artsi
Member
Those download sites are the worst. If I remember correctly even Download.com was caught injecting some crap to the files.
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The Evil Within PC Performance Thread
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Those download sites are the worst. If I remember correctly even Download.com was caught injecting some crap to the files.
Mohonky
Member
I havent imstalled the game of cheat engine or anything yet, but if I want to run the game at 1080p 16:9, do I need to do anything outside of the cheatengine fix, like make a config file or anything like that?
Not as used to editing games and using console commands as others so a full step by step for some of us noobs would be nice.
Not as used to editing games and using console commands as others so a full step by step for some of us noobs would be nice.
Dalibor_San
Member
Just quoting myself as we are on a new page and my question will be skimmed over, I'm really wondering if this filter remover somehow takes away from the game from beginning to end?
paperspace
Member
How About No
Member
So I'm on chapter 7 and by now any issues plaguing performance in the earlier chapters seems to be nonexistant. 5 year old AMD rig. The texture pop-in is hilarious though, I cant even be mad
Mohonky
Member
Ah, cheers for that.
Oh thank fuck for that. I might be able to play the fucking game now without feeling like I've just stepped of a 3 hour rollercoaster.
UnrealEck
Member
Someone posted a command to reduce texture size a few pages back. That might reduce pop in.
IcyRhythms
Member
Any chance they'll just patch in the option to remove the bars without screwing with the FOV?
Chance Hale
Member
Is there a way to make the gibs stay on screen longer? They disappear after 3 seconds which is pretty silly.
Burgess_101
Member
The Cheat Engine works perfectly, ill have to fiddle with it to get it looking perfect though. Im still really bad at the game mind, I can't get past the start of Chapter 3...
Bl@de
Member
Performance Comparison of K-Putts FOV Fix (Xeon 1230 and GTX 770)
Normal:
FOV Fix:
You decide what's important. I have Situations where FPS dip to 40fps ... so with the FOV Fix that would be around 30fps. For me it's unplayable and the black bars don't bother me.
Also: When zooming in with the Rfile you see Game Graphics where the Black Bars should be.
Normal:
FOV Fix:
You decide what's important. I have Situations where FPS dip to 40fps ... so with the FOV Fix that would be around 30fps. For me it's unplayable and the black bars don't bother me.
Also: When zooming in with the Rfile you see Game Graphics where the Black Bars should be.
Chance Hale
Member
Another question, has anyone found a way to have the reticle only show up while aiming? I've been playing completely hudless other than the reticle so having that show up while walking around is a bit of a bummer.
SlasherJPC
Banned
Just put your weapon away. Crosshair disappears.
paperspace
Member
Can't you just unequip with C/V?
Chance Hale
Member
I'm pretty silly, thanks. Although it'd still be nice to be able to have your gun out without a reticle. Looks cool 
KarneeKarnay
Member
Hey guys, I just got a chance to play this and it's complete mess.
Horrendous input lag on the main sodding menu.
How did you guys fix it? I've opened the debug console and set the R_swapinterval -1 but the game is still laggy as hell. Do I need to reload the game?
Horrendous input lag on the main sodding menu.
How did you guys fix it? I've opened the debug console and set the R_swapinterval -1 but the game is still laggy as hell. Do I need to reload the game?
Chance Hale
Member
Turn up the dpi on your mouse high enough and it'll be less noticeable. Otherwise just use wasd and tab because it's far faster anyway
Bl@de
Member
only a problem in the main menu. no fix yet. same problem like watch dogs on pc when released
Bl@de
Member
Hmm? Don't understand what you mean. I already said 30-40fps are unacceptable for me when playing. Not that I want to start this discussion again. Just wanted to show the performance difference when removing the black bars and increasing the fov.
blankempathy
Member
Anyone else have an issue where upon loading the game after the initial logo screen the game locks up even though the audio is still heard until the "press any key" screen shows up? I can play but its weird that its doing that.
That's a weird suggestion. Unless the game works with g-sync that would just result in noticeable image judder. It needs to be capped at a multiple of your refresh rate.
KarneeKarnay
Member
It's not just the main menu. I've loaded into the game and it's even worse. I'm using a controller. Everything is laggy, even the intro cutscene. Movement is awful and texture loading is shocking.
Chance Hale
Member
I don't understand how people can complain about playing at a steady, locked 30 but enjoy playing at 40-60 FPS. Stuttering is the devil, and makes games feel terrible. At a locked 30 there are no input problems but in the latter case having the game constantly sputter all over the place is a nightmare for playability.
I really don't mind locked 30 on the PC, the problem on consoles is that 30 FPS usually actually means 20-30 FPS which is also terrible. Recent exceptions are Drive Club and Forza Horizon which feel incredible to play. Still, a steady 60 FPS is always preferable. Really hoping I can find a RoG Swift soon so I can finally experience 120FPS+ and gsync which should solve the issues I have with inconsistent framerates.
I really don't mind locked 30 on the PC, the problem on consoles is that 30 FPS usually actually means 20-30 FPS which is also terrible. Recent exceptions are Drive Club and Forza Horizon which feel incredible to play. Still, a steady 60 FPS is always preferable. Really hoping I can find a RoG Swift soon so I can finally experience 120FPS+ and gsync which should solve the issues I have with inconsistent framerates.
What are your specs? No noticeable input lag in-game on my computer with a 780Ti. Didn't even notice stuttering which I'm usually pretty sensitive to. I didn't notice too much texture loading issues in the game compared to other idtech5 games. The exception is certain areas of Chapter 11 which makes sense given the draw distance.
Bl@de
Member
Try using:
- V-Sync
- Triple Buffering
- set MaximumPrerenderedFrames to 1
I play with mouse/keyboard and have no noticable input lag. Can't comment on texture loading. No problem there (only cutscenes with fast cuts).
UnrealEck
Member
That might be true in some games but when I tried it at 45 FPS at 60Hz I had no image judder at all.
KarneeKarnay
Member
GIGABYTE P35W v2-CF2 UltraForce Gamer 15.6" Full HD IPS Display, Intel Core i7-4710HQ, 16GB DDR3L, 2 x 128GB SSD & 1TB 7200TPM HDD, NVIDIA GTX870M 6144MB GDDR5 - Windows 8.1
I'll give that a go
So is there a way to fix the FOV and Black Bars without Cheat Engine? I cant have it install other ESL Wire will ban me and I will get DQ'd from ESL-One
Not sure what ESL is but nothing will ban you unless the program is running at the same time.
Gsync is weird with this one. I turned the lock to 60 and the game is instead capping me to 48 fps and my monitor is reporting back Normal Mode instead of Gsync when I check if gysnc is enabled. I'm guessing it's because vsync is forced on, which would explain why it's jumping seemingly erratically from 48 to 30 FPS for me, which is something I would expect from a double buffered game.
paperspace
Member
So is there a way to fix the FOV and Black Bars without Cheat Engine? I cant have it install other ESL Wire will ban me and I will get DQ'd from ESL-One
Wait, what? Are you required to run anti-cheat software at all times or something? And it has to check irrelevant games as well?
What are you using to lock the framerate?
If v-sync is on and the framerate is capped at 60, you'll likely just get capped at 48.
Using the game's standard settings (r_swapinterval -2) the game will cap your framerate at 72fps with a 144Hz monitor, but since there's no way the game will keep up with that, it will go down to 48. If it can't keep up with that, it will be capped at 36 - yeah you get it.
rottingcore
Banned
i5 2500k and HD7950 boost, what's my performance likely to be?
I think so. You can press '+' on your numpad to increase the FOV quite a lot, to the point where you've overdone it.
Oh yeah, you have to be careful installing the CheatEngine, always click on the 'Custom' option every time and uncheck whatever excess programs it wants you to install.
I haven't seen anyone say this game is compatible with G-Sync mode yet. Apparently the game's "Full Screen" mode is actually a kind of borderless windowed mode, so G-sync cannot be enabled. Plus there's the odd OpenGL to DirectX wrapper thing going on, so who knows what's going to happen? G-Sync requires the application to be running in full screen mode to operate.
It's been reported here that the r_swapinterval setting is aware of your display refresh rate. What you're describing would make sense if you're playing the game at 144Hz. Double buffering plus Vsync will drop you to 72 fps (1/2 of 144) if you can't maintain 144 fps. If you can't maintain 72 fps, then the next drop will be down to 48 fps (1/3 of 144) and then 36 fps (1/4 of 144).
hobblygobbly
Member
Gah, my game is having random crash to desktop issues now and then, really annoying.
Can't seem to find a compromise I'm happy with. It's either deal with a dizzying FOV and horrible aspect ratio for performance or drop performance for better FOV/aspect ratio. No matter if it's locked 30 or unlocked 60 the game constantly feels like it's stuttering.
I've probably spent more time fiddling around with settings than I have playing the game.
I've probably spent more time fiddling around with settings than I have playing the game.
Eurogamer has chimed in with their attempt and running it maxed
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2014-is-it-possible-to-run-the-evil-within-pc-at-1080p60?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialoomph
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2014-is-it-possible-to-run-the-evil-within-pc-at-1080p60?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialoomph
It detects if cheat software is installed.
Removing that bleached out filter doesn't diminish the creepy atmosphere at all imo. A great example is the hospital lobby save room where the colors are warm, vibrant, and safe feeling, but turn very cold and muted in the very next room with the brain chair thus still retaining that uneasy horror feel. It's just a white balance fix in my eyes.
I'm up to chapter 5 and sometimes revert back to the filter just for kicks and get grossed out.
Out of curiosity why are you constantly running something that scans all your installed programs? Sounds more like spyware.
WAR recon zero
Banned
All games should have sliders for fov
Does this fix affect gameplay/performance?
Does this fix affect gameplay/performance?
I think it's just a case of not knowing it's an option that the PC players wanted. They heard people wanted 60fps. They heard they wanted fullscreen. So they gave them those.
They didn't realize people would want the higher FoV to go along with that fullscreen.