Crux

Crux is the mod host loaded by the game. While you play, it:

• serves the files of the Crux image (active.crximg, the one file PulseDepot merges from every enabled mod) to the game, so the game’s own archives stay untouched;
• loads the mods’ native code units;
• keeps each mod’s settings in its own storage, mod-state.dat in the mod folder, per save slot. Your saves are never read or written.

You do not install Crux by hand: PulseDepot ships both builds and installs the right one when you apply, after checking its SHA-256.

Two builds

Build	File	Where it goes	When
NovaFix addon	Crux.dll	the NovaFix addons folder (NovaFix loads addons\*.dll)	NovaFix is installed
Standalone	version.dll	beside the game executable; it forwards every call to the system’s version.dll	no NovaFix

Both are 32-bit, like the games. Installing one removes the other, so only one Crux runs. Standalone or NovaFix addon explains how PulseDepot chooses.

Which games

Game	Addon folder	Standalone folder
FINAL FANTASY XIII	white_data\prog\win\bin\addons\	white_data\prog\win\bin\
FINAL FANTASY XIII-2	alba_data\prog\win\bin\addons\	alba_data\prog\win\bin\
LIGHTNING RETURNS	—	the game folder

LIGHTNING RETURNS support is experimental: no LR mods ship with this release.

Download

Crux ships inside the PulseDepot package.

Crux

v0.1.0-betaBetaMod hostXIIIXIII-2LR2026-10-21

SteamMicrosoft Storeexperimental

Ships inside PulseDepot: the download is the PulseDepot package.

Windows

File

pulsedepot-0.1.0-beta-windows-x86_64.zip

Size

13.8 MB

Platform

Windows 10/11 x64 · Steam, Microsoft Store (experimental)

SHA-256

e18e9d78874f219ce015a2dae8f4c3135405526dcff074a732b267be9766f7a3Copy

Virus scans

VirusTotal 0/53 MetaDefender 0/21 Kaspersky: no verdictSecurity and scans

Crux builds in the package

• Crux.dll (NovaFix addon, 1.6 MB)06b5d6607022fbd1a8d75268c26028b8a23cdb87652caeeba8aa7ca71518be9bCopyVirusTotal 1/71 MetaDefender 0/1 Kaspersky: no verdict
• version.dll (standalone, 1.6 MB)d8f1f14b0395fc10daeaa2835aaf0ca3a949a705eae2b7be2e32d3388e816b44CopyVirusTotal 0/71 MetaDefender 0/1 Kaspersky: no verdict

Requirements

• Installed by PulseDepot 0.1.0-beta: it checks each DLL's SHA-256 before installing it.
• The game: Steam

Download for WindowsDocumentationChangelog

Linux

File

pulsedepot-0.1.0-beta-linux-x86_64.zip

Size

15.6 MB

Platform

Linux x86_64 · Steam, Microsoft Store (experimental)

SHA-256

20cb10b259c9512863d27e0504d6fdb1de7b3f448be45cf711b0124a3d5336c7Copy

Virus scans

VirusTotal 0/68 MetaDefender 0/21 Kaspersky: no verdictSecurity and scans

Crux builds in the package

• Crux.dll (NovaFix addon, 1.6 MB)06b5d6607022fbd1a8d75268c26028b8a23cdb87652caeeba8aa7ca71518be9bCopyVirusTotal 1/71 MetaDefender 0/1 Kaspersky: no verdict
• version.dll (standalone, 1.6 MB)d8f1f14b0395fc10daeaa2835aaf0ca3a949a705eae2b7be2e32d3388e816b44CopyVirusTotal 0/71 MetaDefender 0/1 Kaspersky: no verdict

Requirements

• Installed by PulseDepot 0.1.0-beta: it checks each DLL's SHA-256 before installing it.
• The game: Steam with Proton. The standalone Crux needs the launch option WINEDLLOVERRIDES="version=n,b" %command%

Download for LinuxDocumentationChangelog

Report a problemSuggest a featureOpens a form on GitHub, prefilled for Crux v0.1.0-beta.