abracadaver
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How much of a performance hit is it to turn it on? Big difference or barely noticable?
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Dying Light PC Performance Thread
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How much of a performance hit is it to turn it on? Big difference or barely noticable?
6 fps cost approximately.
rbanke
Member
Feel like I should have looked before I lept with my i7-860, 8gb ram and 2gb 680. Friend wanted to get pc over PS4 version. Played around inside the starting building and it seems ok but im guessing I'll have to turn a few things down once we go outside, hopefully it at least runs on par with the consoles. Built it jan 2010 so im happy to have a reason to build a new pc.
Shadows and View distance are the biggest things to turn down right? (1080 btw)
Shadows and View distance are the biggest things to turn down right? (1080 btw)
Correct, shadows and draw-distance are the biggest performance sappers. Also, since you're 680 only has 2GB of VRAM, you'll want to have the textures set to "Medium." The "High" setting can take around 3.5GB of VRAM on average.
I would also look into overclocking your i7-860, if you haven't already; this game is very CPU dependent, and even a slight overclock can help boost frames immensely.
matrixman92
Member
all patched up and the game runs great for me now on my 760. Getting an overall 60 fps with dips to 50 rarely.
Corpsepyre
Banned
How many patches are out?
I can't shake off the feeling that the game should run better than it does even though performance is very good on my system (4770k / GTX 970).
But I guess this is going to be the norm. It's naive to believe developpers will really optimize their software on PC when better hardware can simply brute force pretty much anything.
Overprovisioning is the best strategy.
But I guess this is going to be the norm. It's naive to believe developpers will really optimize their software on PC when better hardware can simply brute force pretty much anything.
Overprovisioning is the best strategy.
matrixman92
Member
im not sure, I think 3 or 4? The last one is 1.3.0
We asked them how far they'll be going to improve the PC version.
http://www.relyonhorror.com/latest-news/dying-light-devs-explain-planned-fixes-for-pc-version/
http://www.relyonhorror.com/latest-news/dying-light-devs-explain-planned-fixes-for-pc-version/
Did you really quote a neogaf post as your source for poor optimization? Really? Even when there are multiple sources from actual tech websites on this game criticizing people over fucked up expectations causing idiocy on the side of the community as to what "optimization" actually means?
That aside, I'm glad someone in the press is asking them questions on this, even if they are loaded and seemingly pointlessly antagonistic ones.
There are a lot of comments from users with similar complaints, including our own experiences playing the game. Our editor should have linked to threads and other boards, not individual posts. I'll ask him to update it.
And It's not an unreasonable expectation to expect a stable FPS on the lowest settings with hardware above recommended. Granted, performance has gotten a little bit better with patch three, but it has a long way to go. And I'm glad Techland has acknowledged that fact. Hopefully the game will be better in a few weeks.
I've said it before but I'll say it again, they need to make a change to the lower end of that view distance slider. To get a smooth 60fps I need to edit the file outside of the game. Also, judging by what I've seen in video clips of the console versions in action, the equivalent setting for those versions is much, much lower than in the PC version so it would make sense to allow PC gamers to set it that low as well (without having to edit files manually!) to help maintain a desired framerate.
Depends, are you running an Nvidia or AMD GPU?
Been running maxed except view distance since release.
Nvidia.
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Deleted member 325805
Unconfirmed Member
Yes, 60fps 99% of the time. Nvidia DoF off, view distance min but everything else on/max at 1080p.
Yep. Mostly stable 60 here for me. All on max except motion blur and slider around half. Remember this game is heavily CPU bound.
Yeah ever since the patch without any stutters. Got view distance all the way down though because I almost never notice pop-in when I'm actually playing the game.
Mad Season
Banned
Amd
Gareth Bale
Member
Did anyone manage to get rid of the chromatic aberration?
I downloaded the supposed fix from nexus mods but it refuses to fuck off
So frustrating
I downloaded the supposed fix from nexus mods but it refuses to fuck off
So frustrating
Thanks.
New version of Dying Light manager is up that works with patch 1.3.0, includes sliders for view distance that goes up to prepatch 100% and other new goodies like refresh rate settings and such. Also still includes CA and film grain toggles as well as other toggles for stuff like sunshadows and cloud shadows in order to boost FPS to your liking.
http://www.mediafire.com/download/mb8hfi4hjmdjxij/Dying+Light+Manager.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/download/mb8hfi4hjmdjxij/Dying+Light+Manager.zip
Boulotaur2024
Member
Just tried the very latest version of Dying Light manager above and CA removal doesn't seem to work at all even with Motion Blur enabled ingame. Am I missing something or is this normal ?
Did you click the "enable mods" button on the tool? Because that's what actually changes the files in game to remove it. Otherwise maybe try running it as an admin? The fix doesn't totally remove it, as apparently it's built into the shader on stuff in the far distance, but it does remove the majority of the postfx stuff so that it's mostly unnoticeable unless you're looking for it.
Boulotaur2024
Member
Yup I did all that but there's still CA on the far distance just like you said
Oh well. I don't mind it that much while playing but I can see why it would hurt screenshots
Oh well. I don't mind it that much while playing but I can see why it would hurt screenshots
I have two 970's in SLI mode. I'm getting these really bad pauses when going into a cutscene or when I go into close combat with a zombie. It really messes me up because it seems that the zombies can still hit me during the 1-2 second pause. Performance is totally fine otherwise...Anyone else running into this?
rbanke
Member
Is the CA responsible for how blurry everything seems to look? Playing on PC at 1080 Ive turned off motion blur, NVIDIA DOF & HBAO+, and it is very blurry looking. My brother in law who I'm playing with says the same thing. I thought CA was just used during explosions or hits or whatever, not a constant on thing.
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Deleted member 325805
Unconfirmed Member
It's the Nvidia DoF, turn it off until they fix it.
Thanks!
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Deleted member 325805
Unconfirmed Member
60fps 99.9% of the time. Nvidia DoF off, view distance to mininum and everything else on/max. i5 3570k @ 4.5GHz, GTX 970, 8GB RAM
plumpblumpkin
Member
so whats the best way to get 60fps constant with a gtx 970?
I'm having ridiculous drops with the lastest nvidia drivers and patch 1.3...
I'm having ridiculous drops with the lastest nvidia drivers and patch 1.3...
Pop On Arrival
Banned
damn, I really flubbed when i didn't buy the K version of the 3570. I get to the low 40's during some spots. I still get 60fps on most areas. Maybe like 80% of the time, and that's me being generous.
If you're having trouble getting, or maintaining 60fps, try lowering the values for VisRange in Documents/DyingLight/out/settings/video.scr (it can be opened with Notepad). It's tied to View Distance in game and the default lowest is 1.40, but you can manually set it lower to increase framerate. At the default lowest I was getting 60fps with drops to around 45fps in places but setting the value to 1.00 I now get 60fps pretty much everywhere. Lower values are possible, but with increasing amounts of pop in. Be aware that making changes to the video settings in game will reset this value back, so it will need editing again if you do.
Snoogans2you
Neo Member
Just to add to this... to edit the video.scr file, create a shortcut on your desktop to notepad, then you have to drag video.scr file over the shortcut and it will open in notepad. For some reason in Windows 8.1 I couldn't just select notepad as the program to open .scr files with, it only worked doing it this way.
MDSLKTR
Member
Same had to drop the textures on medium, but it's amazing what a high framerate and mouse controls do to that game.
Just rename it to video.txt and you can open it with notepad, fyi.
Also you guys can edit all that stuff in there with the Dying Light Manager that I posted above, that also enables removing CA and the film grain effect with loads more other optimizations that you can make.
The Dear Leader
Banned
Just picked this up today, I locked it to 30fps with Rivatuner and have everything on medium with AO on and AA on, view distance down to 0. I'm okay with this I suppose, I'm using a i5-2500k @4.2Ghz and a 2GB 7850.
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Deleted member 325805
Unconfirmed Member
Yeah, the overclock makes a huge difference and the K version was only like £20 more expensive if I remember correctly.
The Dear Leader
Banned
Anyone else have a problem with Rivatuner disabling the Steam overlay?
EDIT: Nevermind, I got it working, just had to enable Custom Direct3D Support in Rivatuner.
EDIT: Nevermind, I got it working, just had to enable Custom Direct3D Support in Rivatuner.
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Deleted member 325805
Unconfirmed Member
OK so the more I play the more I notice bad performance, it'll be 60fps locked but then absolutely tank to 30fps and be really, really laggy to the point where I can't really parkour properly. It doesn't happen that often, but some areas are clearly very broken.
For example:
This whole area was unplayable, thankfully it only took a couple of minutes to complete.
For example:
This whole area was unplayable, thankfully it only took a couple of minutes to complete.
Does anyone know how I can stop the game from changing the color tone when losing health? I'm using the Dying Light Manager, with a sweetfx installed, and when having full health the color palette looks like this:
But when losing health, the game now adds this green/yellow filter, and it just looks off.
But when losing health, the game now adds this green/yellow filter, and it just looks off.
The Dear Leader
Banned
So is High textures with only 2GB of VRAM a big no-no? I decided to kick it up from medium and it seems to be stuttering a lot more.
Ya , i had to turn mine to medium on my gtx660 2gb , on high it would stutter a lot.
Unfortunately the new drivers seem to run the game a smidge worse for me as well (The ones released today)
Id say im getting 2-3 fps less now , not having changed anything but the drivers - which is weird as its usually the other way around with new drivers :/