Saints Row IV

Saints Row IV

Developers
	Volition
Enter the Dominatrix	High Voltage Software
Linux	Virtual Programming
Publishers
	Deep Silver
Russia	Buka Entertainment
Engines
	CTG
Release dates
Windows	August 20, 2013
Linux	December 21, 2015
Reception
Metacritic	86
IGDB	84
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, 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

Saints Row
Saints Row 2	2009
Saints Row: The Third	2011
Saints Row IV	2013
Saints Row: Gat out of Hell	2015
Saints Row: The Third Remastered	2020
Saints Row	2022

Saints Row IV is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person action, shooter and open world game in the Saints Row series.

All copies of Saints Row IV were upgraded to the Re-Elected Edition on December 8, 2022 for Windows and on a later date for Linux version, featuring cross play across Steam, Epic Games, and GOG.

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

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.com		Game of the Century Edition.
Epic Games Store		Re-Elected Edition
GamersGate
		Game of the Century Edition.
GOG.com		Re-Elected Edition. Legacy version available for rollback via GOG Galaxy only. Unavailable in Australia.
Green Man Gaming
Microsoft Store		Re-Elected Edition.
Steam		Re-Elected Edition. Legacy version available in a separate branch.
Humble Store (unavailable)		Game of the Century Edition also available.

All Linux versions require Steam DRM.

Version differences

All versions of the game are censored in Australia and cannot use the Rectifier DLC or play multiplayer with international copies.

The legacy version does not include any DLC available in the updated Re-Elected edition, unless acquired separately.

The Commander In Chief Edition includes the base game and Commander-In-Chief Pack which was earlier exclusive to this edition.

The Game of the Century Edition (otherwise known as National Treasure Edition) is a complete edition with all DLC, including the Child's Play Pack which is no longer available separately. The Re-Elected edition was originally a moniker for the console variants of the Game of the Century Edition, but as of December 8, 2022, it has been used for the PC version following the crossplay update.

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. The "Character Gallery" option in Plastic Surgeon menu remains, but selecting it will hang the game if GOG Galaxy client is running in background.

As of November 22, 2016, the Steam version features Steam Workshop support

The Microsoft Store 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
Season Pass	Includes: How the Saints Save Christmas, Enter The Dominatrix and The Rectifier.
Anime Pack
Bling Bling Pack
Brady Games Pack
Child's Play Pack	No longer sold separately, part of Game of the Century edition.
College Daze Pack
Commander-In-Chief Pack	Included with Commander In Chief Edition.
Dubstep Gun (Remix) Pack
Element of Destruction Pack
Enter The Dominatrix	Part of Season Pass.
The Executive Privilege Pack
Game On Pack
Gamestop Warped Weapon Challenge
GAT V Pack
Grass Roots Pack
Hey Ash Whatcha Playin? Pack
How the Saints Save Christmas	Part of Season Pass.
Pirate's Booty Pack
Presidential Pack
The Rectifier	Part of Season Pass. Not available for Australian versions of the game
Reverse Cosplay Pack	Free.
Stone Age Pack
The Super Saints Pack
Thank You Pack	Free.
Wild West Pack
Volition Comics Pack
Zinyak Attack Pack

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open display.ini. Add SkipIntroVideo = true in the file.

Rename intro movies (alternate method)[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\videos Rename logo_amd.bik, logo_deep_silver.bik, and logo_volition.bik.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>/display.ini
Microsoft Store	<path-to-game>/display.ini
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/vpltd/SaintsRow4/
Steam	<path-to-game>/display.ini

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\_saves\
Microsoft Store
Steam	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/206420/

Steam save game data location is shared with Saints Row: Gat out of Hell.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud		Approx. 100 MB available. This space is shared with Saints Row: Gat out of Hell.
Xbox Cloud

Video

Display settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor			Increasing field of view is recommended.
Ultra-widescreen			Cutscenes may be broken. See Ultra-wide Cutscene Fix Or use the solution from RoseTheFlower..
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Use SR4 FOV Editor
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 8x MSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Triple buffered.
60 FPS		Cutscenes are capped at 30 FPS; see Frame rate (FPS) to fix.
120+ FPS		Due to a poorly implemented 120 FPS cap, the frame rate can behave erratically in some cases. See Frame rate (FPS).
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Frame rate (FPS)

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 using Cheat Engine[citation needed]

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.

Unlock framerate (Nvidia Users)
Open the Nvidia Control Panel. Navigate to Manage 3D Settings. Select the Program Settings tab and find Saints Row IV in the dropdown. Set 'Vertical sync' to 'Fast'. Click Apply in the NVIDIA Control Panel. Requires a game restart. It is recommended that to disable the in-game vsync.

Input

Control settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Weapon Store menus cannot be entirely navigated with a keyboard.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Button prompts may rapidly change. See Lock button prompts.

Steam Input
Steam Input API support		Support for Steam Input API broke with the arrival of the Steam Workshop update, and in 2020 Valve forcefully disabled Steam Input API entirely for the game.
Hook input (legacy mode)
Official controller preset(s)		Official preset provided by Deep Silver have been tagged as not official any longer due to its reliance on the broken Steam Input API support.
Steam Controller button prompts
Cursor detection

Lock button prompts

Modify .ini file
Open <path-to-game>\display.ini with a text editor. Change the UIControllerStyle to one of the following settings: 0 for default behavior, 1 for exclusive keyboard and mouse prompts, 2 for exclusive gamepad prompts. Save the file.

Audio

Audio settings.

Gameplay settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Auto configures up to 5.1 output
Subtitles		Option in gameplay settings.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Option in gameplay settings.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean				Fan translation, download and info.
Polish				Steam version lacks Polish translation for DLCs. A fix is available here. Re-Elected has this problem fixed.
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation; download.
Russian				Official localization added with the patch. Fan translation by «ZoG Forum Team» is also available.
Spanish

Network

Steam, GOG.com and Epic Games Store players can play multiplayer together in the Re-Elected edition; the legacy edition supports Steam and GOG.com cross-play via LAN.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2	Co-op, Versus Use Nucleus Co-op.
LAN play		2	Co-op, Versus
Online play		2	Co-op, Versus

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues unresolved

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

Issues fixed

Cannot get past "The Real World" mission

Low frame rate causes the closing gates that appear near the end of "The Real World" mission may close too fast, rendering the mission unbeatable.^{[citation needed]}

Workaround: lower the Resolution and Graphics Settings to increase performance[citation needed]

Skip the mission via a mod[citation needed]
Download "No Gates in The Real World" ("TheRealWorldNoGatesForLatestSRIV.zip") mod from this page. Go to <path-to-game>\packfiles\pc\cache Back up the original patch_compressed.vpp_pc. Copy SkipEverything\patch_compressed.vpp_pc of the mod to <path-to-game>\packfiles\pc\cache.

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
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.

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
This fix will also enable the game to use My Steelport emulator. Go to %WINDIR%\System32\drivers\etc. Open hosts with a text editor running as administrator. 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.

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
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.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows			Original game is 32-bit, Re-Elected is 64-bit
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Audio	Wwise
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	Steamworks, Epic Online Services	Legacy version used Steamworks; Re-Elected uses Epic Online Services.

Mods

Saints Row Mod Manager

Saints Row: The Third Clothing adds all of the clothing that was in Saints Row: The Third but is missing from Saints Row IV. Can also fix broken custom character models, that were imported from Saints Row: The Third through My Steelport.

Things To Do In Dominatrix combines multiple community mods, including bug fixes, gameplay improvements and new content.

Sandbox+ allows the player to teleport and use debug commands to test animations and effects, use cheats, and replay cutscenes.

First person view mod - still in alpha stage. Clipping issues expected

Launcher with advanced graphics options has a user-friendly frontend for display settings editing.

My Steelport

The My Steelport service was shut down on January 31, 2018, taking with it all community-created characters. Players wanting to share custom characters need to make use of a community-made local server emulator for Windows.

Command line parameters

Parameter	Description
-localize_language us	Set language to English
-localize_language fr	Set language to French
-localize_language de	Set language to German
-localize_language it	Set language to Italian
-localize_language jp	Set language to Japanese
-localize_language pl	Set language to Polish
-localize_language ru	Set language to Russian
-localize_language es	Set language to Spanish

System requirements

Windows

Linux

Windows
	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
	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)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GT 440 AMD Radeon HD 6670 1 GB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon HD 6970 2 GB 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.