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ELEX

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ELEX
ELEX cover
Developers
Piranha Bytes
Publishers
THQ Nordic
Release dates
Windows October 17, 2017
Reception
Metacritic 67
OpenCritic 61
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres RPG
Themes Sci-fi, Fantasy
Series ELEX
ELEX on HowLongToBeat
ELEX on IGDB
ELEX on MobyGames
ELEX on Wikipedia
ELEX
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ELEX is a singleplayer third-person RPG game in the ELEX series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
Epic Games Store
DRM details are not known
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
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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
Steam
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Windows
Origin (unavailable)
Origin
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

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

In-game gameplay settings.
In-game gameplay settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\ELEX\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/411300/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\ELEX\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/411300/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

Video

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.
In-game graphics settings.
In-game graphics settings.

Graphics feature State 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)
You must select 'Fullscreen Only' in the video options for Vsync to work.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Frame rate is capped at 122 FPS. See High frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

High frame rate

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

In-game keyboard and mouse settings.
In-game keyboard and mouse settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Several keys (Z, X, T, Space Bar, and 1-9 keys) are locked from editing. To change them, use ELEX KeyBinder
Mouse acceleration
No 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.
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
Can be disabled.
Digital movement supported
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

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

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

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Czech
French
German
Italian
Polish
Portuguese
Fan translation by Drymay.
Russian
Spanish

Change language

Using Steam or GOG Galaxy, the language can be changed via the game properties.
When not using GOG Galaxy, or if voices and subtitles should be in a different language, see the fix below.
Change voice and subtitle language[3]
  1. First, right-click the game in your library, go to Properties and then Language.
  2. Switch language to the desired option, for instance German in this case.
  3. Wait until the voice pack is downloaded, then go to <path-to-game>\data\packed\ and make copies ofc_1_de.pak and c_0_de.pak in the same folder (or similarly named files in other languages).
  4. Switch back to English or other desired language in the properties window again. Remember to rename the copied language files to their original names.
  5. Go to <path-to-game>\data\ini\.
  6. Open ConfigDefault.xml with an editor like Notepad.
  7. Change VoiceLanguage="English" and/or SubtitleLanguage="English" to a supported language.
You will need the above mentioned files first, otherwise the game will default to the original voices and strings for the menus will be missing if the subtitle language is changed.

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
See ELEX 3DV-Ready Fix by MX-2 V1.20.
vorpX
G3D, Z3D
Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Issues fixed

Can't save or load games

Fix savegame bug[4]
  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

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Audio Fmod
Interface Iggy
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-3570
AMD FX-6350
System memory (RAM) 8 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
Sound (audio device) DirectX compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/411300/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (411300) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References