Difference between revisions of "Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition"

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Sleeping Dogs
Sleeping Dogs	2012
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition	2014
Triad Wars	Cancelled

Key points

The Gold Top Dog and Silver Top Dog DLCs have been removed from the game as they provided an unfair balance to the game, all other DLCs are present.

Enhanced version of Sleeping Dogs containing all DLC rebalanced and properly integrated into the game's story, updated graphics and various additional enhancements.

Cannot be purchased in Germany (restriction cannot be bypassed through gifting or VPN activation).^[2]

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Publisher website
Developer website
Amazon.com

Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Mac App Store
Steam

All Windows versions require Steam DRM.

Not available for sale in Germany due to German censorship laws.

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

All DLC, aside from the Gold Top Dog and Silver Top Dog DLC, is properly integrated into the base game.

Essential improvements

Skip intro video

Delete/move/rename video file
Go to `<path-to-game>\data\Movies`. Delete, move or rename `HK_Intro_Video_Console.bk2`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Data\HK Options^{[Note 1]} <path-to-game>\Data\DisplaySettings.xml^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/Feral Interactive/Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition/VFS/Local/Settings/
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/307690/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

DisplaySettings.xml will contain basic settings for Ambient Occlusion, Motion Blur, and Anti-Aliasing.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Data\HK Autosave^{[Note 1]} <path-to-game>\Data\HK GameSlot^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/Feral Interactive/Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition/VFS/Local/Saves/
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/307690/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save file information:

Main story save files: HK Autosave Slot and HK GameSlot # (# is 1 - 4)
Nightmare in North Point DLC save files: HK AutosaveG Slot and HK GameSlotG # (# is 1 - 2)
The Year of the Snake DLC save files: HK AutosaveN Slot and HK GameSlotN # (# is 1 - 2)
Save files are compatible between Windows and OS X

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics settings.

Advanced Graphics settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		The default FoV is slightly improved over the original.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Use Borderless Gaming
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Locked on FXAA and optional SSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Optional FPS limiter and benchmark tool included.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Controls settings.

Remap settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Arrow keys can be remapped for movement unlike the original; alas this conflicts with unmappable keys such as radio controls, phone scrolling, and dropping items/weapons. Mouse 4 and 5 are treated as the same key, unlike the original.
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		Both X and Y axes can be inverted.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

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

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound Effects, Music, Dialogue and Car Music
Surround sound		Up to 7.1 output.^[3]
Subtitles		Can also be turned on only for when Cantonese is spoken.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

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

Issues fixed

Screen tearing on Windows 10 even with in-game Vsync set to ON

Cap the game to 58 FPS^[4]

Enable Steam FPS counter^[5]^[6]
Go to Steam > Settings > In-Game Select any position in In-game FPS Counter list

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	10, 11
Shader Model support	4, 5

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Audio	Wwise
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHz	Intel Core i5-2300 AMD Phenom II X4 940
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	20 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon HD 3870 Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT Intel HD Graphics 2500 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible	AMD Radeon HD 7750 Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Intel HD Graphics 4000 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.10.5	10.11.2
Processor (CPU)	Intel 2.0 GHz	Intel 2.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	20 GB
Video card (GPU)	1 GB of VRAM	2 GB of VRAM
Controller		Gamepad

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 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 (307690) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Honor. Trust. Betrayal. Sleeping Dogs™: Definitive Edition is coming to the Mac March 31st | Feral News
↑ Blocked in Germany :: Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition General Discussions
↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up
↑ Can't get Vsync to work (Windows 10) :: Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition Technical Support - last accessed on 2016-7-13
↑ Single screen tearing issue after Win10 update :: Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition General Discussions - last accessed on 2016-7-13
↑ Wierd lines in middle of screen playing sleeping dogs on GTX 970 windows 10 :: Sleeping Dogs™ General Discussions - last accessed on 2016-7-13

[gamedir-3] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 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-4] 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 (307690) 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 (307690) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[1] Honor. Trust. Betrayal. Sleeping Dogs™: Definitive Edition is coming to the Mac March 31st | Feral News

[2] Blocked in Germany :: Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition General Discussions

[5] PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up

[6] Can't get Vsync to work (Windows 10) :: Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition Technical Support - last accessed on 2016-7-13

[7] Single screen tearing issue after Win10 update :: Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition General Discussions - last accessed on 2016-7-13

[8] Wierd lines in middle of screen playing sleeping dogs on GTX 970 windows 10 :: Sleeping Dogs™ General Discussions - last accessed on 2016-7-13

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+{{Game data/config|Windows|{{p|game}}\Data\HK Options|{{p|game}}\Data\DisplaySettings.xml}}
 {{Game data/config|OS X|~/Library/Application Support/Feral Interactive/Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition/VFS/Local/Settings/}}
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 ===Save game data location===
 {{Game data|
-{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|game}}\Data\}}
+{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|game}}\Data\HK Autosave*|{{p|game}}\Data\HK GameSlot*}}
 {{Game data/saves|OS X|~/Library/Application Support/Feral Interactive/Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition/VFS/Local/Saves/}}
 }}

Developers

	United Front Games
macOS (OS X)	Feral Interactive
Publishers
	Square Enix
OS X	Feral Interactive
Release dates
Windows	October 10, 2014
macOS (OS X)	March 31, 2016^[1]
Reception
OpenCritic	77
IGDB	74
Taxonomy
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Open world
Vehicles	Automobile, Motorcycle
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	China, Contemporary
Series	Sleeping Dogs