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The Continued Ignorance of Performance Issues Continues to Hamper Player Fun
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Patch notes aren't filling me with hope unless I missed something; I see mentions of Nemesis, Lerys and a few perks but no HDD issue or any other killer\map that were suffering from the freezing and FPS issues.
I'll wait to see before judging but prepared for disappointment and about 50gb extra HDD space for a few months :')
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It's way down at the "Other" section:
- Fixed a lot of Hitches when loading some Hud icons during Gameplay
- Various crash fixes
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Nemesis, Huntress outfit, Lery's and Bots were only things I saw. Pretty disappointed that HDD issue wasn't even listed under "known issues."
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That sounds actually HUGE if done right
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Oh wow ok, so its literally just an issue freezing the game while it loads the status icons on the right of the screen?
I presumed it was actually accessing y'know, something substantial to cause such severe freezing. Crazy if thats all it was and the cause of the main problems!
I'll try it out and see for myself later but those notes were kind of underwhelming after all this waiting and the severity of the issues.
Maybe if its fixed to be playable again I can at least play for 3 months or so until the next chapter breaks it all over again :')
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THIS. This has been my problem. They knew. Moment of truth anyways, I'm updating it right now (21GB). Im ready to uninstall if it isn't fixed.
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I'm kind of disappointed they didn't even mention the HDD thing, but if this fix of the HUD is doing well, DBD might run way better than it ever did.
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Although I'm still a bit worried. Things like Deathslinger's ADS or Blight rushing aren't HUD problems. I fear some killers might still be unplayable.
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What type of ssd; all types ;;
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21 gigabytes?
Jesus
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Just finished downloading on my Ps4. Currently queueing up as killer. Wish me luck.
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5.14gigs in Steam, hopefully console players stop stuttering or at least not having crashes every other game.
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Good luck 🤞 🐷💖
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Weird, mine was only 4.8gb on my base PS4?
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Good luck buddy. It is probably over by now. Hope it went well, if not I will probably uninstall myself without even trying.
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The game is doing good. It didn't have any stutters or framerate problems.
but the game might be delayed as there was one survivor and I was looking for the hatch but I notice it just appeared after searching for it.
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Ah yes. The update is nigh.
Time to uninstall the whole game from my PS4, and wait 3 hours for it to reinstall. Just like I have to do every patch. Because for some reason we can't just d/l the new shite, we have to download the entire game every time :(
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Loading in now to match as survivor on ps4. Noticed going between menus was bit slow. Will see how match goes, someone played RPD offering.
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That's a big update
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Just finished my match. Was against Nemesis on RPD, 2 players DC'd so he became farming killer. Performance improved BUT still getting random stutters/lag. Not as much as before patch but they're still there. Few times I was not in chase or near anyone and I froze before moving few feet ahead of where I froze. Random stutters while running around map - could've been Nemesis using his power and I just didn't realize it.
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Can you guys try using dead hard?
Thing is that there needs to be a stress test
So the killer should have
- Sloppy Butcher
- I'm all ears
- Surge
- Franklin's
Survivors should have
- Dead hard or Lithe or Smash Hit
- Carry objects
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I actually had to close the game to get my lunch. Queueing up again lol.
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How? Mine updated in like 25 minutes or 30?
Anyway the optimization has improved a little I still get lag spikes from people using dead hard but I was fine the whole game I didn’t get any lag spikes at all
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that unfortunate.
My games have been great, I still get some stutter but it so little it doesn't affect my game. Also playing blight is now playable and got zero stutters while rushing.
hope they do better and reach the goal of 60 fps on all platforms if it possible (looking at you switch)
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This is because of the way of packaging files for each system, 20+gigs updates are prolly xbox players.
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Okay, it feels a lot smoother now. Things like bloodlust and Dead Hard don't drop your frames to 0 anymore. There are still improvements to be made, but at least it feels good to be playing.
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Second match on Lery's against Trickster. Had some stutters but this time was thanks to Sloppy. No freezing in one spot and then moving somewhere away from where I froze like I did on RPD against Nemesis so not sure if that's an issue with Nemesis, RPD, or combo of the 2.
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Well that's actually good news, any visible improvement is good, thanks for the feedback hope your games go well
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So, after a few matches, this is what I've found:
Survivor:
Some lag when loading into a game, and a few random lag spikes per game, so no big deal.
Dead Hard: it works, i used it about 10 times and it only lagged a tiny bit on 1 of them.
Killer:
Some lag when survivor unhooks or Dead Hard's.
Nemesis: no lag at all
Deathslinger: no lag at all
For the most part I would say its a 90% improvement.
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So, after a few matches, this is what I've found:
Survivor:
Some lag when loading into a game, and a few random lag spikes per game, so no big deal.
Dead Hard: it works, i used it about 10 times and it only lagged a tiny bit on 1 of them.
Killer:
Some lag when survivor unhooks or Dead Hard's.
Nemesis: no lag at all
Deathslinger: no lag at all
For the most part I would say its a 90% improvement.
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Played Deathslinger on RCPD. Match went incredible smooth. Had some freezes when survivors used Dead Hard, but they're better then they were before.
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Ok, can someone PLEASE test Oni? My game had constant freezes whenever I tried using Demon Dash. Rest of the match went was ok but this specifically was horrible.
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Glad that there's been some improvement for you.
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Third match against Mikey on MacMillan didn't notice any stutters/freezes. No one was using any of the perks that would normally cause an fps drop. Didn't notice any drops on survivor side the few times exposed popped up from him going into Tier 3.
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My first game as nemi-sus and the game ran very smooth the only stutter I had was when I got my first infection and cure everything else was my internet being weird
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Played against a Trickster on Autohaven. Seems like when he gets the 6th hit on survivors there's an FPS drop.
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I've got some clips that I'll be uploading soon.
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For my low/mid range but way better than the recommended specs PC, the game feels much better on survivor. I haven't tried killer yet. I've played on Lery's and Yamaoka Estate, both maps that gave me issues prior, and both felt really smooth.
The start up, lobby and loading screens feel much better. Prior they were very choppy and laggy feeling but are running very well now.
I have still noticed some stutters randomly when turning my camera as survivor, but nothing that feels like lag and no freezes. I did have some lower FPS and stutters while playing on Hawkins against a Blight in the new cosmetic.
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Here.
There are definitely still issues, and the overall FPS is still unbearably low at times, but the freezing has seen a 75% reduction in length. The game still seems to freeze during all of the previously mentioned actions, however, it would seem that the actual duration of the freeze has been significantly shortened.
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Against Huntress on Autohaven there was an FPS drop everytime she hooked someone. Trickster on Lery's I only noticed FPS drop with first player he hooked. Also noticed some freezes when the Huntress would fully charge a hatchet. Small freeze when she kicked a gen with Blastmine. She wasn't wearing the outfit they mentioned in patchnotes, looked like one of the older ones with boar head.
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glad to see there's some improvements! haven't been able to play yet though.
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Played as survivor (Leon) on RPD against Deathslinger.
Minor stutter once during the third unhook, the one that activated Devour Hope for the killer.
Also used dead hard and the game didn't freeze.
I guess there's an improvement, will play as killer later and post, but as Ghostface I got drops whenever:
- A survivor entered my terror radius (32 meters) while I was undetectable
- Survivor unhooked
- Survivor used Lithe, Smash Hit or Dead Hard
- I activated my power
- I stalked
- I crouched for too long
- a gen popped
So I'll be looking out for those
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There have been a few bugs with items in chests. For example, it showed a med kit when I opened the chest for a few seconds and then switched to flashlight.
Also, perk indicators are also bugged. For example, instead of showing a shared perk indicator for LEADER it shows ADRENALINE instead.
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I noticed that with chests, also items in ground. Made a bug report for it. Haven't noticed the perk one yet.
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Match against Trapper on Ormond. He was running Sloppy and the freezes from it there were pretty terrible.
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Holy crap I can actually play Nemesis
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I uninstalled the game and haven't played in weeks now. The game was unplayable on PS4.
Wondering if I should reinstall it now?
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Had a few stutters show up. When I turned a corner and the camera spanned on a hex totem. I was being chased by PP head and I had micro freeze when a hex totem was cleansed and I was looking in the direction of the bubble notification. Was being chased by a Wraith and when he got next to me and started uncloaking, I had some stutters during the uncloaking.
Most of these seem to be with the glowing particle effects. Same when spanning the camera with survivor. The stutters seem to happen the most when I span over something glowing.
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Imagine fixing the fps issues
Apparently it's better but very far from good.
(Not my Twitter)
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Badham with Huntress in old outfit not the one mentioned in patch notes, again little freezes when she'd fully wind up. Big freeze when Haunted Grounds totem was cleansed. She ended up DCing before Haunted Grounds timer finished up, not sure if just because she was missing hits/losing chases or performance was bad for her.
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