Solutions for Lag + Bug Reports for 2-X (Spoilers)

[fizzd]

Some rare users have been getting lag when the main gimmick of the level occurs.

Edit: As of January 2021, the game now supports a Simulate option that simulates the gimmick instead. It's in the Accessibility option in settings, and requires a restart of the level.

The rest of this post is what you can try if you really want the gimmick to work natively.

If you're using GeForce and get sudden lag, the problem might be solved by downgrading your driver to this previous version:

https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/167751/en-us

It happens because GeForce is trying to do optimizations on the game that rely on the window being still.

This downgrade worked for one of our players (thanks lugi!). It's not optimal cause it takes a while to downgrade, so we hope to find a better solution to it. Please let us know if the solution worked or you found a different one that did!

For situations where its smooth on one monitor but not the other:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/774181/discussions/0/3080998989618743988/

[Czaele]

Heck, I'm not even getting lag there, the game's visuals lock as soon the gimmick is supposed to kick in. The music just keeps playing, but the visuals aren't changing, and none of the pass/fail clap noises are working there, either.
I can't downgrade my drivers for personal reasons, so I think I'll just sit the game out until that's fixed. Great game otherwise, though.

[fizzd]

Hey Xannthas, sorry for the problems, but its great we can finally get a hold of someone with a new problem. We'd love to get to the bottom of it for you and other people! Would you mind elaborating your setup abit:

- Do you have one monitor or two?
- If you use the 'one screen' mode in Settings>Accessibility, does it work?
- And what if you change your Windows display to one monitor only, then restart the game and try it? (i know this is asking a lot though, no problem if you'd rather not)
- If none of it works, fwiw you should be able to just disable window movement completely and get past that level, by using the setting to disable window movement in Accessibility. I know it's a shame though and we'd definitely love to get it working for you.

[Czaele]

I have one standard 1080 60hz screen; setting the accessibility to one screen fixed the lock, but now I've got the lag problem, heh. I'll probably disable the window movement for now, but it's kind of a bummer since this was my favorite level on the last demo release.

Speaking of which, I know that back in the last short beta demo window you guys opened up, the level worked fine, is the lag caused by some new drivers released since then, or is the game coded differently in a way that's tripping on Nvidia like this?
I know at least on my end I haven't had any hardware changes since then.

[fizzd]

Ah, thanks for the update. I think the last version had a bug that may have been causing that problem, do you mind checking the new v0.1.10 after updating the game and seeing if it still occurs in All Screens mode?

and yeah it would be really useful to check if the old demo is still smooth for you. I can send you a download link for the steam demo version if you send me an email / any other way to give you a special demo key in private. My email is [e-mail]

Thanks for any time you can give!

[Czaele]

I just tested the game again, there was a minute-long freeze as soon as the window minimized for the level, then it played normally for... I'd say about 30 seconds into the window's movement part, then froze again, the music playing in the background while the game's visuals are stuck, just like before.

I think the best way to send the link would be through a Steam message, rather than an email.

EDIT: Just made a couple more attempts at the song in a row to see if there's a pattern or anything, but I'm not really seeing any pattern, other than it happening pretty soon-ish after the window starts moving, rather than later in the song. Also seems like the framerate for the window moving isn't nearly as smooth as it was in the old demo, either.

EDIT2: Changed my Nvidia driver to the studio version (I, uh, wasn't supposed to be using the gaming driver in the first place, I do a lot of 3D modeling on this computer) and the game locked up (still with audio) about five seconds after the level started teleporting to the corners of the screen.

[Explode]

Something I ran into on 2-X. First of all when the game goes to windowed if its fullscreen you should warn the user that its intended to be put into windowed. The first time I played it I thought it was a bug so I just alt+entered back to fullscreen. Because of playing it in fullscreen the intended gimmick did not work properly and my driver crashed at the end of the song. After relaunching it entered the Act 3 intro dialogue in the Main Ward but the first level of act 3 was locked. I went to replay 2-X again and left it windowed this time so I realized it was totally intended and after completing it I went through the act 2 epilogue dialogue and was given access to 3-1.

[Sonkirio]

I'm having an issue with 2-X involving 2 monitors. When I played it for the first time, the window moved across both screens, as intended. Every time I play the level again, the window gimmick stays on my primary monitor, as if the option is set to One Monitor. The only time it goes to my second monitor is when the window jumps to the corners. I know the option is set to Full, and I've tried swapping back and forth, but I can't get it to play completely across both monitors again.

[o_o!]

I want to know the hidden level of a week's purpose
Because it looks interesting

[Galtzen]

I experience a lag spike every level, and they happen seemingly at random moments.

[Izz]

This might not be terribly helpful but: I'm playing on an Mac mini (with M1 chip) and it worked perfectly - and it was great :)

[exploshun]

I experience a lag spike, where the game freezes and no cues are given out, usually whenever a new sound loads in (like a new character with a different rhythm). This doesn't happen very often, but it happens very consistently in 4-1N. I am running an RX 580, so the Nvidia fix does not apply. It might have to do with the fact that I'm loading the game from an HDD (a 5400rpm at that), and that load causes the game to freeze for a while.

Edit: I moved the game to an SSD and seems to run without those lag spikes for now, will update if I see any new lag spikes.

[fuzzymanboob;]

Will steam achievements be added eventually?

[ck1521]

I checked 2-X today and seems it's not working right for me either.
It's not moving at all
I haven't been played since like 1 or 2 weeks ago, before that it worked well
so I'm not sure if it is related to the recent patches.
btw I'm only using 1 monitor.

[Lilnashcola]

I have a problem with 2x where it only shows up in 1/4 of the windowed screen

[Zzz]

Voice Language for Macbook
English Voice doesn't work in my MacBook... There is only Chinese voice