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[Poetic.Injustice]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6a4MbYAPFU

This must kill the framerate.

 

[Frumix]

Last thing this game needed is more smoke.

 

[SparkTR]

I love those smoke effects, looks more 'next gen' than anything else in the game. Honestly they're not as hardware intensive as they look, they're similar to the Arkham Origin effects and I can max them out on a 560Ti.

 

[leng jai]

Why did they bother adding PhysX when the base game runs like ass in the first place?

 

[Ryaaan14]

As if the smoke didn't already look good enough.

But yeah agreed with framerate.

 

[-Winnie-]

Okay, so that's a wonderful smoke simulation but with it turned on, you can't see shit.

 

[Azure Dream]

 

[Net_Wrecker]

This would be great if the gun smoke actually played into the stealth gameplay, and you could escape combat after a blaze of gunfire due to bad visibility.

 

[NuKERxyz]

More Smoke vs Less Frames ..

 

[terrdactycalsrock]

how many patches has this game had? Every once in a while I feel like I see it updating

 

[JaseC]

how many patches has this game had? Every once in a while I feel like I see it updating

Four, at least on the PC side.

 

[MomoPufflet]

Looks more like real black powder cloud size now. I don't know if that's good or not.

 

[Jacobi]

The smoke looks a bit nicer, but doesn't really fit with everything else...

 

[Seanspeed]

Looks better off to me. Maybe its more realistic 'on' with the way it lingers around, but realistic isn't always better.

 

[terrdactycalsrock]

Four, at least on the PC side.

nice! maybe its time to unlock that frame rate and see if it still goes from 60 to 30 even when your standing still lol

 

[Chuck]

ummmmmmm

 

[JaseC]

nice! maybe its time to unlock that frame rate and see if it still goes from 60 to 30 even when your standing still lol

Ubi hasn't addressed performance since the first patch. Well, there may have been some additional optimisations introduced with this patch, but since it hit without a changelog, it's hard to be sure.

 

[Setsuna]

Why did they bother adding PhysX when the base game runs like ass in the first place?

the first thing that came to mind when I read this is that your computer isnt powerful enough for this game.

also what was with the last update i had already beat the game a few weeks ago i come back and have a new weapon some kind of knife that i can throw

 

[ymmv]

Ubi hasn't addressed performance since the first patch. Well, there may have been some additional optimisations introduced with this patch, but since it hit without a changelog, it's hard to be sure.

################################################################################
Ubisoft Entertainment
Assassin's Creed® IV Black Flag v1.04
################################################################################
Added support for 'Freedom Cry' DLC.
Added nVidia PhysX particles support.
Improved underwater graphics.
Small anticheat improvements.
Fixed emblem/skin overlap.
Minor UI improvements.
Minor sound tweaks.

################################################################################
Ubisoft Entertainment
Assassin's Creed® IV Black Flag v1.03
################################################################################
Change Artifact Assault default zone size from 5m to 6m
Double XP weekend time issue fix.
Fixed nVidia Surround Portrait mode for 16:10 monitors.
Fixed ‘Controller mapping’ translation in Russian localization
Fixed Group Management screen glitch
Minor UI fixes
Minor Matchmaking fixes

################################################################################
Ubisoft Entertainment
Assassin's Creed® IV Black Flag v1.02
################################################################################
Fixed problem with VSync on multiplayer
Fixed issue when the host has the game minimized
Fixed various minor UI issues
Fixed various minor stability issues on certain configurations
################################################################################
Ubisoft Entertainment
Assassin's Creed® IV Black Flag v1.01
################################################################################
Added 4k monitors support
The "Reload" option and the "R" key is now available in the controls menu
Major performance increase in Multiplayer
Improved multi-GPU support
Improved multi-monitor support
Render bug fixes and optimization
Fixed various minor UI issues
Fixed various minor input issues
Fixed various minor stability issues
################################################################################
Ubisoft Entertainment
Assassin's Creed® IV Black Flag v1.00
################################################################################

 

[xkramz]

Gotta have more smoke

 

[dallow_bg]

I laughed out loud at how that smoke just obscures your vision like that.
It's almost like a joke video.

 

[JaseC]

<snip>

Oh, nice. I'm aware that the changelogs are tucked away in the game's support folder but when I last checked Steam's downloading (i.e. temp) folder they weren't present. They must have come through at the very end.

 

[NaDannMaGoGo]

Why did they bother adding PhysX when the base game runs like ass in the first place?

I really have to wonder that as well, especially since these PhysX effects often had a ridiculously hard impact on performance in past games. Who knows, perhaps no one can even run this at 60fps when these effects are taking place.

Also, honestly... again, as in past titles with PhysX implementations, this to some degree looks over exaggerated and at times kinda shitty. Let's not even talk about how clearly this appears to impact visibility...

 

[Graphics Horse]

ummmmmmm

Shh it's next gen.

 

[elektrixx]

The pauses in the middle of the video reminded me of E3.

 

[terrdactycalsrock]

Ubi hasn't addressed performance since the first patch. Well, there may have been some additional optimisations introduced with this patch, but since it hit without a changelog, it's hard to be sure.

Thats a bummer. Still it seems like a fun game, I should really get around to playing it

 

[GHG]

Ehhhh. Think I'll pass on the PhysX on this one. Looks ridiculous and you can't see anything. Looks better with it off IMO. Regardless, I'm trying to play this game without using the guns/grenades unless absolutely necessary.

 

[abstract alien]

Well that was lack luster.

 

[Zoggy]

That gun smoke is terrible

 

[DidntKnowJack]

Man, it would look so much better if they had used it in a more subtle way. This is just a "look at those effects!" showcase. It's so overblown it doesn't look realistic at all.

 

[cyberheater]

The smoke looked great. Looks much more immersive now.

And LOL at the folks saying it obscures your view. That's exactly how would be in real life.

That gun smoke is terrible

Man, it would look so much better if they had used it in a more subtle way. This is just a "look at those effects!" showcase. It's so overblown it doesn't look realistic at all.

I've been to historical gun battles. After a few minutes of musket firing and the odd cannon going off. If it's a calm day. You can't see jack shit. So no, they don't look terrible nor should they be reduced. They are accurate.

 

[Spaghetti]

looks nice if a little overdone

makes me thankful i've got a second card as a dedicated physx processor

Spoiler

even if the game runs like almost dogshit because of my old cpu

 

[Bebpo]

The giant smoke clouds every time he fires a gun seems a bit ridiculous

 

[Seanspeed]

The smoke looked great. Looks much more immersive now.

And LOL at the folks saying it obscures your view. That's exactly how would be in real life.





I've been to historical gun battles. After a few minutes of musket firing and the odd cannon going off. If it's a calm day. You can't see jack shit. So no, they don't look terrible nor should they be reduced. They are accurate.

Yup, and it probably sucks not to be able to see in real-life, too, doesn't it? I don't think the pouring of smoke everywhere is considered a desirable effect from these gunshots, are they?

This is a video game. It is not bound by the constraints of reality. We can take out the shitty parts.

 

[Setsuna]

Yup, and it probably sucks not to be able to see in real-life, too, doesn't it? I don't think the pouring of smoke everywhere is considered a desirable effect from these gunshots, are they?

This is a video game. It is not bound by the constraints of reality. We can take out the shitty parts.

But my IMMERSION.

 

[Replicant]

ummmmmmm

Yeah, I think the smoke effect is a bit overdone. Would rather be playing it as it is now.

 

[Dennis]

Smoke, smoke everywhere.

Fun but ridiculous.

 

[LabouredSubterfuge]

Yup, and it probably sucks not to be able to see in real-life, too, doesn't it? I don't think the pouring of smoke everywhere is considered a desirable effect from these gunshots, are they?

This is a video game. It is not bound by the constraints of reality. We can take out the shitty parts.

Worse, it's a video game within a video game

 

[DidntKnowJack]

Yup, and it probably sucks not to be able to see in real-life, too, doesn't it? I don't think the pouring of smoke everywhere is considered a desirable effect from these gunshots, are they?

This is a video game. It is not bound by the constraints of reality. We can take out the shitty parts.

Well, to be fair he was responding (at least in part) to my claim that it didn't look realistic. And he probably has a point. I guess I should have said it didn't look aesthetically pleasing. Because to me, it just looks like too much.

 

[Piggus]

Waaaay too much smoke even if it looks cool. A flintlock pistol doesn't put out a anywhere near that much smoke.

 

[Roshin]

Those are some very nice smoke effects, but far too excessive and yes, it obviously obscures your vision. Not the kind of realism I'm looking for in AssCreed. That said, it would be funny if the smoke left everyone half-blind and coughing.

 

[MilkBeard]

It looks cool as hell in motion.

 

[PinkCrayon]

Looks great but how about you optimize the game before putting out more shit to chug up the frame rate. Last time I played vsync was straight up broken. Fix your shit ubi.

 

[Phazon]

ummmmmmm

 

[Smash88]

The hit to frames is atrocious.

Maybe Andy or someone can chime in on whether this will require a driver update or a patch to run more smoothly. Because dropping 20fps when coming near a campfire is ridiculous. Batman and Borderlands use PhysX a lot more, and the fps drop is not even close to this.

This needs a patch or driver update ASAP.

 

[PodcastFips]

Is this really necessary?

And is AC4 that much about shooting?
If so, order unplaced.

 

[FunkyLounge]

What?

That made me laugh, gunshot is the new smoke bomb.

 

[Poetic.Injustice]

:lol

 

[linkthelove]

That's cool and all but your optimization is terrible. I'm running this on a gtx 670 w/3gb 16 GB ram and core i7 and I'm having bipolar fps. I'll wait and come back to this game on Feb. and see if they fix this mess.

 

[Hip Hop]

Similar from the update COD Ghosts received.

Cool at first, but not worth the performance hit. Both games run bad enough as it is.