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[MissCauthon]

So All AMD Phenom II CPUs and older Intel CPUs don't support this game due to no SSE 4.1 support from what ive been reading... What are the chances of them fixing this?

Most of us with these older cpu's are facing the crash at launch issue.

 

[cleveridea]

I didn't check out the previous posts, but it's possible he is briefly dipping below 60 which would explain the tearing.



CPU?

i7 4790K with 32GB RAM and original Titan X, Windows 10 64 bt

 

[red731]

New AMD driver with No Man's Sky support http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-art...are-Crimson-Edition-16-8-2-Release-Notes.aspx

BREH

BREH

Trying it out immediately!

 

[The Teachinator]

6700K, 16GB Ram, 980ti....

It hitches a bit...but I'm glad I pulled the trigger on this. I'm not too familiar with this type of game and I feel like I'm really going to get into it.

I'm also running it on my 21:9 Acer Predator....it looks OK.

 

[brau]

I would have to say that based on what I played I think the price point should probably be a little bit lower but then I suppose it's the enjoyment you get from a game that ultimately justifies the price, I could see myself sinking 60 hours into this easy.

I'll wait for price drop and patches. I also want to see what kind of support this game gets and what is the plan to build upon it. Ultimately, having tools availbale to mod would be the saving grace of this game imo.

 

[King_Moc]

I think there is a lot wrong with the game but this argument is bogus. Economies of scale. They don't have a unified back office, HR, or legal counsel. They don't have bargaining power for subcontractors.

Shit. Nestle is a giant chocolate company with great customer service and their 50 gram bars are cheaper than a single chocolate from the 3 person chocolate shop in a small town. I wouldn't expect it to be any other way.

You cannot throw business realities out the window because you want the same good to have consistent qualities across producers regardless of the situations of those producers. It's crazy.

They have one office and some PC's as far as I know. their main cost is going to be paying 14 people. Other indie companies manage this without charging full price.

 

[Mivey]

I can't believe the pop in is the exact same as on console.

That's likely a draw distance issue. Probably a bit more complex for NMS since they also generate the stuff on the fly. They should offer options on PC, though. Maybe a config file to make sure people don't "max things out" and break performance further.

 

[PsihoPerihelion]

what is this game doing to people

Remember when AVATAR came out and people wanted to kill themselves so they could live in Pandora? Yeah, like that.

 

[cyberheater]

So All AMD Phenom II CPUs and older Intel CPUs don't support this game due to no SSE 4.1 support from what ive been reading... What are the chances of them fixing this?

Most of us with these older cpu's are facing the crash at launch issue.

I would say it's very low.

 

[Sky87]

Ok, refund time for me. Was having some stutter free moments roaming around the starter ship, but that all changed when i actually flew away and explored elsewhere. It's a stuttery mess and feels half finished. Shame i bought it at a discount.

Will buy it again later if they fix it.

i7 and 1070, 16GB Ram. Personally, i had less issues with Arkham Knight when i was on a 780ti.

 

[cackhyena]

The stuttering is bad enough from some of these videos, but damn, is there any reason for pop in? Ugh.

 

[Netherscourge]

So All AMD Phenom II CPUs and older Intel CPUs don't support this game due to no SSE 4.1 support from what ive been reading... What are the chances of them fixing this?

Most of us with these older cpu's are facing the crash at launch issue.

There's a SSE4.1 emulator you can try.

 

[Big_Al]

I would say it's very low.

If the developers Sandlot for Earth Defense Force 4.1 on PC can patch the very same issue, a team also releasing their very first game on PC, I don't see why Hello Games can't.

 

[Livedili]

I feel like 60 Euros are a total ripoff on PC for this. I'll just wait a week or two until gamescom settles and the Devs had some time to fix things. And then, the game will cost 29,99 anyway ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

 

[Omega Kirby]

Nvidia Gtx970m
I7-4720HQ
8gb Ram

Bordeless windows, in game vysnch off , Frame cap max


30- 55 framerates, lots of stuttering. Game looks blurry as hell.

Started on a nice ice planet with lots of life and purple lit caves but shame game runs like shit

 

[RS4-]

Christ man, played for 5-10 mins, that was enough. Instantly uninstalled.

 

[Jonbo298]

Interesting. Was searching about OpenGL 4.5 to see what cards support it and come across Nvidia's page about their support. https://developer.nvidia.com/opengl-driver Noticed it mentioned new stuff for OGL in the 369.00 drivers (which is probably related to making a "Game Ready driver" for NMS) and has a link to download 369.00 also but I didn't bother since doing the search for driver update in Device Manager is 369.09.

 

[Shifty]

So if I were to force AF through the Nvidia Control Panel, should I turn off the setting in-game?

Probably doesn't make any odds if the graphics driver is overriding it.

As a rule I'd go with yes though, on the offchance that the game does its own processing for whatever option you're overriding.

 

[GroundCombo]

All max settings?

No, I think the defaults were something like high/medium/medium. Didn't try switching those yet. On land it seemed like a solid 60 all the time (minus the open-world hitches here and there), so it might be able to handle something higher.

 

[Grief.exe]

They have one office and some PC's as far as I know. their main cost is going to be paying 14 people. Other indie companies manage this without charging full price.

Actual price discussion should be separated from development decisions in this aspect as it's largely irrelevant.

The price of the game now, had little to do with development resources two years ago when hiring new staff would have been relevant. On top of this pricing structure has a good chance of being contractually obligated. Since they are self-funded, Sony is likely looking to get a bigger piece of the percentage for their marketing contribution.

Just as full disclosure, I'm not likely going to buy this game any time soon. So no bias here.

 

[schaft0620]

Which AAA game company though?

ROFL

 

[TheTrain]

So All AMD Phenom II CPUs and older Intel CPUs don't support this game due to no SSE 4.1 support from what ive been reading... What are the chances of them fixing this?

Most of us with these older cpu's are facing the crash at launch issue.

If that's the problem they can fix it easily, The Phantom Pain got a fix in less than a week for this issue

 

[red731]

New AMD driver with No Man's Sky support http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-art...are-Crimson-Edition-16-8-2-Release-Notes.aspx

Can someone confirm I'm not blind - this seems to really do something performance wise.

7970 GHz

 

[Saiyan-Rox]

Guys I wanna start over on my save any idea how? I can still get the preorder ship I'd assume swell doing this even when I redeemed it.

 

[Grief.exe]

If that's the problem they can fix it easily, The Phantom Pain got a fix in less than a week for this issue

Interesting, good to know.

Seems like that can be attributed as an oversight by an inexperienced team.

 

[Netherscourge]

Has anyone tried running the game on the LOWEST possible detail settings?

I mean, if it's still stuttering and crashing with EVERYTHING turned off, or downtuned to it's lowest setting, then you know it's the game and not your system.

(Assuming you can even launch the game in the first place)

 

[brau]

Has anyone tried running the game on the LOWEST possible detail settings?

I mean, if it's still stuttering and crashing with EVERYTHING turned off, or downtuned to it's lowest setting, then you know it's the game and not your system.

(Assuming you can even launch the game in the first place)

I would love to see the spec comparison between low spec and high.

 

[Deathknell]

i7 4770k and 980ti here, it's playable but..what a fucking disaster.

Blurry textures, stutters, atrocious IQ..i'll get a refund for sure.

Thank god we got deus ex in 10 days

 

[TheTrain]

Just for reference, you can try to apply this "fix" if you aren't on Windows 10. Just to be sure that the problem is really the SSE4.1 requirement

http://steamcommunity.com/app/287700/discussions/0/527273983048740861/?l=italian

 

[GRaider81]

Christ man, played for 5-10 mins, that was enough. Instantly uninstalled.

Did you try any fixes or was it the gameplay?

 

[AAMARMO]

 

[Wok]

For what it is worth, I have a G2020 CPU, 8 GB RAM, and 1 GB VRAM AMD Radeon HD 7770 (with latest drivers). The game runs like a charm (no stuttering, no pop-in, very rare framerate drops) with these settings:

In-game settings:
Window Mode: Borderless
Monitor: Primary
Resolution: 1920x1080
V-Sync: Off
Anti Aliasing: SSSA x 4
FoV (both): 90
Anisotropic Filtering: 16
Texture Detail: High
Shadow Detail: Medium
Generation Detail: High
Reflection Quality: Low
Max FPS: Max

Tips, Tricks & Tweaks:

• - To make changes to Graphics Options you have to hold down the mouse button to confirm. *
• - For Stuttering, make sure to disable V-Sync and remove the 30FPS Cap.
• - Force Anisotropic Filtering to x16 into your graphics control panel
• - Set the game to Borderless Window (might help with alt+tab issues)

 

[The Llama]

Can someone confirm I'm not blind - this seems to really do something performance wise.

7970 GHz

Ooh really? Nice, excited to try it out when I'm home from vacation on Monday.

Spoiler

first time in recent memory AMD has drivers out before Nvidia too

 

[Lettuce]

Have they locked the NMS Steam forum???

 

[mario_O]

Runs pretty bad here.

I7 2700K 4.3Ghz
16Gb RAM 2133
MSI 980Ti Gaming 6g

When I'm not moving too much it stays at 60fps ( or about 95-100fps with no vsync), but when I start to explore a bit the CPU goes from 30% usage to 85-90%, and the frames drop to the 20-30's for a second until the area is loaded.

 

[Klyka]

Has anyone tried running the game on the LOWEST possible detail settings?

I mean, if it's still stuttering and crashing with EVERYTHING turned off, or downtuned to it's lowest setting, then you know it's the game and not your system.

(Assuming you can even launch the game in the first place)

yes of course. it changes nothing but some FPS

 

[ymgve]

Has anyone tried running the game on the LOWEST possible detail settings?

I mean, if it's still stuttering and crashing with EVERYTHING turned off, or downtuned to it's lowest setting, then you know it's the game and not your system.

(Assuming you can even launch the game in the first place)

Yeah, I did that. The game still hit 100% CPU usage regularly which resulted in hitching. (My graph a few posts back was from running everything at lowest and limiting frame rate to 30FPS)

 

[Grief.exe]

i7 4770k and 980ti here, it's playable but..what a fucking disaster.

Blurry textures, stutters, atrocious IQ..i'll get a refund for sure.

Thank god we got deus ex in 10 days

World of Warcraft expansion as well.

August is packed.

 

[cleveridea]

Have they locked the NMS Steam forum???

Looks like it only reviews are possible.

Left my first ever steam review (worst game I ever bought on steam since it locks computer up at launch - not just crashes, locks up) on high end PC, latest drivers etc

 

[Jonbo298]

If the developers Sandlot for Earth Defense Force 4.1 on PC can patch the very same issue, a team also releasing their very first game on PC, I don't see why Hello Games can't.

The irony of that is a dev from another studio released that fix 2 days after release. Sandlot incorporated it into an official patch a few weeks later.

 

[Frith]

Couldn't you have changed the language to english before posting the settings?

man if you hadn't quoted this i would never have known schattendetails is a word

 

[ScientificPizza]

Have they locked the NMS Steam forum???

No?

 

[HundredEyeMonk]

So after frustration of hitches and stuttering, it is finally gone.

I set FPS Limit setting to Max, disabled vsync, and then just forced vsync on NMS through NVIDIA control panel.

Runs smooth at 60fps now with no hiccups. Runs beautifully.

980ti, i5-6600k

 

[Truant]

The ingame AF is busted, but the nvidia driver AF seems to work. Looks decent enough.

 

[RS4-]

Did you try any fixes or was it the gameplay?

Did the things listed in OP, tried to do a few other tweaks. Couldn't stand it.

970 & 2600k.

 

[Chris_Rivera]

Looks like it only reviews are possible.

Left my first ever steam review (worst game I ever bought on steam since it locks computer up at launch - not just crashes, locks up) on high end PC, latest drivers etc

Specs?

 

[cyberheater]

If the developers Sandlot for Earth Defense Force 4.1 on PC can patch the very same issue, a team also releasing their very first game on PC, I don't see why Hello Games can't.

I really doubt it's going to happen.

 

[Grief.exe]

I really doubt it's going to happen.

Going by the evidence, your doubt seems misplaced. Not only is this a common oversight for other teams, it has been consistently patched in the past.

If I had to guess, the QA teams didn't have a relevant CPUs on hand. So the issue on launch was likely a surprise.

 

[CyberPunked]

90% of the trees and other foliage use billboard sprites (sprites which are always oriented to the camera), and they look fucking awful.

 

[SilentRage47]

As I stated before it runs OK with a 1080 and Gsync but I still asked for a refund, this is going to cost 20€ very soon like Batman AK did. Deus Ex is coming in 2 weeks, no way I'm paying full price for a game that is basically a 1:1 PS4 port with a lot of performance problems.