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Batman AK PC Perf Thread of DARKNESS, NO SETTINGS [30fps cap / intro removal in OP]
- Thread starter Peterthumpa
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RandomSeed
Member
I see a few people in here mention getting the other games...neat. I was just looking at my Steam list and was surprised to see Origins/Blackgate in there, since I got my Knight code from buying a GTX970. Looks like I have a lot of Batman to play next year.
Reizo Ryuu
Member
New patch up, apparantly restores heavy rain effects in earlier sections of the game
Yep, new patch sounds like it fixes most of the persistent bugs and problems with the game. Good stuff.
http://steamcommunity.com/games/208650/announcements/detail/128715036853504337
http://steamcommunity.com/games/208650/announcements/detail/128715036853504337
Thanks a lot to those who reported this bug heavily.
I may be in the minority but the game runs really well, stuttering is still there (have not tested with the new patch) but it no longer is intrusive enough to bother me.
EDIT: Alright, tested my usual sequence and stuttering has been further reduced, LOD transitions are handled better, rain is still the same.
Reizo Ryuu
Member
Best part about this update:
Also they finally also updated batgirl/harley/red hood to receive story mode upgrades as well.
Also they finally also updated batgirl/harley/red hood to receive story mode upgrades as well.
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Deleted member 325805
Unconfirmed Member
I keep pushing this to the back of my backlog and they keep fixing it, should be good by the time I get to it.
PinkCrayon
Member
Next week.
Oracle Dragon
Member
Great! Hopefully it pops up in the soon to be Steam sale so I can proceed to murder my 560Ti with it. I love the rest of the series, I've been waiting for this one to be fixed up so I can finally dive in!
/salute to all of you brave souls who paid out full price and suffered through until the game was fixed!
Reizo Ryuu
Member
If you like some cool skins, skinpacks yes. (custom batmobiles can only be used in story if you've gotten rid of everything that requires combat mode (roadblocks/drones).
If you like challenge mode (like me), then definitely get the challenge packs.
If you want to do a bit more focussed mission type of thing then batgirl DLC is good
If you really like challenge mode (like me), then also get red hood/harley
The nightwing/robin episodes were alright, nothig great or memorable, catwoman episode was more fun than I expected though.
Season of infamy should be dropping next week, which basically continues the story.
30pfs, 60fps, or both? Framepacing was my major issue with it. If that's fixed I'll download it agsin
Seems like both on my end. Then again, my box is underpowered, so I'm having to run it at 720p to get a full 60 frames. Performance for me with 1600x900 at 30p is extremely consistent however so I've settled with that.
1920x1080 seems pretty consistent frame pacing wise, but with 2GB of VRAM, I'm seeing the occasional drop still pop in, which I'm assuming is due to things loading into RAM.
It uses less VRAM now.
approximately how much VRAM does it use now on average?...does it fix the random fatal error crashes as well?...I completed the game after the October patch but would still get occasional crashes
has performance improved when enabling all the Nvidia smoke, debris effects?
The game crashes when I run MSI Afterburner but the in-game VRAM meter says 3280mb using the game's best textures.
Gameworks features are still very taxing, when all four are enabled the framerate is unplayable on my single 980.
ss_lemonade
Member
Anyone know how well this runs on a 970m with all the patches now?
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
Was hdd so cramped that you needed to delete it last time? Or was it a rage delete?
I'm usually hovering around 100GB left, so I figured I'd delete it. I had done everything but the Riddler challenges anyway. I don't have oodles of space I guess. I was thinking about completing the game on hard mode if it was fixed. I kept it installed until the second patch, when that shit didn't fix anything, after waiting like two-three months, I nuked its ass.
Only tested 60. It's not perfect though, I still get some hitches usually when driving the batmobile but they're less frequent. Smoke effects are still pretty demanding as well and drop me into the 40s on a 980 Ti at 3440x1440.
texhnolyze
Banned
The game is totally playable and pretty smooth at 30fps capped when I beat it last week or so, and that was before this recent patch.
In my case, it was totally rage delete.
Though i did need the space eventually, every game now is like 50GB, apparently.
The Janitor
Member
Running really well for me, actually smoother than Arkham City because it doesn't stutter.
Then again I've only gotten to the part where you first get the batmobile, I don't know if there's some kind of frame rate problems later in the game.
Running it maxed at 1080P with all Nvidia effects off except for enhanced rain.
Specs:
980 Ti
i7 5820k
16Gb RAM
Win 10 x64
Also using this to remove the fight effects still works, I recommend using that + HUD toggle if you want a more immersive looking game
Then again I've only gotten to the part where you first get the batmobile, I don't know if there's some kind of frame rate problems later in the game.
Running it maxed at 1080P with all Nvidia effects off except for enhanced rain.
Specs:
980 Ti
i7 5820k
16Gb RAM
Win 10 x64
Also using this to remove the fight effects still works, I recommend using that + HUD toggle if you want a more immersive looking game
Wait, is this true? They didn't bother modeling the cars with combat?
Peterthumpa
Member
It's not about bothering with modelling them. The Batmobiles originally don't have "battle modes". It's only fair to think that they left them vanilla by purpose,
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
Enhanced rain is great, the fog is the real perf killer but on a 980ti you should be able to have it all.
I'm running a stock 4670 + 16gb Ram + 980ti and its pretty good maxed. Although I haven't actually done a framerate check.
In fact I'm downsampling from 2880 x whatever!
This, the default Batmobile is an upgrade from the other Batmobiles, because of the tank mode. It is an original design.
Okay, redownloaded it, cuz I need some closure on this ordeal. It seems like they finally fixed the horrible memory leaking on my end? I don't seem to be getting the multi-second stutters anymore. In 30 minutes of play I got just a couple moments of brief stutters when I reached a new area and when I called the Batmobile once. I'm not ready to say it's completely fix because hell it may break down again if I play it for longer, but it seems okay now. Too bad I already finished it, but I guess there's hard mode.
Framerate-wise it's the same. A locked 60fps is an impossibility, it always goes down when you drive the tankmobile or when you're flying around the city.
p.s. Rain effects on the tankmobile are still shit. I don't understand this one at all.
It seems like they finally fixed the horrible memory leaking on my end? I don't seem to be getting the multi-second stutters anymore. In 30 minutes of play I got just a couple moments of brief stutters when I reached a new area and when I called the Batmobile once. I'm not ready to say it's completely fix because hell it may break down again if I play it for longer, but it seems okay now. Too bad I already finished it, but I guess there's hard mode.Framerate-wise it's the same. A locked 60fps is an impossibility, it always goes down when you drive the tankmobile or when you're flying around the city.
p.s. Rain effects on the tankmobile are still shit. I don't understand this one at all.
Peterthumpa
Member
Runs REALLY well for mee now. Playing at 1440p with Gamworks smoke and debris, getting 30 FPS locked. GTX 970 and i5 4440.
Alcoholikaust
Member
Don't be to pleased, fog is indeed the killer, i have a 980ti and if i want something close to a locked 60 i have to disable enhanced lights or however that's called and fog because lights tanks the framerate while gliding and the fog while driving the batmobile
dr_rus
Member
I'm running the game on 980ti with everything on at very much a locked 60Hz in 1080p. The GPU load remains below 70% most of the time and the only places where I'm seeing dips is during the fast batmobile driving.
The game has always run kinda well for me but after the last couple of patches I really can't see anything wrong with its performance.
Adry9
Member
I have the game running at 1080p and locked at 30 with RTSS. It runs great almost maxed out, but if you need 60 fps then good luck.
icecold1983
Member
most of us have a very different definition of what a "very much locked 60hz" is. the game drops frames and has absolutely awful frametime variance anytime you enter the batmobile or fly above the city. those 2 activities combined count for over half of the game time during the campaign.
dr_rus
Member
A locked 60 means that the game runs with vsync on most of the time. Frametimes doesn't matter much with vsync as vsync has built in frame pacing but they are perfectly fine right now.
I repeat - after the last couple of patches the game perform great on 980Ti in 1080p with every setting cranked to on/max. I can't see how anyone can be unhappy with the performance of the game right now. If there are issues then they are more than likely related to the machine in question and not the game itself.
icecold1983
Member
At 720p with the lowest settings possible, a locked 60 is completely out of reach. The game stutters snd drops frames constantly in the 2 scenarios i described above. This has been verified on enough machines. Dont see how anyone with a high end pc could be happy with this game technically. And its still missing proper rain and rain shaders from the console versions
icecold1983
Member
Tolerances will vary but your frametimes are all over the place kezen
Objectively, as I highlighted previously the game does not run at 60fps 100.000% of the time but I'm more than pleased with the performance I'm getting.
Reizo Ryuu
Member
Season of infamy, and some more stuff up. 3.9gb patch. No patch notes yet.