Traversal stutter on PC
The PC version suffers from traversal stuttering, moving to new areas very often causes the game to stutter, this can also happen randomly from my experience. I have read 100s of reports on ResetEra ...
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Well there goes any hope of them ever fixing this issue, we waited all this time for absolutely nothing, what a massive disappointment. If you're still within the 2 hour Steam window you may as well just refund the game and move on, and for the rest of well it's expensive lesson to avoid anything EA Motive are involved in going forward.
Yeah, if they had at any way acknowledged the issue and said “the fixes didn’t make it into this patch but we’re still working at it,” I’d be more generous. The fact the patch notes did not address it *at all* is very disappointing.
I’m just going to push through the issue, give the game a negative review and warn people off it. It’s a shame.
Just FYI EA, this is how you do it: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1649240/eventcomments/3772364315540996065?snr=1_2108_9__2107
"We’re already hard at work on the next patch which will include performance improvements and a fix to correctly display at 3840x1600 resolution."
Why is it so difficult for you to add something similar to your patch notes? Just let us know you're working on a fix, if you even are.
Alright. That was the benefit of the doubt, which was taken and burned in a fire. To not fix it could be somewhat understandable as maybe it's hard to fix. But to not even mention it? Seriously? Do you think just ignoring it will make it go away?
The only thing I can think of is that it can't be fixed with the current state of technology and the way how their engine works. The reason could be how the level and environment, including events, are dynamically loaded as you play the game. Part of this is due to the "AI director" that can dynamically change what happens next depending on your actions. The entire "streaming pipeline" can't process and catch up in time the higher the framerate. That's why it's less noticeable at lower fixed frame rates.
To fix this and make it more "scalable" they need to rework their entire engine. It could be a "physics are bound to framerate and tuned to 60hz" - type of scenario. Maybe this problem could be mitigated if they utilized "direct storage" on PC in the first place.
If you want to see how “seamless and instant level/asset streaming” is done right, check out Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart on PS5.
