Sniper Elite
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Developers | |
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Rebellion Developments | |
Engines | |
Asura | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 18, 2005 |
macOS (OS X) | April 23, 2013[1] |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 76 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | FPS, Shooter, Stealth, TPS |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Europe, Historical, World War II |
Series | Sniper Elite |
Sniper Elite | |
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Sniper Elite | 2005 |
Sniper Elite V2 | 2012 |
Zombie Army (series) | |
Sniper Elite III | 2014 |
Sniper Elite 4 | 2017 |
Sniper Elite V2 Remastered | 2019 |
Sniper Elite VR | 2021 |
Sniper Elite 5 | 2022 |
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.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | StarForce 3.5.10.01 DRM[Note 1][4] | |||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Steam | ||||
ZOOM Platform |
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Prof\<user-id>\[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3700/pfx/[Note 3] |
- Configuration file is encrypted.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Prof\<user-id>\[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3700/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Stretched. Use ThirteenAG's fix. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Stretched. Use ThirteenAG's fix. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Use the -windowed parameter. |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | 0 up to 16 | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Off, 2x, 4x. In windowed mode it must be forced externally. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | High FPS can cause erratic physics behavior. Set refresh rate to 60 to fix. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | No acceleration. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Sound, Music | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Takes a few seconds for sound to be muted. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Hungarian | Fan translation, #1, #2. | |||
Russian | Retail only. Patch for digital release here. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 8 | |||
Online play | GameSpy services have been shut down;[5] see GameSpy for workarounds. |
Issues fixed
Game Crashing after "Rebellion" logo
Crashing after "Rebellion" logo[citation needed] |
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Vsync (Enabled by default) not working on Windows 10
Instructions[citation needed] |
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High Fps Issues
- This is due to the movement physics being tied to FPS .The game uses a vsync (Enable by default) to limit itself but it does not work in windows 10 because windows 10 has broken vsync in Directx 8.
Limit the Framerate to 60FPS[citation needed] |
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Use dgvoodoo2 Wrapper[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later. |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 1.0 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 2 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.6.8 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.[2][3] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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). - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (3700) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.