Saw

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 7.40.0009 DRM disc check
Steam (unavailable)

This game is no longer available digitally.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Saw\SawGame\Config\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/27300/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Saw\SawGame\Checkpoints\default_checkpoint.sav
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/27300/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Resolutions up to 1920x1200; for unlisted resolutions see Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Crashing on ultrawide resolutions
4K Ultra HD		Forcing 4K through `SawEngine.ini` crashes the game. Use dgVoodoo 2 to force 4K without crashing.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)	See Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS
120+ FPS	Capped at 62 FPS, See Engine:Unreal Engine 3#Smoothed frame rate. Can cause puzzles to be near if not unbeatable at extremely high frame rates. (400 FPS+ makes them impossible.)
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Edit SawEngine.ini^[2]

Only works up to 1920x1080

Go to the configuration files location.
Open SawEngine.ini.
Go to the [SystemSettings] section.
Change ResX= and ResY= to your respective resolution.

Example: ResX=1920 and ResY=1080.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Instructions^[3]
Go to the configuration files location. Open `SawEngine.ini`. Go to the `[SystemSettings]` section. Change `UseVsync=False` to `UseVsync=True`

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Instructions

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open SawEngine.ini.
Change MaxAnisotropy=4 to MaxAnisotropy=16.

Do not change the in-game graphics settings as it will go back to 4.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Instructions

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open SawEngine.ini.
Change MaxMultisamples to to the desired value.

Do not change the in-game graphics settings as it will go to 4.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
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

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Effects, Music, Dialog
Surround sound		Dolby Digital
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian				Retail only. The language files are available.
Italian
Polish				Local retail only. Download files here.
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation; Gamevício.
Russian				Local retail only. For Steam version use this patch.
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9	A D3D10 setting exacts in the config file but nothing happens.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3	Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon 2.0 GHz	Intel Core 2 Duo AMD Athlon X2
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	12 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 6600 ATI Radeon X1300	Nvidia GeForce 7600 ATI Radeon X1900
Sound (audio device)	DirectX compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
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 (27300) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Пила - last accessed on 2023-07-14
↑ Verified by User:Wolfinston on 2021-06-22
↑ Verified by User:TerminatorOST on 29 March 2019

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 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 (27300) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (27300) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Пила - last accessed on 2023-07-14

[Sui-3] Verified by User:Wolfinston on 2021-06-22

[SelfCheck-4] Verified by User:TerminatorOST on 29 March 2019

[1]

[Note 1]

[2]

[3]

Developers

	Zombie Studios
Publishers
	Konami
Russia	Noviy Disk^[1]
Engines
	Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows	October 22, 2009
Reception
Metacritic	55
IGDB	40