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Sanctum

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Sanctum
Sanctum cover
Developers
Coffee Stain Studios
Engines
Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows April 15, 2011
macOS (OS X) August 13, 2012
Reception
Metacritic 70
IGDB 70
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Multiplayer
Genres FPS
Series Sanctum
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Sanctum on Wikipedia
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Key points

Cross-platform multiplayer.

General information

Official Forums
Sanctum Subreddit on reddit
Sanctum Wiki
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

All versions require Steam DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Map Pack 1 4 more maps
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Map Pack 2 3 more maps
Windows
macOS (OS X)
X-Mas Carnage 1 free map
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Yogscave 1 free map
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Sanctum\SanctumGame\Config\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/91600/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\91600\remote\games
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/91600/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings (1/2).
In-game video settings (1/2).
In-game video settings (2/2).
In-game video settings (2/2).

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
See Set custom resolution.
Ultra-widescreen
Supported, but causes multiple issues.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Value can be set to multiples of 5 between 60 and 120.
Windowed
Can also be toggled with F11
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
See High frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Set custom resolution

Multi-monitor screenshot showcasing bad HUD.[1]
Multi-monitor screenshot showcasing bad HUD.[1]
Coffee Stain Studios have announced that they will not actively support multiple monitors.[2]
The game's HUD does not render well on multiple-monitor resolutions.
Set resolution[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open SanctumEngine.ini.
  3. Locate any entry for ResX= and change it to your horizontal resolution (e.g., ResX=1920).
  4. Locate any entry for ResY= and change it to your vertical resolution (e.g., ResY=1080).
  5. Locate the entry AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainXFOV and replace it with:
    AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV
  6. Save your changes.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Modifying AF[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Engine\Config\
  2. Edit BaseEngine.ini.
  3. Go to the [SystemSettings] section.
  4. Set MaxAnisotropy= to the desired value.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Forcing AA[3]
Using the following tweak makes the game client prone to graphics artifacts and/or crashing.
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Engine\Config\
  2. Edit BaseEngine.ini using Notepad. Navigate to the [SystemSettings] section.
  3. Modify the entry bAllowD3D9MSAA=False to show bAllowD3D9MSAA=True
  4. Save the file.

High frame rate

Change frame rate smoothing
  1. Go to the configuration files location.
  2. Open SanctumEngine.ini.
  3. Search and change bSmoothFrameRate to FALSE or raise MaxSmoothedFrameRate value.
  4. Save file and change to read-only.
For more information, see the Unreal Engine 3 page.

Input

In-game general control settings.
In-game general control settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.

Controller sensitivity

Controller Sensitivity[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open SanctumSanctumPlayerInput.ini.
  3. Scroll to [Sanctum.SanctumPlayerInput]. It's almost at the bottom of the page.
  4. Search for Axis aTurn Speed=1.0 (For Horizontal) & Axis aLookup Speed=0.65 (For Vertical)
  5. Change Speed Values to what you want (e.g Speed=2.5). then save your changes.

Remapping

Edit mappings[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open SanctumInput.ini.
  3. Scroll to Scaleform.KeyMap for controller, or Engine.PlayerInput for keyboard.
  4. Rebind as desired, then save your changes.

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Separate sliders for special effects, ambient, voice and music, plus a master volume slider.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Danish
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
4 Co-op
Use Nucleus Co-op.
LAN play
Online play
4 Co-op

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 7777
UDP 7777
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP3
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 1.6 GHz
AMD Athlon X2 1.6 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 7600 GS
ATI Radeon HD 2400
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.6.3
Processor (CPU) Intel dual-core 1.6 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
OpenGL 3.3 compatible
Shader model 3.0 support


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/91600/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (91600) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References