Unplayable

[djwoolf]

I am sorely disappointed. At the title screen the MechWarrior models flicker badly. Once I start the tutorial the flickering gets worse, UI, weapon effects, other mech models and assets. There is no way to play it in this state.
Stuff I’ve done:
Updated windows
Updated nvidia drivers and vbios (gigabyte 3070 gaming oc)
Updated mobo bios (gigabyte aorus b550 pro ac)
Enabled resizable bar
Disabled any overclocking
Clean install of nvidia driver
Run program as admin
Checked that had dorectx12 installed and up to date
Ran program in won 8 compatibility mode
Ran program with full screen optimization disabled
Verified integrity of games
Files

Nothing fixes it. I’ll try an uninstall and redo. If the next hotfix doesn’t work I’m going to uninstall and refund. I’ve been a big Battletech and MechWarrior supporter play over the years but this is just bad.

[Black Hole]

pgi is incapable of a decent launch for a new game.

[Acheron]

Considering the other games have been more than fine outside of the games they used unreal engine, it further shows your incompetence, also I worked as a game dev for a while and unreal engine was my main engine... it has a ♥♥♥♥ ton of problems, go look at any game running unreal engine 4 or 5 and you'll find pages and pages of complaints from performance to outright crashing or other strange issues.
As I said none of what they stated has been stated anywhere as a serious issue like they have, that is not normal by any means.

[djwoolf]

Thanks hopefully the next patch helps out. The delete and reinstall did not. If anyone has a workaround or solution I’ll give it a go. Ironically MW5:Mercs is smooth as butter.

[Starwolfe]

Not sure which CPU you're using, but it's in the same family as mine. I'm using a Ryzen 9 5950X and a ROG STRIX 2070S (X570-E Gaming WIFI II MB) w/ 64 GB of RAM. Installed on an NVMe.

I made no changes to how the game started up. I left all graphics settings to default except I turned on DLSS and set it to Balanced. I haven't experienced anything you've mentioned. Typical FPS in combat ranges from 70-100. Heavy combat (10+ Mechs on the field) and I sometimes drop down to 40-60.

Patch 2 is planned for early next week, so hopefully more optimization helps you out. Mercs runs well on my setup too.

[djwoolf]

Current Specs Full:
R7 3700X
Gigabyte Aorus Pro AC MB
16 GB DDR4 RAM @ 3600 MHZ
Gigabyte 3070 gaming oc 8GB
Win 11
I have two SSDs with 800GB free on one and 500 GB free on the other
DX12 is installed
I also have a 1Gbps broadband connection

Everything is with in system specs.

[Mikial]

I haven't been able to get further than halfway through the first selection mission before it crashes. It usually crashes on startup. I'm running a high-end gaming PC with a 4070ti that runs every other game I've ever owned. And yes, the graphic driver was updated before my first attempt to run the game. A real shame, I've been looking forward to this one for a long time. Hopefully they will pull their heads out and get the problems corrected.

[Ninjafroggie]

Originally posted by Mikial:

I haven't been able to get further than halfway through the first selection mission before it crashes. It usually crashes on startup. I'm running a high-end gaming PC with a 4070ti that runs every other game I've ever owned. And yes, the graphic driver was updated before my first attempt to run the game. A real shame, I've been looking forward to this one for a long time. Hopefully they will pull their heads out and get the problems corrected.

are you running an intel 13/14 gen processor? If so you have to update your bios

OP could it be your display? I had all kinds of issues with ghost recon wildlands looking wonky and flickering that i couldnt figure out until the TV i was using as a monitor died and the replacement on looked fine. Something about the way the game output the video data that my old display just didnt like. Do you have another screen you can try just to rule that out?

[eXzez]

4 me all works fine, i recommend to Activate Frame Generation for Nvidia Cards under Windows, otherwise it will not appear in MW5C Options setup. that brings around 20 - 25 FPS on top without losing much quality.
Check up your G-Sync/Freesync Setup that can produce such flickering and check also the Screen refresh rates from your Display(s).
If you want or need still more frames, go in the Nvidia Control Center and change all possible settings to performance in the 3d setup. Btw, you can change it seperatly only for a specified app or Game. All previous settings are therefore retained.
That brings between 10- 20 Fps depending on your system setup.

I Run it between 80 to 110 FPS in my current Setup seen in the Bottom.
Everything on Ultra, DLSS - Quality Mode , FrameGeneration on.



Triple Full HD Setup 3 x 1920x1080
(incl. frame correction: 5846px X 1080px)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800 X3D
GB Geeforce RTX 4070 Super
MSI B350 Tomahawk Arctic (my old lady ;))
2x16 GB Corsair Vengeance 3600 mHz

[Bosmang]

For the menu issue, if you are using a hotas try this:
Unplug it & launch the game. The menus should behave normally. Now, plug in your hotas. The game should recognize it and behave normally.

[djwoolf]

Originally posted by Ninjafroggie:

Originally posted by Mikial:

I haven't been able to get further than halfway through the first selection mission before it crashes. It usually crashes on startup. I'm running a high-end gaming PC with a 4070ti that runs every other game I've ever owned. And yes, the graphic driver was updated before my first attempt to run the game. A real shame, I've been looking forward to this one for a long time. Hopefully they will pull their heads out and get the problems corrected.

are you running an intel 13/14 gen processor? If so you have to update your bios

OP could it be your display? I had all kinds of issues with ghost recon wildlands looking wonky and flickering that i couldnt figure out until the TV i was using as a monitor died and the replacement on looked fine. Something about the way the game output the video data that my old display just didnt like. Do you have another screen you can try just to rule that out?

Iam using two displays. I'll try the other and see if that is it.

[djwoolf]

Originally posted by eXzez:

4 me all works fine, i recommend to Activate Frame Generation for Nvidia Cards under Windows, otherwise it will not appear in MW5C Options setup. that brings around 20 - 25 FPS on top without losing much quality.
Check up your G-Sync/Freesync Setup that can produce such flickering and check also the Screen refresh rates from your Display(s).
If you want or need still more frames, go in the Nvidia Control Center and change all possible settings to performance in the 3d setup. Btw, you can change it seperatly only for a specified app or Game. All previous settings are therefore retained.
That brings between 10- 20 Fps depending on your system setup.

I Run it between 80 to 110 FPS in my current Setup seen in the Bottom.
Everything on Ultra, DLSS - Quality Mode , FrameGeneration on.



Triple Full HD Setup 3 x 1920x1080
(incl. frame correction: 5846px X 1080px)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800 X3D
GB Geeforce RTX 4070 Super
MSI B350 Tomahawk Arctic (my old lady ;))
2x16 GB Corsair Vengeance 3600 mHz

I'll tryu these as well.

[djwoolf]

Originally posted by Bosmang:

For the menu issue, if you are using a hotas try this:
Unplug it & launch the game. The menus should behave normally. Now, plug in your hotas. The game should recognize it and behave normally.

No HOTAS But good looking out.

[orcaa]

Originally posted by djwoolf:

I am sorely disappointed. At the title screen the MechWarrior models flicker badly. Once I start the tutorial the flickering gets worse, UI, weapon effects, other mech models and assets. There is no way to play it in this state.
Stuff I’ve done:
Updated windows
Updated nvidia drivers and vbios (gigabyte 3070 gaming oc)
Updated mobo bios (gigabyte aorus b550 pro ac)
Enabled resizable bar
Disabled any overclocking
Clean install of nvidia driver
Run program as admin
Checked that had dorectx12 installed and up to date
Ran program in won 8 compatibility mode
Ran program with full screen optimization disabled
Verified integrity of games
Files

Nothing fixes it. I’ll try an uninstall and redo. If the next hotfix doesn’t work I’m going to uninstall and refund. I’ve been a big Battletech and MechWarrior supporter play over the years but this is just bad.

try turning all graphic settings to minimum ?

[Myth BREAKER]

thinking of refunding , for me the game is a mess..the graphics stutter and pop and look god awful. Love the series but this is not worth that money. Maybe 5 bucks if you can put up with the horrible stutters.

[Wingnut Mcmoomoo]

Originally posted by djwoolf:

I am sorely disappointed. At the title screen the MechWarrior models flicker badly. Once I start the tutorial the flickering gets worse, UI, weapon effects, other mech models and assets. There is no way to play it in this state.
Stuff I’ve done:
Updated windows
Updated nvidia drivers and vbios (gigabyte 3070 gaming oc)
Updated mobo bios (gigabyte aorus b550 pro ac)
Enabled resizable bar
Disabled any overclocking
Clean install of nvidia driver
Run program as admin
Checked that had dorectx12 installed and up to date
Ran program in won 8 compatibility mode
Ran program with full screen optimization disabled
Verified integrity of games
Files

Nothing fixes it. I’ll try an uninstall and redo. If the next hotfix doesn’t work I’m going to uninstall and refund. I’ve been a big Battletech and MechWarrior supporter play over the years but this is just bad.

I'm wondering what the issue actually is tbh, maybe there is a setting thats too high? or you have DLAA on or something? I'm running the game on a 2060 and the only issues i've had were dlss related but playing without dlss has been fine.

Something weird is going on with your system and how its playing with UE5

(and every UE5 game is like this, its a terrible game engine on the consumer side of things)

Edit just to ask, why did you try running it in windows 8 mode? was there some workaround that used that? I'm just finding it odd as the game engine wasn't even around during windows 8 heyday.