ELEX 2 massive graphical issues

[TimoMueller]

Checklist [README]

• [X] Device is not undervolted nor overclocked
• [X] Device is using the latest drivers
• [X] Game is not cracked, modded and use the latest patch

Game / Application [Required]

ELEX 2

Game Platform [Required]

• [X] Steam
• [ ] Origin
• [ ] Microsoft Store
• [ ] GOG Galaxy
• [ ] Ubisoft Connect
• [ ] Battle.net
• [ ] Epic Games
• [ ] Bethesda.net
• [ ] Rockstar Games Launcher
• [ ] EA app
• [ ] Other (please specify)

Other game platform

No response

Processor / Processor Number [Required]

11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1165G7 @ 2.80GHz

GPU Driver Version [Required]

• [X] 31.0.101.4255
• [X] 31.0.101.4148 Beta
• [X] 31.0.101.4146
• [...]
• [X] 31.0.101.4090 Beta
• [X] 31.0.101.4034
• [X] 31.0.101.4032
• [X] 31.0.101.3975 Beta
• [X] 31.0.101.3959
• [...]
• [X] 31.0.101.3222
• [X] 30.0.101.1631
• [X] 30.0.101.1404
• [X] 30.0.101.1340
• [ ] 30.0.101.1191
• [ ] 30.0.101.1121
• [ ] 30.0.101.1069
• [ ] 30.0.100.9955
• [ ] 30.0.100.9894
• [ ] 30.0.100.9864
• [ ] 30.0.100.9862
• [ ] 30.0.100.9805
• [ ] 30.0.100.9684
• [ ] 30.0.100.9667
• [ ] 27.20.100.9616
• [ ] 27.20.100.9466
• [ ] 27.20.100.9316
• [ ] 27.20.100.9313
• [ ] 27.20.100.9168
• [ ] 27.20.100.9128

Rendering API [Required]

• [ ] Vulkan
• [ ] OpenGL
• [ ] DirectX12
• [X] DirectX11
• [ ] DirectX10
• [ ] DirectX9

Windows Build Number [Required]

• [X] Windows 11
• [ ] Windows 10 21H2 (November 2021 Update)
• [ ] Windows 10 21H1 (May 2021 Update)
• [ ] Windows 10 20H2 (October 2020 Update)
• [ ] Windows 10 20H1 (May 2020 Update)
• [ ] Windows 10 19H2 (November 2019 Update)
• [ ] Windows 10 19H1 (May 2019 Update)
• [ ] Other (Please specify)

Other Windows build number

No response

Intel System Support Utility report

will be provided later

Description and steps to reproduce [Required]

Just start the game and you'll see the issue.

Game graphic quality [Required]

• [ ] Low
• [ ] Medium
• [X] High
• [ ] Ultra

Game resolution [Required]

1280x720

Game VSync [Required]

Off

Game display mode [Required]

• [X] Fullscreen
• [ ] Windowed
• [ ] Borderless Windowed

Detailed game settings [Required]

Indifferent for this issue.

Device / Platform name

GPD Win 3

Crash dumps [Required]

will be provided later

Save game

No response

Game custom logs

No response

[TimoMueller]

There is an interesting comment in #114 . It seems that an older 27.* driver works with ELEX 2.

[nielo360]

Its some sort of regression in vulkan that is causing this glitch/bug in ELEX 2 & Rage 2 that isnt present in 27.20.100.8729 for the 1195g7 cpu.

[Risingdawn1]

The black edge artifacting issue was still present in 27.20.100.8729, only the newer lighting issue was absent with older drivers.

The black artifacting issue has been present on all Intel drivers, even for uhd chipsets going back to Elex 1 launch.

[TimoMueller]

Issue is still present on .1404 and .1631

[EstebanIntel]

Hi @TimoMueller

This issue was already reported internally, and we are working on it. However, I do want to set the correct expectation that a possible fix may take from 3 to 6 month to be integrated into a public release driver.

[TimoMueller]

Issue is still present on *.3222. The DirectX 12 beta version crashes during startup.

[TimoMueller]

Issue still present on .3959 and .3975 Beta.

[TimoMueller]

31.0.101.4032 fixed one part of these issues that affected ELEX and ELEX 2. Other graphical issues still present on DX11 version.

DX12 won't start on any driver version.

[TimoMueller]

31.0.101.4090 didn't fix any of the remaining issues.

[TimoMueller]

31.0.101.4146 didn't fix any of the remaining issues.

[Arturo-Intel]

Hi @TimoMueller

Did you run a DDU clean install before installing any new driver?

4146 has been reported to fix a good amount of corruptions...

-r2

[TimoMueller]

Tried DDU and still the same issues. Tried *.4148 Beta and there's no difference.

[TimoMueller]

31.0.101.4255 didn‘t fix this issue.

[EstebanIntel]

Hi @TimoMueller, unfortunately, due to the development team limited resources and needing to work on other higher priority game issues, this issue won't be fixed.