[Resolved] 656 - Terrible Performance -hitching in various scenes

3/22/2018 2:53 PM
Title: Terrible Performance on Novia Map
Reproduction Rate: 2/2
Blocker? yes
Details: Novia map is giving terrible performance. If I zone in a scene I am fine.
Steps to Reproduce: zone to novia map.
User Specs:
OS: Windows 10 (10.0.0) 64bit
CPU: AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor (8) System RAM: 8092
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 GPU RAM: 714
SotA.EarlyAccess.QA.Win.64.656.Date.03.22.18
Area: Novia
Area Display Name: Novia
Loc: (-267.7, 12.8, 112.5)
Debug: Tm92aWF8fCgtMjY3LjcyNiwgMTIuNzgsIDExMi40OSl8KDAsIC0wLjA2NCwgMCwgMC45OTgpfDM1My4xMjQ2fDMwLjE4NTA2fDIw

 

Having the same issue in 657.

 

Bug created: 56971
I can repro. Seems to be Hidden Vale as well
@Grimbone

 

FYI folks - it's not just overworld, it is all scenes.

 

Yes terrible in highvale outskirts

 

Still seeing this in 660.

3/23/2018 6:14 PM
User Specs:
OS: Windows 10 (10.0.0) 64bit
CPU: AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor (8) System RAM: 8092
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 GPU RAM: 714
SotA.EarlyAccess.QA.Win.64.660.Date.03.23.18
Area: Novia
Area Display Name: Novia
Loc: (-342.5, 16.6, 345.8)
Debug: Tm92aWF8fCgtMzQyLjUwNSwgMTYuNTgyLCAzNDUuNzUzKXwoMCwgLTAuODI3LCAwLCAwLjU2Myl8MTEzLjgyNTF8MzkuMzY2Mjl8MjA=

 

@Lexie I don't know if this info helps but i noticed if I am on the overland map and i pan my camera to the sky my performance is fine, even with all the shooting stars in the sky. As soon as I pan the camera down to land my performance takes a huge hit.

 

@Grimbone
hmm. I am no able to repro that. What video settings do you play on? If you change them does it affect your performance any?
Also, have you had the client open for a really long time? I assume it's both Hidden Vale and Novia?

 

Only 768Mb of Video RAM is too low.
And your GPU is under the minimum specs by the way.

 

@Lexie I have always played on the fastest setting on this PC. I had just started the client and logged in the Q&A. I tried changing settings and then back and still same performance.

 

This is a family room computer and I have been running shroud Q&A on this computer since the 1st Q&A with no performance problems. I can log into live right now on this PC and it will run fine.

I agree it does need a gpu upgrade but I have other gaming computers in the house so im in no rush.

 

Good catch, @Mischievous Dragon
People can sometimes run the game under the minimum spec but they will run into problems from time to time that are more obvious under specific builds. Especially over time. @Grimbone

 

Seems odd that I have been running on Q&A for years fine and can also play right now on r51 just fine but right before release I cannot run r52 Q&A without performance issues. Guess we will see tomorrow.

 

@Lexie I was able to get my normal performance again. What I did was change to different resolutions and eventually 1980x1020 was running just fine again when switching back to 1080. Was no rhyme or reason to which resolutions i selected and took about a minute switching between different ones and back. Sad thing is when I re-log I have to do the same trick again to get good performance again.

I did try the q&a on my other computer with a GTX 970 video card in it and saw no problems.