Bug Reporting

[degicagames]

If you find a bug, please report it here so that we can fix it promptly.

When reporting a bug, please include as much detail as possible, including a description of the bug, your system specs, and any hardware/peripherals that may be involved with the bug.

Thank you for playing ESCHATOS!

[76561198151582697]

Getting all these issues reported, especially the random framerate issues. It would be extremely helpful if someone affected by the framerate drops could post a video of it so we can get a better idea of what's causing the performance issues.

[blackswan77]

please fix the framerate drops! its spoiling this otherwise great game!

[EMEX]

I don't have the means to record my gameplay, but the framerate drops are actually mostly happening during certain sections of the game for me. For example in stage 2 when those two large ships enter the screen and start shooting bullets. Sometimes I get an FPS and other times I don't but it's mostly the same places. It makes no difference how much is going on the screen, there could be a lot happening and it runs buttery smooth, but during certain sections when something is loading (I think) I get those frames dropping like an anvil.

[ThisIsPete]

I've recorded a short video showing framerate drops, hopefully they will show up correctly when YouTube has done its encoding thang. I'll post the vid in this thread when it's finished processing.

[ThisIsPete]

Here ya go, watch in full quality (1080p 60fps) to see the framerate drops. The most obvious ones are towards the end of the video where the camera pans around to show the big UFO coming in. There's a little sound stuttering here and there, too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbddKGMcgVA

Hope this helps with the debugging!

Thanks in advance for your efforts.

[Batman]

So did they fix the fps drops?

[ThisIsPete]

There's been no patch yet, so I assume not. Blackbird said on Twitter a week or so ago that Eschatos was "due a patch", so hopefully it will be soon. They fixed Mushihimesama's issues pretty quickly, though they were actually game-breaking in that case, so probably higher priority. Would still love to see this running at a solid 60 though.

[AmethystViper]

Will they ever fix Phantom Breaker: Battlegrounds in our lifetime?

[tricosahedron]

I just bought the game in the sale. I also experience those fps drops (I think it spikes between 30 and 60 fps), which renders the game near unplayable for me (I only tried stage 1 so far). The frame drops are fairly inconsistent, and sometimes a part where I had extreme fps drops before works completely smooth. Also, the music becomes choppy when those fps drops occur. I tried the Texture Preload option and other things, like lowering the resolution or switching v-sync on and off, but to no avail. Also, of course neither did I run other programs in the background, nor did I download something while playing.

My system specs:

Windows 7 (64-bit)
ATI Radeon HD 4650
3GB RAM
Pentium Dual-Core E5300 (2.6GHz)

Let me know if you need further info, or if there's something I could try. However, I'd like to keep my playtime below 2 hours, since I'm thinking about getting a refund.

[tricosahedron]

Never mind, setting process priority to 'high' for the game in Windows solved the issue.

Edit: Looks like it still doesn't run smoothly, but at least it's halfway playable now; or maybe I simply adapted to the lag ... anyway, still glad I picked up this fun shmup, along with the music DLCs. ^_^

[LonerGamerAlex]

I played the game on easy mode, got to the end and during credit roll, the game crashed with "Failed to initiate fullscreen" error - Windows 10, GTX 670, i7-3770.

http://www.twitch.tv/lonergamer/v/31819289

Update: I tried playing through the game again and got the same exact crash. Game resolution is set to 1920 x 1080 btw.

Resolved: I found out that the problem was OBS monitor capture and not the game.

[TideGear]

Thanks to everyone reporting issues. Is there anyone experiencing issues even after the latest patch? Thanks!

[Kinu]

皆様初めまして。

さて、このゲームを始めた際に、何故かコントロールが不能になることがありまたので報告。
私はBelkinのn52teという左手デバイスを愛用しているのですが、
この左手デバイスのドライバーが悪さをして
コントロール不能にしていました。
もしコントロールができず、まともにゲームができない症状が出ましたら、
デバイスマネージャーでn52te用の
Vurtual Hid Deviceドライバーを無効にすることをオススメします。

因みに左手コントローラーをUSBから外しても、ドライバーは居座り続けて
悪さをしますのでご注意下さい。

他のゲームでは問題無かったのですが、エスカトスだけは何故か干渉してしまいました。

それでは、エンジョイ！

[Mariofreak]

The Big Picture overlay doesn't appear.

[76561198307272297]

Originally posted by Mariofreak:

The Big Picture overlay doesn't appear.

Are you still experiencing this issue, Mariofreak? If so, can you share your system specs? Thanks!