Drastic FPS slowdown after doing SSA 2 episode 1 mission 1
By
newchemicals,
Posted on: 2012-06-07 24:59 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
Start here.
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=231628
Some CPUs have trouble with certain in game graphics. Notably AMD chips with no L3 cache.
I'll try running the arc tonight and see what happens.
H: Blaster 50, Defender 50, Tank 50, Scrapper 50, Controller 50, PB 50, WS 50
V: Brute 50, Corruptor 50, MM 50, Dominator 50, Stalker 50, AW 50, AS 50
Top 4: Controller, Brute, Scrapper, Corruptor
Bottom 4: (Peacebringer) way below everything else, Mastermind, Dominator, Blaster
CoH in WQHD
I played SSA2.1 and I did not observe any FPS slowdown.
At this point, I'll wait for the CoH helper report.
H: Blaster 50, Defender 50, Tank 50, Scrapper 50, Controller 50, PB 50, WS 50
V: Brute 50, Corruptor 50, MM 50, Dominator 50, Stalker 50, AW 50, AS 50
Top 4: Controller, Brute, Scrapper, Corruptor
Bottom 4: (Peacebringer) way below everything else, Mastermind, Dominator, Blaster
CoH in WQHD
It could also be overheating(or something related to hardware throttling down to stop overheating or something) because they just booted up and that was the first thing they attempted(maybe first thing that really loaded it, not sure how bad those arcs are for performance).
/shot in the dark
Be patient and wait for the CoH helper report, a shot in the dark is going to be a waste of time and its important for the person seeking help to be an active participant in the discussion since they are the one needing the help.
H: Blaster 50, Defender 50, Tank 50, Scrapper 50, Controller 50, PB 50, WS 50
V: Brute 50, Corruptor 50, MM 50, Dominator 50, Stalker 50, AW 50, AS 50
Top 4: Controller, Brute, Scrapper, Corruptor
Bottom 4: (Peacebringer) way below everything else, Mastermind, Dominator, Blaster
CoH in WQHD
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Is it just me, or do a lot of people seem to post a problem and then never check back on it? Or, do they wait a really long time like they abandoned the game for a while out of disgust?
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Originally Posted by newchemicals
Be patient and wait for the CoH helper report, a shot in the dark is going to be a waste of time and its important for the person seeking help to be an active participant in the discussion since they are the one needing the help.
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The answer isn't simple when people don't give enough info to answer the question correctly.|
Originally Posted by T_Immortalus
Is it just me, or do a lot of people seem to post a problem and then never check back on it? Or, do they wait a really long time like they abandoned the game for a while out of disgust?
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The person asking for help has to be part of the discussion and not giving feedback and forcing the people trying to help you to twist your arm for information isn't going to be much help.
If the person isn't responding, then either they fixed the problem themselves and didn't come back to tell how it was fixed or they just "live" with the problem and either play something else or just headdesk.
H: Blaster 50, Defender 50, Tank 50, Scrapper 50, Controller 50, PB 50, WS 50
V: Brute 50, Corruptor 50, MM 50, Dominator 50, Stalker 50, AW 50, AS 50
Top 4: Controller, Brute, Scrapper, Corruptor
Bottom 4: (Peacebringer) way below everything else, Mastermind, Dominator, Blaster
CoH in WQHD
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I'm just saying a noticeable amount of people abandon threads after the first post.
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Originally Posted by newchemicals
The answer isn't simple when people don't give enough info to answer the question correctly.
The person asking for help has to be part of the discussion and not giving feedback and forcing the people trying to help you to twist your arm for information isn't going to be much help. If the person isn't responding, then either they fixed the problem themselves and didn't come back to tell how it was fixed or they just "live" with the problem and either play something else or just headdesk. |
When I leave the first mission of the new SSA episode my FPS is substantially degraded. The first time today it went to 4 fps, and when I did the arc on a second character the FPS went down to 18 fps. At 4 fps the game is unplayable, at 18 it's noticeably clunky.
Each time I restarted the game, went back in with the same character and experienced the same degradation. Switching characters didn't make a difference -- the FPS degradation was still present. Then (each time) I rebooted my computer, restarted the game and FPS was back to normal for that area of Atlas (50-80 fps). Everything works fine again, until I rerun that mission (the fight with the Clockwork in the Freedom Phalanx base), when my FPS drops like a rock.
My graphics card is a GeForce GTX 460 SE, 1 gig graphics memory, with driver version 6.14.13.142 (according to the Windows Device Manager). Windows XP, 4 gig main memory. For some reason, when I go to the nVidia website to check my driver version it gives a version number of 301.42 (says it's the current version). They must segment up the version number differently than Windows does.
It seems like something about the mission hoses the driver or the graphics card hardware, and only a complete system reboot fixes it. None of the other missions in the arc, or any other missions anywhere else in the game, have caused this problem.