Virtual Steelport.
Virtual Steelport, also known as Simulation 31,Broken {{ref}} (blank parameter) is the main setting of Saints Row IV.
Description
A virtual simulation of Steelport appears in Saints Row IV. Created by Emperor Zinyak, The Protagonist is placed in the simulation by the Zin Empire after their invasion of earth.
A peaceful 1950s segment of Steelport appears in the mission A Pleasant Day, before The Protagonist is moved to a new darker version.
The virtual Steelport has a large mothership hovering over the city, and is set at night time.
Changes
Virtual Steelport is overall very similar to Steelport in Saints Row: The Third, with many minor changes
Notable differences include:
- The Syndicate Tower has been replaced by a large Alien tower which connects to the Zin mothership hovering over the city.
- There is rubble around the base of the Alien tower, as with all Towers and Hotspots
- The Zin mothership is above the height limit of the city, and is not possible to reach.
- Each crib that the Saints owned have been destroyed, and chunks of rubble floating upwards in each location.
- Many buildings in Loren Square have been changed, including the Steelport Towers, and the Deckers and Luchadores towers.
- The Steelport Arena is gone.
- Rondini's Boat Dock is simply absent.
- PR Center is mostly replaced by a Tower, but the rest of the block is replaced with generic buildings
- Powder, Safeword, Steelport News and Abandoned office building have been replaced by generic buildings.
- Three Count Casino is as it was under the Luchadores control.
- Burns Hill Reactors is mostly as it was under the control of the Deckers, with the exception of the central cooling tower.
- Every Planet Saints has been replaced by a "Planet Zin", with a new interior
- The interior of Image as Designed has been redone, and the sign changed to "Imagined as Edges".
- All ships are completely absent, although there are still docks and cranes around the city.
- Most bridges have been replaced by semi-covered zin bridges featuring scanners at each end.
- The statue on Magarac Island is replaced with a statue of Zinyak.
Notable buildings which are undamaged include:
- All Stores are in the same locations.
- Wesley Cutter Intl airport is unchanged.
- Smiling Jack's
- Broken Shillelagh
- Kinzie's Warehouse - although her room has been trashed, the building is intact much of her belongings are still present.
- The Sierra Point Guard Armory building is intact, although it now features a sliding door.
Trivia
- At the beginning of the game, it is permanently night, for the purpose of "bringing down" the Saints. Through progression though, the time of day will slowly approach daytime.Template:Fact The only time when it is daytime is during the events of A Pleasant Day when the Protagonist realizes that he/she is trapped in a simulated version of Steelport.
- After you complete the campaign you are then able to control the time from the ship.