Why is nobody talking about DirectStorage?

[Omi]

Think about it, it's perfect for this game!
First of I wanna start by saying that I'm absolutely enjoying the game so far, I love it and I can't wait to see what the future brings. But since this is basically a Microsoft title, I'm surprised this doesn't have DirectStorage! It would greatly improve the experience since the world isn't seamless.

And if someone from MS, Xbox or BGS is reading this, please do consider! Thanks in advance, and thanks for the amazing game.

(And while you're at it, a FOV slider, DLSS & Ray Tracing would be nice too)

[50 Cal]

There were some threads on this before launch and I kept telling people there wouldn't be direct storage at launch but some fan bois wouldn't believe it. Its a relatively new tech and this game started some form of development around 2015 with an engine that is therefore of an older date. It needs to be implemented first and its not so easy.

[Pleasant Timing]

This is the only single player game I can't play on network storage. It just bugs out

[PIT_DEFENDER]

Whats direct storage ?

[七七 ඞ]

Bethesda has already promised FOV slider and DLSS

This first update is a small hotfix targeted at the few top issues were are seeing. After that, expect a regular interval of updates that have top community requested features including:

Brightness and Contrast controls
HDR Calibration Menu
FOV Slider
Nvidia DLSS Support (PC)
32:9 Ultrawide Monitor Support (PC)
Eat button for food!

https://bethesda.net/en/article/3DKJAom2GjFh4P3gprf5E9/starfield-updates-and-mod-support-september-13-2023

We should be expecting at least these pretty soon. Built-in mods and Creation Club next year.

Agreed about DirectStorage, but I don't think it was built with that in mind. The way that the navigation works and the fact we don't have fully open space exploration (being restricted to orbits that function essentially as maps) is probably where one of the Creation engine's fundamental limitations are going to show.

btw download "Starfield Frame Generation" mod - it works amazing as it is. DLSS-G here on my RTX 4080 playing 1080p/full ultra settings/144 fps solid

Originally posted by Pleasant Timing:

This is the only single player game I can't play on network storage. It just bugs out

You're nuts! You play games directly off your NAS? It's worse than even HDD loading times. Either you don't play much or you have the patience of a saint/extreme nostalgia for the PS2 days or something.

[Sharkon]

we are talking about Bethesda and you come up with alien tech.

[七七 ඞ]

Originally posted by Firestorm Engineer:

Depends on the type of NAS if you eliminate the latency overhead by using a Infiniband fabric network it's like being directly connected to a PCIE bus. I play games off a server NAS, but it uses Infiniband, as well as does not use a file-system based storage method so iSCSI instead of NFS or SMB.

Yeah, that's a more specialized setup, I can see it working for some games, but on a regular configuration with a gigabit network, it's not gonna be enough, even if the host has NVMe storage.

This game is completely incompatible with HDDs (it'll have streaming, audio and desync issues even on the very highest performance models), so there's a big hint.

[arthahar]

Originally posted by Bocchi the Starborn!:

Originally posted by Firestorm Engineer:

Depends on the type of NAS if you eliminate the latency overhead by using a Infiniband fabric network it's like being directly connected to a PCIE bus. I play games off a server NAS, but it uses Infiniband, as well as does not use a file-system based storage method so iSCSI instead of NFS or SMB.

Yeah, that's a more specialized setup, I can see it working for some games, but on a regular configuration with a gigabit network, it's not gonna be enough, even if the host has NVMe storage.

This game is completely incompatible with HDDs (it'll have streaming, audio and desync issues even on the very highest performance models), so there's a big hint.

You overpush with HDD incompatibility. Game work at HDD but have some lags at start talk with NPC and enter/teleport to zone/building. Ofc better without like problems. But game work if no other cases for install to SSD. My current temporary case.