Square patches pop in when entering planets

[nichotinn]

As the title says, when I approach planets, the rendering (or procedural generation process?) is really rough. It creates square patches that can be very noticeable and very annoying to the eye. Here are some examples:

https://youtu.be/gGUKGPvXK0I

Is there any solution/settings to solve this problem? Or is it just my rig that's not powerful enough?

My Spec:
- AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 GDDR6 @ 4GB
- 16 GB RAM

[l3viaZan]

Same here, tested at max settings on my PC i7-12700 3070ti 32Ram and with custom mid-high settings on steamdeck.
Looks like a glitch or something to be fixed

[Idaho]

same here. They'll probably eventually get it fixed.

[Nargubyte]

I have this too

[JK_Original]

Same here, but the whole entering the planet needs work period from graphical anomalies to micro stutters. The PS5 version seems pretty seamless. I still appreciate the performance updates that have come through as of late though

[AmberAnvil]

I think this is something that everybody observes, more or less. It does seem to be more noticeable on some planets than others. There are a lot of graphical 'glitches' like this in NMS and they've been around for years. Just look past it, the game is too good. : )

[Sychon]

What I notice often is that I am heading towards land, then suddenly it's all water, but then the land slowly grows out of it again... lol.
But the cell pop-ins are common, I feel.

[Dietrich]

I used to see these. I do not see them any longer.

System Specs:

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
64 GB Corsair 3600MHz DDR4 RAM
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super
Running on an M.2 SSD

It could be your system unable to keep up with the game. I recall seeing these "square spots" back in my 2070 Super, 32GB RAM, Ryzen 5 days.

No knock on your machine, mate, but it's most definitely under-powered for what this game can offer. Maybe turn all graphic settings way down to see if this changes the behavior.

[cogvos]

If you are running on a spinning hard drive that could be a reason. The game is pulling data in for the more detailed view of the planet, but the drive is not quick enough to do it in one go. Hence the pop-in.

Another possible reason is the 2050's 4gb of ram. Check you graphics settings and see if reducing the texture quality helps.

While I also get the pop-in its not as noticeable. I'm running a Ryzen 3600 with 6gb 1060 on an ssd.

[whitevalfore]

There is a slight downside playing on a ssd, heavy games with a lot of data writing will wear it out a bit faster. This factor varies between ssd brands.

[Idaho]

Originally posted by Dietrich:

I used to see these. I do not see them any longer.

System Specs:

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
64 GB Corsair 3600MHz DDR4 RAM
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super
Running on an M.2 SSD

It could be your system unable to keep up with the game. I recall seeing these "square spots" back in my 2070 Super, 32GB RAM, Ryzen 5 days.

No knock on your machine, mate, but it's most definitely under-powered for what this game can offer. Maybe turn all graphic settings way down to see if this changes the behavior.

Nah, my system is very similar to yours. My FPS is typically over 100 at all times and I still see these texture load in issues.

approach speed makes a difference. lots of variables factor into it...

[Idaho]

Originally posted by whitevalfore:

There is a slight downside playing on a ssd, heavy games with a lot of data writing will wear it out a bit faster. This factor varies between ssd brands.

allegedly and theoretically this is true, but none of the SSDs I have purchased over the years have 'worn out'. Not one sector on any of them.

[WiseGuye]

Anyone else's GPU running hot with the new update as well?

[RPG Gamer Man]

Originally posted by Dietrich:

I used to see these. I do not see them any longer.

System Specs:

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
64 GB Corsair 3600MHz DDR4 RAM
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super
Running on an M.2 SSD

It could be your system unable to keep up with the game. I recall seeing these "square spots" back in my 2070 Super, 32GB RAM, Ryzen 5 days.

No knock on your machine, mate, but it's most definitely under-powered for what this game can offer. Maybe turn all graphic settings way down to see if this changes the behavior.

Could it be something to do with a bottleneck with the GPU ?

[Idaho]

So, I'm not sure if it's related, but in the nvidia driver settings, I set 'low latency mode' to OFF, and no longer see these squares loading in. Also, my FPS inconsistencies are completely gone.