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The Continued Ignorance of Performance Issues Continues to Hamper Player Fun
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Maybe.
I dunno if it'd help.
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The saddest part is there is NO negative to improving optimization. getting the older gen consoles closer to 60 means that PC players with higher frame rate monitors get to enjoy an even smoother experience.
Microstutters are the worst.
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Correct. There is no downside.
All it would take is a lot of effort.
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Can we get graphics settings on Console?
I couldn't see this Claudette at all
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Theres a claudette on that picture?
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Sure is. She had Iron Will and was crouching there. She shifted and I swung blindly because I heard grass move.
Whenever I see PC DBD videos, the brightness is always cranked up.
This Claudette was literally invisible.
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If you play on low settings, they're much easier to spot. Hopefully, you guys get graphics settings soon. I play on Ultra just to enjoy seeing the game in HQ with Nvidia filters and Claudette's look like black figures. I wouldn't mind if they slightly brighten this map up.
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Literally over 400 comment on this issue of optimization and no dev or mod have commented yet.
Let that sink in
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I'm trying.
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Claudette's are literally borderline impossible to see on Autohaven and MacMillan
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That's just tires.
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SHE MUST BE IN THE TIRES
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*Running the game
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What if... she is the tires?
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Performance issues has been off-and-on since the start of the game's lifespan, but as the infamous quote has went around in gaming communities. "A developer fixes one issue, several bugs pop up right afterwards." This issue has been poorly handled and I have a computer that's slightly older than the game itself. (Only upgraded the GPU, but it still runs beautiful.) Yet, I have started to receive issues with running the game in the past month or so.
The biggest issue I can't wrap around my head is the constant CPU-strain the client has, regardless if I'm on Low or Ultra settings, and still retain 60~100 FPS on both settings. (I've locked my frames at 60 FPS, while 20 FPS in the background, in NVidia Control Panel.) I only managed to suppress some of this strain by limiting settings in NVidia Control Panel and tweaking some lines (like ensuring FPS stays locked at 60 FPS, VSync is off, etc.) in the GameUserSettings.ini file. Unfortunately, console players don't get this luxury and this should be a priority for optimization.
Overclocking my GPU runs at the risk of my client crashing, since the current Unreal Engine version can't handle overclocking for some odd reason. The servers have issue with some games disconnecting off-and-on, which this could be with Steam or the host network, and racking up penalties for no reason. (If I recall correctly, DBD's servers are with Amazon.)
My game has started to crash on the Saloon map recently for unknown reasons and resorted to technicians finding out the specific issue. (Friends that played DBD with me in the past have moved on.) I'm having to task manager the game, if someone offers the Saloon map, because I don't want to rack up DC penalties.
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Good news everyone.
I got a new controller.
my experience will now be less frustrated
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Nice now you just have to pay 500 for your optimization
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I wonder how long it will take for a dev to notice, if they are even looking at this thread.
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Are you sure it wasn’t the headphones or the gaming chair that was your problem??
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Well there was drifting in my right stick, and my triggers weren't working as properly and it was a wired controller.
Also I sit on a wooden chair so I don't know if you could consider it a gaming chair and my headphone did help with lessen my frustrations as it was better then my previous and I didn't have headphone to use before I got them.
I'm too poor to get that and I would rather get a pc
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We have 15+ pages of reply's. Something tells me they've already seen this thread.
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That's the point we would have to re buy the game and reprogress everything because no cross progression
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Pretty sure they already looked at it, read some, and then slowly walked away
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It's highly likely.
That really should tell us all we need to know, tbh.
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That is the sole reason I am not moving to PC. I have a PC that is more than capable of running dbd. I'm not going to throw away my 2000+ hours of progression and the money I have already spent buying licensed DLC just for a better feel. As great as it feels on PC compared to consoles, its just not worth it for me
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More than likely.
I suspect that if they were going to respond, they would have.
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They only respond to really really misinformed complaint posts to take a quick W or really really positive we-love-the-devs posts
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Alright, I'm going to do it.
Is there any comment you can give about Console and low-spec PC Optimization discussed in the Dev post below? I promise you, I mean no insult when I say this, but hearing the the team is aware or that "we are working on it" isn't good enough anymore. The game has become much worse on low-mid end PC's and Consoles since that post was made. The evidence mounted in this thread clearly displays that.
People are becoming more and more disenfranchised with the state of the game on Console's. The last three Killers were vastly worse on Consoles upon release, with Blight only becoming playable EIGHT months after his release.
If BHVR is no longer working on 60 FPS for Console's, we deserve to know. Likewise, if you have anything to share, it would go a long way in restoring hope for the game on our platform.
Thank you.
(original Dev post from March of 2019 detailing the plan for Console Optimization)
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An hour of silence. Add it to the years I guess.
I don't really know how, and it don't make a lick of sense, but somehow opening the forum dropped frames on my DBD. And I'm not even playing right now. Strange.
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Whelp, the deeds been done.
I guess all we can do now is hope for any sort of response.
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Hope is all we have.
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It's all up to you....mcote
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Who actually runs Hope ffs...
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Dang nothing. Not a peep from anyone.
Sadface :(
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Yeah, just came back to see if anyone has responded.
Still radio static.
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Can’t forget red dead’s solid 60 even though it’s one of the best looking games of all time
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I mean,what do we expect at this point.
I'll be surprised if it's anything more than nothing
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How is it possible that porting this game over to console was the best and worst decision all at the same time?
Pretty please devs, show us all how much this concerns you with something substantial, a plan, a timeline, hope, anything. Or tell us it aint coming so we can go.
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It's pretty telling as to the level of respect BHVR has for the community when you see the page count of this thread and zero response from them.
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Seeing mods comment on every post this morning besides this one just makes my heart sad
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I actually don't have an update on this yet at all I'm afraid. I can try to find out some information - but no guarantees.
And FYI to peeps on this thread, I'm not around on the weekends - as I work office hours, and I try to respond to as many threads as possible - I don't ignore threads as most of you already know that. Just because I've not responded to something, usually means that I've not seen it yet. I had 300 plus notifications when I came online this morning, and am still working through them!
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Thank you for the response!
I think we would all really appreciate it if you could try to find some information for us.
If you need more videos or clips, I'm sure I and a few others can grab and post some real quick, if that would help.
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Thanks Mandy for checking in and trying to get a response for us.
🤞Hopefully they give an update that gives us information on where they currently stand and are past just looking into it.
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@Nebula @PaintChipsInTeeth @OniWantsYourMacaroni @JPLongstreet @QwQw
Response is in.
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Damn I missed it.
Well it's a tad disappointing to know that there's no updates at all on the situation, but at least we got a response.
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Thanks sorry for the slight spam
But I'm sure many of of are will to cooperate if it helps
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Hey, I'm happy we got a nod from Mandy.
But to be clear, and with no hostility- when I said I'd be happy with a response, it would be for a direct response to the point of this entire thread- the optimization and general stability for console. Either an honest yes or no to us waiting for a fix. Just don't piss on my back and tell me it's raining.
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I am waiting ever so patiently for this to get a response.
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We got it all ready from Mandy
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I saw that, but Mandy is just a mod. I thought that mods could only enforce rules on the forums? Can they also tell us what the devs are saying?
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