Playing at lower resolution for increased performance

[Casul Gamer]

When I've tried lowering the resolution below 1152x648 everything gets distorted to the point where it's unplayable. Since I usually get at least 25 fps on the lowest graphics settings I haven't made an effort to change things, but I was curious about trying to lower the resolution more.

[Shadowdrake]

How do you get such bad fps? I think my grandma's toaster could run this game if I put a gpu in it

[Kama Nightfire]

Originally posted by Shadowdrake:

How do you get such bad fps? I think my grandma's toaster could run this game if I put a gpu in it

Such a helpful post, mocking someone because they are not blessed with a comparable machine such as yours.

Original Poster :

You seem to not meet the specified requirements for the game, so finding a fix for a better frame-rate may be a bit difficult. I'd suggest looking around online for tweaks that can be done for the game to help improve your experience, though your visual quality may suffer.

[Marsson]

Sounds as if you need to upgrade your PC I'm afraid.

[JimPappa]

Such low fps at that resolution is wierd. Your GPU has DX 11, since you can play the game. And I don't think DX 11 GPUs are that weak.

Could you post your entire specs?

[Casul Gamer]

I can't afford a gaming PC lol. If you guys want to make a donation to getting me a new computer, otherwise...

I don't mind graphics taking a hit, but as I mentioned in my original post something screwy happens if I lower the resolution below 1152x648. I was hoping there'd be a way to do it with the in-game settings so that I could increase the settings when I wanted to take a screenshot.

I know that it's at least possible somehow with the old version because I've watched speedruns where the numbers for damage on enemies was much larger than normal and the person said it was due to them lowering resolution

[Shifty Mario]

$200 is all you need to play this game if you build a new comp. Upgrade if you can unless you're laptop.

[Casul Gamer]

I was able to contact one the speedrunners I saw and he game some information (although I do have an AMD card rather than Nvidia)

So it's a bit complicated and janky, but I have to add a custom resolution through Nvidia Control Panel. This lets my PC have the same resolution as the game. If you do this then the game should be playable at most if not all resolutions. However, if you have a modern PC there's no reason for any of this ^_^

[roi]

Why is it unplayable? Just set your resolution to 1024x600 and use RadeonPro.

[Casul Gamer]

Originally posted by IMPERIVM SOLIS:

Why is it unplayable? Just set your resolution to 1024x600 and use RadeonPro.

There aren't any widescreen aspect ratios available below 1152x648 and the image gets distorted with the standard aspect ratios. I can't read the text well and it's also somewhat disorienting to the point where it might cause motion sickness.

I did notice that some of the lower widescreen aspect ratios are available with windowed mode so I might look into some sort of bordless fullscreen if the Radeon control panel doesn't provide a solution.

Another option I've considered is playing on my monitor which is standard aspect ratio, but I play on my TV because I get letterboxing even if I set the aspect ratio to something like 800x600 so I'd need a mod to get it to fit the screen.