A new version of SteelSeries Engine has just been released. Download it here!

New Features for Apex Pro, Apex Pro TKL, Apex 7, and Apex 7 TKL

Automatic onboard profile syncing

Onboard profiles are now fully editable and synced up with Engine, instead of having to import and export them manually.

You can still drag to move an Engine configuration to an onboard profile slot if you want to take it with you!

Fully customizable lighting

Lighting can now be fully edited and customized.

• ColorShift w/ wave options, Gradient, Breathe, and single color are all available as options
• Set up to 15 Base or Reactive effects at the same time
• You can now configure the color and speed of your Reactive Effect

AFK Effect lighting

• Set any of the effects from Base Effect to start when you’re AFK
• Configure your AFK timer to your liking

More keyboard improvements

• Improved the design of the actuation widget to make setting different levels more clear
• Added support for Japanese, Korean, Russian, Thai, Turkish, and Taiwanese layouts
• Custom OLED images, including animated GIFS, will now show on the device image inside Engine
• You can now restore any customizable OLED screen to it’s factory default
• Tidal events on the OLED now fit 3 lines of text, and more characters

New Features

• Hovership Havoc is now an official GameSense game. Go check it out on Steam! We’re suckers for twin-stick shooters.

New Firmware

Apex Pro, Apex Pro TKL, Apex 7, and Apex 7 TKL

• Added full support for AFK Effect
• Fixed some sleep/wakeup issues that were keeping the keyboard stuck in sleep
• Lock key icons can now be shown on the OLED when GIFs or GameSense data is on screen (if lock icons enabled in OLED menu)
• Improved performance when sending GameSense LED colors
• Recording and deleting macros with the OLED menu will now highlight the bound keys
• Added a slight delay before entering macro recording mode to prevent accidental recording
• Fixed keys being bound to mouse buttons not working
• Fixed issue where software only profiles would be saved on-board if changes were made from OLED menu

GameDAC

• The overall volume has been increased slightly (don’t worry, we compensate for it when you update)

Bug fixes

• Fixed some MSI laptops having their track pad disabled when unplugging/replugging USB mice

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A new version of SteelSeries Engine has just been released. Download it here!

Recently supported: Apex Pro, Apex Pro TKL, Apex 7, and Apex 7 TKL

Last week in 3.15.0, we added support for the new Apex models, so if you’re lucky enough to have one already, they’re now supported! Read more about last week’s features and fixes here.

New features

• MSI GS65 & GT75 laptops now have the option to choose Nordic, French, and Belgian/Flemish keyboard regions

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A new version of SteelSeries Engine has just been released. Download it here!

New Devices: Apex Pro, Apex Pro TKL, Apex 7, and Apex 7 TKL

The all new Apex models are now supported in Engine! We’ve been using these keyboards around the office for months, and it’s official: we’re in love with them.

Here’s what Engine offers for these new keyboards:

• Per-key adjustable actuation level (Apex Pro & Pro TKL only)
• Add images to your OLED screen, including animated GIFs
• Base & reactive lighting effects via presets (full customization coming very soon)
• Custom key bindings for every key
• Importing and editing onboard profiles

We’re adding even more features in the coming weeks, so keep an eye out for that update notification.

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A new version of SteelSeries Engine has been released with a hotfix for macOS Mojave users. Note, this release of Engine (3.14.3) will only be available to macOS users. If you have Engine installed, you’ll be notified to update. If not, download it here!

Bug fix

• Fix Engine crash on macOS Mojave

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Hey everyone! Fresh release of Engine, adding new GameSense support and some bug fixes. Here’s the good parts:

GameSense

• Volcanoids, a steampunk base building game, has added GameSense support. Check it out on Steam!
• Text can be set to bold for any GameSense app

Bug fixes

• Users seeing Arctis 7 firmware updates stuck on “Preparing to update” should now see the update progress correctly
• Corrected the lighting display from Audio Visualizer on Rival 600, Rival 650 Wireless, QcK Prism
• Fixed a number of crashes when editing OLED screens in GameSense apps

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Hey everyone! New release for Engine. Really excited to share what some of the Mortal Kombat 11 devs put together with GameSense:

Probably the most creative use of GameSense we’ve seen yet. The blood spray pattern shows up on the keyboard! Each fighter has their own lighting theme during character select! Scorpion’s spear shoots across your lighting! Crazy stuff – huge props to them!

Go buy their game and jump in to see the insanity they’ve cooked up.

Updates

• GameSense support for Mortal Kombat 11

Arctis Pro Wireless

• Fixed most cases of computers not being able to sleep when syncing settings
• Automatic settings sync can be disabled for anyone still having issues
• Volume limiter has been re-added to the config page

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SteelSeries Engine 3.14.0 is now available for download with support for the Arctis 9X and the MSI MPG341CQ monitor.

If you are already running the most recent SteelSeries Engine 3, you will be notified to download or update, based on your update settings. Otherwise, Download it here.

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A new version of SteelSeries Engine has been released with a bug fix. If you have Engine installed, you’ll be notified to update. If not, download it here!

Bug fix

• Fixed an issue with lighting and tactile alert integration in CS:GO and Dota 2
• Fixed an issue with missing images on the Sentry configuration page

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A new version of SteelSeries Engine has been released with a bug fix. If you have Engine installed, you’ll be notified to update. If not, download it here!

Bug fix

• Fixed an issue that caused the main window to infinitely load when certain devices were listed.

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Hey everyone. New release, with some bug fixes and a few smaller features. If you have Engine installed, you’ll be notified to update. If not, download it here!

Updates

• New GameSense command show-on-zones can be used to speed up color writes on some devices
• New GameSense command show-bitmap can be used to display bitmap events on per-key RGB keyboards

Bug fixes

• Fixed potential crash when viewing the “Settings” tab on the Arctis Pro Wireless config page
• Fixed Rival 600/650 bug which could cause colors to be written to the wrong zones
• Fixed GameSense bug for Arctis 5: show command doesn’t set all lighting zones
• Fixed GameSense bug for M750 and M750 TKL: spacebar missing in main-keyboard zone

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