How could they fuck up this badly? Was it confirmed that the studio who already did trash ports in the past programmed the port? This does not bode well for potential future releases. Shame.
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There is hope for this game.
I think the initial performance issues have created a hyperbole and people (mostly those who wanted the game to fail in the first place) are just running with it.
Outside of the 30fps animations mostly everything is fixable. The game isn't ready for prime time and is unoptimized. But reading post at Era make it sound like the worst port in PC history.
Open task manager and look up "HorizonZeroDawn.exe" => End Task
Beat HZD at launch and never touched the DLC, playing it again this morning on PC.
I had forgotten how awesome this game is.
I had forgotten how awesome this game is.
Same problem i had after exiting the game the first time. Second time it was fine, but i was only ingame for a few seconds to test.
To fix, expand the Steam process and the Horizon.exe will be listed under there, then end the task.
Looks like they not only provided us a new game, but also a mem-test tool to go with it.
I agree. I think this is fixable, but just should not have launched like this. A month of waiting or more to not have these problems would have made me enjoy it much more.
Well - that and the odd pascal and older GCN scaling could use a look at.
Oh dear, awful implementation of Steam Input that I've never seen before. You can't even switch to other control options, so you are stick with dual stick standard game pad functionality, or M&KB only.
I'm purposely going to map everything as M&KB just to see if that can work
I'm purposely going to map everything as M&KB just to see if that can work
Maybe that is the case with some comments, but...
30fps locked animations
"mirror" bars for widescreen cut scenes
stuttering during UI updates
... i think it is fair to say that it is a "cheap" console port at its current state.
Hope you do another test in case they release a significant patch in the future!
I will - no worries about that. I feel obliged to as I gave a sort of "list of fixes needed" at the end.
LOL wtf is that?!
I'm getting a lot of shadow/light flickering. Going to refund before my time is up.
this actually runs fine for me, i'm shocked. lower resolution than i would expect but i only get stuttering when the stupid quest thing updates and it's just a tiny moment.
i was expecting much, much worse on a gtx 1080. i can basically either pick 1080p60 or 4k30.
i was expecting much, much worse on a gtx 1080. i can basically either pick 1080p60 or 4k30.
So you preorder a digital game that you just now could play and will not get a refund because you payed 2 weeks ago for it?
...That is kinda funny, sorry.
I didn't know that is a thing.
Did anyone notice one way or the other if the downhill approach to (and a lot of the surrounding vistas looking onto) Meridian still has the distracting pop-in for big parts of the city's architecture? That was something I assumed was just a fluke when I played a bit on a base PS4, and during my Pro playthrough, I was surprised to see them really aggressively show up there too.
I'd hope at least that would be cleaned up on the Steam version.
I'd hope at least that would be cleaned up on the Steam version.
I'm getting this too, although i do remember having the same issue on my PS4 lol.
Let me know if enemy models are bugged too.
Apparently that's the case, yeah. I sent another request a different way, trying to explain that I literally could not play the game until today because it was a preorder that unlocked this morning. Really hope I'm not stuck with this, I've never had problems getting a Steam refund before today.
That happened in Death Stranding when running old GPU drivers. Make sure you update to the latest ones.
I haven't done any benchmark yet or even checked frametimes, but I'm very happy with performance so far. No crashes, no stuttering and no artifacts.
Mostly 60fps @ 1440p on a GTX 1080 + i7 6700K + 32GB RAM + Windows 10 2004, with these settings:
Maybe the issues are more rampant in the latter parts of the game? I'm about to do the Proving.
Edit: Some early screenshots:
Mostly 60fps @ 1440p on a GTX 1080 + i7 6700K + 32GB RAM + Windows 10 2004, with these settings:
Maybe the issues are more rampant in the latter parts of the game? I'm about to do the Proving.
Edit: Some early screenshots:
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60fps at 1440p on a 1080? 👀 what are your gpu clocks?I've not run any benchmark or even checked frametimes, but I'm very happy with performance so far. No crashes, no stuttering and no artifacts.
Mostly 60fps @ 1440p with a GTX 1080 + i7 6700K, with these settings:
Maybe the issues are more rampant in the latter parts of the game? I'm about to do the Proving.
I would get back in touch with them. According to Steam's refund policy, the "two week return period" begins starting on the game's release date, so today:
Steam Refunds
It doesn't sound right.
I never preordered a game on steam, but also never had a problem with a refund.
Maybe it is to early for the refund because the game just came out a couple of hours ago?
This can't be right.
Thanks for this. I feel more confident now that I'll get my money back.I would get back in touch with them. According to Steam's refund policy, the "two week return period" begins starting on the game's release date, so today:
Steam Refunds
store.steampowered.com
Probably some system issue. It definitely happened though, here's my proof lol:
Ryzen 3600, RX580, running at 1440p with Alex's settings (except I think I left clouds on medium).
It's fine! Mostly 40+ fps running around the valley. Running 100% render scale but it still looks pretty good at 80% in case I need to drop it later on. Only weird thing I noticed is some slight flickering in the mist in the cave right at the beginning of the game.
Performance patches would be nice but it's more than enough for me to play right now.
It's fine! Mostly 40+ fps running around the valley. Running 100% render scale but it still looks pretty good at 80% in case I need to drop it later on. Only weird thing I noticed is some slight flickering in the mist in the cave right at the beginning of the game.
Performance patches would be nice but it's more than enough for me to play right now.
How distracting are the 30 FPS animations when running the game at 60 FPS?I've not run any benchmark or even checked frametimes, but I'm very happy with performance so far. No crashes, no stuttering and no artifacts.
Mostly 60fps @ 1440p with a GTX 1080 + i7 6700K, with these settings:
Maybe the issues are more rampant in the latter parts of the game? I'm about to do the Proving.
I hate to say it, but that showed up some in the original PS4 version. Not super often, so if it went away after that session, I wouldn't be too worried.
I definitely bought mine more than two weeks ago and got a refund within an hour.
Having an issue where young Aloy's feather in her hair is rendering VERY strangely in the opening in-engine cutscene. it's fine once I get control. Looks like a driver issue but I"m up to date. Anyone else? 2080 Ti, driver version 451.67.
In other news, oh god give me a way to black out the side bars when viewing cutscenes in ultrawide. The current mirror/blur thing is so distracting.
In other news, oh god give me a way to black out the side bars when viewing cutscenes in ultrawide. The current mirror/blur thing is so distracting.
It is surely a system issue.
Maybe wait a couple of hours, or a day.
But don't play the game anymore and make sure it is closed, uninstall it, there are the 2 hour playtime guidelines.
I returned the game due to it not allowing me to set my controller gyro to mouse or mouse like joystick.
Performance isn't great either.
Performance isn't great either.
I'm reaching out again about it. No idea why my request was denied.
Already uninstalled it.
The game could certainly be running better but I am getting a mostly solid 60 fps @1440p using Alex's settings on my RTX 2060 but I keep getting weird graphical glitches forcing 16xAF through the Nvidia control panel.
Using Dictators optimized settings @ 3440 x 1440 I get "locked" 60 FPS. Occasional stutter drops FPS to 58, but then bounces back to 60.
Shaders at places are totally fucked and some trees are missing textures (they are just solid black) so I will verify files or just do full reinstall as downloading 70GB is... 15 minutes for me.
Spec
i7 9700k @ 4.9 GHz
16GB
2080Ti with latest drivers
Shaders at places are totally fucked and some trees are missing textures (they are just solid black) so I will verify files or just do full reinstall as downloading 70GB is... 15 minutes for me.
Spec
i7 9700k @ 4.9 GHz
16GB
2080Ti with latest drivers
It's running stock clocks (1823MHz boost clock, 1251MHz memory).
I haven't done a proper test so I can't share any frametimes or min framerate yet, but the times I checked the framerate it fluctuated between 45-60 depending on the area. So it's certainly not locked, but it's performing well so far. ;)
I haven't noticed anything yet, but I might later on as I play more.
Do we know what kind of animations are locked at 30, or are all of them locked at 30? I recently played Assassin's Creed Syndicate and Evie's cape is locked to 30 in that one which was very noticeable to me.
Ryzen 3600, RX580, running at 1440p with Alex's settings (except I think I left clouds on medium).
It's fine! Mostly 40+ fps running around the valley. Running 100% render scale but it still looks pretty good at 80% in case I need to drop it later on. Only weird thing I noticed is some slight flickering in the mist in the cave right at the beginning of the game.
Performance patches would be nice but it's more than enough for me to play right now.
I have a similar PC. How's the performance at 1080p?
I had some weird rendering issues at first. Models weren't displaying properly and it looked like a PS1 game. Changing graphic settings between borderless and full screen temporarily fixed it, but there were still some issues.
Restarted the game and now it's completely fixed. I don't have the greatest PC in the world (RX 570 and a Ryzen 1400), but I'm quite happy with the performance I'm getting on original settings. The game is absolutely gorgeous.
Restarted the game and now it's completely fixed. I don't have the greatest PC in the world (RX 570 and a Ryzen 1400), but I'm quite happy with the performance I'm getting on original settings. The game is absolutely gorgeous.
