EroticSushi
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Thanks! Do I just put 30 on Framerate limit?
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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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Something's definitely fucky here. I think some people earlier were saying they hit their VRAM cap even when they turned the settings down. I'd venture to guess this isn't how it should be and is the root of the problem.
good luck, not suggesting that this is a potential fix or anything but it is working for me *knocks on wood* and I'm reading more and more posts along these lines of the game running way better after validating and downloading.
OzzieMandrill
Neo Member
I hope so, but I'm not optimistic about that. Still, I'm downloading the game again: let's see if it works this time (though I'll have to wait 10 hours or so in order to do it
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cripterion
Member
Honestly sounds like bullshit to me and how can the dude be satisfied at constant whooping 30 fps with such a rig?
Obliterator
Member
Is it confirmed textures are worse than the PS4?
I have a fucking 980ti WB, a graphics card basically more powerful than the PS4 and Xbone combined. Why the hell are textures LOWER than for consoles?
I have a fucking 980ti WB, a graphics card basically more powerful than the PS4 and Xbone combined. Why the hell are textures LOWER than for consoles?
GroinShooter
Member
Seems like a memory leak to me...
Primethius
Banned
Yep. There's other ways to lock to 30 too but I generally resort to those ones if RivaTuner doesn't produce a smooth experience, which it usually does.
I would say to wait. I don't know what I've done "right" to achieve this and it could end up not working as well for you for whatever reason. I'm just bloody lucky by the looks of things.
That's OK. They literally just changed it yesterday.
BlackNinja
Banned
I'm sorry guys. But anyone saying this game looks bad is purely saying it out of spite for it not running right. I have some of the most gorgeous screens @ 4k you'll see this generation.
Let's just hope for patches to fix the performance/crash issues.
Let's just hope for patches to fix the performance/crash issues.
FF Seraphim
Member
Really? I might have to try this....
Windom Earle
Member
My initial impression was bad, but the game started growing on me, it looks pretty good.
Nvidia smoke is fucking impressive.
As it stands it's not worth much with this performance.
MaddenNFL64
Member
They saddled the PC version to some PC port factory I forgot the name of. Game came out garbage, because Rocksteady couldn't bother see if their baby was being taken care of.
opticalmace
Member
So what does it mean if you have low cpu and gpu usage? Some people are reporting that even with SSDs. Engine bottleneck or something?
Wrestlemania
Banned
I'm playing using a DS4 wirelessly through DS4Windows. Is there any way to force it to show DS4 appropriate icons instead of Xbox ones?
So right now I'm pretty convinced the stuttering becomes worse as you play. Did the first Riddle racing challenge, things were just fine, went up to the surface and holy shit it became unplayable. The game would freeze for several seconds, constantly. Just what the fuck. Just what the fuck. This game is unplayable.
I don't think the game looks bad, but I wasn't all that impressed with it when I was playing it - it seemed to look better in the videos I saw prior to launch. I expected it to look quite a bit better.
Yeah as expected: 4555 files failed to validate. I'm guessing the extra two files (since I've seen 4553 posted) was the godforsaken splash movies I renamed. Now I'm redownloading 33.8gb which should take about 5 hours on my connection. I'll report back.
Same here tbh. It looked better in the GameWorks promo videos I watched recently. On top of that I loaded it up and all I could see was the chromatic aberration on Batman's fucking chin.
That's what happened to me. The first 45 minutes was great, but then it slowly got worse and worse. By the time I got to
Ace Chemicals
Sounds even worse than AC Unity, lol.
Takes some skill to do worse than Ubisoft and Assassin's Creed.
The AA is terrible. It just looks off. And I have everything maxed including Gameworks. Gameworks does bring life to it tho.
Textures are bad. "Normal" is the highest option in the settings menu. Just terrible.
I've been playing at 1440p with it locked to 30fps (unlocked in the ini and limited with Afterburner) on a single 970. Once I turned off all the Gameworks stuff and AA it ran much smoother. I'll try turning them on one by one tonight after work to see which are the most demanding/problematic. If anyone wants to do it, go ahead.
It looks damn good at times and other times it doesn't look too hot, especially when textures don't load in. The film grain, CA and motion blur is what was making me hate how it looks at first but after a few hours my brain has gotten accustomed to it and enjoy how it looks. Wish I could still turn it all off for a cleaner look though. This is like the dirtiest looking game ever to me when I fire it up.
Windom Earle
Member
What's next, core parking tips?
Bold statement considering how many years generation has left in it, but I'm more surprised if 4k becomes viable single GPU gaming resolution for PC during this gen. Currently you need SLI/CF very hi-end cards for acceptable 4k gaming performance, also cost of 4k monitors is still absurd.
Currently 4k isn't your target resolution for PC gaming, it's for enthusiasts and I'm not saying it's bad thing. I just think that some people treating 4k gaming as "current PC gaming standard" is absurd.
Edit: With single GPU I mean <500€ GPU's
memory leak?
Windom Earle
Member
No, forget it. :/
GHG
Member
You can't say you have some of the most glorious screens and then not post them...
AbundantChoice
Member
Yeah, sometimes it doesn't look all that great, but then at other times it looks awesome. I think it partially depends on what part of the city you're in. I think the character models are also widely variable in quality.
So today it's running better. It's not quite the stuttering steaming mess that it was last night, and i'm not getting the audio glitching and dropping out anymore, but the framerate is definitely not sticking to the locked 30 in the batmobile and I think there's definitely a memory leak as framerate problems seem to get worse the longer I play.
Spring-Loaded
Member
Can we get a "PS4 settings" option
cripterion
Member
It doesn't look bad of course but it's not all that. and some faces look absolutely ridiculous, Batman included, looks like a baboon making a duck face, or like some 4 year old hand painted his lips.
Everything low, except for textures to normal, would be my guess.
If that's not the case, this port is even worse than I thought.
Don't bother with the benchmark. Its Joker's final troll.
I don't think it looks bad but it definitely is not the looker I expected it to be from videos. Character models feel like a step back from the previous games.
My opinion may change the more I play it though.
Futurevoid
Member
For me, It's not that the game looks bad (though there are poor elements like AA implementation and some less than desirable texture work). It's just not at a level visually to justify the level of performance people are seeing or the necessity to lock the game at 30fps.
Captain_Fujisawa
Member
I think it's just a bit broken. I didn't preload, I downloaded it earlier today. I had constant crashing getting in to or out of the Bat Mobile, which seem to stop when I turned off the Gameworks stuff.
I get the slowdown when using the Bat Mobile or panning around whilst gliding. I'm on Windows 10, with the Arkham nVidia drivers they released. Using a 980 and a 2600k. Runs at 60 some of the time, I've seen much less though.
I just did the verification, it said the same, 4k failed and will be reacquired. So, I'm basically downloading 33gb again. I guess I'll get to play it again in an hour and a half.
BlackNinja
Banned
Sure it is. The game is doing a shit load of stuff never before in a game. We wanted games to push the boundaries and Nvidia is seeing to it that we get glimpses of where they are headed. Hairworks/Faceworks/Gameworks stuff is clearly a generation ahead of todays highest end hardware -- but it's something we gotta look forward to.
The early segments of BatmanAK were horribly lit and textures were bland. But once he's out on the street, it looks just like those reveal trailers.
Spring-Loaded
Member
Apparently the ps4 version is smooth as hell, according to DF though.
Windom Earle
Member
Ok, so why am I getting pretty much identical performance when turning Gameworks off?
I thought that was a possibility, but the Steam build id of the game after cache verification is the same (668138). Steam assigns a build id to game branches automatically and it's a number that increases across the board, so it's impossible for a game to be updated without its build id changing and no two games have the same build id.
Gumbie
Member
Weird. With SLI on, both cards are used, but I get worse performance. With 1 card, performance is much better. At least it tends to hover around 30 FPS instead of dipping to the teens every now and again. It's not good enough for me, but it's noticeably better nonetheless.
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the only SLI option is Force Alternate Rendering 1? That's odd, considering I'm on the latest NVIDIA drivers...
Obliterator
Member
Apparently textures on PC at "Normal" are worse than PS4