holygeesus
Banned
This game heats up my CPU like no other that has come before it. Holy smokes Batman!
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Batman AK PC Perf Thread of DARKNESS, NO SETTINGS [30fps cap / intro removal in OP]
- Thread starter Peterthumpa
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No updates in the last couple days, right? Man.
Welp. Maybe a straight up re-release then?
Welp. Maybe a straight up re-release then?
Oldest Snake
Member
Won't be anything over the weekend either. Hopefully we'll get some sort of update next week, but given how severe WB's reaction has been to this we'll be waiting quite a while for a total fix IMO.
I wouldn't expect any too soon. All they'd be able to do at this point is say "We're making progress.".
Patience now, that's all we can do.
KaiserAlucard
Neo Member
Wow, if all copies are throwed in the bin, then if WB wants to sell the game in retails they have to reprint everything, it could take a while indeed.
Now I expect a new cover art with this re-release!
Putosaure
Member
So I finally gave it a shot. FYI my card is a gtx560 with 1.3GB of vram.
Well... it's pretty, but it's not really smooth.
It indeed stutters like fuck, but I can keep the game at around 20~ 25~ FPS on foot on Normal (all). In the Batmobile, goddamn it's slow, around 10 fps tops.
I send my phyical copy back to Amazon. An think about a new card.
Well... it's pretty, but it's not really smooth.
It indeed stutters like fuck, but I can keep the game at around 20~ 25~ FPS on foot on Normal (all). In the Batmobile, goddamn it's slow, around 10 fps tops.
I send my phyical copy back to Amazon. An think about a new card.
The game is playable for me, but I'm weary of how it will behave once I get further into the story. I've seen people say it starts to perform horribly at certain points. Maybe unlocking all the islands has performance impacts?
I think I'm just going to wait for the re-release.
I think I'm just going to wait for the re-release.
It hasn't gotten worse for me if you've already unlocked the batmobile and fought a crowd of drones.
Regginator
Member
For AMD people still having performance issues, check whether or not you actually have the 15.6 beta driver. Even if it says it is the correct driver, do a clean install. There was a mix-up on the AMD website which made me install the wrong driver. After installing the correct driver now I've been getting much more stable results (280x 3gb) "maxed out" (meaning Normal Textures, High Shadows en High Detail). Locked 60fps indoors and between 35 and 60 outdoors. Infinitely better than before, still issues with texture loading though.
mullet2000
Member
Hmmm. I got this free with my GTX 970 and I finally gave it a shot today. It actually runs pretty alright. I'm not getting any of the janky batmobile transitions or anything that a lot of others seem to be getting.
I unlocked the framerate and I'm getting 40 - 60 frames that fluctuates very frequently, though. Not acceptable performance given my specs but I think this is running well enough for me that I don't need to go out get it on PS4 instead.
I unlocked the framerate and I'm getting 40 - 60 frames that fluctuates very frequently, though. Not acceptable performance given my specs but I think this is running well enough for me that I don't need to go out get it on PS4 instead.
PHOENIXZERO
Member
I still have my season pass as well, I want to see what WB is going to do since they're probably going to have to do something in a PR sense to make it up to people who own the PC version and decided to stick with it. There's pretty much nothing in WB Game's back catalog that I'm interested in but I might consider a $40 discount on Mad Max. <_<
HHD or SSD? What's your page file size? The game seems to chug once it hits the page file off an HHD, at least from my testing.
What CPU do you have? I've yet to see it full utilize any core on my i5 2500K though admittedly I've barely played outside of just going around the first section watching performance in my four hours or so of play time.
Well, minimum requirement was 2GB and they really mean it. If you have more than 2GB of VRAM the game it will take it, I think it was 2.6 or 2.7GB when I set everything to low and tried it out at 720p.
How much RAM you got? SSD or HDD?
Yes, I paid $24 for the SP but they wouldn't know that.
HHD or SSD? What's your page file size? The game seems to chug once it hits the page file off an HHD, at least from my testing.
What CPU do you have? I've yet to see it full utilize any core on my i5 2500K though admittedly I've barely played outside of just going around the first section watching performance in my four hours or so of play time.
Well, minimum requirement was 2GB and they really mean it. If you have more than 2GB of VRAM the game it will take it, I think it was 2.6 or 2.7GB when I set everything to low and tried it out at 720p.
How much RAM you got? SSD or HDD?
Regginator
Member
Yeah I'm also expecting them to heavily discount the season pass for the PC owners who didn't get or could get a refund.
HDD, 8gigs of ram, 16gig page file. Doesn't matter though if the game has a bunch of memory leaks every time I play.
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
I wouldn't take such a risk, GMG will run more promos. When I requested a refund, the rep told me as much (something about its a really good game but too bad about the issues. Keep an eye out for the relaunch there will be another promo)
WB may offer those who kept the game a reward/offer of compensation.
If you don't need the money, might be worth hanging on to it if you intend to play it when it's fixed anyway.
that's what im hoping for.
I guess this is a great news because retail discs are same files as steam download(they install on steam) so if WB ordered them to be destroyed then this mean they are going to change most of the game files now and will have to print new discs for the newer build so people who going to buy retail will not have to download full game from steam.
This is very promising.
pixel monkey
Banned
Um... yeah. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but no matter what Rocksteady does on their end, mate... you 're not running this game with that card.
Not unless you'd like to present it as a "My vacation in Gotham City" slideshow.
Felix Lighter
Member
I find this situation very fascinating. I'm more interested in this than I am at actually playing through the game. I can only hope this is an eye opener and a turning point for devs that half ass PC ports and I hope that the Steam refund policy was the catalyst.
If they fix so the game has any actual options, he should be able to make it run at 30fps at least. Sure, it will look worse than the consoles but unless he owns a console it is the cheapest way to play it.
Right now there's not a whole lot you can do to improve the performance apart from lowering the resolution. Which you should never have to do.
Oldest Snake
Member
It's promising that we're going to get a total fix, but not so promising on it being any time soon.
Not to complain, I'd rather they completely fix the game than half arse it but it's still disappointing.
TheTurboFD
Member
Bought the game on tuesday for 20$. Only problem I'm having right now is the crashing. I'm locked 30fps with little dips to maybe 27 some times but it's 90% of the time at 30 even when driving the batmobile. Crashes seem to happen after about an hour of gameplay though. Tried the 60fps tweak and was solid 60 mostly too. Though the crashes happened very frequently so I went back to 30.
Here's my Rig specs
i7 4970k
16gb DDR3 RAM
GTX 980
Here's my Rig specs
i7 4970k
16gb DDR3 RAM
GTX 980
iNvid02
Member
if warner is saying trash the discs then the shipped product is not salvageable, what's worse than that?
i guess the fact that its working alright for some people docks a few points off its "its fucked" rating, but this is pretty terrible
holygeesus
Banned
3570k - it was after a few hours, and it's pretty hot in my bat-cave, so it might just be that. It couldn't be my GFX card as I checked the temps on that and it was only at 63c.
One thing that has me worried, with all this 'throwing away of the broken version' - I can't see our saves being compatible with a new build, so it's not really worth even playing is it, at this stage? I'm only like 17% in, but if I'm wasting my time, I might as well come back to it afresh once the re-release emerges, right?
Weren't the retail discs screwed up anyway? I recall reading that the discs were only installing 8GB and the rest had to be downloaded. People found a way to fix it but it required copying all the discs to a HDD.
What settings?
970 here and it dips to 26 in the Batmobile quite often at max settings with all Gameworks enabled.
Even if I drop the resolution to 900p and turn everything off/low it dips to 28.
Dude they will heavily discount the entire game. Whether you got a refund or not won't matter. The bad press has not only got people to refund but also to not buy the game in the first place. For people that kept the game expect a few free skins.
Tried OCing your 970 a bit? When I was messing with all gameworks, I was able to downsample from 1440p with everything on/max and never dropped below 30.
Coming October 2015, Batman Arkham Knight: A Knight Reborn.
edit: god damn it yatesl! I'll remember this!
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
I think the Gameworks drivers made my performance even worse. And the smoke doesn't even work.
Yep, they need much better communication at this point and hopefully they compensate PC owners that kept the game in some way.
mullet2000
Member
8 GB of RAM, HDD
It's at +200/500. My i52500k is at 4.2ghz. I have 8gb of ram. Installed on an SSD.
I've not noticed memory leaks like some have had.
If they are changing so much that they would throw away all the physical discs, don't expect them to patch the current version at all.
Great if they do, but I expect a big change coming rather than just some small patches.
Everything on low except for LOD which is normal. 1080p and I'm not having any dips in the batmobile, the most drops I get are probably the riddler challenges which are around 30-40.
CuckFupertino
Banned
Trashing the game discs doesn't mean they are burning the game to the ground. It just means WB is actually aware that some people might install whatever version is on the disc, and never get an updated version of the game. I'm guessing whatever code makes it on to new retail discs will be 95% the same as what is in there now - it will just include enough whatever patches are released in the mean time.
Printing discs costs money, sure, but it's super marginal.
I'm actually really impressed with how well WB is handling this, all things considered. I think Steam refunds may have forced their hand, but regardless I'm impressed to see them pulling retail discs back. Most companies would say "fuck you, download the latest patch."
Hm.
I'm at +96/+295 which brings me to 1500mhz/3800 according to precision x.
i7 920 @ 4.1, 12GB Ram, SSD Install.
JigglesBunny
Banned
I put the 30fps lock back on and it seemed to have stopped nothing. It still hitches and stutters like crazy.
Win 7
i7-3770
8 GB RAM
GTX 980
Win 7
i7-3770
8 GB RAM
GTX 980