Difference between revisions of "Way of the Samurai 4"

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Way of the Samurai
Way of the Samurai 4	2015
Way of the Samurai 3	2016
Katana Kami: A Way of the Samurai Story	2020
Kamiwaza: Way of the Thief	2022

Key points

Fixes some bugs from the PlayStation 3 version.

Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS.^[2]

Very limited graphics settings menu.

The "player invasion" feature from the PlayStation 3 version has been removed.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com		DLC Pack also available.
Humble Store
Steam

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Iron Set
Rare Weapons Set A (The Amihama Elite)
Rare Weapons Set B (The Kinugawa Crazies)
Rare Weapons Set C (The Tournament Tyrants)
Ryoma Sakamoto
Scroll Set
Shinsengumi Set
Where Are They Now? Set

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\S4-SETTINGS.ini^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/312780/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Ghostlight Ltd\Way of the Samurai 4\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/312780/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Disable Depth of Field and HDR

Significantly improves image quality and avoids several graphical issues caused by the Depth of Field

Depth of Field is buggy and several game events can cause it to temporarily enable or disable itself. Changing areas seems to usually correct the issue.

Disabling Depth of Field may cause a "ghosting" effect to occur during Spring Harvest, either showing a still image of the last point the game was ALT+Tabbed or simply fading to black at random intervals, rather than the extreme Depth of Field effect as intended

Disable Depth of Field^[3]
Find `EnableDOF=1` in `<path-to-game>\S4-SETTINGS.ini` Change to `EnableDOF=0`

Disable HDR^[3]
Find `EnableHDR=1` in `<path-to-game>\S4-SETTINGS.ini` Change to `EnableHDR=0`

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Japanese

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		Use Helix Mod: Way of the Samurai 4.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.13 GHz	Intel Core i3 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	7 GB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3 support	128 MB of VRAM

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).
↑ ^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.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/312780/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (312780) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Way of the Samurai 4 gets release date! | Blog | Ghostlight Ltd.
↑ NeoGAF - View Single Post - Way of the Samurai 4 will be released on PC in less than 2 weeks
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ini

[gamedir-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.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/312780/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (312780) 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] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/312780/.

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

[6] The app ID (312780) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[1] Way of the Samurai 4 gets release date! | Blog | Ghostlight Ltd.

[FPS_cap-2] NeoGAF - View Single Post - Way of the Samurai 4 will be released on PC in less than 2 weeks

[ini-5] 3.0 ^3.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ini

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[Note 2]

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Developers

	Acquire
Windows	Laughing Jackal
Publishers
	Ghostlight
Release dates
Windows	July 23, 2015^[1]