Styx: Shards of Darkness

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Styx
Of Orcs and Men	2012
Styx: Master of Shadows	2014
Styx: Shards of Darkness	2017

Styx: Shards of Darkness is a multiplayer third-person stealth game in the Styx series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GamersGate

GOG.com		Does not include co-op features. Includes The Akenash Set.
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

A demo is available from Steam.

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Unlock	The Akenash Set unlocks two equipment items. Included with GOG.com version.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Skip company logos^[2]
Go to `<path-to-game>\Styx2\Content\Movies\` Delete, move or rename `splashscreen-all.mp4` and `UE4_Logo.mp4`

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Styx2\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/355790/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Styx2\Saved\SaveGames\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/355790/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings

Game/HUD settings

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)	Slider up to 120 horizontal degrees.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	Borderless fullscreen windowed is default
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)	FXAA by default^[3]. SMAA can be set, see SMAA Injection.
High-fidelity upscaling	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	No cap. See Cap framerate to set custom limit.
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

SMAA Injection

SMAA Anti-Aliasing with ReShade^{[citation needed]}

This injected form gives a clearer picture than game's own AA, but will introduce more shimmering.

Download custom ReShade.
Extract archive contents to <path-to-game>\Styx2\Binaries\Win64\.

Cap framerate

Set a custom FPS limit.^{[citation needed]}

Can reduce system heat and workload.

Go to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Styx2\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\.
Open the Engine.ini file with Notepad or other text editor.
Paste the following lines under section [/script/engine.engine]:

MinDesiredFrameRate=0
bSmoothFrameRate=true
SmoothedFrameRateRange=(LowerBound=(Type=Inclusive,Value=5),UpperBound=(Type=Exclusive,Value=75))

Change 75 to the desired limit.

Input

Control settings

Keyboard remapping

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		The mouse sensitivity in this game is very low even at maximum setting. To change it to a higher value, see 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

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Button prompts		Button Prompt option switches between XBox and PlayStation.
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Controller Movement layout
Controller Skills layout

Change Mouse Sensitivity

Change Mouse Sensitivity
Go to configuration file(s) location. Open `Input.ini` with Notepad or other text editor. Search for `LookUp` and `Turn` values, then for each value replace `Scale=1.000000` with `Scale=3.000000` or another required number. (The higher the number, the higher the sensitivity). Save the file and close it.

Disable mouse smoothing

Disable mouse smoothing
Go to configuration file(s) location. Open `Input.ini` with Notepad or other text editor. Copy and paste `bEnableMouseSmoothing=False` at the bottom of `[/Script/Engine.InputSettings]` and then copy and then paste it under `[Engine.PlayerInput]`. Save and close the file

Audio

Sound Settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Global, Music, Sound Effects, Interface and Voices
Surround sound		Tested with 7.1 Surround Headphones.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian				Fan translation, download.
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	2	Use Nucleus Co-op.
LAN play
Online play	2

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Styx Shards of Darkness (DX11).
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Audio	Wwise

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	8, 10
Processor (CPU)	AMD FX-6300 (3.5 GHz) Intel Core i5-2500 (3.3 GHz)	AMD FX-8350 X8 (4.0 GHz) Intel Core i7-4790 (3.6 GHz)
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	11 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 AMD Radeon R7 260X 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon R9 390 4 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit system is required.

Notes

↑ Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.13.1.0^[1]
↑ ^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>/355790/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (355790) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2023-12-10
↑ Verified by User:Waschbär on 2017-03-19
↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2023-12-10
Tested using Universal Unreal Engine 4 Unlocker. r.DefaultFeature.AntiAliasing is always 1, r.PostProcessAAQuality changes with Anti-Aliasing setting from 0 to 4.

[2] Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.13.1.0^[1]

[Proton_path_note-4] 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>/355790/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (355790) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Verified by User:Mastan on 2023-12-10

[3] Verified by User:Waschbär on 2017-03-19

[5] Verified by User:Mastan on 2023-12-10
Tested using Universal Unreal Engine 4 Unlocker. r.DefaultFeature.AntiAliasing is always 1, r.PostProcessAAQuality changes with Anti-Aliasing setting from 0 to 4.

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Developers

	Cyanide Studio
Publishers
	Focus Home Interactive
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	March 14, 2017
Reception
Metacritic	72
OpenCritic	72
IGDB	71
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	Unlock
Modes	Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Stealth
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Styx