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[Garrett Hawke]

https://youtu.be/w6NkNgI1ssw

Average FPS in stress areas goes from 25fps (old patch) to 29fps (new patch) now, on the docked Switch. Whew

Edit: note the video shows location spoilers, a VILLAGE and a FOREST.

 

[foxuzamaki]

Nice

 

[ElTorro]

Nice, but could still use more improvements. I am still getting freezes during Moblin fights on occasion.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

Nice, but could still use more improvements. I am still getting freezes during Moblin fights on occasion.

Freezes, like straight up crashes? Or just temporary?

 

[sixteen-bit]

It great to hear about the improved performance.

 

[Servbot24]

Cool, updates help ease the pain of not being able to play it yet.

 

[Formless]

Freezes, like straight up crashes? Or just temporary?

They are like 1 second freezes rarely when the Moblins ragdoll

 

[Garrett Hawke]

They are like 1 second freezes rarely when the Moblins ragdoll

Huh, weird. Don't think I've had any yet :/

Hope they fix it!

 

[LordKano]

And they confirmed no downgrades. Maybe people will finally stop the narrative that they changed anything.

 

[fredrancour]

Freezes, like straight up crashes? Or just temporary?

there's a glitch separate from the regular slowdown where moblin fights sometimes cause brief freezes (like half a second or a second in most cases, sometimes longer).

gaf's amateur diagnosis was something with their ragdoll animations going wrong cause it seems to mainly happen when they die and fall down. kill a bunch of moblins on a variety of terrain if you want to see it. happened to me for the first time on the way up a certain mountain to a certain divine beast.

 

[DeuceGamer]

Glad to get confirmation, but I think it was pretty clear there were improvements. Hopefully, we see even further improvements as I still think they could optimize it further and get it to a locked 30fps on Switch.

 

[TI82]

Nice, I was fine with the regular framerate seeing as how it's the first big game on new portable hardware so any improvement is good.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

there's a glitch separate from the regular slowdown where moblin fights sometimes cause brief freezes (like half a second or a second in most cases, sometimes longer).

gaf's amateur diagnosis was something with their ragdoll animations going wrong cause it seems to mainly happen when they die and fall down.

I've been lucky then, haven't seen it so far. Hope they can sort out whatever that is.

 

[JetSetRadio]

Is OP talking docked?

 

[Vital Tundra]

Wow pretty much cleans up the 10fps drops in most situations.

 

[Souzetsu]

They are like 1 second freezes rarely when the Moblins ragdoll

I've had this happen when playing undocked myself.

 

[Speely]

They are like 1 second freezes rarely when the Moblins ragdoll

I saw one of these last night, and it seemed briefer. Used to be a full second, but last night it was prolly .5s.

 

[Cataferal]

Is OP talking docked?

Yep it's docked Switch tests, but handheld mode is noticeably improved too =)

 

[digitalrelic]

Great improvements. I doubt Nintendo is going to further improve performance from here, which is fine. I'd be pleasantly surprised to see another performance patch though.

 

[-shadow-]

What village and what forest? I know of some, but haven't seen most of the game still.

 

[Kyne]

man..

the other night I got struck by lightning while there was fire around (near a stable) and the game literally dropped to less than 1FPS. I had to load an autosave to get out of it.

hopefully this improves crashes like that.

 

[LiK]

That's good. Might finally play docked. Nah, I love playing in bed.

 

[random25]

Pretty much confirms the earlier observations we had when receiving the patch. Playing mostly on undocked mode, the performance is much smoother without downgrading the graphical elements.

 

[Slaythe]

All the insufferable douches convinced of their downgrades will now eat crow for good.

 

[aBarreras]

so no 720p on docked mode?

 

[Pathfinder]

Well, that's definitely better.

 

[Tathanen]

What village and what forest? I know of some, but haven't seen most of the game still.

Spoiler

Kakariko

and

Spoiler

Korok

.

 

[Gotdatmoney]

They are like 1 second freezes rarely when the Moblins ragdoll

They can be much worse than 1s. I had a few upwards of 5s on sunday.

I know what it is so it doesnt bug me. But they should fix it.

 

[RichiRamjag]

And they confirmed no downgrades. Maybe people will finally stop the narrative that they changed anything.

I know. People are dead set on that one.

That one silly-goose said it wasn't possible to improve framerate without lowering graphical details lol.

 

[bananafactory]

Do they mention WiiU?

I didn't notice much of an improvement

 

[JoeM86]

so no 720p on docked mode?

Nope. Still 900p

 

[ShadowElliot]

Looking forward to future optimization patches for this game, especially for Switch. I've noticed improvements playing in Docked mode, seems smoother.

 

[Keyouta]

I've had up to 5 second freezes on moblin ragdolls in death mountain, while playing in portable mode. They've improved since but I hope it can be eliminated.

 

[Cataferal]

What village and what forest? I know of some, but haven't seen most of the game still.

They both begin with K. The village is relatively early on, and I suspect you've been there. The forest is much further down the line.

 

[guybrushfreeman]

Do they mention WiiU?

I didn't notice much of an improvement

Yeah at the end of the video and there isn't really any clear improvement on Wii U in their tests

 

[random25]

Do they mention WiiU?

I didn't notice much of an improvement

They did at the end. Like you said, performance improvement isn't as tangible as the Switch version.

 

[chekhonte]

Nice, but could still use more improvements. I am still getting freezes during Moblin fights on occasion.

Yeah, I have that kind of frequently. Last night I had it freeze for about 4 seconds. I thought the game crashed.

 

[DeuceGamer]

Yeah at the end of the video and there isn't really any clear improvement on Wii U in their tests

My guess is that they won't spend much time on a performance patch on Wii U and it may already be as optimized as possible.

 

[RichiRamjag]

so no 720p on docked mode?

Doesn't seem like there's a need to now.

 

[OmegaFax]

Do they mention WiiU?

I didn't notice much of an improvement

They show the Wii U version towards the end but they skip

Spoiler

Korok Forest

... gonna assume there wasn't anything to write home about if other stress points weren't really improved.

 

[Hero]

I know. People are dead set on that one.

That one silly-goose said it wasn't possible to improve framerate without lowering graphical details lol.

How many people do you think will own up to being wrong and post in this thread?

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

Damn good patch.

I know it's probably a somewhat controversial opinion, but they should update the dynamic resolution scaling on Switch docked so that the floor is 720p, rather than 810p. Would further alleviate the frame rate issues and I don't think the further drop would be that bad, and given how well performance has been improved it's not like we'll see it too often.

Of course, if they can eke out a perfect 30fps without doing so, even better.

 

[-shadow-]

Spoiler

Kakariko

and

Spoiler

Korok

.

They both begin with K. The village is relatively early on, and I suspect you've been there. The forest is much further down the line.

Thanks, I'll watch until the forest comes on.

Edit: watched the video until the forest. Game still runs with a double buffered v-sync? I truly thought they had changed it which resulted in a better framerate.

 

[LordOcidax]

Locked 30fps for the next patch.

 

[EatinOlives]

WiiU gets left out in the cold

 

[JetSetRadio]

Yep it's docked Switch tests, but handheld mode is noticeably improved too =)

Great job, both DF and Nintendo.
Now restocking before april 28th and we're all set.

 

[aBarreras]

Nope. Still 900p

good

ill be damned, the armchair developers were wrong? im shocked!

 

[Kolx]

WiiU me cry *_*

 

[Col.Asher]

I've had the moblin glitch first show up 50 hours in the game. I wonder if it is the rag doll physics or the game loading in their monster parts? Maybe both?

 

[Christberg]

Yeah, that's huge. Too bad they haven't been able to squeeze more out of the Wii U version, but then looking at the game I think it's quite an accomplishment that it runs as good as it does. Really shows the performance gap between the systems though.