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Revision as of 04:20, 22 July 2023
Developers | |
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Deep Silver Volition | |
Enter the Dominatrix | High Voltage Software[1] |
Linux | Virtual Programming |
Publishers | |
Deep Silver | |
Russia | Buka Entertainment |
Engines | |
CTG | |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 20, 2013 |
Linux | December 21, 2015[2] |
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 | |
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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 8th for Windows and on a later date for Linux version, featuring cross play across Steam, Epic Games and GOG.[3]
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 |
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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. |
Version differences
- All versions of the game are censored in Australia and cannot use the Rectifier DLC or play multiplayer with international copies.
- 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 is a complete edition with all DLC, including the Child's Play Pack which is no longer available separately.[4] Upgrade for base game is available. 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.[5] The "Character Gallery" option in Plastic Surgeon menu remains, but selecting it will hang the game if GOG Galaxy client is running in background.[6]
- As of November 22, 2016, the Steam version features Steam Workshop support[7]
- 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 | |
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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[8] |
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Rename intro movies (alternate method)[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>/display.ini[Note 1] |
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 |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\_saves\[Note 1] |
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 |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud | Approx. 100 MB available.[9] This space is shared with Saints Row: Gat out of Hell. | |
Xbox Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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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] |
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Notes
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Unlock framerate (Nvidia Users) |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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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 |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | Requires Steam Input to work correctly. | |
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PlayStation button prompts | Use the DualShock Button Prompts mod | |
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes | Wired, |
Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M | Button prompts may rapidly change. See Lock button prompts. |
Steam Input | ||
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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.[10] | |
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.[10] | |
Steam Controller button prompts | ||
Cursor detection |
Lock button prompts
Modify .ini file[11] |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | Auto configures up to 5.1 output[12] | |
Subtitles | Option in gameplay settings. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Option in gameplay settings. | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | Fan translation, download and info. | |||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | Fan translation; download. | |||
Russian | ||||
Russian | Fan translation by «ZoG Forum Team». | |||
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 | |
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Local play | 2 | Co-op, Versus Use Nucleus Co-op. |
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LAN play | 2 | Co-op, Versus |
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Online play | 2 | Co-op, Versus |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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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[13] |
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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] |
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Skip the mission via a mod[citation needed] |
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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[14] |
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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[15] |
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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[16] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | Original game is 32-bit, Re-Elected is 64-bit | ||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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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.[17]
My Steelport
- The My Steelport service was shut down on January 31, 2018,[18] 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 |
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-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 | ||
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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) | 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.
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).
References
- ↑ High Voltage Software Games
- ↑ SteamOS versions of Saints Row IV and Gat out of Hell now available! - last accessed on 2016-04-14
- ↑ Saints Row IV - Crossplay and Upgrade coming for Saints Row IV - last accessed on 2022-12-02
- ↑ Saints Row IV & Saints Row: The Third | Saints Row IV now available with all DLC included!
- ↑ My Steelport emulator - Saints Row Mods - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Saints Row 4 - Character Gallery bug - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Steam Workshop for Saints Row IV is live! - Steam Community - last accessed on 2016-11-23
- ↑ Unskippable intros - Saints Row Mods - last accessed on 2016-7-2
- ↑ SteamDB - last accessed on 2021-01-18
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 YouTube - Saints Row IV w/ Steam Controller in 2019 [Ouddated as of 2020, See Description] - last accessed on 2020-12-05
- "Edit 2020: This configuration is no longer working, due to Valve disabling SCAPI in Saints Row IV, which is actually a good thing.
[...]
The Steam Controller API support for Saints Row IV that was added in the update that brought Steam Workshop support is notable for being one of the absolute worst implementations of SCAPI in any game, but here I am to prove that even the worst implementation is still something that can be worked around and made to work well."
- "Edit 2020: This configuration is no longer working, due to Valve disabling SCAPI in Saints Row IV, which is actually a good thing.
- ↑ Saints Row IV PC Patch Notes :: Saints Row IV General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Verified by User:Blackbird on 2016-5-14
- ↑ Stuck at “Kill aliens” in “All Hands On Deck” - Gaming StackExchange
- ↑ Micro freezing/lagging - Saints Row Mods - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/206420/discussions/0/522728814687874041/#c133259956021128500 [Updated] Problem with 21:9 aspect ratio/Ultrawidescreen resolutions]
- ↑ Saints Row IV Game Launcher (retrieved)
- ↑ TrueAchievements - Saints Row: The Third - My Steelport Server Closure - last accessed on 2019-07-11
Categories:
- Windows
- Linux
- One-time game purchase
- DLC
- No microtransactions
- Singleplayer
- Multiplayer
- Real-time
- Third-person
- Direct control
- Action
- Shooter
- Open world
- Automobile
- Flight
- Helicopter
- Naval/watercraft
- Space flight
- Stylized
- Comedy
- Sci-fi
- Games
- Pages needing references
- Invalid template usage (Input)
- Local multiplayer games
- GOG.com Enhancement Project