Elden Ring Proton Patcher 2

A tool aimed at enhancing the experience when playing the game by patching the executable so you don't need to mess with .dlls.

Please note that all these patches may won't work after the release of Elden Ring on the Switch 2, because they might change the engine in a way that breaks this tool. I'll try to update and make it working again if this happens.

This Programm fully supports Linux/Wine

Features

• change fps
• remove 60hz lock in fullscreen
• run without Easy Anti Cheat
• disable rune loss
• remove black bars (useful for ultrawidescreens)
• disable vignette
• disable chromatic abberation
• increase animation distance
• skip intro logos
• always center camera to player
• faster respawn
• fix camera (disables the camera reset when trying to lock-on with no target in range)
• disable camera auto rotate

All features are Tested with Elden Ring version 1.16.1

working with and without Shadow of the Erdtree dlc

Changes made to er-patcher

• allow one time/permanent patch
• always center camera to player
• faster respawn
• fix camera (disables the camera reset when trying to lock-on with no target in range)
• disable camera auto rotate
• debug output
• colored output

Dependencies

• Python >= 3.8

Usage

1. Copy the file er-patcher to the game directory or specify the path to the game via the --gamepath option.
2. In steam, set the game launch options to python er-patcher ARGS -- %command% or use permanent patch option. See Features for available options.

• Example for the Steam Deck for one (permanent) patch:

  python er-patcher --all --rate 30 -p

• Example:

  python er-patcher --all --rate 30 --disable-rune-loss -- %command%

• Example using the Seamless Co-op mod:

  python er-patcher --all --executable ersc_launcher.exe -- %command%

• Example using the Seamless Co-op mod with permanent patch:

  python er-patcher --all -p --with-eac

• Example using MangoHud and wine fullscreen FSR:

  python er-patcher --rate 144 -uvca -- env WINE_FULLSCREEN_FSR=1 MANGOHUD=1 MANGOHUD_CONFIG=histogram %command%

• Example for enabling HDR using gamescope on Linux (reported to work on Plasma 6.1):

  ENABLE_GAMESCOPE_WSI=1 DXVK_HDR=1 gamescope -W 3440 -H 1440 -f -r 165 --hdr-enabled -- python er-patcher --all --rate 165 -- %command%

3. Launch the game through steam. er-patcher automatically launches a patched version of eldenring.exe with EAC disabled.

Note: There might be some distros (e.g. older Ubuntu releases) that launch python 2 instead of 3 when running python. In that case you'll need to replace python with python3 in the launch option line.

Troubleshooting

If you have issues, verify your game files and make sure that no other patch is applied to Elden Ring.

Options

Argument	Description
-r RATE or --rate RATE	Set a custom framerate limit (default: 60). (Can be lowered for better performance)
-x EXE or --executable EXE	The executable to launch, relative to the games folder. Mutually exclusive with --with-eac.
--with-eac	Run game with EAC (Use it at your own risk). Mutually exclusive with --executable.
--disable-rune-loss	Disable losing runes upon death.
--all	Enable all options except --rate, --executable, --no-rotate-camera, --player-camera, --increase-animation-distance and gameplay changes like --disable-rune-loss.
-u or --ultrawide	Remove black bars. (recommended for any monitor other than 16:9)
-v or --disable-vignette	Remove the vignette overlay.
-c or --disable-ca	Disable chromatic abberation.
-a or --increase-animation-distance	Fix low frame rate animations at screen edges or for distant entities.
-s or --skip-intro	Skip intro logos at game start.
-f or --remove-60hz-fullscreen	Remove the 60Hz limit in fullscreen mode (not needed with proton).
-p or --permanent	Make the patches permanent.
-q or --quick-respawn	Respawn a few seconds faster.
-e or --player-camera	Always center camera to player.
-y or --fix-camera	Disables the camera reset when trying to lock-on with no target in range.
-b or --no-rotate-camera	Disable camera auto rotate (recommended for keyboard and mouse players).
-g path/to/game or --gamepath path/to/game	Specify path to game.

Windows Support

The patcher works just as well on windows. The following launch option line works in case you e.g. installed Python from Microsoft Store:

python er-patcher --rate 165 --all -- %command%

Note: This spawns a python console which will close by itself after the game has finished running. If you find this annoying you can try using pythonw instead. In any case python needs to be in PATH for windows to find it.

Note 2: Ensure Vertical Sync is turned off for Elden Ring in Nvidia Control Panel / AMD Radeon Software / Intel Graphics Command Center, otherwise the custom framerate limit feature won't work.

How it works

When the game is launched through steam, the tool creates a patched version of eldenring.exe in a temporary subdirectory while leaving the original intact. As long the flag --with-eac is not set, the tool modifies the steam launch command to launch the patched executable instead of start_protected_game.exe, thefore ensuring that the patched exe is never run with EAC enabled. After the game is closed, the patched executable is removed.

Credits

• er-patcher by gurrgur, they did the most work, I just changed some things in their project
• EldenRingFpsUnlockAndMore
  • frame time limit adjustment
  • black bar removal
• Flawless Widescreen
  • vignette and ca removal
  • animation distance increase
• DarkSouls3RemoveIntroScreens: intro logo skip
• EldenRingMods + EldenRingFpsUnlockAndMore
  • disable rune loss
  • camera fix + no rotate camera
• Center Camera on Player
• Faster Respawn
• let me know if I forgot your contribution