Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts

Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts

Developers
	CI Games
Publishers
	CI Games
Engines
	CryEngine V
Release dates
Windows	November 22, 2019
Reception
Metacritic	71
OpenCritic	68
IGDB	67
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter, Stealth
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Asia, Contemporary
Series	Sniper: Ghost Warrior

Sniper: Ghost Warrior
Sniper: Art of Victory	2008
Sniper: Ghost Warrior	2010
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2	2013
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3	2017
Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts	2019
Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts 2	2021

Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS, shooter and stealth game in the Sniper: Ghost Warrior series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Epic Games Store
GamersGate
GOG.com		Outdated (v1.0.8) version, lacks many DLCs, singleplayer only release, EAC already removed, up to date language packs can be found here
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam		Full Arsenal Edition also available.

Full Arsenal Edition includes the base game and all paid DLCs.

Digital Deluxe Edition includes the base game and all paid DLCs, except for Merciless Marksman Weapon & Skin DLC Pack, Savage Sniper Weapon Pack, Seeker's Selects Weapon Pack and Crossbow Chaos Weapon Pack.

1 & 2 Double Pack includes the base game as well as Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts 2.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Crossbow Chaos Weapon Pack	Not available for GOG release.
Seeker's Selects Weapon Pack	Not available for GOG release.
Savage Sniper Weapon Pack	Not available for GOG release.
Merciless Marksman Weapon & Skin DLC Pack	Not available for GOG release.
Wallpaper Pack	Free.
World Flags Skin Pack	Not available for GOG release.
Multiplayer	Free. Not available for GOG release.
Positive Vibes Weapon Skin Pack	Free. Bundled with the base purchase on Steam.
Summer's Nostalgia Weapon Skin Pack	Free. Bundled with the base purchase on Steam.
Steam Mist Weapon Skin	Steam exclusive.
Galaxy Glow	Free. GOG exclusive.
KELL-T - shotgun	Free. Bundled with the base purchase on Steam.
SV - AMUR - sniper rifle
STURM BODYGUARD 9 - gun

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Disable the company logos
Go to <path-to-game>\GameSDK\. Open videos-part1.pak as an archive with 7-zip. Inside the archive, navigate to Libs\UI\Video\. Delete intromovies.usm.

Launch without Easy Anti Cheat

Launch without EAC
To launch the game without installing eac go to <path-to-game>\win_x64\ and launch SGWContracts.exe.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts\Profiles\default\
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\973580\remote\profiles\default\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/973580/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts\SaveGames\
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\973580\remote\savegames\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/973580/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Advanced video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		See Centered HUD.
Ultra-widescreen		Hor+ gameplay and pillarboxed FMVs. HUD is spanned but can be centered.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Double Buffering
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Limited to 200 FPS in the main menu.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Enable borderless fullscreen
Go to <path-to-game>\GameSDK\. Open game.cfg with text editor. Add the following and save. r_fullscreen = 0 r_FullscreenWindow = 1

Centered HUD

The in-game HUD is spanned, which may be undesirable to multi-monitor and some ultrawide users.

Modify gamedata.pak to center HUD
Download modified HUD.xml. Navigate to <path-to-game>\gamesdk\. Backup gamedata.pak. Open gamedata.pak as an archive with 7-zip. Inside the archive, navigate to Libs/UI/UIElements/. Drag and drop the newly downloaded HUD.xml to the 7-zip window to override HUD.xml inside of the archive.

Input

Controller settings.

Mouse settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Same key rebinding problems as in SGW3. Use Unofficial Patch to fix it.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Separate option for inverting drone Y-axis.
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

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Config variable: g_language="English".
Simplified Chinese				Config variable: g_language="Chineses".
Traditional Chinese				Config variable: g_language="Chineset".
Czech				GOG,STEAM
French				Config variable: g_language="French".
German				Config variable: g_language="German".
Hungarian				A Fan translations is available on Magyarítások Portál.
Italian				Config variable: g_language="Italian".
Japanese				Config variable: g_language="Japanese".
Korean				Config variable: g_language="Korean".
Polish				Config variable: g_language="Polish".
Brazilian Portuguese				Config variable: g_language="Portuguese".
Russian				Config variable: g_language="Russian".
Spanish				Config variable: g_language="Spanish".

The latest language packs can be found here

Manually set language

Set language manually in system.cfg
Edit <path-to-game>\system.cfg with a text editor (if the file doesn't exist create it). Find a line starting with g_language= and change its value with a value from language table above (e.g. g_language="German").

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play

Multiplayer is expected to be available in December 2019.

Issues fixed

(Steam) Game starts in English, even though different language is set

Change language
Open the Steam library. Find Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts. Right click on it and select Properties. Go to Language tab. Change the language to English and wait for Steam to update the game. Change the language back to the preferred language.

Game crashes on startup

Add game's executables to exceptions in the antivirus

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		User Profile, see vorpx forum for introduction.

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Wwise
Interface	Scaleform GFx
Anti-cheat	Easy Anti-Cheat

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7		8.1, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-4460 AMD FX-6350		Intel Core i5-4690K AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
System memory (RAM)	8 GB		16 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	20 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 AMD Radeon HD 7870 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible		Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon RX 580X 4 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.