Muskieratboi
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if you're so technically inclined, sure, I guess?
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Dishonored 2 PC performance thread
- Thread starter JaseC
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if you're so technically inclined, sure, I guess?
Far from it lol, that's why I'm asking as you seem to know your stuff
Thanks.
TyrantGuardian
Member
Ugh, tabbing out and changing priority (which had indeed dropped back to Low) in the task manager when the framerate started to tank seemingly led to a display driver crash which changed the game's resolution to something akint o 800x600, putting it out of range of my monitor. Luckily my TV still picked it up, but turning off the game instantly led to a bluescreen afterwards. Weird.
Muskieratboi
Member
Then I recommend you use one of the apps. Prio and Process lasso are quick, small tools that will do it.
Someone in Arkane QA must have thought CPU low priority meant fixing it had low priority.
Conkerkid11
Member
That's not... Wha... What?
Bethesda has a policy regarding review embargos for their games that makes it so those with review copies cannot publish certain information about the games until launch day.
This policy exists for a number of reasons, but it didn't come to exist because of Dishonored 2.
DOOM looks and runs great. But that's their policy, so they stuck to it, despite speculation from people that assumed this meant the game would be bad.
Dishonored 2 has piss poor performance, on top of many other issues. That's still their policy.
I don't understand what you're trying to say.
GwyndolinCinder
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Doesnt work, just flips between high and low
Absolutely no mention of any of the problems in this thread. WTF?
Same thing for the PC Gamer review, says there's only issues with mid-range systems.
Prio doesn't work, too. It always goes back to low.
This is an incredibly poor tech review. They miss everything from low CPU usage, blatant image quality issues, huge framerate dips, and even low overall performance. Their own graphs show a different story than their article text (their conclusion? 'Looks good, plays lovely'... Yeah, right).
Not to mention they are using promo PR bullshots to show the game instead of screenshots of their own gameplay.
Stay away from this site.
Signor Rossi
Banned
I guess he is trying to say fuck their policy and don't act like a corporate shill.
Pop On Arrival
Banned
yeah that''s pretty weird. Would their CPU really get that much of a boost? I don't even max out my cpu usage when I get massive dips.
Absolutely. Some pictures are from videos and some are bullshots from the steam store page. Really unprofessional.
I think I'll just hold off to play until a patch can improve the performance, mouse, and general feel of the game. In all fairness I've seen much worse than this, so I'm not really up in arms, but I can tell there is a very special game under the tech issues and I'd rather just wait and play it without major issue.
The screenshot you posted actually showed that you were being CPU bottlenecked. I assume the second % was the gpu usage?
Not maxing out cpu usage does not mean you aren't being bottleneck by your cpu. It's a bit more complicated than that.
The use of incorrect terminology and out-of-date ideas about game development is probably not helped by a lack of interviews and articles with a heavy technical bent. We're left here speculating. I've seen you posting great stuff in the IW and MWR threads and that kind of information is often extremely difficult to find and not common to see at all. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places. Occasionally I find a great blog or two, but they're like hen's teeth and usually don't address specific issues with specific titles. Probably almost everything boils down to a maths mistake somewhere and I suppose that's not very interesting to read about. =(
Huh, really. Never seen that happen before. Can't test it myself, as I've refunded the game. Let's hope Arkane fixes it.
Pop On Arrival
Banned
dang really, I thought a 6600k OC'd to 4.5ghz wont have issues with this since tomb raider ran flawless with everything turned up. Sometimes it goes down to 50% gpu usage and 50% cpu usage, I'll try to take a screenshot if i can spot it immediately.
dr_rus
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Haven't read anything, I just look at the results usually. They do seems to be a bit different to the rest of websites though.
Pop On Arrival
Banned
but it looks like it plays so fucking good tho. i'd even take a stable 60fps at this point at non ultra. I miss dishonored 1.
It's seemingly because the priority of the executable jumps between Normal and Low.
Edit: Oh, duh, you're the very same person who mentioned earlier that you gained 20fps when manually increasing the priority, haha.
RadioactiveLobster
Member
Anyone have any luck getting SLI to work?
Pop On Arrival
Banned
@Jasec like during just walking around? Thought I read earlier that you had to alt tab/load to a different zone for it to go back to low. Can't test it right now. 
@Jasec like during just walking around? Thought I read earlier that you had to alt tab/load to a different zone for it to go back to low. Can't test it right now.
I can confirm that it sets the priority back to low even when you are standing still.
N1ghtW4lk3R
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In my case select Maximum Pre-rendered Frames to 1 in NVCP (Dishonerd 2 Profile app) helped me a lot.
I gained about 10fps..better than nothing.
I gained about 10fps..better than nothing.
@Jasec like during just walking around? Thought I read earlier that you had to alt tab/load to a different zone for it to go back to low. Can't test it right now.
If devs have done something absolutely moronic with game engine then it's possible that game keeps swapping CPU priority up and down depending on its mood, in real time. Trying to be dynamic tad too hard.
Have you tried to disable AA? Their implementation looks buggy to me, it completely messes up all the textures. It's probably better to bring some proper AA from an outside tool.
Pop On Arrival
Banned
That sounds so dumb, honestly. I hope this will get fixed like Akham Knight did. I can run that game flawlessly at 90fps and I think that looks way better than Dishonored 2.
Looking around a bit it looks like some people were having the same issues with Doom 2016 ( low priority process ).
There's no way to even check as it defaults to low whenever you alt tab back to game.
Even running a batch file in the background with a delay to set the priority to high doesn't do anything, it forcefully sets low whenever there's a change.
There's no way to even check as it defaults to low whenever you alt tab back to game.
Even running a batch file in the background with a delay to set the priority to high doesn't do anything, it forcefully sets low whenever there's a change.
GavinUK86
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WOW.... That front builidng looks really bad.... And itś not an artistic thing... WOW... So bad... And I'm here waiting to receive the collectors...
GOD DAMMIT
Laurentius
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GavinUK86
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it's obviously the graffiti on the right wall that's causing the framerate drop.
Taxes taxes taxes amiright?
Laurentius
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That's because it still has the section_type = ownersonly flag, which restricts the extent to which the app can broadcast to Steam Community. Publishers are supposed to remove it when a game unlocks. AssCreed Syndicate had the flag for almost a week following release, which confused quite a lot of people.
You won't lose the original game (or, rather, shouldn't). The website just gets a little confused when a package contains multiple games.
Laurentius
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Yeah, as I understand it, requests that run afoul of neither guideline are actually processed automatically unless your account has been flagged for potential abuse.
Pop On Arrival
Banned
2 hour limit, oh. I've already played 6 hours. I thought it was 20. Whelp. I'm fucked if this never gets fixed. Most of the 6 too was just tinkering with the gfx settings. Fuck me sideways.