SiN

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SiN

Developers
	Ritual Entertainment
Expansion	2015 Inc.
Publishers
	Activision
Engines
	id Tech 2
Release dates
Windows	October 31, 1998
Linux	November 2000
Mac OS (Classic)	December 12, 2000
macOS (OS X)	January 30, 2014

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

SiN
SiN	1998
SiN Episodes: Emergence	2006
SiN: Reloaded	TBA

General information

Ritualistic Forums for SiN, SiN Steam & Wages of Sin

FAQ from developer

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums for SiN Episodes

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Retail		Sold as part of SiN Episodes: Emergence.
GOG.com		Version 1.11. Comes with Wages of Sin expansion pack.
Steam		Steam version 1.12. SiN does not have Steam Store page. It has to be purchased with SiN Episodes: Emergence.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Wages of SiN

Version differences

Some textures and skins has been altered in Steam version due to copyright and censorship reasons.

Steam version 1.12 is packaged differently than previous versions, causing issues with the Wages of Sin expansion and most mods.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patches are available for SiN and Wages of Sin.

Steam version Patch (Unofficial)

Adds uncensored textures and fixes many bugs

Steam thread for the patch

1. Download here
2. Extract the file and drop and replace the contents into the SiN installation folder (Steam version)

Wages of SiN for Steam version

A fan made port of Wages of SiN for the Steam version of SiN

Requires steam uncensored patch in order to work (Included on mod thread)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1313/pfx/

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1313/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

General settings.

Widescreen resolution

Instructions

Field of view (FOV)

Instructions

Input settings

MarkC Acceleration Fix

The Quake (II) Engine used for this game is somewhat notorious for "ignoring" the Enhanced Pointer Precision setting,
and uses the Windows acceleration curve it refers to regardless.
Since the game offers no option (like raw input) to bypass Windows filtering completely,
it's necessary to apply a small registry change to take care of this acceleration.

Instructions

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		16
Online play		16

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP		Use connect [IP address here] in the console.

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	22450
UDP	22450

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Game won't start - Error: Buffer overrun detected

Instructions

Game shuts down right after running it from Steam library

Instructions

Shuttering with high frame rate

Game runs in very high frame rate at new systems (1000 FPS) which can cause image and input shuttering.

Instructions

Other information

API

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

Windows

Mac OS (Classic)

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95, 98
Processor (CPU)	166 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	700 MB
Video card (GPU)	2 MB of VRAM