Refresh Rate bug

CPU temps lol. This game isn't even hard on the CPU compared to many other titles, if you have temp issues in this game your CPU cooling is very much malfunctioning.

And FYI modern CPUs and GPUs auto throttle themselves a bit before 100c to prevent any damage, which reduces the performance of course but the refresh rate issue is absolutely NOT a performance issue, it's a rendering issue.

In regards to the cpu temps, I found that if I let the game boot up without a form of frame limiting like vsync, then the 1500+ fps it was running at on the main menu certainly thrashed the * out the cpu and max it out to 100% usage, which would then obviously cause an increased temperature.

That was the only thing on this shoddy arse game I did manage to fix. 

Dont know if that helps you or not 🙂

100 degrees is not good though shouldnt really be hitting those temps. Maybe take the heatsink or aio off your cpu, give it a clean and stick some new thermal paste on. Bit of a ballache though...

Or just uninstall this game 😉

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@WarGravy00 wrote:
@DutchDoctorI contacted support about specifically the CPU temps. There were reports on reddit from day one with people having 100 degree CPU temps. After working with support they told me that they believe the CPU temp issue was directly related to this refresh issue.

They told me to follow this thread for updates.

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If you don't limit your framerate, gpu and cpu will get hot in any game, thats kind of a given, but reaching those temps (100°C) is too much, like VBL said, CPUs and GPUs have thermal throttling that prevent damage, but if you are reaching those temps its very usual that the cooling is bad: insufficient or something wrong on the installation or configuration (mechanical, thermal paste, fan speed, etc).

What cpu and cooler are you using?, and btw its more usual in a game that the gpu gets hotter much faster than the cpu... there might be something wrong with your setup.

I posted why i would try the game again if they fix this bug and a sincere opinion of this game with constructive criticism, also acknowledging the good things as well as the problems i perceive.

it got deleted twice (i reposted), without even a message why.

If this doesn't get fixed soon, the PC playerbase is going to die off completely.

Those who can refund, already have.

The rest of us are stuck with having paid for a broken gamem with no sign of a fix.

I haven't looked forward to a game this excitedly for years, now I can't bring myself to play it.

Real heartbreaking game.

Seems like this issue is losing visibility on Steam now. Not too surprising as there has been no movement on it since release day. 

Reviews are now mostly positive, and the dedicated threads on their forum are not being commented on any more, again as there's nothing left to say.

Wouldn't surprise me if the whole thing gets buried under the carpet and EA keep fleecing people forever, selling them a VR game that doesn't support native VR refresh rates.

If I had worked on this game I would be embarrassed. 

It's now obvious why EA recommended the Playstation and Oculus VR headsets for the game, which at the time baffled everyone who read those articles. 

Hi guys, same as you, waiting and keeping fingers crossed.

I bought this title expressively for VR with my Rift S. It's a shame I can't enjoy the game.

If squadrons were a bad game probably less people complains about the bugs, but because it's a good game I feel more "frustration".

As mentioned before maybe the fix is not trivial, so for me it's not a problem if they take their time.

If I have to be patient no problem at all, but please solve this issue.

EDIT:

- Rift S

- Core i5 9600k

- RTX 2080Ti

- 16GB DDR4 3200

- SSD

The only way I have been able to play without motion smoothing at a native framerate is with an Oculus Quest 2 (or 1 I guess) streaming wirelessly with Virtual Desktop and configuring it for 60hz. This is 100% perfectly smooth with no interpolation and no stuttering. The only thing is that it seems like it needs a lot lower than 16.6ms to keep smooth so you'll need to run it at pretty low settings and that ties into the fact that it also feels smoother than 60 FPS in the headset (and no not motion smoothed, there are no interpolation artifacts). Another thing is that 60hz is very tiring on the eyes in VR, thankfully it's not overly bright game so it's doable.

I think @DutchDoctor put it pretty well with "heartbreaking". Like a lot of you I've been pretty much waiting for this game since the original TIE Fighter. When Squadrons was announced with the similar mechanics and first person only (hate the fact that you HAVE to play 3rd person in Battefront on the ground and in space unless you want to be at a massive disadvantage) I was excited that this was finally the game I was waiting for.

This was also the game that, again like a lot of people, made me take the plunge and finally buy a VR kit (Index).

The game has so much potential (the times I have managed to play in it in VR, even with the issues, have been fantastic) and I was hoping if it was successful then there'd either be things added later or a Squadons 2, but this refresh rate issue has taken the shine off.

I'm lucky that I have a 60hz monitor so I can at least play without headaches on pancake, but.... it's not the same. Once you've been in VR (and I've played other VR games that have been incredible and totally smooth) everything just feels... flat.

I'm not mad that a game has bugs at launch (software is complex) but what has mostly let this down is communication. I don't care if the update is "we still don't know what the problem is, we're still investigating" every couple of days - the important thing is managing expectations and letting your customers know. If people know you're working on something, even if not making much progress, they'll be far more patient than radio silence (or very sparse acknowledgements).

Not mad just... disappointed

- AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

- 32GB Memory

- SSD

- GTX 1070 Ti