m_shortpants
Member
Give it to meeeeeeeee
Otherwise MGSV is going to consume me
Otherwise MGSV is going to consume me
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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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yeah, opinions may vary, etc. i didn't like the batmobile but i think they goofed on some combat/predator decisions too. it's bigger, but not necessarily better.
honestly even if they gave us all the dlc for free, i probably wouldn't even bother.
Spring-Loaded
Member
They haven't confirmed. I wouldn't count on that though. And there's really nothing they could do for the people who got the season pass already, aside from streamlining and giving players access to a debug menu, or adding Steam workshop stuff so that modding is easier.
The combat and predator gameplay is definitely better overall. Far too much is improved for it to be objectively worse than before — subjectively, I could see someone preferring certain elements of past games.
The only problem is there are no challenge maps to push the systems to their limits as there were in past games. There's nothing in any of the main campaigns of the series that's truly demanding. That comes in the extra challenges that don't exist for this game yet.
well if you want an example, i think the fear takedowns made things too easy. they totally missed a trick by not tying that in with the fear level experienced by enemies.
actually another sprung to mind, there are way too many grates in most predator encounters. seriously.
and now a third one comes to mind as well. combat encounters leaned too heavily on big guys/electric goons.
the systems are better than ever, but i totally think they screwed the pooch on implementation.
It is, considering no monitor without free/G/N-Sync or perhaps a custom profile can display it properly. (well,CRT monitors can, so good for people who use them.
)Definitely I agree with how Fear Takedowns work in predator, it really just means that they have to tack an extra 5 dudes into an encounter to offset the fact you'll probably just nail 5 of them out with no effort. Otherwise, I think the new predator changes are great.
Combat is trickier because the times you face off against brutes of any variety, the arena sucks balls. It's either really tight quarters and the camera fucks you or the encounter design is stupidly balanced.
electroflame
Member
Uh, hello, free Mad Max?
No, seriously, I won't be happy until I have a decently running Arkham Knight and something for putting faith in them by getting the game + season pass. (Purchased on the cheap, but still)
If they try to get out of this by "just" releasing a patch they'll never live it down. They're going to be notorious for this port for a while regardless, but they can certainly do something to smooth things over a bit.
What else is there to fix if this is the "interim" patch? Seems to cover all the major issues. I can skip the boot up screens already by renaming the video files.
Seems the patch is delayed by a week or 2, but it sounds promising.
Hope photo mode comes out soon after. Makes a huge difference for me.
It doesn't seem like they've completely fixed some of the issues they've listed, namely the framerate drops.
Makes sense, they don't give a fuck about PC gamers, but they are doing it equally
and their ignorance is distributed evenly.
Hmmm. Also seems that they haven't mentioned the inconsistent rain effects.
nextgeneration
Member
Reduced frame rate hitches
So, it's been reduced but not totally fixed/eliminated? What a fucking joke.
So, it's been reduced but not totally fixed/eliminated? What a fucking joke.
Yea this patch is only an interim patch. Basically, just a 'get it working for now' patch.
Yeah, I'm not sure if they're even aware there's a problem with the effects. With any luck, though, someone will make note of it during testing.
I assume this is simply a renaming and there won't be any higher resolution textures than the ones the game shipped with.
It can't be completely eliminated, sometimes the hitches are due to the API or driver.
I would not be surprised if the "interim patch" was the last one for a long time.
It's also interesting that there is still a framerate limiter with 90 fps being the top. Either their game engine or physics are tied to framerate and break above that or there is something else going on. I'm also interested why they have an Nvidia-only V-Sync option as enabling G-Sync is in all other games achieved just by enabling it from the control panel and setting V-Sync off in the game.
Also why the hell is skipping splash screens something they can't fit into this patch? It's literally "if button pressed, stop splash screen videos and go to main menu".
Maybe next year when I have actually time to play this (considering MGS V comes out next month) it'll actually work.
It's also interesting that there is still a framerate limiter with 90 fps being the top. Either their game engine or physics are tied to framerate and break above that or there is something else going on. I'm also interested why they have an Nvidia-only V-Sync option as enabling G-Sync is in all other games achieved just by enabling it from the control panel and setting V-Sync off in the game.
Also why the hell is skipping splash screens something they can't fit into this patch? It's literally "if button pressed, stop splash screen videos and go to main menu".
Maybe next year when I have actually time to play this (considering MGS V comes out next month) it'll actually work.
The Lone Courier
Member
Just give me the damn Batgirl dlc. I chugged through the main game just let me chug through that.
Garrett Hawke
Member
I can't believe it's been this long tbh and they're still saying a few weeks away
I played through it at launch on PS4 thankfully but I really want to replay it and I already sold the PS4 copy. Hope this patch makes that manageable.
I played through it at launch on PS4 thankfully but I really want to replay it and I already sold the PS4 copy. Hope this patch makes that manageable.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
Seems to be running a lot better on W10. Less stuttering for sure.
That would require the game to no longer use Unreal Engine 3.
Doctor Ironic
Member
^^^^^^^^ ok but explain why Unreal Engine 3 doesn't hitch on the consoles.
Game development is hard, and dubious, and takes time and effort.
Should Iron Galaxy and Rocksteady apologize for working on fixing the game!?
!?!?!?!?
My cynical ass would normally agree with you if it wasn't for the fact that Assassin's Creed: Unity season pass owners got Far Cry 4 for free.
Game development is hard, and dubious, and takes time and effort.
Should Iron Galaxy and Rocksteady apologize for working on fixing the game!?
!?!?!?!?
My cynical ass would normally agree with you if it wasn't for the fact that Assassin's Creed: Unity season pass owners got Far Cry 4 for free.
Somehow WB manages to be even more jackasses than Ubisoft, who would have told, huh?
In any case I dont expect to get jackshit, just fix the damn game already, I'm waiting to play new game plus PROPERLY.
alexandros
Banned
It sounds like a pretty comprehensive patch, hopefully it will be enough to get the game in shape as I'd like to play it.
Here's what I said in another thread:
I own the Season Pass myself but don't agree that we in particular are owed something just because the release of the DLC has been pushed back by what is essentially a retroactive delay of the base game.
d00d3n
Member
Be happy for your early alpha access I guess? It is just the matter of the game being sold as a working product two months ago ...
Gormenghast
Member
Man, their most talented engineers are all hard at work to make splash screens skippable, but you have to accept when a task is just above your skills.
Please desist, WB, we will forgive if you can't fix what's honestly way too complex to accomplish realistically.
Krappadizzle
Member
But they verified the integrity of the cache. What more do you want?!
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
That's because they cancelled the season pass for AC:U. They have signaled no intention of doing here. The free DLC was "sorry" for people who bought the game and the free game was "sorry" for the people who bought the season pass.
In this case they pulled the game from sale. People who bought it on steam could and did get refunds (presumably the largest share of owners by a comfortable margin), people who bought it elsewhere may or may not have got refunds depending on the retailer. But WB pressured GMG to give refunds even though they normally wouldn't in a case like this. Statistically a large majority would have been eligible for refunds. The largest group disenfranchised would probably be the Nvidia code recipients, although some of these also managed to wrangle MGS for free if they got lucky. It sucks that some people slip through the cracks but it's not really "required" for WB to give everyone a free full priced retail game, they've already taken pretty bold action here. Pulling it from sale is unprecedented. Assuming the patch notes aren't any kind of exaggeration, it means we got a post-launch delay of a couple of months for the PC version for those "stuck" with the game, which sucks but could have been way worse.
That's what I AM saying in this situation and such
Ill take bribes of any kind as long as they are limited to actual things I want
Normal are PS4/XBO textures and are said to require 3gb+ of VRAM.
They could certainly be better but I'm okay with that, I would be shocked if the next patch will introduce higher quality textures.
Something tells me this is merely a renaming, high will be the new normal basically.
"standards"
Usually when a company fucks up on this level, you usually swallow your pride and try to salvage the situation as best as you can. Has nothing to do with caving to PC gamers since Ubisoft did it with AC: Unity.
Sony did it with there Server security
All I want is that they add the rain effects on the suit that the PS4 version has.
NOTE - This is the first interim patch, practically suggesting that there will be more than one interim patch before the game is in a good enough state to go back on sale. Keep your expectations suitably low
SliChillax
Member
Toggle for chromatic aberration? Fuck yes thank you!
lordfuzzybutt
Member
It is only the 21st mind you.
Charles Alan Ratliff
Member
I thought they added that a while ago in the first patch?
tho, there's 1 1/2 week left in August
Sounds decent enough for me but all this should've been in the initial release. I'll probably revisit the game when all DLC and photo mode is out. Free Mad Max would be nice but I don't think we'll get anything.
It often bugs out and doesn't show up. Shocking to learn I know, but this game is a shit show.
Spring-Loaded
Member
It's something that should've been there to begin with, tbh.
All of this.
On top of that, the only things they could get owners of the game and season pass would be something beyond the season pass content, or beyond the features in these patch notes (all stuff that are just basic options these days). Unless they put the game up on Steam workshop and allow for the community to create custom gameplay scenarios, then the most they can do is release promised (and reasonably expected) content and features.
Fear takedowns do make things easier, but "too easy" can be applicable to every basic main-story gameplay scenario in this series. You could always spam batclaw and pull guys off catwalks for easy KOs, or escape to ever present gargoyles (and there was always an alternative when those were booby-trapped). Same goes for the floor gratings (which can be destroyed by enemies this time around). Merely finishing these scenarios has always been easy.
The true challenge comes from atypical scenarios like hostage situations, some militia chekcpoints/watchtowers or like the final sequence in the four-part predator scenario in the main mission string (
Arkham Knight
You still have enemies who can't be taken out conventionally (minigun brutes) and enemies who actually counter the use of detective vision (trackers and heat-shields). On higher difficulties, you lose your ability to fear takedown if you're spotted. If that's incorporated into the coming extra challenges, then all the added moves that make things easier will be necessary.
Not sure what to say about the combat — big guys and electric enemies are just more variables to contend with, just like what was done with Arkham City. They make the fights more challenging without merely relying on adding more enemies (which, in this series, doesn't make fights harder, only longer). They leaned on those enemy types to a reasonable degree, and there are plenty of fights without them.