Glitchy, flickering, stretching screen bug?

[Zach Fett]

https://i.imgur.com/brxLNMe.jpeg
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I don't even really know how to describe this bug. It's like the whole game's screen squishes to a smaller window size in the top left while the outer edges are stretched. It flickers between this and normal-looking rapidly. It does it even in exclusive/borderless fullscreen. I've tried changing every single graphic setting and I can't find any rhyme or reason, nothing seems to help. It kind of seems like it's reliant on where I'm looking, maybe? Like there's a few sweet spots where it sometimes goes away.

Has anyone else experienced this? Any fixes? The smaller window it pushes into in the top left is 1707x960, which leads me to think it's DLSS-related, but even with DLSS off it happens..

Otherwise the game is running really well for me but this single issue is making it unplayable.

[Khane]

Same happens to me when using DLSS or TAA, Fullscreen/Borderless doesn't help either.

[berrypusher]

I'll play with the given loadout and have no issues. Then when I play with my own loadout or load a contract that's when my screen does what you described. The only "work around" I've found so far is playing in 1920 x 1080, this isn't my native resolution though so it is pretty annoying.

[Zach Fett]

Interesting, I never would think it'd be tied to our loadouts. I'll have to give that a try.

Is your monitor also 2560x1440? Maybe it's an issue specifically with our resolution for some reason.

[Cpt.FatPants]

I think it's scaling issue, try going into C:\Users\(your computer name)\AppData\Local\Test_C\Saved\Config\Windows and find the GameUserSettings.ini.

Righthand click on it and choose edit, find ResolutionQuality=0 and change the 0 to 100 and save.

You should find that your games looks better but will cost you some frames, see if that helps. you can experiment using a smaller number to gain some frames back, but see if it helps with the problem at 100.

[Zach Fett]

Originally posted by Cpt.FatPants:

Righthand click on it and choose edit, find ResolutionQuality=0 and change the 0 to 100 and save.

Yeah that definitely didn't help at all.

[Cpt.FatPants]

Originally posted by Zach Fett:

Yeah that definitely didn't help at all.

I'm sorry to hear that, it worked for me. I've not seen the glitch since changing it, also adding r.ScreenPercentage=100 to the bottom of the config and changing sg.TextureQuality to =4 helped sharpen the graphics up.

I'm using DLSS on a OC RTX 2070s g-sync on everything on high except shadows which are on medium at 2560x1440. I'm averaging 60 fps with lows of 45 fps and highs up to 90 fps but it's smooth and playable with no more glitching.

I'll still keep playing around with it and see if i can claw some frames back. I'd have to say it looks 50% better adding these edits to my config.

[Gary Goodspeed]

same here but if i open the map ingame then it goes wild but only if i open the map

[Misjah]

I have EXACTLY the same issue with "The First Descendants", reason why i mention it here is because there is no other info about it for TFD.
It's also a UE5 title, it only happens in KEY areas of the game though.