DUST Search - Frame Rate Loss: Is anything being done?

Funkmaster Whale wrote:

The subject of performance loss is thrown around here quite a bit. Being an avid FPS gamer, I'm sure many will agree that lag is probably the worst enemy of any serious player. Particularly PC and outposts (Gallente Research and Orbital Artillery specifically) are still suffering from extreme frame rate loss during combat. The simple fact is that not being able to fight effectively because your game is stuttering completely and utterly ruins the experience.

The fact that CCP Devs are claiming "Uhhh we don't know what's going on" is really really disheartening. We have no tools to diagnose the lag and as such we can't really tell you anything other than the game is borderline unplayable. I know for a fact that many massive corporations broke apart (Southern Legion, for example) due to the fact that PC was unplayable for them. Even in pub matches some areas of the game seem to turn into slideshows as soon as some action starts happening. The one thing I want more than anything right now is for this damn game to just run smooth.

So what is going on then? Are we just going to have to live with the fact that PC is just going to remain a lagfest? Is this CCP's way of telling us to adapt? I'm at a loss. The one thing I here more than anything in PC coms is "Stupid lag!"; "I can't even go into that city without lagging out!"; "OMG FREAKING LAG!". You get the point.

When are we going to see a smooth, consistent 30 FPS running game? 1.6? 1.7? PS4? Never?

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Funkmaster Whale 0uter.Heaven 694	Posted - 2013.09.26 14:44:00 - [1] - Quote The subject of performance loss is thrown around here quite a bit. Being an avid FPS gamer, I'm sure many will agree that lag is probably the worst enemy of any serious player. Particularly PC and outposts (Gallente Research and Orbital Artillery specifically) are still suffering from extreme frame rate loss during combat. The simple fact is that not being able to fight effectively because your game is stuttering completely and utterly ruins the experience. The fact that CCP Devs are claiming "Uhhh we don't know what's going on" is really really disheartening. We have no tools to diagnose the lag and as such we can't really tell you anything other than the game is borderline unplayable. I know for a fact that many massive corporations broke apart (Southern Legion, for example) due to the fact that PC was unplayable for them. Even in pub matches some areas of the game seem to turn into slideshows as soon as some action starts happening. The one thing I want more than anything right now is for this damn game to just run smooth. So what is going on then? Are we just going to have to live with the fact that PC is just going to remain a lagfest? Is this CCP's way of telling us to adapt? I'm at a loss. The one thing I hear more than anything in PC coms is "Stupid lag!"; "I can't even go into that city without lagging out!"; "OMG FREAKING LAG!". You get the point. When are we going to see a smooth, consistent 30 FPS running game? 1.6? 1.7? PS4? Never?
CommanderBolt A.N.O.N.Y.M.O.U.S. 310	Posted - 2013.09.26 14:48:00 - [2] - Quote Funkmaster Whale wrote: The subject of performance loss is thrown around here quite a bit. Being an avid FPS gamer, I'm sure many will agree that lag is probably the worst enemy of any serious player. Particularly PC and outposts (Gallente Research and Orbital Artillery specifically) are still suffering from extreme frame rate loss during combat. The simple fact is that not being able to fight effectively because your game is stuttering completely and utterly ruins the experience. The fact that CCP Devs are claiming "Uhhh we don't know what's going on" is really really disheartening. We have no tools to diagnose the lag and as such we can't really tell you anything other than the game is borderline unplayable. I know for a fact that many massive corporations broke apart (Southern Legion, for example) due to the fact that PC was unplayable for them. Even in pub matches some areas of the game seem to turn into slideshows as soon as some action starts happening. The one thing I want more than anything right now is for this damn game to just run smooth. So what is going on then? Are we just going to have to live with the fact that PC is just going to remain a lagfest? Is this CCP's way of telling us to adapt? I'm at a loss. The one thing I here more than anything in PC coms is "Stupid lag!"; "I can't even go into that city without lagging out!"; "OMG FREAKING LAG!". You get the point. When are we going to see a smooth, consistent 30 FPS running game? 1.6? 1.7? PS4? Never? I 100% feel your pain. My last PC match started.... well.. OK, it was playable for the first 1/4 of the battle. Towards the halfway mark the FPS drop was insane. Slideshow sub 5FPS. Lag so bad that i would stop firing , reload and get the kill after I had reloaded.... lol ?? As a PC gamer maybe I have just become accustom to PC levels of performance.
DJINN Stephani Villore Sec Ops Gallente Federation 71	Posted - 2013.09.26 14:56:00 - [3] - Quote I already took a two month break because of this once and I'm on the verge of doing it again. Fixing the lag in PC should be a number 1 priority in my opinion. Nothing else will drive away the hardcore playerbase away faster than the slideshow we call PC.
Funkmaster Whale 0uter.Heaven 695	Posted - 2013.09.26 15:01:00 - [4] - Quote DJINN Stephani wrote: I already took a two month break because of this once and I'm on the verge of doing it again. Fixing the lag in PC should be a number 1 priority in my opinion. Nothing else will drive away the hardcore playerbase away faster than the slideshow we call PC. Problem is, it already has. The only ones remaining are the people that stuck through it and managed to just deal with it by spamming AoE/Explosives. What's worse is something like the new Gallente Research Outpost is already laggy as hell even in pub matches. But play it in a PC battle and... My god... It's unbelievable how bad it is. I turned off my PS3 mid-game because the slide-show was giving me such a headache just trying to pay attention to what was going on.
Crash Monster Snipers Anonymous 1450	Posted - 2013.09.26 15:42:00 - [5] - Quote I doubt they will share it with us but I'd like to get an idea of how/what is being communicated in higher traffic areas that is resulting in the lag. Is there some type of multiple player interdependence that has player A needing info about player B while player B is waiting for player C or something? Are they asking the PS3 to calculate and render things outside the visible window in case the user turns? Is weapons fire display a high priority? Anybody with a wireshark who cares to give a bit of insight into the types of traffic going past and what it might imply? I'm not in PC so I don't suffer serious lag often but from time to time I do notice it -- and I'd consider it like heart disease for gamers -- a number 1 killer.
IRON PATRIOT 1 Dem Durrty Boyz Public Disorder. 48	Posted - 2013.09.26 15:51:00 - [6] - Quote They need to fix asap I get on some times and suffer from serious lag to the point barely any of my shots register on a target while they're just tearing me apart. I would be cool if it was proto gear but it's militia gear. I mainly have this problem with semi auto weapons like MD, SR, SG, & Tact AR. On top of that I have people sending hate mail calling hacking ***** because they can't hit me cause I'm jumping all over the place.
Spaceman-Rob Resheph Interstellar Strategy Gallente Federation 155	Posted - 2013.09.26 16:06:00 - [7] - Quote Doesn't matter whether it's pub or pc, the game in its current state is a lag fest, sort it out ccp.


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