====== Elden Ring - Fixes and Patches ======

**Tags:** #eldenring #patches #stuttering #microstutter

**Last Reviewed:** 29/08/2024
===== General Improvements =====

  - Run the game in Borderless Windowed/Windowed mode instead of in Fullscreen mode.
  - Replace "start_protected_game.exe" with "eldenring.exe" (this allows you to play without EAC, but only offline).
  - Download the latest version of FlawlessWidescreen and enable the "Frametime Adjustment" setting for Elden Ring in it.
  - Turn off Steam overlay in games ("Settings/In-game").
  - Enable background processing of Vulkan shaders in Steam ("Settings"/"Shader Pre-Caching").

===== If you playing with a controller: =====

  - Download the program Xbox accessories.
  - Get a cable of some kind to connect the controler to the computer.
  - Log in and detect the controler.
  - Click the ... button below the picture of your controller and choose the update firmware option.

===== Elden Ring Enhancement Patches =====

Make sure you are running **without**  EAC (previous tip in General Improvements)

[[https://github.com/gurrgur/er-patcher|GitHub - er-patcher]]

What you can do with it:

  *  [[https://github.com/uberhalit/EldenRingFpsUnlockAndMore|EldenRingFpsUnlockAndMore]]
      * frame time limit adjustment
      * black bar removal
  *  [[https://www.flawlesswidescreen.org/|Flawless Widescreen]]
      * vignette and ca removal
      * animation distance increase
  * [[https://github.com/bladecoding/DarkSouls3RemoveIntroScreens|DarkSouls3RemoveIntroScreens]]: intro logo skip
  *  [[https://github.com/techiew/EldenRingMods|EldenRingMods]] + [[https://github.com/uberhalit/EldenRingFpsUnlockAndMore|EldenRingFpsUnlockAndMore]]
      * disable rune loss