Intuitive
Its beautiful design highlights both the depth and simplicity of SteelSeries Engine 3. It is geared towards gamers of all levels, keeps your profiles backed up to the cloud*, and keeps your software and hardware updated. The user interface of Engine 3 has been given a sleek and stylish new design making it both easy on the eyes and easy to use.
Powerfully Simple
From casual users who love illumination to control freaks who need to adjust their CPI specifically to 1337… we made it easy. From simple equalizer tweaks to advanced macros, our clean, intuitive design keeps it simple even when your preferences aren’t.
SteelSeries CloudSync
Users now have the ability to backup, share, and sync your configuration profiles through the SteelSeries CloudSync across all your platforms. Simply log in with your SteelSeries ID and all your configurations will be available wherever you are.
Easy Updates
SteelSeries Engine 3 notifies you of updates for both Engine software and firmware for your devices. We want to ensure you are having the best experience possible and are kept up to date with the latest and best features so you never get left behind.
Flexible. Extendable.
The Engine 3 delivers the same experience on both Mac and PC for consistent support of your devices no matter what you game on. In addition we designed the suite to provide communication between our devices. Lastly, coming in 2014 it will allow external apps to communicate with it and deliver even more customization and features.
One Application
The SteelSeries Engine 3 was created as a unified software suite for our hardware catalog going forward. Currently it works with the devices below and we will continue to add more in the future.
Interdevice Communication
Thanks to the unified software we have opened up new lines of communication between devices. Your devices will fluidly work together, for instance clicking the zoom/scope button on your mouse could activate an equalizer for your headset that focuses on the highs for better listening to footsteps.
SDK
In 2014 we will launch our Software Development Kit that will allow third party applications and game publishers to directly communicate with Engine 3 and your devices for unlimited possibilities.
Specifications
Requirements
Platforms:
Windows XP (32 and 64 bit)
Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit)
Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit)
Windows 8 (32 and 64 bit)
Windows 8.1 (32 and 64 bit)
Mac OS X 10.7 - 10.9
100 MB of free hard drive space for installation
Release notes
SteelSeries Engine 3.2.9
Release Date: September 16, 2014
SteelSeries Engine 3.2.9 contains the following:
- Changing colors on The Sims 4 Gaming Headset now works again
- Fixed an issue in Windows where assigning a new macro over an existing macro on the same button would play back both macros
New firmware released for the Sensei [RAW] line of products:
- Version 1.20 - contains an enhancement that lowers power usage while in sleep mode
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SteelSeries Engine 3.2.8
Release Date: September 9, 2014
New Devices Supported by SteelSeries Engine 3
Presenting the Heroes of the Storm Gaming Mouse:
- 8 Buttons - All fully configurable
- Two levels of CPI stored on board from 90-5670
- Multiple Illumination Modes, including
* Steady
* Breathing (Slow, Medium, First)
* Trigger
- Configurable Polling Rate
- Save single press key-mappings onboard the mouse
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a driver installation issue some users were experiencing with a fresh install
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SteelSeries Engine 3.2.7
Release Date: August 28, 2014
SteelSeries Engine 3 now supports the Kinzu v3 Optical Gaming Mouse. The Kinzu v3 features a classic 4-button ambidextrous shape and is equipped with category-leading technology, including a new optical sensor, a dedicated software suite, and proprietary SteelSeries gaming switches, with a 10 million click lifecycle
A snapshot of customization options:
- Two levels of CPI with a range of 250-4000
- Configurable Polling Rate - 125/250/500/1000 Hz
- 4 Buttons and Scroll Wheel Up/Down - All fully re-bindable to actions such as:
* Keyboard, mouse, and media keys
* Advanced Macros
* Launch Applications
Bug Fixes
- Fixes an issue where macros will not work on SteelSeries mice after restart in Windows.
- Fixes an issue where the very first key event after restart on Mac OS X would not fire.
- Duplicating a configuration will now correctly copy all types of bindings.
- Corrected an issue where resizing a device configuration window while a dialog was open would break the window.
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SteelSeries Engine 3.2.6
Release Date: July 28, 2014
Introducing the Sims 4 family of products. Play with your emotions, but in a good way. The following devices are now supported by SteelSeries Engine 3:
The Sims 4 Gaming Mouse
- One configurable zone of RGB illumination with following effects available:
* Steady
* Off
* 5 Presets of ColorShift
- Four levels of CPI: 400,800,1200,1600
- Adjustable Polling Rate: 125,250,500 Hz
- Rebind 5 buttons, including full macro support
The Sims 4 Headset
- One configurable zone of RGB illumination with following effects available:
* Steady
* Off
* 5 Presets of ColorShift
The Sims 4 Plumbob
- One configurable zone of RGB illumination with following effects available:
* Steady
* Off
* 5 Presets of ColorShift
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SteelSeries Engine 3.2.5
Release Date: July 17, 2014
SteelSeries Engine 3 now supports the SteelSeries Rival: Dota 2 Edition Gaming Mouse. Based on the award-winning Rival Optical Mouse, this ultimate performance device will also include an exclusive in-game item: Hell’s Glare for Doom.
A snapshot of customization options:
- Two levels of CPI with a range of 50-6400 in steps of 50
- 6 Buttons - All fully configurable
- Scroll Wheel Up/Down fully configurable
- Two independently configurable zones of RGB illumination with following effects available:
* Steady
* Off
* Breathing (Slow/Medium/Fast)
* 5 Presets of ColorShift
- Configurable Mouse Acceleration
- Configurable Mouse Deceleration
- Configurable Angle Snapping
- Configurable Polling Rate
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where deleting macros that were currently bound would cause application launch bindings to fail
- Having multiple macro editor windows open at one time would break the macro recording process, so a method of opening multiple editor windows at a time has been fixed.
New firmware available!
- Siberia Elite, and 9H (firmware version 4.55.8.0) contains general audio improvements.
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SteelSeries Engine 3.2.4
Release Date: June 27, 2014
New Devices Supported by SteelSeries Engine 3
- Sensei [RAW] (Glossy and Rubberized Black, Frost Blue, and Heat Orange)
- Diablo III Gaming Mouse
- Guild Wars 2 Gaming Mouse
- Call of Duty Black Ops II Gaming Mouse
- World of Tanks Gaming Mouse
With the launch of these products on SteelSeries Engine 3, we have added some new features to the Sensei [RAW] product line to give you more customization and enhance your gaming*:
- 8 customizable buttons (as opposed to 7 in SteelSeries Engine 2 - the CPI toggle can be remapped to any other function)
- Trigger Illumination Mode (clicking the mouse will light up the illumination zones)
- Save single press key-mappings onboard
- Any button can now be mapped to CPI toggle
- Sensor Firmware Upgrade - tracking performance during lift off and touch down has been enhanced
*requires firmware update via SteelSeries Engine 3 to enable new features
New SteelSeries Engine 3 Features
- Launch an application with a click of a button with the Launch Application binding type
- Customize the look of your Sensei [RAW] mouse based on your specific edition (Frost Blue, Heat Orange, or Black)
- Customize the look of your Siberia v2 Illuminated based on your specific edition (Frost Blue, Heat Orange, or Dota 2 Edition)
- In our continuing quest to bring our SteelSeries Engine 2 based products to SteelSeries Engine 3, we have added a feature on both platforms to ease the transition from SteelSeries Engine 2 to SteelSeries Engine 3. If you are a multi-product SteelSeries enthusiast (and we thank you for that) and you must still use SteelSeries Engine 2, please upgrade your version of SteelSeries Engine 2 to the latest (2.8.450). This version works in conjunction with SteelSeries Engine 3.2.4+ to move newly supported devices off of SteelSeries Engine 2 to avoid any conflicts.
Bug Fixes
- Some smaller characters in Chinese (traditional and simplified), Korean and Japanese were hard to read, so legibility has been increased across the board for these languages.
- In some cases, it was possible to resize a device configuration window to be larger than its display would allow. This has been fixed.
- When switching back to breathe mode from a different mode, Siberia v2 Illuminated and Diablo III Headset breathe speeds will now default back to the device default.
New firmware available!
- Siberia Elite and 9H - firmware version 4.55.5.0
* Enhances audio playback when configured for multichannel playback and fixes an issue where the audio path may experience distortion.
* Improves the the mic quality significantly: extended frequency response, improved signal fidelity, enhanced stability and other performance upgrades
- Sensei [RAW] Line (Black Glossy, Black Rubberized, Heat Orange, and Frost Blue, Diablo 3 Gaming Mouse, Guild Wars 2 Gaming Mouse, Call of Duty Black Ops II Gaming Mouse, and World of Tanks Gaming Mouse) - firmware version 1.17.0.0
* This firmware update is highly recommended and required to unlock some of the new features associated with the upgrade to SteelSeries Engine 3
* Sensor tracking performance has been improved during lift off/touch down events
* Button #8 (CPI toggle button by default) is now completely to something other than CPI toggle
* Single actions are now saved onboard to the mouse. This includes single keypresses and features such as CPI toggle
Any button can now be mapped to be the CPI toggle
- Rival - firmware version 1.8
* Improved support on mouse-enabled BIOS menus and on the OSX bootloader screen.
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SteelSeries Engine 3.2.2
Release Date: April 28, 2014
- New firmware for Siberia Elite and 9H (v4.55.4.0). This new version enhances audio playback when configured for multichannel playback and contains other bug fixes.
- Attempting to re-launch the app while it is already running (from Applications or Launchpad, for example) in OSX will now open the UI.
- When recording macros on Windows, the correct key codes are now recorded for the following: all numpad keys, arrow keys, Home, End, Insert, Delete, Page Up and Page Down.
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SteelSeries Engine 3.2.1
Release Date: April 14, 2014
Bug Fixes
- New Firmware available for Siberia Elite and 9H headsets (version 4.55.3.0). The new firmware release:
* Enhances microphone frequency response below 300 Hz and above 4.5 kHz and contains other significant mic performance upgrades,
* Enhances Auto Mic Compression functionality, and
* Fixes an issue where the soundcard may not wake from sleep, requiring an unplug/replug
- New Firmware available for Rival Gaming Mice (version 1.4.0.0). This new firmware release:
* Fixes an issue where the CPI could `jump` when changing surfaces on lift off/on of a surface
* Improves tracking performance
- Fixed an issue that caused SteelSeries Engine 3 Client to stall on start up and show `Loading` indicator continuously
- Fixed an issue where switching from ColorShift to a steady color was not working
- Fixed an issue where the first change after hitting `Revert` button in a Device Configuration window would not register as a change
New Features
- Added FW Update Support and FW version check for the Siberia v2 Illuminated line
- Added FW Update Support and FW version check for the Diablo III Headset
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SteelSeries Engine 3.2.0
Release Date: March 21, 2014
New Features
- Introducing CloudSync beta!
* Bring your configurations and macros with you wherever you game
* Back up your data to cloud storage and sync between computers automatically
* Log in with your SteelSeries ID to access CloudSync features
New Devices Supported by SteelSeries Engine 3
- Sensei Wireless -- Ditch the wires, keep the performance
* Two levels of CPI (up to 16,400 CPI)
* 3 RGB zones
* Lift Distance
* Angle Snapping
* Mouse acceleration and deceleration
* Polling rate
* Battery management settings
- Siberia v2 Frost Blue
* Customize 5 band EQ Settings
* Control lighting effects
- Siberia v2 Heat Orange
* Customize 5 band EQ Settings
* Control lighting effects
- Siberia v2 Dota2 Edition
* Customize 5 band EQ Settings
* Control lighting effects
- Diablo III Headset
* Customize 5 band EQ Settings
* Control lighting effects
Bug Fixes
- Fixed memory leak in backend process
- Fixed an issue where multiple instances of SteelSeries Engine could be run at same time
- Fixed an error that would crash the UI when closing a device configuration window
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SteelSeries Engine 3.1.5
Release Date: January 29, 2014
New Features:
Added Team IG Rival support.
Bug fixes:
Fixed an issue where SteelSeries Engine 3 would incorrectly alert gamer that FW Update was needed for Soundcards.
Fixed an issue where in rare cases app detection would not work on Mac OS X
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SteelSeries Engine 3.1.4
Release Date: December 20, 2013
Various Bug fixes
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SteelSeries Engine 3.1.3
Release Date: December 11, 2013
Siberia Elite/9H
- There is a firmware update available for the Siberia Elite that fixes audio distortion issues. It is advised that all Siberia Elite and 9H owners update to the latest firmware contained in this release (4.15.0.7)
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SteelSeries Engine 3.1.2
Release Date: December 3, 2013
This update is recommended for all SteelSeries Engine 3 gamers.
Bugs Fixed
General
- Solved an issue where SteelSeries Engine 3 could crash.
Rival
- Drastically improved the stability of FW Update