This has happened to me a couple of times. An Alt-Tab out and back in fixes it on my end.
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Far Cry 4 PC performance thread
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This has happened to me a couple of times. An Alt-Tab out and back in fixes it on my end.
BloodMoney
Banned
you don't know how people could enjoy the PC version?
Ryu Elessar
Member
I have the same kind of cracking sound issue with this game since launch day. I notice it more when going from gameplay to any of the menus, like opening the map. Happens on any audio output that I have tried (audio receiver and headphones).
5820k 4.2ghz
Asus X99-A
16gb DDR4
970 GTX
Cannon Goose
Member
My overall performance is definitely much worse with the new patch. On version 1.4.0 my VRAM hovered around 1600-1800MB with medium textures and medium-low settings. I would always get above 30 fps so it was as smooth as I could get it except for the microstutter. Now with 1.5.0 the game uses 1900-2000MB and regularly drops below 30 at the same settings.
It could just be that you're hanging out in a different area of the map now. VRAM usage will fluctuate. You could blow away your GamerProfile.xml file and let it create a new one. Perhaps something got messed up in the update.
ok so upon further inspection and as other have said, god rays ARE still there. the effect have been reduced somewhat and is much less striking. i preferred it pre patch 1.4.
also setting the affinty thing in task manager for FarCry4.exe did make gameplay more smooth for me. dunno what it does exactly but it does make a difference. maybe the next patch will sort this CPU bug.
thanks to riflen
also setting the affinty thing in task manager for FarCry4.exe did make gameplay more smooth for me. dunno what it does exactly but it does make a difference. maybe the next patch will sort this CPU bug.
thanks to riflen
970, 3770k here. I shelved this game due to performance when it was released. I tested it yesterday to see if the patch fixed the stuttering and I can say that even tho its not completely fixed the stuttering is not game breaking anymore and is significantly impoved, at least imo. I would probably be able to enjoy it in its current state. Either way, I'll hold off till they improve it even more. From what ive heard the game is actually good so id rather enjoy it then focus on how shitty it performs.
tringworldso
Member
Thanks Damian. I'll try this.
SliChillax
Member
But Far Cry 4 is a great game aside from the technical issues (from what I've heard because I still can't fucking play it) so there is some talent in that studio definitely, they just needed more time or even more talent.
Horsemama1956
Member
Game is running great for me, but always did since the second patch. I only paid $10 for it though so my expectations weren't all that high I guess.
I run it with a mix of High and Ultra(most on Ultra) AA on SMAA at 1600x900 with Vsync and Triple Buffering enabled. Almost always at 60 for me and minor stutter.I run it off of my SSD.
i5 760 4Ghz
6GB 2x1GB, 2x2GB
GTX 670 at 1150/1700
Working much better than FC3 around this time past launch. For me, anyways.
I run it with a mix of High and Ultra(most on Ultra) AA on SMAA at 1600x900 with Vsync and Triple Buffering enabled. Almost always at 60 for me and minor stutter.I run it off of my SSD.
i5 760 4Ghz
6GB 2x1GB, 2x2GB
GTX 670 at 1150/1700
Working much better than FC3 around this time past launch. For me, anyways.
icecold1983
Member
They had no part in making the game tho. They just ported it to pc. You liking the game design is not a reflection of them having dine good work
Smushroomed
Banned
1.5 FINALLY GOT RID OF CRUSHED BLACKS IN SLI
but wait there's more
now I have weird black artifact boxes popping in and out and a crash-to-desktop
get fucked ubisoft
but wait there's more
now I have weird black artifact boxes popping in and out and a crash-to-desktop
get fucked ubisoft
FX6300 (stock)
GTX 770 (1250 MHz)
Patch 1.4
50-60fps with nvidia optimal settings and adaptive vsync. Only stuttered when traveling in a vehicle but the mip maps fix worked. Degradation in texture qualities is neglible in my eyes.
Decided to just run with this as it's butter smooth with good enough graphics. I'm worried that 1.5 will just screw things up
GTX 770 (1250 MHz)
Patch 1.4
50-60fps with nvidia optimal settings and adaptive vsync. Only stuttered when traveling in a vehicle but the mip maps fix worked. Degradation in texture qualities is neglible in my eyes.
Decided to just run with this as it's butter smooth with good enough graphics. I'm worried that 1.5 will just screw things up
Smushroomed
Banned
they are literally releasing broken products
i'm in a position were spending 60+ bucks on a pc game and having it not work is a inconvience. Imagine being someone who bought this game digitally, to have the game not work at all, and have no recourse
SliChillax
Member
To some people this is the second or third game this month from Ubisoft that they have spent their hard earned money on and it doesn't function properly. A few swears here and there are nothing compared to the rip off and the hate Ubisoft deserves.
plumpblumpkin
Member
+1
Ubisoft deserves it all. Tired of the unfinished games BS. I'm so glad I didn't spend money on both Unity and this because I would have been more pissed.
plumpblumpkin
Member
^^^You sure there aren't any alien spaceships above you??
I only noticed this in one of the Himalaya levels and thought it was just my Cambridge Audio amplifier (seriously, don't buy anything from them) crapping out.
Otherwise the game still has some artifact issues. For example in caves and indoor locations sometimes it seems there's some lighting issue that looks like there's snakes of light at the edges running along you when you move. Shadows also do weird shit at times.
I really hope Ubisoft devs keep patching this. Skippable intro and cutscenes would be pretty high on my list.
https://developer.nvidia.com/content/nvidia-hairworks-farcry-4
That explains the drops when I was surrounded by three of them.
SliChillax
Member
I also had a problem where hairworks wasn't working, looked just the same as with Fur set to On. Tried restarting etc did nothing.
Dictator93
Member
How brutal was the drop?
60 to low 50s as soon as a wolves started approaching me, no drops when there is only one animal with simulated fur and it does not move too much (yak for instance).
I think my framerate would drop to 30 if there were 4-5 animals around me.
My problem is even worse, when I enable Hairworks, all I can see are a dramatically reduced amount of fur strands being rendered. I'll take a screen shot the next time I play to demonstrate.
I came over a ridge and encountered 3 yaks. Frames went from ~100 to ~40. =)
FunkyMunkey
Banned
I had this happen to me and I had to disable PCSS. It was a while ago and I forget how I fixed it though (on a 970), I googled the fix.
lordfuzzybutt
Member
Enhanced godrays is turned down, so yeah.
plumpblumpkin
Member
Thank god I wasn't the only one noticing it...
Yeah, it's almost like we got a Far Cry 3.5 'esque downgrade. The visuals had more of a pop to them before the 1.5 patch. It does run a little smoother on my GTX970 though.
Anyone notice the load times are up too? I have it installed on a fast mechanical drive, but it seems almost twice as long to load into the game to me now.
For me it was the opposite. I'm on an SSD though but before 1.5.0 load times were far longer, especially if you died and it resets and loads the same area. On a HDD the load times were annoyingly long at times.
Delete the xml files from the Far Cry 4 folder in My Games. I too had the God rays disappear, they are now back just as they were before the patch.
I am hoping the "downgrade" is a bug and not intentional. The difference in lighting is pretty big and quite disappointing to be honest.
Yes, it now takes longer to load even on an SSD.
Is anyone else having trouble manually saving? I don't have the option to just save anymore, and save and quit doesn't work. I have to finish a campaign quest or start one to get the game to save my progress. I have tried turning cloud saves off and running as administrator per some suggestions searching Google, but neither of those seem to work.
hollams
Gold Member
My map filter isn't working, when I'm looking at the map and choose filter goes to another screen and just has the headings. I've restarted the game and it doesn't matter, I would try a new game, but won't because you still can't skip the cut scenes and the intro is very long.
Spoke too soon. God rays are still there but they aren't as frequent as previously.
Excuse the crappy Uplay shot :
I don't blame you for that mistake, I thought the same thing initially, spent 5 minutes looking at some trees for the rays then exited the game. Glad I already finished it.
What the fuck.
Will give this a go tomorrow.
I just formatted my PC yesterday and installed FC4 fresh with the new patch.
^ Yep, god rays coming through tree branches has been majorly snuffed out.
Extremely disappointing.
The XML reset does make the fur work for me though.
Lovely. Over 30% of my framerate goes (drops to 24 from locked 34) when there are wolves. 780ti sc @ 1215mhz, 4770K at 4.4 ghz. Usually with 60% GPU usage and some weird mix of medium and low cpu usage across the cores.
That was a fun 30 seconds to check it out.
No wonder it wasn't included at launch.
Bugged like PCSS which has shadows flying all over the place (and looks pretty crap imo). No decent TXAA.
Ubisoft have made a mockery of the Nvidia features.
AC just downloaded a 1mb update or something for me. I instantly wonder what they fucked up there.
Extremely disappointing.
The XML reset does make the fur work for me though.
Lovely. Over 30% of my framerate goes (drops to 24 from locked 34) when there are wolves. 780ti sc @ 1215mhz, 4770K at 4.4 ghz. Usually with 60% GPU usage and some weird mix of medium and low cpu usage across the cores.
That was a fun 30 seconds to check it out.
No wonder it wasn't included at launch.
Bugged like PCSS which has shadows flying all over the place (and looks pretty crap imo). No decent TXAA.
Ubisoft have made a mockery of the Nvidia features.
AC just downloaded a 1mb update or something for me. I instantly wonder what they fucked up there.
SliChillax
Member
I just played a solid 2hrs. The smoothness is definitely improved, but not where I'd like it to be yet. The god rays did look a little better at different times of day, but definitely diminished. It seems they fixed the texture crawl when you're flying around really fast. That was really distracting.