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[XANDER CAGE]

Sorry, in both modes. The only mode where the camera effects are there is in bordered (regular) windowed mode.

I was messing around with this and you're totally right.

However, there's also a weird bug (for me) where the screen effects cause the screen to flicker solid colors for their duration. Happens with blood, water, and gas - the effect appears for a moment, then a solid color covers the screen for a solid five or ten seconds.

This port, man.

 

[burgerdog]

Looks like I'm going to have to play the game in a few months once everything is fixed to see what I missed. Anybody else playing this in 3D? It looks incredible.

 

[reektann]

I've had to use Borderlesswindowed in order to actually get the effects on the screen etc. Shame I've played 6 hours without them :|

 

[alysonwheel]

I was messing around with this and you're totally right.

However, there's also a weird bug (for me) where the screen effects cause the screen to flicker solid colors for their duration. Happens with blood, water, and gas - the effect appears for a moment, then a solid color covers the screen for a solid five or ten seconds.

This port, man.

Me too. Was marvelling at the new effects for a while, then I got into combat and the first time I got hit the screen just went grey. Not exactly helpful. I've taken to hammering alt+enter if I get into combat.

 

[kaskade]

I'm going to try the detail thing when I get home. Looking at those comparison shots the only thing that was really noticeable was the stairs in that little hut thing in the upper right corner. Something I'd never notice if the game is in motion. At least I have something to look forward too getting back from vacation.

 

[batman2million]

I haven't experienced any issues that some are complaining about.

Constant 60FPS with drops only after cut scenes. Smooth as butter

2600K, 8GB RAM, GTX 570

Granted, I don't use TressFX and have tesselation turned off.

How are you doing this. I have the same set up and I have to limit it to 30 FPS. Do you have it on Ultimate settings @1080p?

 

[Skilletor]

Ultra -> Normal Level of Detail is probably the most important settings change I've made, with an unnoticeable change of quality when the game is in motion.

Doing this as soon as I get home.

I haven't experienced any issues that some are complaining about.

Constant 60FPS with drops only after cut scenes. Smooth as butter

2600K, 8GB RAM, GTX 570

Granted, I don't use TressFX and have tesselation turned off.

Same setup, no issues. I turned Tesselation on last night and still had 60fps. Shanty town sucks though. :/

 

[thabiz]

How are you doing this. I have the same set up and I have to limit it to 30 FPS. Do you have it on Ultimate settings @1080p?

I have the same setup except sli 570. 1080p. all max. tressfx off, and fxaa. 60 locked. not one crash, a bit of stutter here and there, but i'm pretty sure its due to loading. havent hit the shanty town (i think.) stopped playing until a patch, after the missing effects came apparent and word of improved tress.

 

[JRW]

Is it possible to run without borders showing in windowed mode?

Now that I know Im missing effects in fullscreen mode I'm trying to maximize my enjoyment of windowed but right now I can still see my taskbar & borders around the window.

 

[antitrop]

Is it possible to run without borders showing in windowed mode?

Now that I know Im missing effects in fullscreen mode I'm trying to maximize my enjoyment of windowed but right now I can still see my taskbar & borders around the window.

Have Fullscreen checked in the Options, but Exclusive Fullscreen unchecked.

That is this game's equivalent of "Windowed (Fullscreen)", as seen in games such as StarCraft II, DOTA 2, League of Legends, and World of WarCraft.

Note that it could drop performance over Exclusive Fullscreen by up to 30fps, usually somewhere around 20.

 

[ambientmystic]

Just got the game.

Runs okayish on my crap hardware (Intel C2D @ 2.8 GHz, ATI Radeon 4670 1 GB) at 1600x900 resolution, with all settings to Normal, except Textures which I left at Ultra (this is the setting that noticeably impacts Image Quality the most imo), and DOF and SSAO off. By the way Ultra textures really take up VRAM, running GPUz side by side, I noticed VRAM consumption can easily hit over 800 - 900 MB, so they aren't playing around with that increased texture resolution which is awesome.

I get 30 - 40 FPS in most areas. Can't get the game to run in exclusive full screen mode though, had to run it in borderless full screen instead, i keep on getting that DX init error.

Also any PC users manage to get that Costume DLC to appear in the Campsite? It didn't seem to unlock when I reached the 1st campsite even though I got the notification when I started the game for the first time. I'm referring to the Aviatrix and Guerilla preorder costumes.

EDIT:- Got it. Just had to progress the game to select the Gear option lol.

 

[RoadHazard]

How do people limit their framerate to 30fps? D3DOverrider or something? I'd like to do that, as I can't make the game stay at 60 consistently. 30 I can get with pretty nice settings, so I'd prefer it to just never go over that at all.

 

[Cannon Goose]

How do people limit their framerate to 30fps? D3DOverrider or something? I'd like to do that, as I can't make the game stay at 60 consistently. 30 I can get with pretty nice settings, so I'd prefer it to just never go over that at all.

MSI Afterburner is good for that.

 

[JRW]

Have Fullscreen checked in the Options, but Exclusive Fullscreen unchecked.

That is this game's equivalent of "Windowed (Fullscreen)", as seen in games such as StarCraft II, DOTA 2, League of Legends, and World of WarCraft.

Note that it could drop performance over Exclusive Fullscreen by up to 30fps, usually somewhere around 20.

Hmm I still dont see the effects when doing it this way, I have to alt-enter (borders) in order for the effects to show: http://imgur.com/GmsBC8H,PF2ZsoP#0

GTX 480 & 314.07 driver.

 

[IcyRhythms]

How are you doing this. I have the same set up and I have to limit it to 30 FPS. Do you have it on Ultimate settings @1080p?

high settings

 

[antitrop]

How do people limit their framerate to 30fps? D3DOverrider or something? I'd like to do that, as I can't make the game stay at 60 consistently. 30 I can get with pretty nice settings, so I'd prefer it to just never go over that at all.

The way I do it is in EVGA Precision X (or MSI Afterburner, same program) and move the 'Frame Rate Target' slider to 30.

 

[Coolbgdog12]

I use an app I found on the steam forums to run this fullscreen borderless windowed. I get all the effects now.

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2675769

 

[RoadHazard]

MSI Afterburner is good for that.

The way I do it is in EVGA Precision X (or MSI Afterburner, same program) and move the 'Frame Rate Target' slider to 30.

Oh, cool. I've got Afterburner installed, just haven't used it much. Thanks, will see what it can do for me!

EDIT: Hmm, I don't see such a setting in Afterburner...?

EDIT 2: Found it, I think. Had to get into the RivaTuner part of it.

 

[dEvAnGeL]

switching LOD from ultra to high completely fixed my frame rate problems on open areas

 

[JRW]

I use an app I found on the steam forums to run this fullscreen borderless windowed. I get all the effects now.

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2675769

Just tried that and the effects aren't there at all when its active, guess ill be waiting for a patch.

 

[fluffydelusions]

I kept the game running on default settings (normal I think) on my asus g55 laptop. Ran super smooth, no tears, great frame rate the entire time and look amazing. Great game too!

 

[Chance Hale]

Can't decide between playing with everything at max (well, 2X SSAA) with hair disabled or getting around 40(with drops to 20) with the TressFx. It's not perfect but going back to the default hair just feels so lifeless in comparison. The answer for a sensible person would be choose the 60 but I have my crazy moments. Is there any chance of a patch to make it run better? Just doesn't seem like it should be that much of a drop.

Am getting some graphical issues though, especially in the menus. First time this has happened in a while.

Edit: It's crashing every few minutes now, shame. Any fix for that, is it only with the hair on? Have a 4GB EVGA GTX670

 

[Alex]

Where is the frame limiter in Afterburner? I've been using Both EVGA's and MSI's in tandem because I didnt know MSI's had this. :lol

 

[Coolbgdog12]

Just tried that and the effects aren't there at all when its active, guess ill be waiting for a patch.

It works for me. When you run the program after the game is running in window mode, you press F3 and then the game should automatically switch to fullscreen and the effects should work. Try again to see.

 

[Wynnebeck]

Jesus my game went Willy Wonka on me. I'm running at stock Ultra with a 560Ti Twin Frozr and started the game for the first time. Got through the opening cutscene and solved the first puzzle. Right as I started to run from the cave, the game started looking funky but I thought it was just weird camera trick. Next thing I know, when I got grabbed by the goon near the boulder, he was purple and yellow and I knew something was up. The rest of the scene got crazy as I started to see Mesh Lara and as she emerged from the cave, it was nothing but black boxes and funky LSD colors. Now when I exited the game, my desktop is fine and nothing else is wrong so it has to be the game. Any help?

 

[Pimpbaa]

Fuck, I've been missing special effects!? Think I'm going to just stop playing and restart again when they fix their goddamn shit.

 

[legacyzero]

TressFX and 2xAA do NOT mix. The camera getting anywhere near Lara's face is an instant FPS drop to 5-10.

the fuck.

 

[Nekrono]

Is there a comparison somewhere regarding High Precision? What does it do exactly?

 

[antitrop]

TressFX and 2xAA do NOT mix. The camera getting anywhere near Lara's face is an instant FPS drop to 5-10.

the fuck.

Yup. Locked 60 with 8xMSAA injected, 8fps with 2xSSAA.

 

[Chance Hale]

So I'm crashing every minute or so now, played the entire opening section with no issues (ending at when you come out of the cave) and now I just can't play for more than a few minutes. What do I do?

 

[ambientmystic]

So I'm crashing every minute or so now, played the entire opening section with no issues (ending at when you come out of the cave) and now I just can't play for more than a few minutes. What do I do?

Some have reported success with this issue by disabling Tesselation for now. It seems to be a NVIDIA issue.

 

[Chance Hale]

Some have reported success with this issue by disabling Tesselation for now. It seems to be a NVIDIA issue.

That actually worked although I'd love to play with it on, is there a point at which it is safe to turn back on? As I said I went the whole opening with no issues.

 

[Mononoke]

Did they ever re-release that update that smoothened out TressFX? I know they rolled it back almost immediately after releasing.

I was busy with school the past 2 days, and wasn't around for this update.

 

[Mithos]

The way I do it is in EVGA Precision X (or MSI Afterburner, same program) and move the 'Frame Rate Target' slider to 30.

Any difference doing it in Afterburner compared to just forcing 30fps from NVIDIA Inspector?

 

[antitrop]

Did they ever re-release that update that smoothened out TressFX? I know they rolled it back almost immediately after releasing.

I was busy with school the past 2 days, and wasn't around for this update.

Nope. I'm kind of bummed, I'm about to beat the game.

 

[Cannon Goose]

Any difference doing it in Afterburner compared to just forcing 30fps from NVIDIA Inspector?

I've found that Afterburner's cap is compatible with more games.

 

[Coolbgdog12]

Looks like I'll just have to either wait for a patch or play regular fullscreen with missing effects. Playing in borderless windowed mode causes that same grey solid screen when getting shot at. It's too distracting.

 

[CrichtonKicks]

I use an app I found on the steam forums to run this fullscreen borderless windowed. I get all the effects now.

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2675769

Unfortunately when you use that app the screen will completely gray out when you start getting hit severely. Resulted in several deaths for me.

EDIT- Posted at the same time about the grayed screen.

 

[KePoW]

That actually worked although I'd love to play with it on, is there a point at which it is safe to turn back on? As I said I went the whole opening with no issues.

You have to leave tesselation off.

 

[Mononoke]

Nope. I'm kind of bummed, I'm about to beat the game.

Thanks for the heads up.

I'm at 78% in the game. It does suck, knowing that not only did we miss out on TressFX looking good - we also are missing out on all those camera effects.

Oh well. I really enjoyed this game a lot. So it's definitely something I will play again. Maybe during the summertime I'll boot this back up once they get everything sorted out. I guess this is a lesson in the future, that sometimes it's better to just wait a month after a release (if you hear it has issues). Just to get the best performance you can out of it.

 

[antitrop]

Thanks for the heads up.

I'm at 78% in the game. It does suck, knowing that not only did we miss out on TressFX looking good - we also are missing out on all those camera effects.

Oh well. I really enjoyed this game a lot. So it's definitely something I will play again. Maybe during the summertime I'll boot this back up once they get everything sorted out. I guess this is a lesson in the future, that sometimes it's better to just wait a month after a release (if you hear it has issues). Just to get the best performance you can out of it.

Well, friend.

At least we didn't play it on consoles.

 

[Chance Hale]

You have to leave tesselation off.

Hmm, I got past that part and turned it back on. Game seems to work without crashing now! By the way, is there a way to disable the "Press enter to skip"cutscene notification?

Edit: And there it goes again, christ. That fix mentioned in the op seems to work though, anyone know if it disables effects?

 

[Gibbo]

ive been playing around with the missing camera effects and not to sound sour grapes- but the on screen effects dont look that good and is overdone. prefer the clean look of what we are getting on full screen

 

[J.W.Crazy]

That actually worked although I'd love to play with it on, is there a point at which it is safe to turn back on? As I said I went the whole opening with no issues.

I didn't check to see how it affected my FPS but going back to 310.90 drivers seems to have stopped the crashes for me.

 

[joeygreco1985]

Anyone else get a really dark screen when you pick up an artifact/object that you can inspect? Its almost like the brightness is turned all the way down on only that screen. I can make out the medals/coins but other things are just completely black

 

[Snapshot King]

Welp, found the solution to THIS ugly problem.

I just traded 60fps at 768p for 30fps at 1080p. I could actually get near 60 at 1080 with my 560, but unless I limit it, the fucking fan screams at me so loud that I can barely hear the game. First FC3 and now this. Oh well. New consoles on the horizon.

 

[Varna]

Anyone else get a really dark screen when you pick up an artifact/object that you can inspect? Its almost like the brightness is turned all the way down on only that screen. I can make out the medals/coins but other things are just completely black

Are you using SSA? Having the same problem when having tessellation and SSA enabled.

 

[joeygreco1985]

Are you using SSA? Having the same problem when having tessellation and SSA enabled.

I have 2xSSA enabled and tessellation disabled

 

[Truant]

Any news on the patch or new drivers?

 

[JaseC]

Any news on the patch or new drivers?

No word on when the patch will be rolled out again (perhaps some more fixes/tweaks will be included), but Nvidia drivers are due "late(r) this month".