New Unity version performance

Running through some of the most heavily deco'd or performance challenged scenes (New Brittannia Market, Novia Market, Diamond Fields, Brittany Alleys, Central Brittany, Xenos) I have noticed a massive improvement (for my setup, at least). Previously I can only run on "Good" with low shadows and I get okay performance in most places (Nvidia 1060 w/6gb). However, I can run around in "Fantastic" and it's really smooth. Even at 20fps, I have almost no hitching.

If this keeps up, this is a great step in the right direction!

 

What Unity3d version is in QA use?

 

I think Chris said 2017.3

 

Edit: Got ninja'd

Agreed! Even with a somewhat older system i am getting good results!

 

I am getting stable 60 FPS in an empty basement on "Fantastic".

User Specs:
OS: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (6.1.7601) 64bit
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz (8) System RAM: 12244
GPU: Radeon(TM) RX 460 Graphics GPU RAM: 4038
SotA.EarlyAccess.QA.Win.64.634.Date.02.19.18

Spoiler: Screenshot

 

In my POT, which is normally pretty laggy, I'm getting much better FPS even with shadows. The game seems to finally be taking advantage of my GPU and CPU. It's still more CPU intensive than I'd expect, but a definite improvement.

 

they may have to go back down if they can't get mac and linux working

 

I'm getting about double the FPS I was before in my house in Northwood.. my GPU is actually doing something - and all the cores on my CPU are showing activity!

(game also seems to quit a lot faster)

 

I play on max settings and most places were running well in 50, but not some POTs like Novia Market. I'm looking at it right now, getting 6 FPS. In the QA Build I get 20 - 30 all the time! Huge increase! Other places have gone up to 50-60.

User Specs:
OS: Windows 10 (10.0.0) 64bit
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz (12) System RAM: 32603
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 GPU RAM: 8079
SotA.EarlyAccess.LIVE.Win.64.728.Date.01.30.18
Area: POT_forest_metropolis_01_template/Novia Market
Area Display Name: Novia Market
Loc: (133.3, 38.0, 229.9)

 

2017.3.1p1 is on QA
currently, at least on linux, build 634 and 636 not realy useable

 

Load times on maps are still pretty bad but I'm not sure if anything there was worked on or not.

FPS on overworld is definitely more snappy. Been staying high 30's to mid 40's depending on location. Some of the areas like the north western mountains caused a drop to 27 but it's better than it was.

Giving it a real test and ran to Rift's End which I noticed while I was there today on the main servers, I was averaging about 7 FPS. Inside Evil Eye Tavern I was getting about 20 FPS so about double than I had on production. Outside on the main street, mid to low 20's. Still an improvement. I did notice a couple spikes down into the singles still but not nearly as many so far.

Will continue to run around larger areas to see how performance is.

This is all on Fantastic setting for graphics.

One thing I did notice is that my CPU, GPU and Motherboard are all running hotter with this release.
CPU is hitting around 70C - 75C
GPU is around 80C
Motherboard is around 60C
I'll take the computer outside tomorrow and blow it out just to see if that makes any difference.

User Specs:
OS: Windows 10 64bit
CPU: Intel Core i7 3770K @ 3.50GHz
System RAM: 32.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24)
GPU: 8192MB ATI AMD Radeon R9 390 Series (MSI)
SotA.EarlyAccess.QA.Win.64.636.Date.02.19.18

 

Here's hoping they get it ironed out.

 

Worse fps and hitching with a GTX1080 X2 I54570K @4GHZ 32GHZ RAM DD3 SSD , uWIDE 4k. terrible hitching

 

Screenshots:

Spoiler

R50 Live:



R51 QA build 636:

 

I have got much better performance in pots and its much improved. But i have frozen/crashed twice while in combat in Sequanna Colossus.

OS: Windows 10 (10.0.0) 64bit
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz (8) System RAM: 16325
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 GPU RAM: 4053

 

I'm getting much better performance as well i7 920, GTX 1080, win10 64

 

After disabling Sli, situation changed dramatically. Improvements in those heavy NPC cities, now it's time for POTs
Good work guys this is the way

 

That's strange. I run in SLI and didn't have to disable it. I did experience some pretty bad stuttering, but a reboot solved that for me.

@Chris does this build contain the IL2CPP improvements too?

 

Uhhh man GTX 1080 Sli?
Sexy!
But an expensive gamble imo. Most games just don't support sli afaik.

 

IL2CPP is not supported for Windows Standalone in Unity 2017.3, it is in Unity 2018.1, which is still in beta.