Disfigure Long Party - Finally can play much Longer! Tips included!

[Mr. Plisken]

https://youtu.be/aEdW1HYfEpw

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To the Developer |
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If you want the draft version that is vanilla and not artistry, i have a 2.5 Gig I can upload to you some how, if you are in need of some beta test data on your game. I will do it for free.

First 80% of my video is Entertainment... as I push this game as far as it can go, with what i learned of how to play it. Homage to your work with much admiration and accolades to you.

Thank you for your masterpiece, and regular content!


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Community |
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I found a solution that greatly increased system reliability as well as compatibly with Unity Games. I imagine this helps *ALL* my games no just Unity as well. Steam Source of my Tweaks:

"Every game created with Unity engine crashing my PC"

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/7/2254560552302022403/?l=schinese

The bulk of the tips in that discussion are basic I.T stuff. And I am sure it had a positive impact on top of the main fix for my system. Aside from waiting for more optimization to the game from the Developer.

I spent a week of my life to figure all this stuff out... I am so happy that I was moved to make an entertaining video of the test !

The YouTube video shows common techniques that I use to play the game well. I choose the Default Weapon as a benchmark. It's not my main.

Newcomers I have you in mind... good strategies in that video... better than words !

My video *also* near the end... clearly demonstrates bugs in the game... in a *playful* light. Hopefully the Developer can tweak up the game and I also hope y'all enjoy my sense of humor!

As the game is now... its fully playable and very fun. Might even write a review when i get a chance. It's just when you push it past the final boss... its can become unstable.

This was all done in fun... and not money.

>>> THE TWEAKS TO FIGHT THE CRASHES <<<
*RESULTS MAY VARY*

I'm pretty sure the first one is the *most* troublesome for many.
The rest of the Tweaks listed here general best practice.

A.) Change / Repair *ALL* of your Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributes

This was the "Money" for me. It was compounding my crashing issues, causing obscurity in trouble shooting UNITY GAMES. The App hang crash is identical.

In Windows... Control Panel... Organize or click to sort them by name to make your life easier. They look like this:

https://imgur.com/a/qE2pvgu

1.) Right-Click them one by one. You need to "Repair" them. They get corrupt after a while. Don't ask me why... Oh and don't worry about the ones that only say "Uninstall" Repeat... Do *NOT click uninstall. Skip them.

2.) Sometimes it shows "Change" or "Modify" under "Uninstall" instead of "Repair" after the initial Right-Click of the Microsoft C++ Distributable (Year).

If "Repair" still doesn't show after the initial Right-Click.... then will *should* be present in the Wizard Uninstall App when it runs. Then it *Can* have the "Repair" Option there Instead.

* If all you see is "Uninstall" after Right-Click, then Skip it. DON'T CLICK UNINSTALL *

* REMEMBER TO REBOOT YOUR SYSTEM AFTER CHANGES *

Note: Some Installers will prompt for a System Restart. If so just click: "Later" after each Wizard is done. "Repair" all the Microsoft Redistributes first... then self-initiate your own reboot.

Finally, remember to sort them by name. They might not always be at the top. And you can find "Control Panel" when leads to a version of Programs and Features... that show you naively installed programs. This is what you must find, to use this advice.

Seek an I.T Professional... if none of this make sense... This is advice. You assume your own responsibility of your system's health.

B.) Game-play Tip's for Longer Plays.

The Perks I avoid:

Radiation
Wild-Fire
Flash-Bang

I tend to avoid Perks that have a circle of influence on many enemies *INSTANTLY*

Whatever bug that effected me... and by extension others have pointed out variants in other posts... I feel... is linked to an optimization problem This particular mechanic of the game hitting many enemies at once... I have not tested all the perks, nor intend to.

Basically when I start a long run... trying different builds and strategies... I way the cost of:

LAG | App Crash Odds
*VS*
Utility of the Perk.

Also consider... these Perks are *GREATLY* compounded with Fire-Rate Builds. So I just avoid the above perks for now... until there is some more optimization.

C.) Basic Tweaks:

* Reduce Graphics Settings, (If needed)
* Turn on Vsync / Use Fps Cap - if your CPU is running too hot.
* Close Non-essential Background Programs.

Note: The Fixes I don't have to do. But sometimes I do for a longer run when I'm playing the game that way.

For some reason... this game uses the CPU just as hard as the GPU. Kinda makes sense ...

When I play Disfigure.exe... i get 500 FPS.

Long-Story shorter:

I Found out that Disfigure.exe was running my CPU's hotter than ANYTHING ELSE.

I stopped the experiment quickly and went back to motherboard default's, after trying to set my CPU cores to Static in an attempt to make Disfigure.exe run more stable. It had not effect even when i under-clocked further with Static Cores.

So under-clocking the CPU to fix this game is debunked for systems like mine. My Processors responds Perfectly Fine to default motherboard managed O/C.

My Rig: MSI / Intel i7-9700F / Geforce 1070 Ti / 16 Gig ram / SSD / Win10

D.) Basic Computer Care
-Dust (Clean)
-Update: GPU / CPU / OS / Motherboard/ Etc
-Antivirus (Self-Explanatory)
-Physical Limits of PC Evaluated
-Check for "Chip Creep"( Loose Cables / GPU / Drives / ETC )

Note: If this all makes no since just have a PC Repair Tech check and optimize your system. A Full Hardware, and Software assessment. Save you peace of mind. All games will run better too as a plus.

Concluding Thoughts:

My Win10 has never crashed from Disfigure.exe.
It just puts out an app hang that the app stopped working with it.
All other Games work and still work fine.
So i feel unity is sensitive to Microsoft Distributables becoming overrun or even corrupt over time.

Best I got. Going back to retirement mode.

Hope ya enjoy my Video!

Awesome game. Inspired me even.

Thank you.