[TO DEVS] REMOVE AVX2 REQUIREMENT PLEASE!

[Marco888Space]

Please, remove AVX2 instructions requirement, because with all honesty I don't even (from a technical perspective) understand why AVX2 is needed though PLENTY of cutting edge games (like Cyberpunk 2077, an amazing game) DOESN'T NEED AT ALL THESE AVX2 instructions.

What is so specific in your (as I saw in demo videos) NOT EVEN FULLY MMORPG game that starvingly requires AVX2 instructions?

A lot of people with cash and ability to buy newer and better PC as well as those who doesn't have FOR NOW ability to upgrade their hardware WANT TO PLAY GAMES. Want to play GOOD GAMES. And if you want a wider and more active community for your game I think it's a bad idea to impose such strange low level hardware requirements for running your game while many current gen and far more advanced games don't even need this AVX2.

Thank you.

[aG| Mudge]

I understand your agro I was in the same boat, I used to have alot of issues with AVX games and Ubisoft. But I upgraded.
I hope the game eventually gets patched for you.

[Marco888Space]

Originally posted by aG| Mudge:

I understand your agro I was in the same boat, I used to have alot of issues with AVX games and Ubisoft. But I upgraded.
I hope the game eventually gets patched for you.

Thank you.

[jp-787838]

Same problem with an Macbook Pro M3 Pro-chip (tried over Parallels D Steam for win), not possible to play...

[Massacher]

They aren't going to change code for the minority lol.

[Orlyy]

What CPU do you have?

[jp-787838]

Originally posted by Massacher:

They aren't going to change code for the minority lol.

How do u know how many will have probs with that and who is a majority or not, which data do you have concerning this. However they will make less money then, if that will cause that it is not profitable enough it will affect all, one puzzle tile can hinder to finish a puzzle that's it.

[Shintai]

AVX2 is over a decade old. Upgrade your ancient CPU instead.

Also the developers can not remove the AVX2 requirement. Its a requirement by the unreal engine.

Intel had AVX2 support since 2013. AMD since 2015.

[Marco888Space]

Originally posted by Shintai:

AVX2 is over a decade old. Upgrade your ancient CPU instead.

Also the developers can not remove the AVX2 requirement. Its a requirement by the unreal engine.

Intel had AVX2 support since 2013. AMD since 2015.

Enabling MINIMUM instruction set for CPU architecture is still on developers. They decide what to choose (AVX or AVX2). It can be changed before compiling the game that uses UE5.

https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/unreal-engine-5.3-release-notes?application_version=5.3

This:
Updated support for minimum cpu arch for x64 platforms. Replaces ModuleRules.bUseAVX. MinimumCpuArchitectureX64, valid values are None, AVX, AVX2, & AVX512.

MinimumCpuArchitectureX64
MinimumCpuArchitectureX64
MinimumCpuArchitectureX64

So they AT LEAST have ability to let those who on AVX CPU run their game. But they choose not to set minimum on AVX.

[jp-787838]

Originally posted by Shintai:

AVX2 is over a decade old. Upgrade your ancient CPU instead.

Also the developers can not remove the AVX2 requirement. Its a requirement by the unreal engine.

Intel had AVX2 support since 2013. AMD since 2015.

M3 Pro is not ancient, it is a 2023 cpu, it is a shame that u write about a topic which u not know

[Shintai]

Originally posted by jp-787838:

M3 Pro is not ancient, it is a 2023 cpu, it is a shame that u write about a topic which u not know

M3 Pro? An Apple product not even running x86 that AVX2 is a part of? Instead they rely on emulating instructions via the ARM uarch.

Rosetta 2 supports AVX2 emulation btw. But I think they only support it on ARMv9 chips and not ARMv8. You need M4 for Apple.

[Divine Star Emperor]

In general, it is not clear why the developers decided to add AVX2 instructions to their game. No, it is not technically difficult to justify any decision, but in fact such requirements are not necessary and unnecessary

[Formiga]

I agree, I'm having the same problem. I haven't played The First Descendant until today because of this issue, but I believe that since the game hasn't been released yet, they can help us with it. I really hope so!

[The Agent Y]

Yes REMOVE AVX2 plz!

[Captain Worthy]

Originally posted by The Agent Y:

Yes REMOVE AVX2 plz!

And what if this tanks the CPU performance for all the newer than 2015 CPU's? Will that be worth it so that people with 2012 and older CPU's can play the game at very low framerates & graphics settings?

[Ryoko]

♥♥♥♥ yes , i legit cannot play cuz of it :(