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Prey (2017) PC performance thread
- Thread starter JaseC
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Ok, the é in my Windows Username was the reason why the game didn't want to create a .cfg file. I created a new, temp windows account, opened the game there and it created a .cfg file, then I just copy pasted that one to my real Windows account. I doubt I will be able to modify the options in-game, but at least I will be able to modify that .cfg.
GavinUK86
Member
That's a pretty good example. It's really neat when it works, and it makes a huge difference to the overall presentation of the game IMO. By the way, GPU usage goes up quite a bit in some rooms when SSR is properly enabled. 4K60 on a single 1080ti may no longer be possible once SSR is patched.
I thought they looked different, but I may be mistaken.
You know what, you're right.
The first pic here is everything on. I loaded my save and didn't touch anything.
And this pic is turning SSR and SSDO off, applying it, then turning them back on to full resolution.
You can see the difference. You can also tell somethings changed with the GPU usage shot up.
I'm fairly certain the special character in your Windows account name is the problem as Arkanius had the same issue, even when forcibly running the game as an admin, and his account name is André. He chose to work around it by downloading someone else's configuration file to the folder and editing it; if you'd like to do the same, here's mine (graphics settings as per the screenshots in the OP).
Edit: D'oh, never mind. Didn't see your post above.
The sound mixing is awful! or bugged out? One half of this room has a blaring alarm going off and (in the same room) 5 feet away it's total silence. It's happening all the time too certain ambient sounds will just abruptly cut out at certain distances from the source area. It needs to be way more gradual than this..
Really enjoying it otherwise
Edit: here is an example of the crappy audio mixing that came up right after I posted this:
https://streamable.com/jl1is
certain ambient sounds will just abruptly cut out at certain distances from the source area. It needs to be way more gradual than this.. Really enjoying it otherwise
Edit: here is an example of the crappy audio mixing that came up right after I posted this:
https://streamable.com/jl1is
Yeah, already fixed it, it was the special character.
drotahorror
Member
There goes my idea that the game was super well optimized.
We are basically playing with SSR off
It's capped at 144fps by default.
drotahorror
Member
I was just thinking about that as I typed that post out ha. Thanks. I'm sure you can unlock it in the ini if need be.
Yeah, setting sys_maxFPS to 0 in C:\Users\[account name]\Saved Games\Arkane Studios\Prey\game.cfg should do the trick. Emphasis on "should" as I've not tried it yet, which is why it's not in the OP.
dr_rus
Member
JaseC, you might want to add to OP that there seems to be considerably less stuttering on 381.89 drivers on NV cards compared to the "game not so ready" 382.05 ones:
Average performance is a few fps lower on the older driver though: Prey (PC) im Techniktest mit Grafikkarten-Benchmarks
Average performance is a few fps lower on the older driver though: Prey (PC) im Techniktest mit Grafikkarten-Benchmarks
JaseC, you might want to add to OP that there seems to be considerably less stuttering on 381.89 drivers on NV cards compared to the "game not so ready" 382.05 ones:
Average performance is a few fps lower on the older driver though: Prey (PC) im Techniktest mit Grafikkarten-Benchmarks
Yeah, I'm going to sift through the thread later and update the OP accordingly.
Edit: And done.
Eclectic Sk3ptic
Member
Yep, that's it. Thanks for the comparison. Going from 43% to 60% is like an extra 40%. CPU usage also went up by about 18%.
There goes my idea that the game was super well optimized.
We are basically playing with SSR off
My thoughts, exactly!
The Dear Leader
Banned
i5-2500k/1070, Max settings, 1080p getting 60FPS+ at all times. Really runs great and looks pretty nice too. The art style has that great Dishonored vibe that I love. Plus that Best Buy exclusive Steelbook 😩🙏❤👌
Allnamestakenlol
Member
Just turned SSR on and off and, yep, can definitely tell the difference. Lol
CamelCloud
Member
Anyone know why my game.cfg file has been reduced to this?
Anyone know why my game.cfg file has been reduced to this?
Have you used GeForce Experience to "optimize" the game?
flipswitch
Member
I mentioned this earlier, but seeing as more people have the game I'll post it again.
I haven't downgraded my drivers yet, but on the latest nvidia drivers I have no shadows or ssr on anything. I can't test out other methods because I have been refunded.
I haven't downgraded my drivers yet, but on the latest nvidia drivers I have no shadows or ssr on anything. I can't test out other methods because I have been refunded.
CamelCloud
Member
That was the issue, yeah. Thanks. It auto-optimized for some reason, should probably disable it.
Have to say it's running pretty fucking nice at 1080p.
980ti
5820k@3.3
16gb ddr4
850pro+evo
EDIT: I have noticed that Steam Broadcasting can cause a crash when you load into the game after messing with the .cfg file, solved it by simply disabling the feature.
I've got the latest drivers and and seem to have no issues. I'll flip SSR on/off to see if it makes a difference.
I reported a bug with this "optimization" and I'm glad I've gotten into the habit of taking file snapshots of my config folders (as well as keybindings).
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Total opposite of Dishonored 2 for me. I'm not surprised that this performs better, to be honest; more confined environments, seemingly less character/NPC density. And I do have very high end hardware so I can brute force most performance grievances.
Still, performance here is basically perfect. Too perfect. I'm continuously hitting 144fps+ at 1440p and it's fucking up my Gsync. I need to cap.
Still, performance here is basically perfect. Too perfect. I'm continuously hitting 144fps+ at 1440p and it's fucking up my Gsync. I need to cap.
I've actually decided to flip v-sync on. It's not stuttering, but I am finding some bizarre tearing issues even when I get G-sync turning on (144 and lower, my monitor is at 150Hz). I'll experiment some more in the morning, either with the refresh rate, unlocking the game's 144 cap, or, just hard locking a lower rate via RTSS.
flipswitch
Member
The first time I booted up the game, I turned everything on to its max then left it like that thinking everything should be ok. But don't have the game anymore
. Could pick it up again when on sale though.I hope they patch this up.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Yeah, it seems I need to toggle them off then on again each time I boot up the game. Still, the framerate impact isn't major. I mainly get drops when data is streaming, but with SSR/SSDO properly on I'm still looking at 130+fps in almost all (early game, at the hub) situations. It's frequently sitting at 144 and fucking up Gsync.
Revolutionary
Member
Ha, I knew something was up with SSR. Didn't think to toggle them off and on while in-game, though. Glad we have a workaround at least.
Has anyone tried plugging in generic Cryengine cvars yet to see if they work? The good old handy "r_ChromaticAberration = 0.0" might be useful for people that despise the effect, if the cfg recognizes it.
Also, "r_DrawNearFOV" for viewmodel FOV that people seem to be coveting.
Also, "r_DrawNearFOV" for viewmodel FOV that people seem to be coveting.
r_ChromaticAberration = 0, r_HDRBloomRatio = 0, r_MotionBlur = 0, r_Sharpening = 0 and r_Supersampling = x (where x is your desired factor) have been confirmed as valid and are in the OP.
Edit: r_DrawNearFOV has been confirmed as non-functional.
oops, sorry lol
Edit: And yeah, I tried just about everything to juryrig out of the game an ability to force the viewmodel higher. Autoexec with like 20 different naming combos for that DrawNear to include an h in it in some way and nothing =\ Tried binding them all to W and nothing =\
Has anyone tried forcing the console on via cvar? If we can do that we can dump the cvars using the console.
I have the feeling most of these settings are simply broken. Same with the shadows. You pick 'very high', but the shadows are piss poor, as if the max budget was 256pixels.
Also that this 'release' build is from the pc of a developer called Daniele, is not really assuring me things went smooth over there. It also differs a lot from the CryEngine sourcecode on GitHub, as if this is either a very old build or they changed a lot on the engine...
You can't enable the console via cvars, it's compiled out of the game exe
(edit) nope shadows seem to appear 'working' as in: they have to look like this, as 'low' is even more fugly. Switching on SSR indeed makes all the difference, this is a terribly botched release.
Well, I took that as it being the game's original codename while they were still figuring out what to call it. Lots of games do that.
Ah, drats. Hopefully someone figures it out eventually or arkane gives us the cvar to do it ourselves.
EDIT: Well, I can confirm that upping the shadows and texture VRAM streaming pool via cvars (e_ShadowsPoolSize, r_TexturesStreamPoolSize) does indeed work. Anyone having issues with pop in should be happy. Also I tried upping the e_shadowresscale cvar up to 80 and it didn't appear to do anything.
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
So, there's no option to have these ...
... in game.cfg file and enable SSR effects at the same time?
I always have Afterburner capping my framerate at 140 hz (just to be safe) so Gsync is always on and perfect
Here's the results from the shadow res multiplier test:
Stock:
Shadow res multiplier @ 80:
Not really seeing much a difference. The latter is a little darker, maybe? But that might be due to slightly different angling on the shots.
EDIT: Just noticed the FPS is a lot lower too. Something worked I guess, lol
Here's what my autoexec.cfg looks like:
I wonder what caused the massive FPS hit?
Stock:
Shadow res multiplier @ 80:
Not really seeing much a difference. The latter is a little darker, maybe? But that might be due to slightly different angling on the shots.
EDIT: Just noticed the FPS is a lot lower too. Something worked I guess, lol
Here's what my autoexec.cfg looks like:
Code:
e_GI = On
r_ChromaticAberration = 0.0
r_Sharpening = 0
e_ParticlesObjectCollisions = Dynamic
r_SilhouettePOM = on
r_TexturesStreamPoolSize = 4096
e_ShadowsResScale = 80
e_ShadowsPoolSize = 4096I wonder what caused the massive FPS hit?
Plus it's common for larger publishers to upload their games to Steam under a codename so they're not outed if there's a leak. GTAV was uploaded as "Shetland Pony", for example.
Just plug it all into an autoexec.cfg and put in in the game's directory instead of using the cfg given in the saved games location.
mcwizardry
Member
Has anyone seen any good, maybe textless Steam grid images around? The official one still has the release date on it and seems more like marketing material.
Hmm, when I use these I lose all shadows in the opening level
Something is seriously broken here.(edit) when I add supersampling I get the shadow removal with those settings. Removing the supersampling var shows the shadows again.
IlGialloMondadori
Member
The sound mixing is awful! or bugged out? One half of this room has a blaring alarm going off and (in the same room) 5 feet away it's total silence. It's happening all the time too
Really enjoying it otherwise
Edit: here is an example of the crappy audio mixing that came up right after I posted this:
https://streamable.com/jl1is
It's weird how Bethesda has just the worst sound mixing. Like I assumed it might be an id tech issue, but here it is in Prey. Wth, Bethesda....
Which file is it that people are modifying ? I've seen people say game.cfg and autoexec.cfg...so which one is it ?
I'll try this today to see if it works but wouldn't r_ColorGrading affect everything rather than just the one that happens when the vignetting happens ?
ModernBoxes
Banned
That's what I'm running. Performs great with the defaults which tend to veer medium to high.
