General performance advice

[Gnoffah!]

Gathered so far to minimize risk of game not performing as intended:

- Leave LimitFPS active in the settings file if you have modified it manually of be disabled.
- Make sure that screen is 60 hz, and refresh rate in game options set to 60.
- Use vsync in game, not in control panel for card. Possibly use adaptive vsync in game to avoid dips from 60 to 30, but still maintain near tear free screen.
- Nvidia: make sure shader cache and threaded optimization is OFF in nvidia control panel. Also render ahead to 1 frame might further help (not 100% verified).

Hopefully today there will be a patch that might help further improve performance. (And fix so game works with 144hz)

General information about game performance: Lowering resolution will have a much higher impact on the performance, compared to lowering settings. Running at 720p will perform bettrer with higher settings, compared to running in 1080p with lower settings.

Lowering refresh rate in game options to 30 can make the game more stable on low end setups.

[CalinTM]

SOMA doesnt have even a nvidia profile...except nvidia inspector to create it...well gonna use off shader cache and threaded opt for the global, eg: all games....

Also for the stutter problems, i remember a machine of pics (tho was not made by frictional) had a SOUND issue with the channels, that caused stutter, lowering sound channels or something improved the games stutter.

[Snake]

This is the first time I see a developer advising people to play at 720p instead of giving an ETA on a performance patch. I truly don't want to sound like a jerk but I am hugely disappointed with the technical performance of the engine and the game, especially considering you spent five years working on this.

If people report any performance improvement down the road, I will buy the game again.

[himmatsj]

Originally posted by CalinTM:

SOMA doesnt have even a nvidia profile...except nvidia inspector to create it...well gonna use off shader cache and threaded opt for the global, eg: all games....

Also for the stutter problems, i remember a machine of pics (tho was not made by frictional) had a SOUND issue with the channels, that caused stutter, lowering sound channels or something improved the games stutter.

Can you please talk further? In the hpl.log file, there are lots of audio errors and they may contribute to the negative performance. How was this fixed in that other game sir?

[derExperte]

Originally posted by Snake:

This is the first time I see a developer advising people to play at 720p instead of giving an ETA on a performance patch.

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"Hopefully today there will be a patch that might help further improve performance."

[Magical_Wisp]

I wanna patch! I wanna play :)

[Mållgan]

Instead of blaming the customers on the bad performance, how about patching the game with optimizations?. Even on lowest settings, the game runs like ♥♥♥♥ and looks worse than Penumbra did on lowest settings, WHICH SAYS ALOT!

[Kinnaree <3]

I run it perfectly fine, constant 60fps smooth like a fluffy cloud with a kitten sleeping on it.

Generic, what are your specs?

[Mållgan]

Originally posted by MrLars:

I run it perfectly fine, constant 60fps smooth like a fluffy cloud with a kitten sleeping on it.

Generic, what are your specs?

FX 6300
8GB RAM
AMD Radeon HD 6970

[Freely]

The game doesn't like running @1080p. Game runs smoother @900p.

Borderless isn't working properly, screen tearing is present with vsync turned off.

vsync on + post effects causes frame drops in specific areas.

vsync off + post effects on has no issues, aside from insane screen tear.

vsync on + post effects off has no issues.

vsync on + post effects @900p has no issues.

In short there seems to be a problem with resolution, or res and post effects. As I said, 1080p with post effects and vsync off gives me a smooth experience, but insane screen tear. Borderless isn't doing what Borderless should be doing.

When vsync is causing issues you resort for borderless, and all Frictional games have always given me issues with vsync.

2500k, 270x, 8GB RAM.

[o4zloiroman]

SOMA has downloaded something. If it was the patch, it didn't help.

[nickwithtea]

I'm a bit confused -- what did this update do?

I disabled the framerate cap in the config.. did this update change that? Didn't launch the game but the value is still false. To improve performance heavily just turn off antialiasing/SMAOO and lower shadows

Before when I set v-sync off and set it to my refresh rate, the game was capped at 60 fps which is why I removed the cap because my monitor was at 120hz.

Also a question which still has no answer to me, can we manually set a numerical framerate cap? IE: Can I set it to be capped at 160. My framerate is generally 116-180 but the variance?? is high because it doesn't feel 'smooth'

[Bad Whippet]

SERIOUS BUG REPORT (game-stopper)

Lots of us are becoming stuck in the vessel after escaping the CURIE. The animation of the helper robot cuts through the door, and then the door makes the sound of exploding open - but it remains locked shut and it's impossible to escape. Saving/reloading doesn't fix it and it's impossible to proceed with the game.

More details here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/282140/discussions/0/517142892049535793/#p4

EDIT: fixed by 23 Sept's update. For anyone still struggling with this issue, your game-save is no longer good (you need to load the previous checkpoint (the last of your CURIE saves, immediately below the now-corrupted DELTA save. The door will now open correctly.

Thanks for the fix, devs!

[jayjayy]

does anyone know how the hell to turn of the blur in the game ? tryed everything but nothing works

[MooP]

980ti runs maxed 1080p does have its dips/stutters time to time imo background loading something devs might be able to fix (rest pc specs on my profile) other then that 60fps... ill try turning off those settings from this post.

[Xamalion]

It's really disappointing. This is by far no graphic milestone and it's stuttering constantly on a FX8350 with a GTX970.