This worked for me! Thanks, this had been driving me crazy.
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Firewatch PC performance thread
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This worked for me! Thanks, this had been driving me crazy.
Nabs
Member
Isn't it vertical FOV, meaning it's around the 85 we are all familiar with?
No AA in Firewatch (if there is it might as well be non-existent). Colour me surprised.
Am I going to be surprised by any more technical bullshit with this game?
It sure as hell doesn't feel 85 to me. It just feels very off and is annoying my eyes. I usually play at 100 FOV @ 1440p.
The devs mentioned it on steam forums if you want 90 you have to put in 3500 in the registry. Which completely breaks it.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/383870/discussions/1/412446292776350214/
Am I going to be surprised by any more technical bullshit with this game?
It sure as hell doesn't feel 85 to me. It just feels very off and is annoying my eyes. I usually play at 100 FOV @ 1440p.
The devs mentioned it on steam forums if you want 90 you have to put in 3500 in the registry. Which completely breaks it.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/383870/discussions/1/412446292776350214/
That was on all high. I paused to double check I wasn't about to get a crazy messed up game. I'll be alright then it seems.
It feels lower than 85 to me. I tend to use 90 hor so it was a bit uncomfortable until I got used to it.
I'd like an FOV slider but it sounds like a wider angle breaks the game.
viveks86
Member
55 is vertical FoV. Making that 90 (+3500) will break most games. That's wayyyy to high. Try something in 60-70 range (500-1500 in registry) and see if it improves for you. Haven't tried it, but it seems like a lot of people have assumed it's horizontal fov.
Tried 500 - 2500 and everything in between. The clipping is just terrible. It honestly doesn't feel like 85 (or whatever is the equivalent horizontal FoV) FoV, I'll tell you that much.
viveks86
Member
Hmmm... Tough luck. I read they plan to incorporate a slider down the line, which I guess will happen only after they fix the animations to accommodate it. Stuff like that should be on every dev's checklist these days, especially fps games! :/
It's going to be a minefield of spoilers on any site I go to waiting for them to fix FoV.
Do you, or anyone know how to force AA through the Nvidia control panel? There are 4 AA options and I'm not sure what to use?
viveks86
Member
FXAA is probably the only option that will work. But that isn't going to fix your issue with shadows.
Having said that, the issue isn't that pronounced later in the game.
I wonder if someone will find a config file to tweak it...
Getting some dips and stutters, might have to drop to medium settings D:
Edit: I did a few tweaks that seemed to make the game a lot smoother. It might be temporary but it instantly felt better.
In-game V-Sync off.
In Nvidia Control Panel:
Power Management Mode: Prefer maximum performance
Shader Cache: Off
Triple Buffering: On
Vertical Sync: Adaptive
Virtual pre-rendered frames: 2
YMMV
Edit: I did a few tweaks that seemed to make the game a lot smoother. It might be temporary but it instantly felt better.
In-game V-Sync off.
In Nvidia Control Panel:
Power Management Mode: Prefer maximum performance
Shader Cache: Off
Triple Buffering: On
Vertical Sync: Adaptive
Virtual pre-rendered frames: 2
YMMV
sevenchaos
Banned
I'm having the same problem. Restarting Steam didn't help... Anyone have any ideas?
arts&crafts
Member
All high 1080p 60fps.
970
6600K
16GB DDR4
One thing that happened that could be my TV as I am not on a monitor, I am about an hour in,
and everything is blurry all of a sudden, I am guessing this isnt part of the game?
970
6600K
16GB DDR4
One thing that happened that could be my TV as I am not on a monitor, I am about an hour in,
midway through day 2
The garage looks really bad regardless of setting.
The shadows in this game or Unity is just really bad.
CrichtonKicks
Member
Locked 60 at 1080p on a 970 except for a momentary stutter every few minutes.
So we're assuming this stutter is just an auto-save thing? Every few minutes sucks.
CrichtonKicks
Member
Don't think so. There is an icon for auto saves and it doesn't correspond to the stutters. Seems more like it's streaming in a new area.
I haven't had a chance to benchmark it since the game pulled me in hard. I'm two achievements in out of five (non-spoiler progress mark) and the game has been running reasonably well at all ultra. Definitely some stutter here and there, but hey, Unity right? At least I don't think anyone with a 970 or better should be worrying about performance at 1080p/60Hz.
I'll try downsampling tomorrow.
I'll try downsampling tomorrow.
For anyone wondering how it runs on an i3 Alpha (I know I seen at least one guy earlier). It runs at a solid 30 with a mix of medium to high settings at 1080p. I turned of motion blur and bloom because I don't like either of those things. Also holds 30 fps at 2560x1080 same settings.
Nyteshade517
Member
i5-4690K
R9 290X 4GB
16GB RAM
Ultra Settings and for the most part it runs at 60 FPS with just a couple of issues I've noticed
1. Slight hiccup like others have said when it's loading in a new area (not Autosave) which seems to be a problem with Unity itself
2. I did notice more slowdown at the end of Day 1 when the screen gets the black bars after she tries calling out for help...no idea why that would stress the game more but it did
R9 290X 4GB
16GB RAM
Ultra Settings and for the most part it runs at 60 FPS with just a couple of issues I've noticed
1. Slight hiccup like others have said when it's loading in a new area (not Autosave) which seems to be a problem with Unity itself
2. I did notice more slowdown at the end of Day 1 when the screen gets the black bars after she tries calling out for help...no idea why that would stress the game more but it did
I ended up getting for my PC because I wanted to play it & I wanted to let you guys know how it runs on an older set up. Here's what I'm running:
i3-3240 @ 3.4
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
6 GB
Windows 10
I gotta say -- I'm pretty happy with how the game runs. On Ultra, I'm getting probably an average of 38fps with Vsync on at 1080p.
It fluctuates, but it doesn't seem to impact the experience. It certain areas it's in the high 40s -- I have seen it go to sub 30 for a moment when it seems like there is a large variety of flora on the screen. Like, different plant types - if it's all the same, it doesn't hit the FPS.
Haven't had any issues, but I'm early into the game. So, if you have a similar set-up, I can recommend it. The game looks great and runs well ... probably better than my PS4.
i3-3240 @ 3.4
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
6 GB
Windows 10
I gotta say -- I'm pretty happy with how the game runs. On Ultra, I'm getting probably an average of 38fps with Vsync on at 1080p.
It fluctuates, but it doesn't seem to impact the experience. It certain areas it's in the high 40s -- I have seen it go to sub 30 for a moment when it seems like there is a large variety of flora on the screen. Like, different plant types - if it's all the same, it doesn't hit the FPS.
Haven't had any issues, but I'm early into the game. So, if you have a similar set-up, I can recommend it. The game looks great and runs well ... probably better than my PS4.
wat?
If you're playing at 1080p that seems about normal.
I've never seen it drop from 60 (for any period not measurable by something like fraps) at 1440 on ultra settings. I'm using a 290.
digitalrelic
Banned
Do you have to use a mouse at the beginning during the choose-your-own-story bit? It wasn't allowing me to use a controller. I'm a couch gamer and it was a bit of a chore to have to pull out the keyboard/mouse to get through the intro.
So, you can tell the geometry/collision/physics, etc. impact on performance just by looking at the art style? Really? Wow. That's amazing!
GHG. STOP MAKING SO MUCH DAMN SENSE!
Not sure what was happening with you but I was able to get through that whole section with an XB1 Elite controller. I'm using whichever driver is automatically installed with Windows 10.
suddenlyissoon
Member
Same with me. Not sure if DSR is working or not but I cranked everything to max and only had a few drops below 60.
framerate is unlocked. I'm using a 144hz monitor
Mass_Pincup
Banned
It might be using your integrated graphic card, I've got an i7 and a 660m and it ran pretty good on low.
PaulExcellent
Member
Running at 720p/High on a Lenovo Y50 with a 860m.
Framerate has drops from 60fps to 28-30 or so at random times. I just finished the game and couldn't deal with it after an hour. Really annoying. :/
Framerate has drops from 60fps to 28-30 or so at random times. I just finished the game and couldn't deal with it after an hour. Really annoying. :/
Ahhhh. Yeah, somebody did mention it had issues with higher refresh rate monitors.
FrenchFryFiend
Member
Anybody have a fix for the controller issue on the PC version? I have a Xbox One controller hooked up and the game just goes nuts when I hook up my controller. I already uninstalled and reinstalled the controller and that didnt work.
I went back and switched to controller in the game settings and it worked all of a sudden, did it before and nothing happened.
I went back and switched to controller in the game settings and it worked all of a sudden, did it before and nothing happened.
Garrett Hawke
Member
What fixed it for me was setting the game pad as the controller in in-game settings
D
Deleted member 325805
Unconfirmed Member
That was my experience before requesting a refund. 60fps with very regular stutters/dips where the game would jolt. I may pick it up again next year at 75% off, but I just wasn't feeling it at all and I was about to hit the 2 hour cut off and had to make a decision and I chose not to keep it.
I had to do that and then restart the game as well.