GU2 Performance Fix Pushed

[Hamma]

I'm sure everyone saw this.. but if you didn't:


Update:

[Bear]

I really hope they get this straightened out soon, the game is virtually unplayable for me at this point.

It does concern me though that they don't seem to have any idea what is causing it.

[bpostal]

Optimization will continue until the beatings improve! I wish 'em all the best of luck fixing whatever they broke this patch. The stuttering gives me a wicked headache.

[Bear]

Originally Posted by bpostal

Optimization will continue until the beatings improve! I wish 'em all the best of luck fixing whatever they broke this patch. The stuttering gives me a wicked headache.

What's most ironic is that this was supposed to be an "optimization" patch.

[DirtyBird]

Its concerning that they still cannot release a patch without screwing up something.
And its not just one thing that gets screwed either.
I know they will fix it but surely even they must be wondering wtf is going on.

Has anyone gone over the patch notes and checked off what actually made it into the game and what didnt.
And does it count that a particular change only works for about 20mins then doesnt until a server restart ie. Leaderboard changes.

Its like they have two or three groups who dont communicate with each other.
Or who do but are telling porky pies to each other.

We have to face the fact that we honestly can expect more of the same at the end of Feb (early March).

Good luck investigating the shit that the patch broke, and good luck then trying to fix it quickly.

[ringring]

Originally Posted by DirtyBird

Its concerning that they still cannot release a patch without screwing up something.
And its not just one thing that gets screwed either.
I know they will fix it but surely even they must be wondering wtf is going on.

Has anyone gone over the patch notes and checked off what actually made it into the game and what didnt.
And does it count that a particular change only works for about 20mins then doesnt until a server restart ie. Leaderboard changes.

Its like they have two or three groups who dont communicate with each other.
Or who do but are telling porky pies to each other.

We have to face the fact that we honestly can expect more of the same at the end of Feb (early March).

Good luck investigating the shit that the patch broke, and good luck then trying to fix it quickly.

And it's concerning that at least one thing (the magrider nerf) accidentally went into the patch, I don't think this is the first time it's happened too. Clearly their release procedures need to be reexamined to say the least.

[Baneblade]

Originally Posted by Bear

It does concern me though that they don't seem to have any idea what is causing it.

I prefer honest ignorance to what SOE used to do with this sort of thing.

[Bear]

I'm sure they didn't want to release a patch that FUBAR'd the game, there's just some stuff you can't test internally. We all know they're working hard to find a fix.

I think the lesson here is that an external test server is desperately needed.

[Hamma]

New hotfix pushed, hopefully fixed!

[Sledgecrushr]

Hope this is it. If so kudos to the dev team for the quick fix.

[Sir B Smythe]

Lets hope this is the solution to the problem

[DirtyBird]

Fixed it for me, good work.
One down...

[Hamma]

Nice

[Sprintfox]

It definitely runs way better now. But it's still there on some key situations. As example: When approaching / going with vehicle groups of your own faction. Then FPS start to jump again.

I would bet my ass, it has to do with the friendly vehicle / real threat rendering priorization.

[bishopau]

Originally Posted by Sprintfox

I would bet my ass, it has to do with the friendly vehicle / real threat rendering priorization.

I'd agree 100% with that Sprint.

I played today on my laptop (I know) and after some mucking about deleting and resetting the ini file it was running smoothly till enemy are about then it starts to choke up.

The weird thing is that it has no problem dealing with friends its just the foes. Also the edges of the map are fine and I'm guessing thats the CPU only working half as hard due to 180deg of threat as opposed to 360deg of threat.

I've also noticed today that the player interface (map,certs,weps,etc) screen is slow to load and get going. It was quite snappy prior to the update.

Anyways good to see it only took a short time to smooth it out. Fingers crossed they can find the other bugs quickly.