Frame Rate micro stutter fix

[Dave White]

make sure you have window mode set to fullscreen, if you have it set to Borderless it causes the micro stutter

[76561198412668683]

Glad to see this issue is resolved for some people.

If you've rolled back your drivers and are still experiencing this issue, please create a case on the {LINK REMOVED}support website and {LINK REMOVED}submit your DxDiag and MsInfo files for further investigation.

Cheers!

- Ubisoft Support

[Ttnuagmada]

Originally posted by Kaldaien:

Also, what the hell guys? When did the definition of microstutter change? :P You're not running multi-GPU setups, there's no way that you can have this problem. It only comes about through Alternate Frame Rendering, and the average rate being perfect but the alternating frames not correctly spaced in time.

This is misinformation. While multi-GPU tends to exacerbate microstutter, it is absolutely 100% something that occurs with single GPU configs. It's the entire reason framepacing or frametimes is even a benchmark measurement.

[Denver60]

I reverted back to 411.70. It is definitely better since, but i can still see one or two every so often. Now it might be loading of the background or so i'm not really sure.
Thought when i press F1 and look at the charts i still see that spike on both GPU and CPU. it is not as acute for the GPU as it used to be.

I will try to keep rolling back to another driver and see

[D-Man]

Rolling back drivers didn’t help a lot if any. On a 30fps cap there is highly irregular frame pacing. CPU and GPU are nowhere near max capacity and the FPS shows up as a solid 30 but there is a constant hitching visible. The in game cap is the worst and the NvidiaCP half refresh isn’t much better. RTSS seems to work best but isn’t resolving the issue either. Digital Foundry suggests that the ingame cap is true 30fps and not the usual 29,7 and thus causing the periodic hitch.

[Doctor Hades]

This game has a few bugs still such as the way the FPS limits of 30 and 60 fps actually cap the game at 31 and 61 fps respectively, not an issue for those of us with a G-SYNC or FreeSync display but definitely problematic for anyone using V-Sync on a standard 60 Hz display as it will produce noticeable judder since the framerate isn't matched to the refresh rate.

As a workaround, I use RTSS to cap the game at 30 or 60 fps and it does seem to run a lot better. The default game seems to suffer from a framepacing issue, one that even Digital Foundry mentioned in their technical analysis video of the PC version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG9Bsv-d8HM&t=859s

So, yeah, a really great game (I'm playing the Uplay version by the way), better even than the excellent Origins from last year. However, the game really could do with more optimisations to performance as it is impossible for me to get a locked 60 fps at 2560x1440 Ultra High settings on my GTX 1080 Ti. Sure, you can lower settings to get improved performance but the compromises are not worth it IMO, considering how pop in and slow loading textures still occur even on the highest settings, so I've opted instead for a 30 fps cap, which allows me to crank up the resolution scaling to 140% (basically near 4K).

One thing I will point out is that editing the config file so that Resolution Scaling is set to 150% (i.e. native 4K @ 2560x1440) basically breaks the fullscreen option and forces the game into borderless window mode on my PC. Why is the Resolution Scaling option only adjustable in multiples of 20% anyway; why not 10% or even 1% increments?

P.S. Using the v416.34 WHQL drivers for this game but performance seems identical to that of the previous v416.16 and v411.70 driver on my PC.

[formula3832]

I got this game for free and to be totally honest i feel cheated and want my money back. Looks like what should be a fun game, landscape looks great water looks really nice, and that's about it. Lighting effects are poor some textures are just plan bad like my character skin.. wow. Ambient occlusion is non existent (i could go on here but i think you get the idea)

If that was not enough the game constantly reads from my hdd every time i move. so guess what it stutters every time the game calls for a large chunk of data. (all the time while moving) If i have 16GB of Vram please use what is available. This game looks like it has almost nothing done to optimize it whatsoever. Strait pulled from console to pc or something? Change of quality settings has very little effect on performance or visuals.

I guess i just can't believe this is what is called a AAA title today. What a shame. To make matters worse it feels like its single threaded on the cpu side to. What year is it? aka not happy with a free game... ubisoft should be ashamed to release a game in such poor quality.

[Tman]

Originally posted by formula3832:

I got this game for free and to be totally honest i feel cheated and want my money back. Looks like what should be a fun game, landscape looks great water looks really nice, and that's about it. Lighting effects are poor some textures are just plan bad like my character skin.. wow. Ambient occlusion is non existent (i could go on here but i think you get the idea)

If that was not enough the game constantly reads from my hdd every time i move. so guess what it stutters every time the game calls for a large chunk of data. (all the time while moving) If i have 16GB of Vram please use what is available. This game looks like it has almost nothing done to optimize it whatsoever. Strait pulled from console to pc or something? Change of quality settings has very little effect on performance or visuals.

I guess i just can't believe this is what is called a AAA title today. What a shame. To make matters worse it feels like its single threaded on the cpu side to. What year is it? aka not happy with a free game... ubisoft should be ashamed to release a game in such poor quality.

Yup. It stutters every time it tries to load a big heap of data. Worse yet, you have to wait a long time before you can interact with NPC while the screen gives you option to hit "Talk", but won't let you do anything. Lame.

[Dave]

IF you got the game for free

1) you can't be cheated
2) What money back? You got it free
3) NO GPU has 16GB VRAM ahahah (unless it's a professional series card from nvidia which are not meant for gaming). Maybe you meant you have 16GB of system ram?

[Dave]

Originally posted by formula3832:

I got this game for free and to be totally honest i feel cheated and want my money back. Looks like what should be a fun game, landscape looks great water looks really nice, and that's about it. Lighting effects are poor some textures are just plan bad like my character skin.. wow. Ambient occlusion is non existent (i could go on here but i think you get the idea)

If that was not enough the game constantly reads from my hdd every time i move. so guess what it stutters every time the game calls for a large chunk of data. (all the time while moving) If i have 16GB of Vram please use what is available. This game looks like it has almost nothing done to optimize it whatsoever. Strait pulled from console to pc or something? Change of quality settings has very little effect on performance or visuals.

I guess i just can't believe this is what is called a AAA title today. What a shame. To make matters worse it feels like its single threaded on the cpu side to. What year is it? aka not happy with a free game... ubisoft should be ashamed to release a game in such poor quality.

Umm you really have something wrong with your PC if this is what's going on.. that or your hardware is below specs

[ZenSageAsh]

Guys for all of you having microstutters please try this as it fixed the issue for me. I too was facing problems and after much digging and research and exoerimenting this fixed it once and for all. Now im able to play smoothly with high to very high settings. Below are my specs:

fx-8320 cpu overclocked to 4.5ghz
gtx 1060 6gb
12gb ram

Running game on SSD and Normal V sync 27in Dell monitor. Game version 1.0.3 running 1080p

1. Make sure u have latest drivers for Nvidia/Amd graphics card. Head to the .exe file in your Steam directory, right-click it, select Properties, Compatibility and select to 'Disable fullscreen optimizations'
2. Run the game in fullscreen Mode
3. Turn on V sync and make sure ur frame limit is set to 45
4. First try running the game in high settings depending on ur setup. It might take a few seconds after starting the game but u will definitely notice the difference in smoothness and most of all no stuttering.
5. Make sure additional effects like fog, ambient occlusion, water effects, clouds are on medium to low for first try then increase it to ur liking.

Hope this helps cos it definitely worked for me. I run the game with all settings high character detail very high and environment details very high. extra effects like fog, clouds, water, ambient occlusion on low or medium. If u have a more powerful build try with 50 or 55 fps limit should do the trick too. This is a temporary fix untill ubisoft fixes the issue.

Enjoy the game and the newly discovered smoothness :P

[76561198401358013]

Thanks for sharing your fixes for this man!

- Ubisoft Support

[Paul R Wolf]

can confirm, rolling back to previous nvidia driver version solved the problem for me as well. using 411.68 on my gtx 1080. Smoth experience no stutters at all.
latest nvidia driver version is crap

[loni]

Rolling drivers back didn't help in my case. Here you can see my ingame footage. Look at the microstutter. Slow down a video to 0.25 to see it better. You can see them at 3rd, 5th and 9th seconds. But I don't know if that's what you mean in your cases. It looks like it skips a frame.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFgc8vrI-s8

[mabri_evangelion001]

Microstuttering strikes back after last update...

[loni]

Originally posted by mabri_evangelion001:

Microstuttering strikes back after last update...

Well. I thought it's only me. But I don't remember if I had this issue before 1.05. But i didn't notice it earlier.

EDIT.

Well it seems like I found a way to fix my microstutter. All I had to do was alt tab the game few times. After alt tabing / windows tabbing I have smooth game again. Yo, ubisoft support. The issue is definitely the displaying option (fullscreen, borderless, windowed). It doesn't really change to fullscreen when you set it. It shows fullscreen but I don't think that works as should. Have in mind that tip for your next patch.