Sniper: Ghost Warrior

Sniper: Ghost Warrior
Sniper: Art of Victory	2008
Sniper: Ghost Warrior	2010
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2	2013
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3	2017
Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts	2019
Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts 2	2021

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM DRM or Steam, depending on region.
GamersGate
Gamesplanet
GOG.com		Single-player only. Includes Second Strike DLC.
Green Man Gaming
itch.io
Steam		Gold Edition

Version differences[edit]

The Gold Edition is a complete edition containing the base game and all DLC.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Map Pack
Second Strike

Patches[edit]

1.1 (july 2010): Improve AI and stealth^[1]
1.2 (july 2010)
1.3 (for Japan only ?)

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Sniper - Ghost Warrior\out\Settings\^{[Note 1]} <path-to-game>\Game\out\Settings\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/34830/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Sniper - Ghost Warrior\out\save\^{[Note 1]} <path-to-game>\Game\out\profiles\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/34830/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Each player profile has slots for 7 manual saves, 4 quicksaves, and 1 autosave.

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video[edit]

General settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Only borderless available. See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA. Option is not separate but is enabled with Post-Processing. Changing the config file doesn't make a difference.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Very high frame-rates have some effect on bullet physics; some hits may not register properly at very long range or when using automatic weapons. See Run the game at screen refresh rate.

Windowed[edit]

Running a game in Window Mode^{[citation needed]}
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open `Video.scr` using a text editor. Find a line `Fullscreen()`, which should be near the end of document and remove it (however, do not remove a similar line `!Fullscreen()` at the beginning of the file) Save changes and run a game.

Vertical sync (Vsync)[edit]

Enabling Vsync^{[citation needed]}
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open `Video.scr` using a text editor. Add a line line `VSync()` at the end of a document. Save changes and run a game.

Input[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		`Backslash` cannot be bound to any commands.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		XInput controllers only.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

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

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

Audio[edit]

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian				Local Retail only. Download
Italian
Russian
Polish
Spanish

VR support[edit]

3D modes	Native	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created profile, see here.

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		12
Online play		12

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated		Windows server software under Tools in Steam client.
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed[edit]

Can't connect to an online game[edit]

Disable non-used network adapters^{[citation needed]}

Run the game at screen refresh rate[edit]

Fullscreen mode only offers the option to use a refresh rate of 100 Hz or less, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.

Set screen refresh rate^[2]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open `Video.scr` with a text editor. Set `MaxRefresh` to the screen refresh rate (e.g. `MaxRefresh(120)`). Add `Fullscreen()` at the bottom if it doesn't exist.

The game starts with upside down, and black and white videos[edit]

Windows 8, 8.1 or later systems are affected, if experience this 'bug', just follow these instructions:

Instructions

Download and extract this archive: Sniper: Ghost Warrior 'Upside down', 'black and white' menu fix
Go to <path-to-game>\Game\Data\Menu\Movies folder and make a backup from the files inside.
Replace the existing files, with the new ones.

Notes Now the game's background, intros etc, should be look like normal.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3	Vista SP1, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 2.5 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2600+	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	6.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 7600 ATI Radeon X1600 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support	Nvidia GeForce 8800 ATI Radeon HD 2900 DirectX 10 compatible

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 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>/34830/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (34830) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/sniper-gw-patch-targets-review-criticisms
↑ Verified by User:Keith on 2017-09-29

[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 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>/34830/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (34830) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] ttps://www.eurogamer.net/articles/sniper-gw-patch-targets-review-criticisms

[4] Verified by User:Keith on 2017-09-29

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Developers

	City Interactive
Engines
	Chrome Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	June 29, 2010
Reception
Metacritic	55
IGDB	59