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The Outer Worlds PC performance thread
- Thread starter GrrImAFridge
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Try setting the drive you want to install the game on in the settings menu instead of having it ask you every time.
To quote myself, like a dumbass I was using the Xbox Game Bar to see the framerate and apparently it doesn't play nicely with this game at all, screwing the frame pacing to all hell.
So I just add
[PostProcessQuality@4] r.SceneColorFringeQuality=0
at the end of this?
That still looks like the normal game settings ini, there should be one that is called Scalability.ini, it was blank when I first opened it and I just added that in to force the effect to disable. You might be able to add r.SceneColorFringeQuality=0 to the section you posted but I've not tried it that way myself so can't confirm.
I did what you originally said in the scalability file and it didn't work.
It also resets the scalability file everytime I quit the game.
For whatever reason when I run unlocked I get 90fps but if I try to limit it to 60 it actually runs lower than 60, like in the 40s to 50s. I don't get it
Change your fullscreen/borderless options and you'll see it.
The game doesn't support UW properly
I did. Still get the message about NTFS. Did a Google search and I'm not the only one having the issue. Games download from Steam and such and the HDD is formatted to NTFS. I'm lost at this point lol.
Town is pretty rough for me. Hitches all over the place between 55-80 with 1070, i7 7700k and 16gb ram. Outside kind of holds decently around 80-100 but town is making me queasy.
Unfortunately I tried this and it doesn't work. It gives me an odd resolution and stretches out the screen. It looks awful.
I went to the Nvidia control panel and turned on integer scaling and that allowed me to play this game in 16:9 mode at 2560 X 1440. Not sure what the fix would be for 10 series cards though because I think Integer Scaling is just a feature of 20 series cards at the moment. Still I hope Obsidian adds proper 21:9 support.
how do i get game bar to show fps? i can't seem to get that update.
For non-20 series cards..
Just use "No scaling" option. That will give you proper 16:9 output.
Same here. I am just going to play it on my 4k tv since the ultrawide isn't giving me proper resolutions and apparently all the conversations are 16:9 and has weird scaling elsewhere.
Also, where is scalability.ini? I have the gamepass version so I dunno where the files for Outer World is even located.
It's the Performance window (the one with the CPU and GPU graphs). You can pin it somewhere so it stays open when the game is running. Except seeing as it apparently screws up the frame pacing in some games, it's probably not worth it! Still beta though, to be fair.
On 2080ti at 1440p, edgewater goes as low as 45fps for me on ultra.
That's why you should look at your frametimes and not FPS, as it is a silly metric.
Yeah seems to be a problem with the Microsoft Store. The only other thing I found was setting the default drive and then instead of downloading it from the app itself, going to the website and starting the download from there.
Saw this elsewhere and thought it might help since I saw some people around here talking about the mouse:
So yeah you can fix the mouse, the question might be where it needs to be put in to do so.
So yeah you can fix the mouse, the question might be where it needs to be put in to do so.
Just loaded up on my Rig after playing the Xbox One X version. Looks very similar to the "X" version, but on my PC I can go 4k/60fps with everything set to Ultra. I did turn down screen effects to medium to mitigate the CA and it does look better with it lowered. Wish they would patch an option on console and PC to just turn off CA by itself. But runs very smooth and solid 60fps so far. No issues whatsoever for me on the PC version.
You guys are making this harder than it needs to be. It's very simple.
If Windows Store Version:
AppData\Local\Packages\PrivateDivision.TheOuterWorldsWindows10_hv3d7yfbgr2rp\LocalCache\Local\Indiana\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor
Open Engine.ini
Add at bottom
[SystemSettings]
r.SceneColorFringeQuality=0
Chromatic Abberation is now disabled.
Proof: https://imgur.com/gallery/HPsb375
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This is seriously the first time I read someone asking about how to turn off AO. Performance reasons?
The Xbox game bar is probably causing it, other people have reported that. Turn it off!
Tried what you suggested about the website and games are downloading now. Thanks a lot for the help.
RTX 2080/I7 8700K/16GB DDR4 running on Ultra except Shadows and Textures on very High and the Game runs nearly perfect with average 80-120FPS.
No crashes since release, im happy how good this runs for me.
No crashes since release, im happy how good this runs for me.
Ok, how the heck do I get the Xbox Beta app to install the game to a specific drive of mine? I have 3 storage devices: C, D, and E. C and D are SSDs, E is a HDD. For some unknown reason, the Xbox Beta app is reporting the same free disk space for both C and D. It's following what my D drive reports and that one doesn't have enough space in it, so I want to install the game on the C drive. But the app isn't letting me because it's seeing that I lack enough free space there :(
Install the game to E, then in "Apps and Features" find the game and click Move.
At 1440p fullscreen - Medium settings; FPS between 50 and 90; Outdoor areas get drops down to 50. Indoor up to 90.
At 1080p windowed - High settings; See above
I tested EGS version during review period on my GTX 1060-equipped Alienware R13. 60fps without stutters at 1440p, all settings at either ultra or high. Zero crashes.
I actually figured out a workaround just now. The Microsoft Store reports correct storage drive free space so I was able to start downloading the game through there.
So far, I noticed that overlays from the Xbox Game Bar prevent gsync from working. If you have a gsync monitor, maybe that's the reason why?