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Scarlet Nexus

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Scarlet Nexus
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Developers
Tose
Bandai Namco Entertainment
Publishers
Bandai Namco Entertainment
Engines
Unreal Engine 4[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows June 25, 2021
Reception
Metacritic 80
OpenCritic 80
IGDB 81
Taxonomy
Monetization DLC
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres ARPG, Hack and slash, Quick time events
Art styles Anime
Themes Cyberpunk, Fantasy, Japan, Sci-fi
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Scarlet Nexus is a singleplayer third-person ARPG game developed by Tose and Bandai Namco Entertainment. The game uses Unreal Engine 4.

The game was announced on May 7, 2020 as part of an episode of Inside Xbox, and released on Steam on June 25, 2021.[2]

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GamersGate
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Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
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Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
Humble Store
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Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
DRM-free after creating a steam_appid.txt file containing its Steam ID number 775500 in
<path-to-game>\ScarletNexus\Binaries\Win64\.[3]
Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Pre-Order Bundle Includes additional cosmetics. Only available with pre-orders.
Windows
Red Battle Attire Set Includes additional cosmetics. Only available with the Deluxe Edition.
Windows
"The Other" Attachment Includes additional cosmetics. Only available with the Deluxe Edition.
Windows
Ep!c Weapons Bundle Free DLC pack from the Bandai Namco site.
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\ScarletNexus\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
%LOCALAPPDATA%\BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment\SCARLET NEXUS\Saved\SaveGames\<user-id>\SAVEDATA_SYSTEM.sav
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/775500/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Steam %LOCALAPPDATA%\BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment\SCARLET NEXUS\Saved\SaveGames\<user-id>\
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\ScarletNexus\Saved\SaveGames\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/775500/pfx/[Note 2]
The Windows path is used when the game is launched without Steam running.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics settings
Graphics settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Pillarboxed 16:9 gameplay.[4][5] See Ultra-widescreen for a workaround.
4K Ultra HD
[6]
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Scales with the Texture Quality setting.[7] See Anisotropic filtering (AF) for more.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
FXAA or TXAA. See Anti-aliasing (AA) for SSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Options of 30 FPS, 60 FPS, or Not Fixed.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Ultra-widescreen

Hex-edit the game executable for ultrawide support.[8]
  1. Open <path-to-game>\ScarletNexus\Binaries\Win64\ScarletNexus-Win64-Shipping.exe with HxD.
  2. On the menu bar, select Search. Select Replace. Go to the Hex-values tab and change the Search Direction to All.
  3. Search for and Replace with the below values based on the desired resolution:
    • For 2560x1080, search for 3B 8E E3 3F, 39 8E E3 3F and Replace All with 26 B4 17 40
    • For 3440x1440, search for 3B 8E E3 3F, 39 8E E3 3F and Replace All with 8E E3 18 40
  4. Save the file and close HxD.
  5. Follow the instructions to enable the developer console in the game.
  6. Enter FOV X where X is the desired value and press Enter to apply.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Custom anisotropic samples
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Engine.ini.
  3. Add the following and save the file.
[SystemSettings]
r.MaxAnisotropy=16
Anisotropic filtering quality can be adjusted by changing the value between 0 and 16.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Enable SSAA
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Engine.ini.
  3. Add the following and save the file.
[SystemSettings]
r.ScreenPercentage=110.000000

Notes

Values between 100.000000 and 200.000000 are recommended.

Chromatic aberration

Disable chromatic aberration[9][dubious – discuss]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Engine.ini with a text editor.
  3. Add [SystemSettings] to the bottom of the file if that section does not already exist.
  4. Inside that section, add r.SceneColorFringeQuality=0.
  5. Save the file.

Input

Input settings
Input settings

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Full rebinding possible.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
As Camera Sensitivity Settings ranging from 1 to 5. Setting also affects controller input.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
X-axis can also be inverted separately.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Some actions can only be bound to predefined presets. Others cannot be rebound.
Controller sensitivity
As Camera Sensitivity Settings ranging from 1 to 5. Setting also affects mouse input.
Controller Y-axis inversion
X-axis can also be inverted separately.
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes Wired
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings
Audio settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Voice, BGM, SFX volume sliders.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

Issues fixed

Missing dynamic shadows

Dynamic shadows disappear after every cutscene when playing the game in a different language than English (text)[10]
  1. Add -culture=de -language=en to the game's launch options in the Steam library.

Notes

-culture= must be set to the desired language. de is for German, fr for French, it for Italian, etc.

Other information

API

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

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Audio OggVorbis, Opus, Criware

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-3470
AMD FX-8350
System memory (RAM) 6 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 50 GB [Note 3]
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 760
AMD Radeon HD 7970
2 GB (Nvidia), 3 GB (AMD) of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.
Also runs on Windows 7 despite minimum requirements on the store page.


Notes

  1. Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.25[1]
  2. 2.0 2.1 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>/775500/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (775500) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
  3. The actual game size is only 16.5 GB.[11]

References

  1. Verified by User:Fayaine on 2021-06-22
  2. Bandai Namco Announces Scarlet Nexus for Xbox Series X and Xbox One - last accessed on 2021-06-23
  3. Verified by User:Fayaine on 2021-06-23
    Tested by creation the steam_appid.txt in the executable folder and putting 775500 in the first row of that file. Game starts without Steam required as a result.
  4. Verified by User:Fayaine on 2021-06-23
    Tested with a custom resolution of 2560x1080.
  5. Scarlet Nexus unfortunately has no Ultrawide support on PC - last accessed on 2021-06-25
  6. Verified by User:Fayaine on 2021-06-23
    Tested with a custom resolution of 3840x2160.
  7. Verified by User:Fayaine on 2021-06-23
    Tested by taking screenshots on low and high. Other than the texture quality improving the filtering into the distance also improved thus implying it scaling with said option.
  8. No 21:9 ultrawide support - last accessed on 2021-06-25
  9. Verified by User:Darktalon on 2020-07-29
  10. Missing shadows/ broken dynamic shadows bug UPDATE: workaround inside :: Scarlet Nexus General Discussions (Steam) - last accessed on 2021-07-01
  11. Verified by User:Fayaine on 2021-06-23