FPS drops on Steam Deck

[Doogie]

I dont remember the name but my FPS drops when the yellow bar fills up and im all speedy. I think the extra particles drop my fps quite a bit. Also happens during loading screens like when you die or move to the next biome but I dont mind it.

Just thought I would post it here so developers know.

[bshock]

I just tried for the first time on Deck last night and had massive stutters running at 90hz. I've read that lowering to 50 will help a lot.

[Doogie]

Originally posted by bshock:

I just tried for the first time on Deck last night and had massive stutters running at 90hz. I've read that lowering to 50 will help a lot.

Does your game stutter even during normal fights when your not in speedy form?

[Job]

Just wanted to confirm the Steam Deck seems to struggle with a high particle count - its even noticeable in the oasis in front of the skill tree altar. An option to reduce them would be great! The fine details are not really visible on a small screen with low res anyway. Probably would also help on other low-end systems too!

[brittany8671]

mine stutters on oled. During death scenes, campfire and sometimes at the aquaduck level drops to like 40fps or below on oled, just died cause of it. There is no rime or reason either sometimes it does it, sometimes it doesnt. Anyone know if experimental fixes this at all?

[opelit]

There are planned quite big in-engine optymisations.
You can join Discord, devs are very active here (maybe not now, you know, christmas/new year) . There is a thread about stuttering .

https://discord.com/channels/946344839975411713/1245749843104890990/1322623429891068005

[brittany8671]

I've never used discord but it's cool it's known about already. I'm sure it will get fixed. Thanks for the info!

Originally posted by opelit:

There are planned quite big in-engine optymisations.
You can join Discord, devs are very active here (maybe not now, you know, christmas/new year) . There is a thread about stuttering .

https://discord.com/channels/946344839975411713/1245749843104890990/1322623429891068005

[Dr. Dro]

I've albso experienced stuttering on steam deck oled, the tranistions after death na dbetween biomes are just awful with drops to few fps.
Also when I play for longer period of time (around 30 minutes) fps can drop dramaticaly to 40-45 max, even in Oasis and outside combat. Interestingly when i restart the game it holds around 55-60 fps during combat with multiple particles.

[manewB]

The game is unplayable on the deck for me since the latest update. take 5 min to get pass the black screen with only build number before the menu and freezes completely when selecting save.

[opelit]

Originally posted by manewB:

The game is unplayable on the deck for me since the latest update. take 5 min to get pass the black screen with only build number before the menu and freezes completely when selecting save.

it does looks like files are corrupted, can you verify files and try again?

[Tau Settee]

Originally posted by opelit:

Originally posted by manewB:

The game is unplayable on the deck for me since the latest update. take 5 min to get pass the black screen with only build number before the menu and freezes completely when selecting save.

it does looks like files are corrupted, can you verify files and try again?

Steam Deck user here. I continue to debate buying this game or not on sale. One reason against purchasing is that it is Early Access, and Steam Deck verification does not seem to be the result of thorough play testing - and in theory the game could lose Deck compatability after purchase. I've been burnt buying games before they are considered "dead" by much of the gaming community 😞

[opelit]

Originally posted by Tau Settee:

Originally posted by opelit:

it does looks like files are corrupted, can you verify files and try again?

Steam Deck user here. I continue to debate buying this game or not on sale. One reason against purchasing is that it is Early Access, and Steam Deck verification does not seem to be the result of thorough play testing - and in theory the game could lose Deck compatability after purchase. I've been burnt buying games before they are considered "dead" by much of the gaming community 😞

"""I've been burnt buying games before they are considered "dead" by much of the gaming community"""

You did not buy it yet, community is small cuz the game have not been released yet (Early Access game) and the performance in such Early Access is super good. Latest patch should run flawlessly on SD.

[CalicoKrystof]

It doesn't run flawlessly on the steam deck though. I picked the game up yesterday and it stutters and hitches on the deck.

Its strange because the frame rate counter doesn't dip so I'm not sure what's going on.

I was looking forward to playing this on the go but it's rough.

Edit: I recently got an official dock for the steam deck. While the steam deck is connected to the TV the game runs flawlessly. No more stuttering like when using it handheld. I've never seen such a performance difference before by docking and I'm not sure what the issue is.