Saints Row IV

Saints Row IV

Developers
	Deep Silver Volition
Enter the Dominatrix	High Voltage Software
Linux	Virtual Programming
Publishers
	Deep Silver
Engines
	CTG
Release dates
Windows	August 20, 2013
Linux	December 21, 2015

Saints Row

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

Key points

As of November 22, 2016 the game now features Steam Workshop support

General information

Port Report: Saints Row IV

Official series site

Official Forums (non PC-specific)

Saints Row Wiki

Saints Row Mods forums

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.com		Game of the Century Edition is also available.
Amazon.co.uk		Commander In Chief Edition is also available.
GamersGate		Game of the Century Edition is also available.
Gamesplanet		Game of the Century Edition is also available.
Humble Store		Game of the Century Edition is also available.
Steam		Game of the Century Edition is also available.

All 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. Upgrade for base game is available.

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

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.
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 location

System	Location
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
Steam	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/206420

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Display settings.

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor			Increasing field of view is recommended.
Ultra-widescreen
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)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Adaptive V-sync Caps to 100FPS, must use Standard V-sync On/Off

Input settings

Control settings.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Button prompts		For DualShock controllers use Dualshock Button Prompts mod
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback

Remove aim assist

Change "Snap to targets" option[citation needed] Go to Options > Controls > Gamepad options. Set "Snap to targets" off to disable aim assist. This also applies to keyboard + mouse users.

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Gameplay settings.

Audio options	Native	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.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Japanese
Polish
Russian

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		2	Co-op
Online play		2	Co-op

Issues unresolved

Infinite loading screen

A single save game reaches an infinite loading screen at the same point each time.

Verifying the game cache and a system restart may help alleviate the issue.

Officially there is no solution to this problem, and the save game is lost.

Issues fixed

Controls unresponsive

Issue whereby the game stops responding to control inputs upon entering the hub menu.

Restart the game

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.

Restart the game

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 Delete the default game bindings. Rebind to the desired setup.

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 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.

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

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 Install the new AMD beta driver, which reports a performance increase of up to 25%.

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

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11	Backward compatibility for Direct3D 10 and 10.1 GPUs is provided by Direct3D 11
64-bit executable

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Audio	Wwise
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	Steamworks

First Person View mod

Still in alpha stage. Clipping issues expected

System requirements

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)	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.