right after running it from Steam library

Use EXE file directly^{[citation needed]}
Go to the installlation folder. Open `runme.dat` with a text editor. Change `sin -steam` to `sin` Save your changes and close the file.

Shuttering with high frame rate

Game runs in very high frame rate at new systems (1000 FPS) which can cause image and input shuttering.

This problem does not occur in the digital versions of the game because in a recent patch a limit of 200fps was added.

Set maximum frame rate^{[citation needed]}
After level loads enter console with `~`. Enter `cl_maxfps XXX` where XXX is your desired frame rate. 60 to 100 is sufficient.

No disable Vsync and set refresh rate on 60hz^{[citation needed]}

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95, 98, NT 4.0 (Service Pack 3)
Processor (CPU)	Pentium 166 MHz	Pentium 200 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	50 MB
Video card (GPU)	2 MB of VRAM

Mac OS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	8.6	9.2.2
Processor (CPU)	Power Macintosh G3 233 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.1.4
Processor (CPU)	Power Macintosh G3 233 MHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Kernel 2.2
Processor (CPU)	Pentium II 233 MHz 266 MHz 603e - G4
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)

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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1313) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[gamedir-2] 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).

[Proton_path_note-3] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (1313) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (1313) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Hyperion Entertainment - Games

[4] If you're having trouble running Sin try: (retrieved)

[5] The MarkC Windows 10 + 8.1 + 8 + 7 Mouse Acceleration Fix

[6] Tech help: SiN - Vortex of Sound (retrieved)

[7] EAX.CREATIVE games list - EAX.com (retrieved)

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 |OSfamily = Windows
-|minOS    = 95, 98
+|minOS    = 95, 98, NT 4.0 (Service Pack 3)
-|minCPU   = 166 MHz
+|minCPU   = Pentium 166 MHz
 |minRAM   = 32 MB
 |minHD    = 50 MB
 |minVRAM  = 2 MB
+|recOS    =
+|recCPU   = Pentium 200 MHz
+|recRAM   = 64 MB
 }}

Developers

	Ritual Entertainment
Expansion	2015 Inc.
2020 updates	Nightdive Studios
macOS (OS X)	MacPlay
Linux	Hyperion Entertainment^[1]
Publishers
Original	Activision
Current	Nightdive Studios
Engines
	id Tech 2
Release dates
Windows	November 9, 1998
Linux	November 2000
Mac OS (Classic)	December 12, 2000
macOS (OS X)	September 6, 2002
Taxonomy
Monetization	Expansion pack
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter, Stealth
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Sci-fi
Series	SiN