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Zelda BOTW Patch 1.11 released
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mentallyinept
Banned
Lol, I love this post.
Pharaoh 117
Member
Not sure, could be just Placebo. Better to wait for Digital Foundry's analysis on this one.
mindatlarge
Member
On the Switch here, the patch definitely fixes a lot of FPS issues in some pre-patch problem areas. Graphically, things look the same to me as they did pre-patch. See no reason to hold back on this patch.
Gotdatmoney
Member
You would have to be fucking blind to not notice the framerate is way better in stressed areas. Like that is not Placebo Effect.
akidnamededdy
Banned
Ah yes, one of those patches that does nothing at all.
Ecto311
Member
Man this is perfect. So much bickering over some silly shit. Does the world revolve around some make em ups game on a toy and if it gains or loses 2 frames in play.
It feels like the hype and everything else takes over people completely in these threads. Too bad this kind of fervor isn't used for something contructive.
Those are called firmware updates.
psychotron
Member
Though I'm still waiting DF, I played tonight and I love this damn game. Nintendo crushed it with this open world.
thechristoph
Sir!
But are there more gflops?
Polygonal_Sprite
Member
Says the guy with over 5000 posts on a gaming forum. Irony at its finest lol.
This is a thread about a patch. A patch many people hoped would improve dreadful performance.
Ecto311
Member
Well since we digging into someones info go over those 5k posts and find the ones where I am fawning over frame drops or patch hype.
Most of those are asking questions or helping others with things I know since I am also interested in toys/tech. Plus that is 5k over years and years. Having a job, kid, wife takes the sting out of a patch not making it run at 60 constant I guess.
crooked spin
Member
Has ice always sweated water drops as it melts or is that effect new with this patch?
Always been there.
Windmill has no unique music now. Or anyone in it.
Actually, wasn't that windmill in there before? We're talking about Hateno Village right?
outunderthestars
Banned
I didn't know what to expect from the patch but it seems, to me, to be running at a slightly higher framerate, but the draw in seems worse. Don't really care, as I adore the game, but it was noticeable.
That was my take after about 5 minutes with the wiiu version. Bit more popin, slightly more stable framerate.
Less grass?
Polygonal_Sprite
Member
EmCeeGramr
Member
One random ass thing I noticed on Wii U is that if you skip the Great Fairy upgrade animation, it almost always instantly skips it, when before it always faded to black for like 2-3 seconds.
I wonder if they will ever be able to do away with the hard drop down to 20 fps. That seems like too big of a task for patches. That strikes me as the real problem in all of this though. Variable framerate between 25-30fps is a hell of lot harder to notice than abrupt 10+ fps drops whenever it goes below 30.
ElectricKaibutsu
Member
Installed on my Wii U. It's possible Kakariko is slightly better. Still mostly 20 fps though.
LurkerPrime
Member
Kakariko is the worst area in the game from what I've seen, haven't checked it out post-patch. (Note that I'm far from finishing the game, though.)
Hateno seems improved, much smoother, as I recall it being choppier, but I should caution that I last visited it like ten or twenty hours ago. There's still some troublesome spots, on top of trees or exiting/entering buildings in busy areas, but it really does feel much better overall.
Oh man.
I checked the patch notes and that's totally in-line with what was adjusted.
Hateno seems improved, much smoother, as I recall it being choppier, but I should caution that I last visited it like ten or twenty hours ago. There's still some troublesome spots, on top of trees or exiting/entering buildings in busy areas, but it really does feel much better overall.
Oh man.
I checked the patch notes and that's totally in-line with what was adjusted.
#gamechanger
Polygonal_Sprite
Member
It's gone on Switch. Any frame drops are between 25-29 imo. The framerates not a perfect 30 but it's a massive, massive improvement with the new patch.
I've been playing a lot with the new patch on Switch.
A lot of places with lags like Kakariko and Plateau are now pretty perfect, if not, really improved from before. Still noticed lags in some dense forest places but were less severe.
I didn't notice any graphical downgrades, so it's a great progress from before to me so far.
A lot of places with lags like Kakariko and Plateau are now pretty perfect, if not, really improved from before. Still noticed lags in some dense forest places but were less severe.
I didn't notice any graphical downgrades, so it's a great progress from before to me so far.
pro controller works in tabletop now for normal people who dont want to use the shitty joycons
Haven't really tested yet myself, that would be interesting though. Maybe that's all they did with this patch, rather than any other optimizing.
TheVampire
Banned
So they just pulled some extra performance out of their ass?
shadow2810
Member
Or you know, optimized the code?
ReyVGM
Member
It's called optimization. Look it up.
Buy it digital, better experience from what I have read.
I was in an open grassy area in the Akkala region and had Bokoblins on horseback pop in and out a distance away, at will as I moved towards/away from them. I've never been able to do that before and know for a fact I could always see enemies from further away without this ever happening. It was pretty jarring... and then a couple popped up almost right on top of me. As bad as I remember in Xenoblade X on Wii U. I have 100+ hours and never seen anything this bad until after the patch.
Edit: should mention this was in handheld mode.
Edit: should mention this was in handheld mode.
Is it the first time a game has received additional code optimization via a patch? Why are people this confused about such a simple concept?
When Witcher 3 got heavy framerate improvement in one of the patches, I didn't see confused people thinking "what the tradeoff was". People understood the word "optimization". Did we suddenly forget it?
Yeah testing for the first time post patch in docked mode, pop in definitely seems more aggressive now.
Weird, I haven't run into that one
Pretty sure you're the one that's glitching, not the game
Just had my first screen tear ever while fighting about 6 bokoblins in southern hyrule field in that camp next to a small bridge and some overgrown guardians.
This is how it was prepatch for Wii U.
Thats crazy, I'm over 90 hours in and still have heaps to do and actually just about died fighting a blue bokoblin on a horse with lightning arrows lol.
lol your game better be a masterpiece friend