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Sniper Elite 4

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Sniper Elite 4
Sniper Elite 4 cover
Developers
Rebellion Developments
Engines
Asura
Release dates
Windows February 14, 2017
Reception
Metacritic 78
OpenCritic 78
IGDB 76
Taxonomy
Monetization DLC
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person, First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Stealth, Tactical shooter
Art styles Realistic
Themes Europe, Historical, World War II
Series Sniper Elite
Sniper Elite 4 on HowLongToBeat
Sniper Elite 4 on IGDB
Sniper Elite 4 guide on StrategyWiki
Sniper Elite 4 on MobyGames
Sniper Elite 4 on Wikipedia
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Sniper Elite 4 is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person and first-person stealth and tactical shooter game in the Sniper Elite series.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GamersGate
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Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
All versions require Steam and Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Season Pass
Windows
Target Führer
Windows
Camouflage Rifle Skin Pack
Windows
Silent Warfare Weapons Pack
Windows
Covert Heroes Character Pack
Windows
Allied Forces Rifle Pack
Windows
Deathstorm Part 1: Inception
Windows
Night Fighter Expansion Pack
Windows
Deathstorm Part 2: Infiltration
Windows
Urban Assault Expansion Pack
Windows
Cold Warfare Winter Expansion Pack
Windows
Deathstorm Part 3: Obliteration
Windows
Lock and Load Weapons Pack
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename video files[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\FMV.
  2. Delete or rename Rebellion.webm.

Skip launcher

Replace the launcher executable with the game executable
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Launcher.
  2. Delete or rename SniperElite4.exe.
  3. Go to <path-to-game>\bin.
  4. Copy the SniperElite4_DX11.exe or SniperElite4_DX12.exe file and paste it in <path-to-game>\Launcher\, then rename it to SniperElite4.exe.
Use the "<path-to-game>\bin\SniperElite4_DX11.exe" %command% or "<path-to-game>\bin\SniperElite4_DX12.exe" %command% command line argument on Steam.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\SniperElite4\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/312660/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\SniperElite4\PC_ProfileSaves\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/312660/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Centered HUD, pillarboxed cutscenes.
Ultra-widescreen
Pre-rendered cutscenes are 21:9 as well as the HUD.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Double buffering in DX11 and tripled buffering in DX12.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
See Run the game at screen refresh rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Consoles only

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
In some unknown situations, it may not work.[citation needed]
Subtitles
Subtitles for enemies are disabled on Authentic difficulty.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
Binaural Simulation HRTF[1]
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian
Fan translation, #1, #2, #3.
Italian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
Solo survival
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

Issues fixed

Crash on startup

Remove ReShade[2]

Game not loading

Make sure the config folder isn't read-only[3]

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Rebellion's Asura engine may default the monitor's refresh rate to 60 Hz, resulting in reduced smoothness on high refresh rate monitors even if internal GPU render shows a high FPS.
Set refresh rate manually[citation needed]

Use the -hz=120 command line argument, where 120 is the screen refresh rate.

Alt+Tab breaks the game

Enable DX12[4]

Run the game in DX12 mode (You can change it through the launcher)

Other information

VR support

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11, 12 [5]
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-2100
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 55 GB
Video card (GPU) AMD Radeon HD 7870
Nvidia GeForce GTX 660
2 GB of VRAM
A 64-bit operating system is required.


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>/312660/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (312660) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Sniper Elite 4 - Binaural Simulation quick test (HRTF 3D spatial audio) - last accessed on May 2023
  2. Verified by User:Genesis on 2020-07-15
  3. https://steamcommunity.com/app/312660/discussions/1/1639789306588223269/#c1639789306589370950 [Solved] Stuck on startup loading screen after rebellion and after spinning bar
  4. Steam Community - last accessed on 9 June 2023
  5. PlayStation®4 Pro & DirectX 12 support for Sniper Elite 4! - Rebellion - last accessed on 2017-02-03