ELEX

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ELEX
ELEX cover
Developers
Piranha Bytes
Publishers
THQ Nordic
Release dates
Windows October 17, 2017
 
 
ELEX at Wikipedia

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Origin
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
Twitch Twitch Desktop App
Windows

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip intro videos[edit]

Skip intro videos[1]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\data\extern\videos\.
  2. Delete or rename logo_pb.bik and logo_thqnordic.bik.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\ELEX\

Save game data location[edit]

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\ELEX\

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

Graphics option Option WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
 
Multi-monitor
 
Ultra-widescreen
 
4K Ultra HD
 
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Up to 16x
Anti-aliasing (AA)
FXAA and SMAA, or T2x variants of these options.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Frame rate is capped at 122 FPS. See High frame rate.

High frame rate[edit]

Remove frame rate cap[2]
  1. Open ELEX.exe with a hex editor such as HxD.
  2. Find bytes 2B 43 48 3B C8 76 08.
  3. Change to 2B 43 48 3B C8 EB 08.

Notes

Change only the first found byte sequence.

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse Native Notes
Remapping
Several keys (Z, X, T, Space Bar, others) locked from editing.
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
X-axis inversion available as well.
Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M
HUD automatically switches based on last input, causing HUD flickering if both controller and KB/M are used at the same time.

Audio settings[edit]

Audio options Native Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Issues fixed[edit]

Can't save or load games[edit]

Fix savegame bug[3]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\data\ini\.
  2. Open mount_packed.xml.
  3. Change PhysicalPath="$(savedgames)/ELEX/SaveGames" to PhysicalPath="$(localappdata)/ELEX/SaveGames".
  4. Go to %LOCALAPPDATA%\ELEX\ and create a SaveGames folder there.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
64-bit executable

System requirements[edit]

A 64-bit system is required.
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-3570
AMD FX-6350		 Intel Core i7-4790
AMD FX-8350
System memory (RAM) 8 GB 16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 35 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 660
AMD Radeon HD 7850
2 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible 		Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060
AMD Radeon RX 480
3 GB of VRAM

References

  1. ↑ Steam Community :: Guide :: Skip Intro Movies - Quick Guide
  2. ↑ Anyone able to get above 120 FPS? :: ELEX General Discussions
  3. ↑ Steam Community :: Guide :: How to fix the savegame bug