ELEX II DX12 Public Test

[Zyddie]

Thank you all for your feedback regarding performance issues for Elex 2! Today we are introducing the "Public Test Branch" for "Elex 2".

You can join the Public Test Branch by simply activating the branch "ElexIIDX12" on the "Betas" tab in the Properties of the ELEX II app in the Steam client.

IMPORTANT NOTICE -
First boot up of the DX12 version can take quite some time, do let it load

ELEX II DX12 beta also comes with the changes that just happened to DX11, here is the changelog -

Fixed 'Glory to the Rabble' quest not being closed if the player joins the Albs
Changed: The option stepper does not repeat when clicking the buttons using the mouse
Crane will no longer be mentioned in "Recruiting for Heinrich"
if the Player hasn't started "A bounty for Crane" yet.
Fix works only if "Food for Crane" is still available.
Added: Overlay if settings option need a restart of the app
Fixed a bug where the "Voice of Khan" was unresponsive after duelling with Ruben
Fixed graphical corruptions for DX12.
Fixed some perk learn glitches
Changed inconsistent naming of certain swords
Changed fire texture size
Fixed text errors
Fixed certain graphics setting bugs
Fixed too large vfx textures
Bugfix in trade menu while reverting a sale when the player has no money
Jax is now able to parry with twohanded weapons in certain situations
Fixed certain GPU memory fragmention problems
Fixed graphical issues
Fixed text errors
Fixed navigation issues of certain NPCs
Fixed unwanted far distance visibility of Azok
Fixed Hector not teaching thievery stuff
Fixed Tilas not speaking with Marwin or Sid if the player had not spoken to him before
Trollsroots are plants now
Fixed Icon for damaged crossbow
Jax is able to use the jetpack while falling after stumbling off a cliff now
Fixed hiteffects for rusty collossusrobots
Fixed graphical issues of certain meshes

Update 18/05/2022

Fixed a crash on NVIDIA Geforce graphics cards after updating the driver to 512.77 (05/12/2022). Longer loading time at first startup might occur.

Update 04/11/2022
I can now finally confirm that before November is over DX12 will be rolled out on Steam, GOG and Epic.

[FaeTalan]

Originally posted by Scythifuge:

Originally posted by FaeTalan:

On my machine (i5-12600k + RTX 3080 + 16gb of RAM), this has been an incredibly stable and gorgeous open-world RPG, running at 4k@60fps, where I've seen a myriad of things that could have been broken working just fine. Not a single crash after ~35 hours. Considering it's one of the biggest and most complex open-world RPGs of its generation, I can say I have been immensely satisfied with it. It starts kinda weak, much worse than Elex 1, but gets better and better as you dive deeper into its factions and conflicts.

That is nice. I am glad that you can play the game without issues, unlike most of us.

I've ran almost entirely on DX12. I do suffer with the weird washed out bright night thing as well, but I usually just go to sleep, so a new beautiful perfectly rendered morning starts again.

[FaeTalan]

Well, after Gothic 3 and Risen 3, I'll definitely put my expectations on the ground for E3.

Elex 2 does have a nice day/night cycle in DX12. The issue is just with a part of the night time, which I usually bypass by sleeping.

[Marlon]

Originally posted by Scythifuge:

Originally posted by FaeTalan:

Well, after Gothic 3 and Risen 3, I'll definitely put my expectations on the ground for E3.

Elex 2 does have a nice day/night cycle in DX12. The issue is just with a part of the night time, which I usually bypass by sleeping.

I remember promo shots of Risen 3 showing mostly medieval and Gothic-like graphics, armor, etc. I remember it was implied that they were veering away from the pirate theme and going for a more Gothic/Risen 1 theme, and then BAM, still pirates. I didn't mind the pirate them, but it was a drastic departure from Risen 1 that it felt like a different world altogether. Even if they fix Elex II (which I doubt but there is hope, I suppose,) I worry about Elex 3 and what comes next. Not that any of that will matter if they fail to fix Elex II, as I will be done, after all of these years.

They already changed the Berserkers. Berserkers are very different. Before they were medieval and now they look like military.

[FaeTalan]

Originally posted by Marlon:

Originally posted by Scythifuge:

I remember promo shots of Risen 3 showing mostly medieval and Gothic-like graphics, armor, etc. I remember it was implied that they were veering away from the pirate theme and going for a more Gothic/Risen 1 theme, and then BAM, still pirates. I didn't mind the pirate them, but it was a drastic departure from Risen 1 that it felt like a different world altogether. Even if they fix Elex II (which I doubt but there is hope, I suppose,) I worry about Elex 3 and what comes next. Not that any of that will matter if they fail to fix Elex II, as I will be done, after all of these years.

They already changed the Berserkers. Berserkers are very different. Before they were medieval and now they look like military.

In E1, Berserkers were pantheist hippies. In E2, they are corrupt as f*ck pantheist hippies.

I'd say this: don't try to sympathize with any factions or characters in Piranha Bytes games. Their games are always heavy in irony and satire, like 19th century novels of the realism genre (a very fertile era of writers and literary works, needless to say).

[John Savant]

On my previous gtx 1080, the game was borderline unplayable, but now on my 4090 it's almost as enjoyable as the good old Gothic I with its quirks and old school shenanigans. The hand crafted world of Elex rivals the details and vastness of Fallout 4, Ubisoft conveyor belt worlds pale in comparison. Unfortunately, PB can't seem to get their act together - still piss-poor post-launch support and terrible timing with their launches amidst the oversaturated market ... and that terrible IGN review ("there can be only Elden Ring hurr durr") will forever tarnish this sequel.

P.s. - dx12 is absolutely needed for the game to utilize latest gpus and cpus, dx11 is so old at this point your rig will go idle when running this game.

[Sabin]

Originally posted by John Savant:

P.s. - dx12 is absolutely needed for the game to utilize latest gpus and cpus, dx11 is so old at this point your rig will go idle when running this game.

Same with Callisto Protocol, if you play it in DX11 there are *many* scenes and areas where the drawcall count is so high that it utterly cripples performance.. despite not utilising CPU and GPU even up to 50%. Switch back to DX12? Substantially better performance and much higher utilisation in those areas.

[Novacius]

Originally posted by Sabin:

Originally posted by John Savant:

P.s. - dx12 is absolutely needed for the game to utilize latest gpus and cpus, dx11 is so old at this point your rig will go idle when running this game.

Same with Callisto Protocol, if you play it in DX11 there are *many* scenes and areas where the drawcall count is so high that it utterly cripples performance.. despite not utilising CPU and GPU even up to 50%. Switch back to DX12? Substantially better performance and much higher utilisation in those areas.

And in return you get horrible shader compilation stutter. Sigh.

[Sabin]

Originally posted by Novacius:

Originally posted by Sabin:

Same with Callisto Protocol, if you play it in DX11 there are *many* scenes and areas where the drawcall count is so high that it utterly cripples performance.. despite not utilising CPU and GPU even up to 50%. Switch back to DX12? Substantially better performance and much higher utilisation in those areas.

And in return you get horrible shader compilation stutter. Sigh.

At launch it was *literally* unplayable, but thankfully - two patches later, one of which was 13GB, most stalls are eliminated and few and far between for the rest. Even in DX12 mode.

[Sabin]

Yup. I'm a longstanding opinion holder that developers/publishers need to start being held legally accountable for what they charge money for. Every other business is, why not gaming too? I'm tired of it, truly sick and tired of it, always buying a new game and it ends up fundamentally broken and we either have to wait for fixes or suck up the fact they may never BE fixed.

Elex 2 is the perfect example, launched in March of this year and still broken in December. It ain't right.

[Marlon]

Elex 2 still have two major bugs: Bright nights and shadows being generated in our faces.

But I think it's all. The game was really unplayable at launch (I've asked for a refund) but now is fully playable.

I am almost finishing the campaign and did't have found any gamebreaker bug (aka missions being ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up)

Clearly more have to be done. And I'm hopeful that PB will do.

[Shrek]

Guess, there will be no update?

[Ello]

works nice on my pc. and that color banding bug i had at darker parts is gone now

[Retro]

Originally posted by Xenophobe:

Originally posted by Shrek:

Guess, there will be no update?

maybe they're waiting to give us a patch (with actual patch notes) for Christmas ...

rip that

[Ea0]

Originally posted by 🅾n Studio:

Originally posted by Xenophobe:

maybe they're waiting to give us a patch (with actual patch notes) for Christmas ...

rip that

Still 332 days until christmas

[Avelyn]

DO you guys also have these very bright almost white brigt nights when playing DirectX12 version? And very strange Alb spell effects? It is really disturbing...