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Arya-Furry_Tras
2 years ago

Asset streaming lag spikes on Steam Deck/Linux

Some new function in the game is causing nigh unplayable performance for many linux (and some windows?) users, including me. The game takes noticeably longer to start, menus lag and show low resoluti...
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Arya-Furry_Tras
2 years ago
A way to mitigate the issue has been found. This does not fix the textureless legend models, nor does it entirely remove the lag spikes, but removing charms from all of your weapons stops you from getting lag spikes every time you equip a weapon, making the game much more playable.
  • PsyhiX69's avatar
    PsyhiX69
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago

    The same texture issue happened for me on Windows 11 + AMD latest drivers (dx12).

  • naginata_56's avatar
    naginata_56
    2 years ago

    Thank you for that insight, I have the same problem.

    Would lag spikes still happen upon picking up a weapon that already has a skin and charm on it? For example, picking up a weapon from someone's deathbox or that someone dropped?

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      Arya-Furry_Tras
      2 years ago

      @naginata_56 Yes. The issue lies with loading assets at all, so any time you load a problematic asset (e.g. picking up a weapon that has another person's charm on it), your client will hang. I'd recommend refraining from picking up weapons another player may have tampered with mid-fight whenever possible until the underlying issue is fixed.

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