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Sleeping Dogs

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Sleeping Dogs
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Developers
United Front Games
Publishers
Square Enix
Release dates
Windows August 14, 2012
Sleeping Dogs on Wikipedia
Sleeping Dogs
Sleeping Dogs 2012
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition 2014
Triad Wars Cancelled

For the enhanced version, see Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition.

Key points

No longer available for download. Replaced with Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition
Great PC port, featuring DX11 support, a high-res texture pack, and others.[1]
German version is highly outdated and has no DLCs.[2]
Can not remap movement to arrow keys in PC port.[3]

General information

Official game site
Official Sleepings Dogs Forum - PC General Discussion - This forum is the most active for PC technical issues
Official Sleepings Dogs Forum - PC Bugs/Glitches
Sleeping Dogs Wiki
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums

Availability

In-game general settings (1/3).
In-game general settings (2/3).
In-game general settings (3/3).
Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Amazon.com
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Steam
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Only DLC is available.
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Retail
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All versions require Steam; digital versions do not contain serial keys, instead registering directly onto the Steam ID.[4]

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
High Resolution Texture Pack Available for free. Requires 4 GB of HD space. See the DLC Steam page for a download link.
Windows
Nightmare in North Point
Windows
Zodiac Tournament
Windows
Year of the Snake
Windows
Top Dog Silver Pack
Windows
The High Roller Pack
Windows
The Red Envelope Pack
Windows
Top Dog Gold Pack
Windows
Retro Triad Pack
Windows
Street Racer Pack
Windows
Screen Legends Pack
Windows
The SWAT Pack
Windows
Tactical Soldier Pack
Windows
Ghost Pig
Windows
Deep Undercover Pack
Windows
GSP Pack
Windows
Martial Arts Pack
Windows
Police Protection Pack
Windows
Square Enix Character Pack
Windows
Triad Enforcer Pack
Windows
Drunken Fist Pack
Windows
Gangland Style Pack
Windows
Monkey King Pack
Windows
Movie Masters Pack
Windows
Law Enforcer Pack
Windows
Wheels of Fury
Windows

Version differences

The Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition includes all DLC and various changes.[5]
Sleeping Dogs Collection is a complete edition with all DLC.[6] The free High Resolution Texture Pack is a separate download.
The Japanese version only includes Japanese and English languages. Japanese is not available for purchases in other countries.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/202170/pfx/[Note 1]
DisplaySettings.xml and HK Options

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/202170/pfx/[Note 1]

Save file information:

  • Main story save files: HK Autosave Slot and HK GameSlot # (# is 1 - 4)
  • Nightmare in North Point DLC save files: HK AutosaveG Slot and HK GameSlotG # (# is 1 - 2)
  • The Year of the Snake DLC save files: HK AutosaveN Slot and HK GameSlotN # (# is 1 - 2)

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings (1/2).
In-game advanced video settings (2/2).

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Graphics Change

All graphics changing requires a restart, otherwise visual elements will be missing from the game.[7]

Nvidia Card Performance

The game is optimized for AMD cards, and thus Nvidia cards can post low FPS for the auto detected settings. Setting "Enable Quality Anti-Aliasing" and "Screen Space Ambient Occlusion" to Normal should noticeably improve FPS.

Input settings

In-game key map settings.
In-game gamepad layout settings for the player.
In-game gamepad layout settings for vehicles.

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Can't Remap To Arrow Keys

Can be remapped to number pad arrow keys, but not standard arrow keys.[3]

But you can remap your Up, Down, Left and Right arrow keys to work like W,S,A,D and vice versa using the application Autohotkey at http://www.autohotkey.com. After installation, when prompted to create the first script, choose Yes in the dialog box. Then, delete everything from the Notepad file which opens and paste the following: http://pastebin.com/9FvTujrT. After that, right click on the Autohotkey icon in the notification tray and choose Reload script and you will be able to use the arrow keys to move the player and cars. In the future if you want to use the arrow keys in the game just start the Autohotkey application you are done.

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Japan region purchases only.
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Issues unresolved

'HkShip.exe has stopped working'

To be resolved issue.[8]

Running the game in compatibility mode seems to resolve the issue.

'Can't choose custom refresh rate'

When selecting resolution in video options, only pre-made presets are available, user can't choose to change refresh rate, which often force players to play in windowed mode.

'Can't force game into fullscreen'

The game starts in windowed mode and no matter what you do it just stays in windowed mode. Alt+ Enter doesn't work and neither does setting the video option to fullscreen.

POTENTIAL FIX: Close TeamViewer if installed. (Note: The issue with TeamViewer is the "QuickConnect" feature, which puts a little arrow next to the close, minimize, etc. buttons. Go into TeamViewer's advanced settings to disable this, and you can run TeamViewer with Sleeping Dogs in full screen at the same time.

POTENTIAL FIX: Close (or stop) Actual Multiple Monitors, or other multi-monitor software if installed.

POTENTIAL FIX: Would not go full screen at non-native refresh rate, changing refresh rate to 60hz fixed the issue.

Issues fixed

Constantly Scrolling Up

Caused by controller drivers.
Instructions

FPS issues and/or stuttering

The game may lag or stutter on high-end systems, particularly during day time.[9]
Instructions

Black Screen During Cutscene

Instructions

Disable 'Cheat' DLC

DLC can be selectively disabled from the game's properties in the Steam client.[10]
Game features DLC that give unbalanced bonuses for player. Some people may not realize this when buying DLC packs.
Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista SP2
Processor (CPU) Althon X2 2.7 GHz
Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 15 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon 3870
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT
DirectX 10 compatible

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>/202170/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (202170) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References