Is performance really this bad?

[ussjtrunks]

Getting 40-60 fps in the start area just turning the camera and when a rush attack starts it drops to the mid 20s. What kind of performance are ye getting?

specs, gtx 980, i7 5820k 4ghz, 16gb ram

[ThE_MarD]

Heyyo, yeah this game has some graphical parts that aren't optimized properly for PC sadly. It definitely doesn't run as good as Samurai Warriors 4-II...

Here's what I run to get 1920x1080 @ 60fps locked.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=766867608

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=766867690

My specs:

In Win 805 Infinity case
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit build 14383
Intel Core i7 3770K @ 4.20GHz (1.29v) Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology
CORSAIR Hydro Series H80 (CWCH80) High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
16.0GB (4x4GB) Kingston Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 2133MHz (11-12-11-30 @ 1.65V)
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z68X-UD7-B3 (Socket 1155 BIOS F11a)
ASUS VE278 27" LCD (1920x1080@60Hz via DisplayPort with RGB full)
MSI R9 390 Gaming 8G (OC 1100MHz core, 1600MHz mem & +0% power delivery)
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB SSD
Visiontek's Bigfoot Network Killer 2100 PCI-E Network Interface Card
Thermaltake PS-TPD-0850MPCGUS-1 850W 80+ Gold Power Supply


Just to give comparison, here's my custom settings vs the game's High preset in a similar spot... and I am having a hard time actually seeing graphical differences tbh...

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=766870344

and here's the game's High preset:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=766870925

[ussjtrunks]

where ya able to get rush mode to run decently thats where the big drops are for me?

[ThE_MarD]

Originally posted by ussjtrunks:

where ya able to get rush mode to run decently thats where the big drops are for me?

Heyyo,

Hmm I don't see an option for rush mode yet... is it something unlocked? I have story mode and free mode currently...

[ussjtrunks]

its the mode you go into by pressing rt in battle where there are like 200 on screen characters

[mechanoid]

All you have to do to get a decent performance is to reduce the number of soldiers on screen. Change graphic settings to manual, reduce muber of soldiers and draw distance to "medium". Runs perfectly now for me (NVIDIA 780). Some slowdowns in the rush attacks though.

[ThE_MarD]

Originally posted by ussjtrunks:

its the mode you go into by pressing rt in battle where there are like 200 on screen characters

Heyyo,

Oh derp! Lol sorry now I know what you mean... when doing that Mazban rush mode? The game forcibly locks 30fps regardless of settings. Same with cutscenes... so that could have been a framerate cap bug on rush mode unless it was due to the animations being programmed specifically for 30fps... :\

So yeah, the game does support 60fps most of the time, but it still drops down to 30fps a lot.

Tbh? Now I'm testing low preset with textures on medium and I'm having a bit of a hard time discerning serious graphical differences with high except the textures and shadow quality settings! I'm curious as to how much graphical difference this game even has on high, medium low... hmm... anyone know good spots that we could attempt to check that could be reproduced on different run throughs?

For example, even on high settings for characters? I notice a lot of troop pop-in... it shouldn't be a loading delay as I have the game on my SanDisk Ultra II 960GB SSD...

The performance on the PC port isn't as good as other games by this developer, but damn did they nail the storyline and campaign missions thus far in my first playthrough... super impressed with how well it mimics the anime. :)

[Falcão † GOD BLESS THE USA!]

Originally posted by ThE_MarD:

Originally posted by ussjtrunks:

its the mode you go into by pressing rt in battle where there are like 200 on screen characters

Heyyo,

Oh derp! Lol sorry now I know what you mean... when doing that Mazban rush mode? The game forcibly locks 30fps regardless of settings. Same with cutscenes... so that could have been a framerate cap bug on rush mode unless it was due to the animations being programmed specifically for 30fps... :\

So yeah, the game does support 60fps most of the time, but it still drops down to 30fps a lot.

Tbh? Now I'm testing low preset with textures on medium and I'm having a bit of a hard time discerning serious graphical differences with high except the textures and shadow quality settings! I'm curious as to how much graphical difference this game even has on high, medium low... hmm... anyone know good spots that we could attempt to check that could be reproduced on different run throughs?

For example, even on high settings for characters? I notice a lot of troop pop-in... it shouldn't be a loading delay as I have the game on my SanDisk Ultra II 960GB SSD...

The performance on the PC port isn't as good as other games by this developer, but damn did they nail the storyline and campaign missions thus far in my first playthrough... super impressed with how well it mimics the anime. :)

I've bought a ASUS gaming laptop with a nvidia gtx 970 M 3gb I've no problem in many games, I've no problem in non-anime games like playing DMC4:SE HD with maxed graphics at 60 fps's and I've no problem in anime games like in the last Naruto game(it works perfectly). I only have problems with this game, according to what I'm reading here it is an excellent one but the problem is they haven't assisted computer players :/ hope they give us some love soon x)

[Falcão † GOD BLESS THE USA!]

nevermind, my problem was that the game was being runned not in the Nvidia Graphic Card, now it's much better.

[ThE_MarD]

Heyyo, ah hmm so nVidia might not have released drivers with a game specific profile to this game or is improperly set up? Good catch though and glad you got it sorted out... But yeah, this is probably the most problematic Koei Tecmo game which is too bad since Samurai Warriors 4-II is a masterpiece of the mousu game style