Temporary solution for sudden FPS drops

[lunarwolf4]

So this isn't going to get rid of the FPS drops, but it might lessen the effects.
If you are running the game at 50 - 60 FPS normally and then experience a sudden drop to 20, this is a hiccup that is hard to miss.
Though it won't fix the drops, locking your game to 30 FPS will make those drops less impactful. In the sense, you will notice them, but they won't be as drastic of a drop as dropping down from 60 to 20. It has made my game a lot easier to handle.
Just a temporary little tip while the team works out the optimization more.

[シャドウ]

This has been reported by more than just you, some others reported it, and I even reported it. The conclusion one person drew is that it is not your computer, players keep expeariencing the frame rate drops no matter how low they set the settings or how powerful their computer is.

This person said that the game simply needs more optimizing, Devs are currently working on it as we speak.

But yeah it is not just you, it seems everyone is currently dealing with this, myself included. It happens a bit when you are using scent view, and quite a lot when you are hunting or fighting, correct?

Update: Nevermind, I just realized you where giving something for players to try to lessen the impact. (^_^)" My bad. I thought you where another one reporting the frame rate drops. I also think you where the person who told us in the first place that the Devs are aware of the issue and working on fixing it. XD

[lunarwolf4]

Originally posted by ShadowMT13:

This has been reported by more than just you, some others reported it, and I even reported it. The conclusion one person drew is that it is not your computer, players keep expeariencing the frame rate drops no matter how low they set the settings or how powerful their computer is.

This person said that the game simply needs more optimizing, Devs are currently working on it as we speak.

But yeah it is not just you, it seems everyone is currently dealing with this, myself included. It happens a bit when you are using scent view, and quite a lot when you are hunting or fighting, correct?

I know all of that, yes. I reported it myself. xD
Point is, this is just one way for you to lessen how badly you experience the lag spikes.
When your game runs at 60 fps and then you suddenly drop to 20 fps, that's a huge difference in frames that you will experience hard.
But if you lock your game to run at 30 fps, dropping down to 20 fps won't be that troublesome because the difference is only 10 frames, rather than 40. You won't feel the drop as hard.
It's just a way to make your life easier until the team improves the game's optimization. But it won't get rid of the lag.

[Shadowflare]

I will note, that my drop has been rougher. It tends to go down to ~10 or lower fps for a short while. I dont know if its because I have a Ryzen CPU or if the game just hates me more than others. Eitherway its good to know this is not a single issue I am having.

[シャドウ]

Originally posted by wolflover2305:

I will note, that my drop has been rougher. It tends to go down to ~10 or lower fps for a short while. I dont know if its because I have a Ryzen CPU or if the game just hates me more than others. Eitherway its good to know this is not a single issue I am having.

I played with the frame rate myself before this post was submitted, I messed with it a bit yesterday when I was getting aggravated with the lag. It did not do me any good either. So I just switched it back to unlimited and learned to work against the lag. That solution above though may help others on computers that are more outdated possibly though, so it is not a total lost cause in truth.

If you have an older computer, switching to "Fastest" graphic and limiting the frame rate could actually do you some good from my expearience with computers.

[Dinoman]

My theory was that the game actually has a memory leak.

Though it seems the last patch may have fixed it, before the most recent patch, the game usually would drop down to only about 20 FPS and STAY at 20 FPS even if you had anything higher before. It wouldn't be instantaneous but progressively.

[XxVenomQueenxX]

Originally posted by wolflover2305:

I will note, that my drop has been rougher. It tends to go down to ~10 or lower fps for a short while. I dont know if its because I have a Ryzen CPU or if the game just hates me more than others. Eitherway its good to know this is not a single issue I am having.

my computer is a windows 8 and when i tried to put fur on my wolf the fps dropped faster than my IQ and thats sayin something, anyway to "try" to experience the full game my fps drops to 2 and it just makes me depressed so i feel you i know it sucks but hopefully the creators fix it in the future :)

[lunarwolf4]

Originally posted by ShadowMT13:

Originally posted by wolflover2305:

I will note, that my drop has been rougher. It tends to go down to ~10 or lower fps for a short while. I dont know if its because I have a Ryzen CPU or if the game just hates me more than others. Eitherway its good to know this is not a single issue I am having.

I played with the frame rate myself before this post was submitted, I messed with it a bit yesterday when I was getting aggravated with the lag. It did not do me any good either. So I just switched it back to unlimited and learned to work against the lag. That solution above though may help others on computers that are more outdated possibly though, so it is not a total lost cause in truth.

If you have an older computer, switching to "Fastest" graphic and limiting the frame rate could actually do you some good from my expearience with computers.

Exactly what I posted it. :) I generally run the game at 60 fps for the most part on Fantastic, and experience lag in cases you mentioned above (that were reported to the dev team). Though I myself can withstandthose lag spikes for the most part, there are plenty of players who might have a rougher time, so hopefully this helps. And of course, hopefully the team will manage to get it fixed soon enough. I would much rather have my game run at lower FPS than have the massive lag spikes we have now.
Although for me, this latest patch has reduced the lag spikes to a degree. When hunting for example I did not experience massive fps drops like before, and I was hunting inside an elk herd, so there were bunch of elk running besides me.

[coughing baby]

I can only run the game at 2 or 4 fps even when I have Fastest on. My PC is a gaming PC meant for running games like this. I'm starting to get more and more frustrated. I already have anxiety and being frustrated makes it worse. Help! :(

[lunarwolf4]

Originally posted by Devil's Advocate:

I can only run the game at 2 or 4 fps even when I have Fastest on. My PC is a gaming PC meant for running games like this. I'm starting to get more and more frustrated. I already have anxiety and being frustrated makes it worse. Help! :(

What are your computer's specs if you don't mind me asking? And have you tried contacting the devs?