Bjoern the Smexy
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My guess would be shutdown Steam, log in to your VPN, start Steam and then it should unlock.
Can't verify though because I have the patience to wait 30 more hours.
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My guess would be shutdown Steam, log in to your VPN, start Steam and then it should unlock.
Can't verify though because I have the patience to wait 30 more hours.
derExperte
Member
To what version? I'm using the not 100% officially released 340.76 because it and its predecessor boosted W_D performance noticeably despite being meant for OpenGL stuff. Now that I'm done it wouldn't hurt to go back to an older one.
2500K non-oc, GTX660 non-Ti 2GB, 16GB, 1080p
Intheflorsh
Banned
I'm using 337.8 and am continuing to have no problems.
so after playing it for 2 hours......
the game runs at 30FPS (even with the FPS unlocked) and dips to 20 FPS when there are a lot of zombies.
the game graphics settings were changed to medium with blur and a bunch of other effects turned off. AFAIK only ambient occlusion was switched on. AF was set to 2x and AA was set to FXAA. texture settings was at 1080P. V Sync is switched on due to bad screen tearing i experienced
my PC specs was i7-2500K @ 3.4 or 3.5 GHZ
16GB RAM
HD7870 2GB
this is to give an idea on how the game will run for people with similar rig to mine
the game runs at 30FPS (even with the FPS unlocked) and dips to 20 FPS when there are a lot of zombies.
the game graphics settings were changed to medium with blur and a bunch of other effects turned off. AFAIK only ambient occlusion was switched on. AF was set to 2x and AA was set to FXAA. texture settings was at 1080P. V Sync is switched on due to bad screen tearing i experienced
my PC specs was i7-2500K @ 3.4 or 3.5 GHZ
16GB RAM
HD7870 2GB
this is to give an idea on how the game will run for people with similar rig to mine
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
Yeah I guess it will run almost equally on mine when I turn some additional settings off (AA is always a big performance sink for me).
Also how do you set AF to FXAA?
Exit Steam, connect to TunnelBear's JP server, restart Steam and initiate the unlock (it has servers in Japan and there are no session limits; just make sure nothing is downloading while connected as free accounts are limited to 500MB per day). You should be able to kill the VPN and continue with decryption, unless Valve's changed something recently. Once Steam has finished unpacking the pre-load data, exit Steam again, reconnect to the VPN, and then restart Steam (this is a little quicker than waiting for Steam to pick up on your IP change).
When I was testing it earlier, I let myself die really early on, and it took like a minute or more to load back to the title screen. Fucking hilarious.
derExperte
Member
Thanks, I'll try that over the weekend.
Did you guys install it on an SSD? The loading times are fine for me. Until it crashs that is.
Ouch, that's bad news...
Specs are almost the same as yours (10GB RAM) and your experience does not bode well for me.
Time to upgrade my graphics card, I presume.
Ryu bogard
Member
I only tried it out for a short while. I did not unlock the frame rate but i thought it run pretty smooth for me.
i5 3570
HD 7950
i5 3570
HD 7950
My best friend who I family share with is letting me log onto his account so I can download then use the VPN to activate and play some today while he's at work.
Time to see how horribly this runs on my aged HD5870s, since apparently it doesn't support SLI/Crossfire.
Should be fun!
My system and my friend's system are nearly identical, only difference is his is OC'd is higher and he's got SLI GTX770s.
i7 920 (3.6 me vs 3.8/w HT him)
12 GB Ram
I'll drop some comments later on performance, I think there's a few other gaffers with systems similar to mine kicking about.
Time to see how horribly this runs on my aged HD5870s, since apparently it doesn't support SLI/Crossfire.
Should be fun!
My system and my friend's system are nearly identical, only difference is his is OC'd is higher and he's got SLI GTX770s.
i7 920 (3.6 me vs 3.8/w HT him)
12 GB Ram
I'll drop some comments later on performance, I think there's a few other gaffers with systems similar to mine kicking about.
CaptainSchwann
Member
Currently unpacking mine atm....hoping I can at least run the game at low settings.
Will post results with my setup:
i5-2500k
8gb ram
7850 2gb
Will post results with my setup:
i5-2500k
8gb ram
7850 2gb
Well sheet... didn't expect it to dip into the 20s at medium. Thanks for the impression.
MooMooChan
Member
Do you need to stay connected to play? Thanks
derExperte
Member
No, it says 'unreleased' in the library but starts. Only problem are the achievements, they don't unlock directly but I got the old ones after I got a new one while using VPN.
Mines installed on a 7200RPM 64MB SATA3 so it shouldn't have huge problems. I haven't actually been able to play the game, just refuses to go out of loading.
As derExperte days, it's not required, but playing a game while Steam doesn't actually consider you in-game will break Steamworks functionality. You could also just switch to Offline Mode if you'd prefer to not stay connected to the VPN.
Played for a while (a little after reaching the diner)
3570k (4.3Ghz) - I think I've seen the usage up to 80%.
660 2GB (slightly OCed)
16GB 1866Mhz
Adaptive V-sync
45-60 fps during gameplay (720p), drops as low as 20 during cutscenes (horrible tearing during them)
No problems with Xbox One controller.
edit: crashed twice in a row.
3570k (4.3Ghz) - I think I've seen the usage up to 80%.
660 2GB (slightly OCed)
16GB 1866Mhz
Adaptive V-sync
45-60 fps during gameplay (720p), drops as low as 20 during cutscenes (horrible tearing during them)
No problems with Xbox One controller.
edit: crashed twice in a row.
CaptainSchwann
Member
Running at low settings (about to try and raise some), but ultimately having no issues running the game so far. At least none of the aforementioned crashes some seemed to be having.
i7 920 3.6ghz
HD Radeon 5870
12GB Ram
Its .. just not playable for me, sadly. Crossfire scaling is currently negative, and with only one 5870 I was getting constant hits into the low teens / sub 10fps once you can actually drive around the city even on the absolute lowest settings at 720p resolution.
Cutscenes were almost always 15fps or less.
Going to hope AMD gets crossfire support going soon, or I'll have to wait until I can upgrade late next year.
HD Radeon 5870
12GB Ram
Its .. just not playable for me, sadly. Crossfire scaling is currently negative, and with only one 5870 I was getting constant hits into the low teens / sub 10fps once you can actually drive around the city even on the absolute lowest settings at 720p resolution.
Cutscenes were almost always 15fps or less.
Going to hope AMD gets crossfire support going soon, or I'll have to wait until I can upgrade late next year.
I just died after playing an hour long session, and the game took at least 5 minutes to load my checkpoint. Might have been as high as 8 minutes.
This is one shoddy port. I can't remember a game taking this long to load since the disaster launch of SiN back in the 90s.
A real shame as the game is actually pretty damn fun if you can deal with the frame rate drops.
This is one shoddy port. I can't remember a game taking this long to load since the disaster launch of SiN back in the 90s.
A real shame as the game is actually pretty damn fun if you can deal with the frame rate drops.
symphonask
Member
First thing I did was turn the motion blur off. It looks horrible when panning the camera around.
Stitch
Gold Member
I have no idea why so many devs put this shit in their games. The only games where it looks nice are Crysis and the LEGO games...
KainXVIII
Member
Played for a while (a little after reaching the diner)
3570k (4.3Ghz) - I think I've seen the usage up to 80%.
660 2GB (slightly OCed)
16GB 1866Mhz
Adaptive V-sync
1440p med (says 720p in the advanced options):
45-60 fps during gameplay, drops as low as 20 during cutscenes (horrible tearing during them)
720p high:
pretty much the same thing, less drops though
No problems with Xbox One controller.
edit: changing the internal resolution kills my FPS.
I'll have to play this on TV.
Did this game has xbox one button prompts (and even impulse triggers support)?
jim2point0
Banned
Just realized the game does not support SLI. This shouldn't be happening.... at least not with AAA games like this. FFS....
MooMooChan
Member
Thanks
just played an houri7 920 4.2ghz
5970 3GB
6GB Ram
Getting 30 fps even when unlocking to 60 but 22fps during scenes
Uhh, I think it looks nice in a lot of games and generally prefer it.
That's why it's an option.
War Raichu
Member
your card is just short of the minimum requirements. I had the same one until the specs were released, which prompted me to upgrade.
hopefully it makes a difference
The game runs at 720p with severe framerate drops(iirc) on the Xbox One.
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
so is the game more GPU dependent than CPU? I have a 4770k & gtx 770 and i'm wondering if 1080p 60 fps is doable given that others seem to be having performance issues.
Not if you're looking for a stable 60 fps.
Yeah I'm planning to upgrade too for a 770/780 but don't have cash right now .
Il wait for Black Friday deal .
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
Is it at least over 30fps, though? I don't mind a variable framerate so long as it doesn't dip into the 20s under any circumstances.
UnrealEck
Member
It will drop into the 20s in cutscenes for some reason. Plus the game stutters like crazy. Very much like Watch Dogs.
No, 360 prompts and I don't think impulse triggers work (I have never played an xbox one to know how it is).
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