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Revision as of 04:35, 10 June 2022
Saints Row IV
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Deep Silver Volition |
Enter the Dominatrix |
High Voltage Software[1] |
Linux |
Virtual Programming |
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Deep Silver |
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CTG |
Windows |
August 20, 2013 |
Linux |
December 21, 2015[2] |
Metacritic |
86 |
IGDB |
84 |
Monetization |
DLC |
Microtransactions |
None |
Modes |
Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing |
Real-time |
Perspectives |
Third-person |
Controls |
Direct control |
Genres |
Action, Shooter, Open world |
Vehicles |
Automobile, Flight, Helicopter, Naval/watercraft, Space flight |
Art styles |
Stylized |
Themes |
Comedy, Sci-fi |
Series |
Saints Row |
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Key points
- As of November 22, 2016 the game now features Steam Workshop support[3]
- GOG.com and Steam players can play multiplayer together.
- The My Steelport service was shut down on January 31, 2018[4] taking with it all community-created characters. Players wanting to share custom characters needs to make use of a community-made local server emulator for Windows.
General information
- Port Report: Saints Row IV
- Saints Row Wiki
- Saints Row Mods forums
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- All Linux versions require Steam DRM.
Version differences
- Commander In Chief Edition includes the base game and Commander-In-Chief Pack which was earlier exclusive to this edition.
- Game of the Century Edition is a complete edition with all DLC including the Child's Play Pack which is no longer available separately.[5] Upgrade for base game is available.
- All versions of the game are censored in Australia and cannot use the Rectifier DLC or play multiplayer with international copies of the game
- The GOG.com version removes most UI elements and all internal functions related to My Steelport service. It is not possible to connect this version to the fanmade My Steelport emulator.[6] The "Character Gallery" option in Plastic Surgeon menu remains, but selecting it will hang the game if GOG Galaxy client is running in background.[7]
- The Microsoft Store version is "Saints Row IV: Re-Elected" edition. This version has a unique feature that allows saving and restoring customized characters locally, but is incompatible with any mods.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name |
Notes |
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Season Pass |
Includes: How the Saints Save Christmas, Enter The Dominatrix and The Rectifier. |
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Anime Pack |
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Bling Bling Pack |
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Brady Games Pack |
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Child's Play Pack |
No longer sold separately, part of Game of the Century edition. |
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College Daze Pack |
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Commander-In-Chief Pack |
Included with Commander In Chief Edition. |
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Dubstep Gun (Remix) Pack |
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Element of Destruction Pack |
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Enter The Dominatrix |
Part of Season Pass. |
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The Executive Privilege Pack |
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Game On Pack |
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Gamestop Warped Weapon Challenge |
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GAT V Pack |
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Grass Roots Pack |
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Hey Ash Whatcha Playin? Pack |
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How the Saints Save Christmas |
Part of Season Pass. |
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Pirate's Booty Pack |
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Presidential Pack |
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The Rectifier |
Part of Season Pass. Not available for Australian versions of the game |
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Reverse Cosplay Pack |
Free. |
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Stone Age Pack |
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The Super Saints Pack |
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Thank You Pack |
Free. |
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Wild West Pack |
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Volition Comics Pack |
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Zinyak Attack Pack |
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Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Rename intro movies (alternate method)[citation needed]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\videos
- Rename
logo_amd.bik , logo_deep_silver.bik , and logo_volition.bik .
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
- Steam save game data location is shared with Saints Row: Gat out of Hell.
Video
- Cutscenes are capped at 30 FPS, and some physics elements are capped at 60 FPS; use Cheat Engine below to fix.
- In fullscreen mode, the game may switch to a 60 Hz refresh rate on startup; see Game uses incorrect refresh rate to fix.
Remove multiple FPS Caps[citation needed]
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- This process must be performed each time the game is launched to take effect.
- Download and run Cheat Engine. Go to the main menu.
- Set Executable, Writable and CopyOnWrite to Don't Care and memory scan option to SaintsRowIV.exe.
- Disable the Fast Scan option and search for the value
0.00833333 as a float in rounded (extreme) mode. Select all values.
- Disable the Fast Scan option and search for the value
0.03333333 as a float in rounded (extreme) mode. Select all values.
- Disable the Fast Scan option and search for the value
0.01666666 as a float in rounded (extreme) mode. Select all values.
- Disable the Fast Scan option and search for the value
0.00833333 as a double in rounded (extreme) mode. Select all values.
- Disable the Fast Scan option and search for the value
0.03333333 as a double in rounded (extreme) mode. Select all values.
- Disable the Fast Scan option and search for the value
0.01666666 as a double in rounded (extreme) mode. Select all values.
- Set the all the values to (1/FPS), see below for example:
0.00694444 for 144 FPS (floats).
0.00277777 for 360 FPS (floats).
0.00256410 for 390 FPS (floats).
0.0069444444444444 for 144 FPS (doubles).
0.0027777777777777 for 360 FPS (doubles).
0.0025641025641026 for 390 FPS (doubles).
Notes
- A few contextual 30 FPS animation caps in cutscene to gameplay transition and character rotations in regards to mouse movements, cannot be removed with this method without crashing and they will appear as if they're heavily stuttering at higher rates; especially if output frame rate is not divisible by 30.
- Heavily recommend using the in-game triple buffered v-sync for improved frame pacing due to the implementation of FPS caps, at the cost of slightly increased input latency for lower frame rate values.
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Input
Remove aim assist
Change "Snap to targets" option[citation needed]
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- Go to
Options > Controls > Gamepad options .
- Set "Snap to targets" off to disable aim assist.
- This also applies to keyboard + mouse users.
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Lock game icons so they don't switch between mouse, keyboard, or gamepad
- Open up display.ini located in the game directory with notepad [1]
- Change UIController Style
- UIControllerStyle = 0 will result in default behavior. The game will automatically switch between kb/m and gamepad displays.
- UIControllerStyle = 1 will lock the UI to kb/m displays. You will never see (A), or (LB), or anything like that, it’s always kb/m.
- UIControllerStyle = 2 will lock the UI to gamepad displays. You will never see any keyboard keys, or even the mouse cursor.
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Surround sound |
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Auto configures up to 5.1 output[11] |
Subtitles |
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Option in gameplay settings. |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Option in gameplay settings. |
Localizations
Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Frequent Network disconnections
- Disabling the Steam overlay will prevent most disconnections in multiplayer[citation needed]
Issues unresolved
Infinite loading screen
- Verifying the game cache and a system restart may help alleviate the issue.[12]
- Officially there is no solution to this problem, and the save game is lost.[13]
Frame rate locked at 30 FPS after beating the game
- After the credits the game will be locked to a frame rate of 30 frames per second.
Exit the game and relaunch[14]
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Issues fixed
Game uses incorrect refresh rate
- The game may default to the lowest supported refresh rate, ignoring the setting in the configuration file.
Override refresh rate set by game[15]
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- Download the latest release of Special K.
- Open
SpecialK.zip , and copy SpecialK32.dll to the installation folder.
- Rename
SpecialK32.dll to dxgi.dll and start the game.
- Close the running instance, and open
dxgi.ini in the installation folder.
- Set
RefreshRate=-1.0 to desired hertz (e.g. RefreshRate=120.0 ).
- If you don't want to see the startup banner, open
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Global\osd.ini and set Duration= to 0.0 .
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Cannot get past "The Real World" mission
- A low fps rate causes the closing gates that appear near the end of "The Real World" mission may close too fast, rendering the mission unbeatable.
Lower the Resolution and Graphics Settings[citation needed]
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Skip the mission via a mod[citation needed]
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- Download "No Gates in The Real World" ("TheRealWorldNoGatesForLatestSRIV.zip") mod from this page.
- Go to
<path-to-game>\packfiles\pc\cache
- Backup the original
patch_compressed.vpp_pc to somewhere outside of the game's installation folders.
- Copy
SkipEverything\patch_compressed.vpp_pc of the mod to <path-to-game>\packfiles\pc\cache
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Controls unresponsive
- Issue whereby the game stops responding to control inputs upon entering the hub menu.
Controller buttons glitch
- The symbols displaying which button to press during gameplay and quick-time events flicker between keyboard and controller when using a gamepad.
- Issue seems to begin when the player moves the mouse or uses the keyboard when the controller is plugged in.
Game doesn't save rebound keys
- Issue where the game pretends to accept a rebound key setup but the changes don't take effect.
Rebinding
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- Delete the default game bindings.
- Rebind to the desired setup.
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Black screen on launch / window keeps minimizing
- Upon launch, the screen goes black for a few seconds, the game window minimizes, and cannot be maximized.
Launch in 640x480[19]
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- Go to the installation folder.
- Right click on
SaintsRowIV.exe and select 'Properties'.
- Select the 'Compatibility' tab and then check 'Run in 640 x 480 screen resolution'.
- Apply the settings and then launch the game.
- Once the game has loaded, go video settings and set your desired resolution.
- Widescreen users will first have to select 'Widescreen' for their resolution to appear.
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Crash after title credits (AMD users)
- Issue where AMD users who have installed the game on a drive other than
C://
have the game crash to a black screen after title logos.
Move the game to the C: drive[20]
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Low frame rate (AMD users)
- Issue where a low frame rate is experienced (especially in the open world), even on a high end AMD machine.
Installing beta driver[21]
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The Kinzie Gambit: All Hands on Deck
- Johnny Gat can't exit the ship during All Hands on Deck. He needs to open a chest to continue the mission.
- If the Genki Car in the previous mission teleports as it leaves the gameshow, you will encounter this issue.
Disable DLC[22]
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- Exit the game (game progress will revert to the start of Kinzie Gambit).
- Disable "Saints Row IV - Reverse Cosplay Pack", and "Saints Row IV - Thank You Pack" from the Steam launcher.
- Relaunch the game.
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Stuttering caused by My Steelport service shutdown
- The game repeatedly attempts to connect the now-defunct My Steelport service, which may cause the game to stutter.
Edit hosts file[23]
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- Go to
%WINDIR%\System32\drivers\etc\ .
- Open
hosts with an editor like Notepad.
- Add the line
127.0.0.1 sr3.hydra.agoragames.com as well as 127.0.0.1 sr4.hydra.agoragames.com and save the file.
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- This fix will also enable the game to use My Steelport emulator.
Ultra-wide Cutscene Fix
- Cut scenes on 21:9 will be surrounded by black bars and be missing most of the content.
Edit display.ini[24]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
display.ini .
- Add
LetterboxEyefinity = false in the file.
- Changing graphics settings will overwrite the file and remove this setting.
- Cutscenes will be letterboxed 16:9.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
11 |
Backward compatibility for Direct3D 10 and 10.1 GPUs is provided by Direct3D 11 |
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Linux | |
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Middleware
Mods
Mod Manager
Saints Row Mod Manager
- Works with Saints Row: The Third as well
Sandbox+
Sandbox+ combines all the best mods from the Saints Row modding community.
- Still in alpha stage. Clipping issues expected
- Launcher with a nice GUI front end for display settings editing.[25]
Launch Options
- By using command line parameters you can force the game to use the specified language.
Parameter |
Description |
-localize_language us |
Set language to English |
-localize_language de |
Set language to German |
-localize_language fr |
Set language to French |
-localize_language es |
Set language to Spanish |
-localize_language it |
Set language to Italian |
-localize_language pl |
Set language to Polish |
-localize_language ru |
Set language to Russian |
-localize_language jp |
Set language to Japanese |
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
Vista |
7 |
Processor (CPU) |
AMD Athlon II X3 Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 |
AMD Phenom II X4 Intel Core i3-2100T |
System memory (RAM) |
4 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
10 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
AMD Radeon HD 5800 series Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 DirectX 10 compatible
| AMD Radeon HD 6800 series Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 DirectX 11 compatible |
Linux |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS, SteamOS | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core i3-2100 3.1 GHz AMD Athlon II X4 645 3.1 GHz |
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3 GHz AMD FX-4300 3.8 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
4096 MB |
8192 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
10 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce GT 440 AMD Radeon HD 6670 1024 MB of VRAM
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon HD 6970 2048 MB of VRAM |
- Recommended Graphics Drivers: Nvidia: 352, 355 or 358 series driver / AMD: AMD Catalyst (fglrx) 15.9 or better. MESA drivers and Intel Graphics are not currently supported.
Notes
References