Originally developed by
United Front Games
Developed for Mac by
Feral Interactive Limited
Published for Mac by
Feral Interactive Limited
This document is intended to help you answer any questions that you may have about Sleeping Dogs™: Definitive Edition
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition includes the base game, Sleeping Dogs, and the following DLC packs:
Most of the DLC packs included in Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition are enabled by default: additional missions, outfits, vehicles, weapons and items included in the DLC packs can be played or found during the main story mode.
The Nightmare in North Point and Year of the Snake DLC packs add new stories to the game, which are separate from the main story mode. You can access them via the Main Menu.
Yes, achievements are supported by Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition.
If you are signed in to Steam, your achievements will be visible to you in-game and also to other players through the Steam application.
Yes.
The gamepads in the following list have been tested and are supported by Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition:
If your gamepad is not on the list, email padsupport@feralinteractive.com and our support team will reply to you with a request for information about your device. Once we have this information, a gamepad support file will be created and emailed to you.
Once created, this gamepad support file will be used in all future games and updates - so you will not only be helping us get your device working; you will also help all other owners of the same device who play Feral games!
Yes.
The following gamepads will be recognized by the game but do not have enough buttons or analog controls to support all the possible in-game controls, meaning some in-game tasks will require the keyboard or mouse:
Some gamepads support both DirectInput and XInput modes. These gamepads can be identified by a switch on them that has two options, “D” (DirectInput) and “X” (XInput).
To play Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition a gamepad must be supported and set to DirectInput mode.
Currently supported devices that have this switch are:
If your gamepad has the switch and is not on this list, you will not be able to use it to play Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition without a pad support file. To obtain one, email padsupport@feralinteractive.com and our support team will reply to you with a request for information about your device. Once we have this information, we can usually create a gamepad support file and email it to you.
To switch the gamepad to DirectInput mode, follow these instructions:
If the Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition application is running, close it.
Unplug the gamepad (or wireless receiver, if the gamepad is wireless).
Turn the switch on the pad to “D”.
Plug the pad or wireless receiver back in.
Restart the Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition application.
You will now be able to play Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition with the gamepad.
If you are using a Magic Mouse or Trackpad, you cannot click the Left Mouse button while holding down the Right Mouse button. This means that you cannot aim and fire using only your mouse.
Instead, you can aim by holding down the C key. You'll then be able to fire using the Left Mouse button as normal.
If you prefer, you can change the key bindings for aiming and firing. You can customize your keyboard configuration by selecting Options → Controller Layout from the Main Menu.
There are two lockboxes in Victoria Point that are considered part of the North Point total. If you cannot find any more lockboxes in North Point, these may be the ones you are missing.
For a map of all the lockboxes in the game, follow the link below:
The benchmark test helps you determine Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition's performance on your Mac under the game's current graphics settings.
To start the benchmark test, navigate to the Display menu (Main Menu → Options → Display) and press the Q key to access the advanced display options. Press the Q key again to start the benchmark test.
Once the test has finished, a dialog will appear displaying the minimum, maximum and average FPS (frames per second) that the game ran at during the test, as well as your current graphics settings and details of your computer's graphics card. The higher the FPS, the better the game's performance.
To end the benchmark test and return to the Main Menu, press the Backspace (←) key.
To increase the FPS, adjust your graphical options via the Video tab in the pre-game Options window or within the game under Options → Display, accessible from the Main Menu.
Lowering graphics settings is likely to increase the FPS at which the game runs, but reduce the visual quality. Experiment with the settings to find a balance between performance and appearance.
To learn more about improving Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition's performance, please refer to the Performance Tips point in the ReadMe.
Yes.
However, you must first enable the secondary click function on your mouse or trackpad. This will enable you to perform a right-click by clicking the right-hand side of your mouse or trackpad.
To do this, follow these instructions:
Open System Preferences ( Menu → System Preferences).
Select Mouse or Trackpad (depending on which you are using).
Select the Point & Click tab.
Check the Secondary Click checkbox.
Finger "gestures", which are used by Magic Mice and Trackpads to switch between windows and applications, can disrupt your game if used inadvertently.
To disable them, follow these instructions:
Open System Preferences ( Menu → System Preferences).
Click on Mouse or Trackpad (depending on which you are using).
Select the More Gestures tab.
Uncheck all the checkboxes.
Short Apple keyboards do not have Home (↖), End (↘), Page Up (⇞), Page Down (⇟) or Delete (⌦) keys.
In order to use game commands that are mapped to these keys, you will need to use the Function (fn) key as follows:
Home (↖) = Function (fn) key + Left Arrow (◀) key
End (↘) = Function (fn) key + Right Arrow (▶) key
Page Up (⇞) = Function (fn) key + Up Arrow (▲) key
Page Down (⇟) = Function (fn) key + Down Arrow (▼) key
Delete (⌦) = Function (fn) key + Backspace (←) key
The dock or notifications may occasionally appear while you are playing Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition, or the desktop cursor may replace the game cursor. This can disrupt a game.
You can prevent them from occurring by checking the Hide the Dock (disables notifications) checkbox in the Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition pre-game Options window. To do so, follow these steps:
From the Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition pre-game Options window, select the Display tab.
Check the Hide the Dock (disables notifications) checkbox.
Yes.
If you have a Retina display, you will be able to take advantage of the extra pixels by running Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition in native resolution. This means that the game will display one pixel for every pixel on your display.
To do this, follow these instructions:
From the Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition pre-game Options window, select the Display tab.
Select the largest resolution from the Resolution drop-down menu to play the game in native Retina resolution.
Click the Play button. The game will start in native Retina resolution.
NOTE: In many cases, increasing your game's resolution will impact upon its performance.
Yes.
To run Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition in windowed mode, follow these instructions:
From the Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition pre-game Options window, select the Display tab.
Check the Run in a window checkbox.
Click the Play button. The game will start in windowed mode.
NOTE: Enabling windowed mode may decrease the game's performance.
Your saved games are stored in your game's preferences folder.
To open this folder, click the Open Preferences Folder button in the Info/About tab of the pre-game Options window.
You can also navigate to the preferences folder manually. It is stored in the Feral Interactive folder in your computer's ~/Library/Application Support folder (where the "~" symbol refers to your home directory).
By default, the Library folder is hidden from your Finder. To open it, follow these instructions:
Open the Finder.
Open the Go menu from the main toolbar.
Hold down the Alt (⌥) key. The Library option will appear.
Click on the Library option. The Library folder will open in your Finder.
To take screenshots while playing Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition you should use the following key command:
Command (⌘) + Control (ctrl) + P
When you press all three keys at once, a single image of the on-screen contents will be saved in the Feral Interactive folder in your computer's ~/Pictures folder (the "~" symbol refers to your home directory).
The JPEG image contains metadata in a string in the following format.
GameName/Version Number (OS Version; CPU Speed; Installed RAM; Video RAM; Current Graphics Card)
For example in Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition the string might look a little like this:
Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition/1.0 (Mac OS 10.11.2; 2.8; 4.0 1024; GeForce GT 650M)
This information can be easily removed by exporting the screenshot into a different format using Preview or another image editing tool.
NOTE: None of the metadata stored can be used to identify the user.
No. Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition has been tested with the basic formatting option for Mac OS X, which is HFS+. This system is not case-sensitive and identifies files by name without checking capitalization.
The capitalization of filenames is not consistent throughout the game. While this will not always prevent the game from running on case-sensitive file systems, it may lead to crashes and other unpredictable behaviour.
If you have to run a case-sensitive setup and you experience problems with Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition, please install the game on a standard formatted partition or read/write disk image. In most cases this will allow you to play the game on your machine.
There are several factors which have an impact on the speed at which Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition runs. Please see the Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition Performance Tips section in the ReadMe for ways to increase the speed at which the game runs on your computer.
Please read the technical support information in the ReadMe; this tells you what to check and if necessary, how to contact Feral Technical Support with your issue.