White Specs + FPS drops

[Dr. Germs]

has anyone experienced like white dots across the screen while playing? me and a friend both have. and I been dropping frames around the animal pen and laser area.

[Mad Max]

White Specs on the screen indicate there is something Radioactive near you and you're taking Radiation Damage.

[Dr. Germs]

Originally posted by Mad Max:

White Specs on the screen indicate there is something Radioactive near you and you're taking Radiation Damage.

really? is that why there's sometimes less and sometimes more of them? weird tho I am not usually carrying radioactive stuff or am by it too often.

if that's the case I gotta wonder.

[Trust37 ⎝👽⎠]

Originally posted by Dr. Germs:

Originally posted by Mad Max:

White Specs on the screen indicate there is something Radioactive near you and you're taking Radiation Damage.

really? is that why there's sometimes less and sometimes more of them? weird tho I am not usually carrying radioactive stuff or am by it too often.

if that's the case I gotta wonder.

if you butcher mobs, the stuff they drop is hazardous, same with some of the green goo etc, more radiation more white sprinkles.

[Fat Bird]

Originally posted by Dr. Germs:

Originally posted by Mad Max:

White Specs on the screen indicate there is something Radioactive near you and you're taking Radiation Damage.

really? is that why there's sometimes less and sometimes more of them? weird tho I am not usually carrying radioactive stuff or am by it too often.

if that's the case I gotta wonder.

Even just being near it, or even near a container that has radioactive items. It's kind of a neat system, imo. You'll notice some containers have a radiation containment rating as well.

[Dr. Germs]

Originally posted by Trust37 ⎝👽⎠:

Originally posted by Dr. Germs:

really? is that why there's sometimes less and sometimes more of them? weird tho I am not usually carrying radioactive stuff or am by it too often.

if that's the case I gotta wonder.

if you butcher mobs, the stuff they drop is hazardous, same with some of the green goo etc, more radiation more white sprinkles.

so even corpses in one way would also do that huh? and pretty interesting way of doing it. be it I feel like a different color than white would be more telling..

I legit thought my screens were bugging in the beginning on the playtests. but thanks for the info to all who answered.

[Trust37 ⎝👽⎠]

Originally posted by Dr. Germs:

Originally posted by Trust37 ⎝👽⎠:

if you butcher mobs, the stuff they drop is hazardous, same with some of the green goo etc, more radiation more white sprinkles.

so even corpses in one way would also do that huh? and pretty interesting way of doing it. be it I feel like a different color than white would be more telling..

I legit thought my screens were bugging in the beginning on the playtests. but thanks for the info to all who answered.

in rl it behaves exactly the same, pictures taken near radiation cause those white dots too

[Dr. Germs]

Originally posted by Trust37 ⎝👽⎠:

Originally posted by Dr. Germs:

so even corpses in one way would also do that huh? and pretty interesting way of doing it. be it I feel like a different color than white would be more telling..

I legit thought my screens were bugging in the beginning on the playtests. but thanks for the info to all who answered.

in rl it behaves exactly the same, pictures taken near radiation cause those white dots too

ah. that's right.... been a while I guess brain put it in the back of my mind.

plus not looking at a lot of old photos these days of that type of stuff.

[Low Hanging Fruit]

Lol I was experiencing this today after picking up some radioactive meat and after 20 hours this is the first time I recognized it. I thought the game was tweaking out.

[MechWarden]

Sounds like the tutorial is failing at its job.

Granted, it is almost a blink and you miss it part where you can briefly walk by a radioactive spot, see the spots (maybe), along with getting a message explaining it. You click OK, and and may never think about it again.

[koira]

if you disregard that that's not the tutorial. that's you lol

[MechWarden]

The radiation light spots have gotten better, along with the info, but I think they could still be easily missed by new players.

Before, the spots were pixels, and one person posted here worried that the game was frying his expensive graphics card because of the 'graphics glitches', only to realize it was meant to be that way.

[Cyrus罰]

I mean, you did play the tutorial, right? It tells you what the white dots are.

[MechWarden]

Not going to lie, that part of the tutorial isn't exactly the most memorable experience, which is bad for a key mechanic of the game. You are hit with the effect (which could be missed), you get a rather long text explanation on the side (which might be TL:DR for some), and then you move on. Even if you did notice the effect and read the message, you are then given new things to worry about since then, like starting the training session with a voiced NPC, making a character by picking starting skills, and then doing another tutorial that walks you through and confirms that you have the makings of a base before it opens up the rest of the game for you. All that time you could easily not run into radiation, especially if you stick with using nets to kill pests.

I'm not saying people will always forget or don't notice the visual effect when it is first explained. I'm saying it isn't as sure of a thing in its current state. A simple reminder later on when exposed long enough to radiation, on top of getting more info about radiation dosage the first time you get a Geiger Counter would do absolute wonders for this issue. Heck, a Gate Pal log detailing medical effects would be great! Bringing up the topic once and not elaborating later is not the best way to learn.

It is better than it has been, since there was no explanation in the Demo or Playtest, but I still think it is an easy to miss effect, on top of the radiation dosage sorely needing some explanation in game.