Support NeoGAF

[Mad Season]

Would it be better to just buy this on PS4?

at this stage, yes

 

[BlackNinja]

For me, It's not that the game looks bad (though there are poor elements like AA implementation and some less than desirable texture work). It's just not at a level visually to justify the level of performance people are seeing or the necessity to lock the game at 30fps.

The game clearly has performance issues. But the game is also doing some shit that where hitches in fps is justified. There are screen-space reflections all over the place. I'd like for them to push even further and add HBAO+ to the game knocking fps even further down. But the game would look a step ahead of everything else out there.

 

[jett]

memory leak?

Maybe, I don't know, don't know how to measure that. Not interested in trying anymore until a patch arrives. Would be preferable if that patch comes along with a dose of groveling and apologizing.

 

[mullet2000]

So, since 12 hours have now passed:

...are there texture settings above normal at all or am I crazy? I can't go higher.

 

[kodecraft]

Would it be better to just buy this on PS4?

At this point yes, consoles provide the best experience, and that's all that matters.

 

[jett]

Sure it is. The game is doing a shit load of stuff never before in a game. We wanted games to push the boundaries and Nvidia is seeing to it that we get glimpses of where they are headed. Hairworks/Faceworks/Gameworks stuff is clearly a generation ahead of todays highest end hardware -- but it's something we gotta look forward to.

The early segments of BatmanAK were horribly lit and textures were bland. But once he's out on the street, it looks just like those reveal trailers.

This game isn't using any of this shit.

This game is doing jack-all out of the ordinary, except for the Nvidia paper/smoke shit, which was in Arkham Origins already.

 

[blackdevil]

My Download was 35,5 GB. Why are there some people with 38 GB?

 

[The Handsome Llama]

Bought the PS4 version, will be doing some comparisons after work.

 

[epmode]

To anyone that verified the game's files only to have Steam redownload everything: Does verifying a second time cause Steam to redownload everything again or does it actually verify properly?

 

[scitek]

I did it last night

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=169446158&postcount=412

Thanks! I figured the rain and light shafts were the least taxing of the four. I also think they're the things that will make a difference most consistently since they're pretty much always present. I'll probably turn those on. The paper's always looked hokey to me in these games.

 

[tuxfool]

Sure it is. The game is doing a shit load of stuff never before in a game. We wanted games to push the boundaries and Nvidia is seeing to it that we get glimpses of where they are headed. Hairworks/Faceworks/Gameworks stuff is clearly a generation ahead of todays highest end hardware -- but it's something we gotta look forward to.

All wonderful things in a tech demo. Not so much in a game you cannot play. It would be one thing if the performance was there in settings appropriate to the hardware, but they are not.

 

[Bright-Light]

So, since 12 hours have now passed:

...are there texture settings above normal at all or am I crazy? I can't go higher.

What do the textures look like? Do they look good? Maybe normal IS high, it just says normal in the menu.

 

[komorebi]

My Download was 35,5 GB. Why are there some people with 38 GB?

Mine (twice now) is 33.8gb

 

[AEREC]

Everything low, except for textures to normal, would be my guess.

If that's not the case, this port is even worse than I thought.

Really...is that confirmed somewhere?

 

[jim2point0]

Am I right in understanding that this game only has a normal textures setting? Not high?

 

[UrbanRats]

My Download was 35,5 GB. Why are there some people with 38 GB?

Mine says 33.8 (still RE-downloading).

 

[JohngPR]

I'm playing using a DS4 wirelessly through DS4Windows. Is there any way to force it to show DS4 appropriate icons instead of Xbox ones?

The game has native DS4 support...just plug it into your PC with the USB cable.

 

[Kinthalis]

Apparently the ps4 version is smooth as hell, according to DF though.

If you consider 30 FPS "smooth as hell" I suppose.

 

[LurkerPrime]

So Arkham Knight wasn't fixed while I slept? Bummer...

To anyone that verified the game's files only to have Steam redownload everything: Does verifying a second time cause Steam to redownload everything again or does it actually verify properly?

This is actually a good question.

 

[Windom Earle]

Am I right in understanding that this game only has a normal textures setting? Not high?

It's just a name.

What's more important would be to know if "normal" is identical to PS4 or not.

 

[unknownhero]

huh, my download is 34.8gb. damn clearwire, still downloading.

 

[epmode]

Am I right in understanding that this game only has a normal textures setting? Not high?

There is a high setting but the game only makes it visible for certain video cards. This port sucks.

edit: I might be imagining this. I'll have to double check my settings tonight.

edit edit: I was mistaken, sorry.

 

[Wrestlemania]

The game has native DS4 support...just plug it into your PC with the USB cable.

No way to do it wirelessly?

 

[jim2point0]

It's just a name.

What's more important would be to know if "normal" is identical to PS4 or not.

Just wanted to make sure I'm not missing anything.

A better question would be "is normal the highest the texture setting can go?"

There is a high setting but the game only makes it visible for certain video cards. This port sucks.

What the frack...?

 

[Van Owen]

The Normal texture setting says it requires 3GB VRAM, so I assume their naming convention is just stupid.

 

[komorebi]

The game has native DS4 support...just plug it into your PC with the USB cable.

This gets Rocksteady a +2 in my book. But sadly it has to be connected through USB, bluetooth defaults to Xbox prompts.

 

[BY2K]

If you consider 30 FPS "smooth as hell" I suppose.

Well, I'd consider a constant 30 frames smoother than an unstable 60 frames, personally.

 

[Windom Earle]

There is a high setting but the game only makes it visible for certain video cards. This port sucks.

I think this is wrong. Source?

 

[jett]

There is a high setting but the game only makes it visible for certain video cards. This port sucks.

There is no high setting.

 

[UrbanRats]

If you consider 30 FPS "smooth as hell" I suppose.

Having no stutter at 30fps, is smoother than having """60""" fps with constant stutter and even freezes, i'll say that much.

 

[JaseC]

My Download was 35,5 GB. Why are there some people with 38 GB?

It's a misunderstanding:

Steam downloads are compressed. The "Disk space required" figure reported when you go to install a game is the total amount of space the game will take up when installed and will always be larger than the reported download size.

 

[Dartastic]

There is a high setting but the game only makes it visible for certain video cards. This port sucks.

This can't be real.

 

[dark10x]

I don't think it looks bad but it definitely is not the looker I expected it to be from videos. Character models feel like a step back from the previous games.

My opinion may change the more I play it though.

They feel like a step back?!

 

[scitek]

There is a high setting but the game only makes it visible for certain video cards. This port sucks.

Where'd you find this out?

 

[cyberheater]

If you consider 30 FPS "smooth as hell" I suppose.

I would take smooth 30fps over frame rates that varies wildely and stutters around in places any day.

 

[CryptiK]

There is a high setting but the game only makes it visible for certain video cards. This port sucks.

edit: I might be imagining this. I'll have to double check my settings tonight.

Really? So its not going to let my Titan access those textures? Is there a way around it?

Repeating for a new round of pages. Works for a friend of mine as well

After having the game crash multiple times within 10 mins I now have it running stably without a single crash.

I did the following and only the following:

1. Config Edit to 60FPS Cap.
2. The game seemingly suffers a massive memory leak, so up your page file. I set this to my secondary SSD and upped the size to 5GB.
3. Turn of every overlay you have. Steam, FRAPS, Geforce Experience all of them.
4. Make sure all background unnecessary programs are closed.

The game is maxed out settings wise + Gameworks settings all on.

My system:

i7-2600K 4.5GHz
8GB RAM
GTX Geforce TITAN

I haven't had a crash since and my framerate has been in the 40s-50s. 3 Hours in.

GLHF.

 

[BlackNinja]

This game isn't using any of this shit.

This game is doing jack-all out of the ordinary, except for the Nvidia paper/smoke shit, which was in Arkham Origins already.

LOL! I wasn't implying that it was doing that.

And to say it's doing ordinary stuff is laughable.

 

[epmode]

I was apparently wrong about the textures setting. "Normal" is as high as it goes. Got confused by other posts from this thread. I've edited my post.

The port still sucks.

 

[Spring-Loaded]

If you consider 30 FPS "smooth as hell" I suppose.

Compared to people having their game run like this, even at lowest settings, yeah, that sounds pretty smooth

I'm really disappointed in this. I'm sure (I hope) it'll be fixed at some point, but only because this is such a huge release. I just want a way to play this at a respectable framerate.

 

[Dave_6]

To anyone that verified the game's files only to have Steam redownload everything: Does verifying a second time cause Steam to redownload everything again or does it actually verify properly?

I posted this a few posts ago as I'm really wanting to know myself.

 

[tuxfool]

The game clearly has performance issues. But the game is also doing some shit that where hitches in fps is justified. There are screen-space reflections all over the place. I'd like for them to push even further and add HBAO+ to the game knocking fps even further down. But the game would look a step ahead of everything else out there.

How about using a host that doesn't decimate IQ?

Hitches are *never* justified. They're something to be tolerated at best when they occur rarely. I should point out that you sound like have drunk a bad batch of kool-aid.

 

[Windom Earle]

Dat CA though.

 

[Zakalwe]

Where'd you find this out?

It isn't true.

 

[komorebi]

To anyone that verified the game's files only to have Steam redownload everything: Does verifying a second time cause Steam to redownload everything again or does it actually verify properly?

I want to know this as well because going by what JaseC said above, even if one redownloaded the game(which I'm doing now) those borked 4553+ files should still fail to validate. Anyone brave enough to try? lol

 

[etta]

I think reviews have been disabled on Steam. A friend said so 30 minutes ago.

 

[dark10x]

Dat CA though.

Yeah?

It's fine in this game. I actually think it looks great here and it's an effect I usually hate.

 

[JohngPR]

No way to do it wirelessly?

No, as far as I can tell.

 

[cyberheater]

So when will we see the DF article?

 

[Piggus]

If you consider 30 FPS "smooth as hell" I suppose.

Good framepacing can result in a pretty smooth experience at 30 fps. I'd take that over fluctuating framerate any day.

 

[Zakalwe]

If you consider 30 FPS "smooth as hell" I suppose.

Right, like "buttery smooth 30fps!" is a sentence I'll never understand.

Rock solid 30fps I can deal with, but it sure isn't smooth...