Framerate Fix for AMD

[fasc]

I'm kind lazy, so I just copied and paste here my review/experience about this game.

4 gb patch discussion page: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1221218362
4 gb patch link: https://ntcore.com/?page_id=371
framerate fix, video where i found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpYRWkUE7w4
framerate fix link: edit - can't post the link here, the link for the patch is on the video above

This is probably one of the worst ports ever made to pc, it's just incredible how bad optimized this game is. The first ff 13 is bad but it's playable and the Lightning Returns runs perfectly, without any changes in the game or in the settings.

But, is this game playable? It is, after you aply some patches.

For the crashes you actualy don't need do disable the Steam Cloud, just search on google for the 4 GB patch, this fixed the crash issue for me.

To optmize the framerate, search on google for the framerate patch, before this patch i was getting most of the time 20 fps, after I am able to get above 30 fps, but i lock at 30 with rivatuner (because the radeon setting not working, idk why), so i can get a more stable experience. And if you don't use something to lock the fps, like rivatuner or your gpu settings,at 30/60, the game will freeze because it will try to create as many frames as possible, so be aware.

My pc settings are: fx-6300 + rx 550. And the only options that's seen to work in my tests, on the radeon, is setting the V-sync to always off and the Triple buffering On.

A last advice, even after patching the game it will still drop frames sometimes (when there's too much effects or when changing areas), especially if you don't have a good pc, but when compared before the patch the game is 100% better. So, after you have done all the changes, disable the fps counter and try to focus in the game and forget about the performance.

[Serafie1999AD]

Thanks for compiling a few ways to enhance the performance. However, I'd like to point out a few things.

Originally posted by fasc:

My pc settings are: fx-6300 + rx 550.

While the port is indeed very lousy, this is your biggest problem. The CPU is 6 years old, and it's just terrible in terms of single-threaded performance, so it will tank your FPS. The GPU isn't a very good one, either.

Originally posted by fasc:

framerate fix link: edit - can't post the link here, the link for the patch is on the video above

The framerate pacer remover patch has its ups and downs that should be mentioned here. First of all, this is how the game's ordinary pacer works: if you can't maintain 60 FPS, the game drops the frame rate to 30. If you can't maintain 30 FPS, the game drops the frame rate to 20. Then 15. The framerate pacer remover makes the game render at the highest frame rate it can achieve, which produces the smoothest result. Unfortunately, it has a few problems. If you can't maintain 60 FPS, the game turns into slow-motion at 40-59 FPS. It gets quite annoying to explore when you're at 40 FPS, since the animations are played at a 2/3 speed. On the other hand, if you're at 31-39 FPS, the animation speed increases, resulting to fast-motion. These slow and fast motion effects cause synchronization issues in cutscenes, and the voices and actions go off-sync.

My opinion? If you can maintain 55-60 FPS, use the framerate pacer remover, since 55-60 is still better than dropping to 30. If you drop below 55, cap your frame rate to 30 to avoid slow motion and synchronization bugs. The patch is probably the best when your FPS is at 24-29, since without the patch, the vanilla game would drop your frame rate to 20.

Originally posted by fasc:

And if you don't use something to lock the fps, like rivatuner or your gpu settings,at 30/60, the game will freeze because it will try to create as many frames as possible, so be aware.

With the framerate pacer remover, the game will play at 1000+ FPS in the main menu, causing a freeze. To fix this, there's two possible solutions: 1) play on fullscreen and enable Vsync, or 2) cap your frame rate.

Originally posted by fasc:

And the only options that's seen to work in my tests, on the radeon, is setting the V-sync to always off and the Triple buffering On.

Triple Buffering is meant to enhance the performance of Vsync, so if you have Vsync disabled, there's just no point using Triple Buffering. I'd suggest enabling both if you're playing on fullscreen.

[fasc]

I know my pc is bad, but it still possible to play this game after the patches. As you pointed the game just locks at 20 fps if it drops below 30, removing the frarate pacer makes the game way better.

About the v-sync, in my experience, enabling it, slightly drops the performance of the gpu, it's better to set it off and lock the frames through another program like rivatuner.

As you explained about the triple buffering i just gonna disable it now, thanks.

[Matt & the Cat]

I want to get into this game but in the beach starting area I get around 15-20fps. My system is gtx980 and i7 4790k. Does this patch work for nvidia cards?

I can play ff13/14/15 just fine. Really this is the only game that runs under 30fps on my system.

[fasc]

yeah, it works, but when remove the frame limiter you have to lock the frames with something or the game will crash

[Xerazal]

Originally posted by Deku Scrub:

I want to get into this game but in the beach starting area I get around 15-20fps. My system is gtx980 and i7 4790k. Does this patch work for nvidia cards?

I can play ff13/14/15 just fine. Really this is the only game that runs under 30fps on my system.

I'm running a 1700X paired with a Vega 64. Much better hardware than you, and i get the same framerate. Except for me, that beach sequence crashes, so I can't play the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game.

[fasc]

to stop the crashes you have to apply the 4GB patch or disable the steam cloud save, i just used the patch and the game didn't crash anymore

[󠀡󠀡󠀡⁧⁧the.jester]

Originally posted by fasc:

to stop the crashes you have to apply the 4GB patch or disable the steam cloud save, i just used the patch and the game didn't crash anymore

You do yes, disabling steam cloud can stop some crashing, but the majority of crashes will be fixed by the 4gb patch.

[Serafie1999AD]

Originally posted by Xerazal:

Originally posted by Deku Scrub:

I want to get into this game but in the beach starting area I get around 15-20fps. My system is gtx980 and i7 4790k. Does this patch work for nvidia cards?

I can play ff13/14/15 just fine. Really this is the only game that runs under 30fps on my system.

I'm running a 1700X paired with a Vega 64. Much better hardware than you, and i get the same framerate. Except for me, that beach sequence crashes, so I can't play the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game.

Have you tried these tweaks: https://steamcommunity.com/app/292140/discussions/0/3338745825902101781/ ? Another thing you could try is copying d3d9.dll from C:\Windows\System32 to the <your Steam folder>\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY XIII-2\alba_data\prog\win\bin folder.

[Xerazal]

Originally posted by Serafie1999AD:

Originally posted by Xerazal:

I'm running a 1700X paired with a Vega 64. Much better hardware than you, and i get the same framerate. Except for me, that beach sequence crashes, so I can't play the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game.

Have you tried these tweaks: https://steamcommunity.com/app/292140/discussions/0/3338745825902101781/ ? Another thing you could try is copying d3d9.dll from C:\Windows\System32 to the <your Steam folder>\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY XIII-2\alba_data\prog\win\bin folder.

I did finally get the game to work, though barely. I had to install the 4gb patch and get rid of the frame pacer. I can actually play teh game now, but performance is just... wow... Jumps between 28 and 60fps, yet performance graphs are showing this game barely utilizing my cpu/gpu.

i'll be honest, the game being in this state at ALL is just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sad. But I shouldn't expect any less from Squeenix PC ports at this point.