For the love of god fix the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ 100% GPU usage for a turm based isometric combat simulator.

[dstewart955]

I mean for christs sake, the HAND PAINTED STATIC loading sreeens are locking my video carad at 80 - 90% gpu usage. fix the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ issue. out of combat it takes 5-10 seconds for a mouse click to even register.

*EDIT*
System: Windows 10 -
CPU: Intel I5-2550k @ 3.4 Ghz.
Ram: 8GB
Vid Card: Nvidia Geforce GTX 560 w/ 2GB GDDR5
Hard Drive is brand new (two months old).
1000W power supply.
----------------
V-sunch is enabled, both in game, and manually through Nvida control panel.
No hardware is over clocked, not running any other games in background.
I have downloaded and tried add on program to lock FPS in game, even with FPS locked to 30, GPU is still pegged at 100%.
Case is clean, and well ventilated,
I can play Conan exiles, Ark, WOW, all on "moderate" video settings with no issues....
--------------------------------------

All this being said, blaming a system for being week and overheating is BS. It's the software. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY a turn based, isometric view; game should even tax a 15 year old office desktop that you just dug out of the garbage.

[Kurnn]

Originally posted by Eisberg:

Its a Unity problem, a problem that Unity has to fix, and the Unity developers have not fixed it yet.

I dont get any 100% GPU usage, but I get rare crashes after a mission. Just when you loaded the argo and your Tech is telling you about the new Mech model you got....CRASH.

Unity needs to fix their feature support. I read on their tech forums that Unity are using quite new features, which not all GPUs and drivers supports fully, without kinks.

[AbsynthMinded]

Alteratively, and this is the point that alsways gets me, you could post your configuration and make improvements to handle the heat better. And also, so many people complain of this usage issue, but no one ever complains or details any symptoms or problems with playing.

I appreciate the real concern if that is a real long term problem. I do not experience it in any perceptable way. These chips are built to last more than enough years such that vastly better chips and card will be availabe before a failure. Overclocking, may cut that life span down considerably, and still there ought to be enough years in them to last a reasonable lifetime before replacement.

So of all the complaints this one confuses and irritates me the most.

[Bust-E-Pona]

Originally posted by Eisberg:

Its a Unity problem, a problem that Unity has to fix, and the Unity developers have not fixed it yet.

No it's a developer problem, the developers of this game made the choice to use unity and as a result took all the crap problems that came with that engine. You cannot pass the buck off on unity.

[Cap'n Darwin]

Turn on vsync.

[:WTF: Grendel]

When this game launched... it was using 95-99% of my GPU. Now, after a couple driver updates and dev updates, I'm using around 75-80% on a EVGA GTX 970 SSC 4gb GPU...

So, GPU is factory OC'd... my i7-3770k 3.5Ghz is OC'd to 4.0Ghz and liquid cooled, 16GB RAM, 1050w PSU, 500Gb SSD for Game, 120 SSD for OS/Apps... I pull solid FPS without Vsync enabled on 1920x1080 res 60hz.

[The Government]

If it's a Unity problem, then why did they use Unity? Still their fault and responsibility to fix it.

[Dalinar917]

When the game first launched my GPU was maxed out at 100% while the game was running, and it rose to about 80 degrees C while playing. Now after a few Nvidia driver updates and a few game updates, my GPU usage is hovering around 75% and my GPU is running at a cool 54 degrees C. Try updating your drivers if this is an issue, that worked for me.

[TehJumpingJawa]

It looks like the game doesn't even respect Windows application life cycle events.

When minimized (game was left in the menus) it's driving my GTX 1070 at 60-80% load - sitting at a solid 70 degrees.

Insanely bad programming.

[AbsynthMinded]

On the whole of how it affects over all computer performance or game play, is not being discussed. If heat and GPU load are the only complaints, it is in a category of faux-complaint. Because the symptoms are not insurmountable or leading to catastrophic failures, on any GPU rated for the games requirements.

HBS Code issue, Unity Code issue, what does it matter. We can continue to hope for a fix, and there's no reason to think they are not looking at it. Should actual hardware fry, which is beyond reasonable doubt of other causes, then we can have a real discussion of it being a real valid complaint.

[:WTF: Grendel]

Originally posted by AbsynthMinded:

On the whole of how it affects over all computer performance or game play, is not being discussed. If heat and GPU load are the only complaints, it is in a category of faux-complaint. Because the symptoms are not insurmountable or leading to catastrophic failures, on any GPU rated for the games requirements.

HBS Code issue, Unity Code issue, what does it matter. We can continue to hope for a fix, and there's no reason to think they are not looking at it. Should actual hardware fry, which is beyond reasonable doubt of other causes, then we can have a real discussion of it being a real valid complaint.

Eh... I think this whole discussion would fall under the game optimization category, to be honest. Given the initial game performance and component utilization, compared to now after several game updates and driver updates. My GPU isn't pushed nearly as hard as before like I stated in an above comment.

The only people who will still have issues with high GPU usage are either on the edge of minimum system spec... or the GPU is the only thing good in their PC and are experiencing a bottleneck in their PC's performance.

If someone is meeting or exceeding the system specs and still having issues due to heat or high usage... they need to update their drivers... clean out their PC (dust)... and/or reapply new thermal compound onto the GPU chip... I recommend replacing thermal compound yearly... every 6 months for systems OC'd systems... GPU and CPU... at the very least, tune down their quality settings.

[AbsynthMinded]

Im more than willing to entertain the bottleneck side of the discussion, or heat management.. But the discussion rarely starts there it seems.

[:WTF: Grendel]

Originally posted by AbsynthMinded:

Im more than willing to entertain the bottleneck side of the discussion, or heat management.. But the discussion rarely starts there it seems.

Could be... even a well optimized game will still be tough on some people with low-end PCs or outdated PCs. If you're not dropping $300 or more on a GPU these days... lol you're not gonna enjoy the full experience in graphics and processing that games are demanding. Or you get the folks who manage to stuff a decent or nice GPU into a toaster of a PC and then wonder wtf is wrong lol

[Longtoke]

It’s weird with heat dissipation discussions on steam forums.......some people seemingly take it as highly offensive when you even suggest they may not have adequate cooling etc.

While I respect excessive unnecessary processing load might well be a problem, it’s not going to burn hardware out unless your system is already vulnerable due to poor design / lack of maintenance.

I guess the best way to sum it up - the game may be working a pc harder than it could be, but no amount of coding improvements is going to fix individual system flaws.

[wesnef]

It's odd, though. Most of the complaints have seemed to be from people with beefy GPUs & systems. (or at least they seem that way to me, heh. :D)

Meanwhile, I've been happily playing along with my i5-2400, R9-270X, 8 GB ram, Win 7/64. Unless the GPU cools off instantly when I quit the game, my temp readout hasn't said anything above low 50's. (I don't have - or at least don't think I have - diagnostic tools to tell me what everything was doing 5-10 minutes ago. I've no idea of the load% on the GPU)

I mean, I have a cool-running system (no OC, coolermaster case with 2x200mm/1x140mm fans, good cable management & lots of open space, house in the low 70's °F), but it still doesn't seem like it's using a lot of resources. /shrug

[Kurnn]

Originally posted by Confused Frog:

Originally posted by Eisberg:

Its a Unity problem, a problem that Unity has to fix, and the Unity developers have not fixed it yet.

No it's a developer problem, the developers of this game made the choice to use unity and as a result took all the crap problems that came with that engine. You cannot pass the buck off on unity.

No, its your problem since alot of other players do not have the problem you describe.

If you want help, then many people here can assist you.

If you only want to whine at company X, then you can do that, while the rest of us enjoys the game ;)