chameleoneel
Supreme [H]ardness
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well this is a facepalm on a high profile release!
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I always wonder about this stuff; it seems that game developers simply cannot standardize on frameworks. It happens over and over; a game in development longer releases on an engine used for a game that was in development less, but releases later and with more bugs / fewer features / worse peformance. And it's a tossup if it will get such features and fixes that were already present.different port team.
PC Gamer Review
https://www.pcgamer.com/au/horizon-zero-dawn-review/
Horizon Zero Dawn is not the perfect PC port, but it's promising
https://www.pcgamer.com/au/horizon-zero-dawn-pc-performance-benchmarks/
from PC gamer (running on 2080 Ti): " Hoping to play Horizon in 4K with performance beyond what the PS4 version can offer? You may also be out of luck. The best I could manage at 2160p on a mix of medium and high settings was a stuttering experience that ranged from 25fps to 40fps. "
getting 25fps to 40fps on medium settings for a PS4 game that runs on the same e Decima engine as Death Stranding is just unacceptable to me. I get the game is amazing, but if they want my money they will have to do a better job on making a proper PC port like they did with Death Stranding.
Horizon Zero Dawn is properly lovely in ultrawide, most of the time
I found my RTX 2070 Super averaged around 55fps on Ultimate Quality at 3440×1440 with the FOV slider at its default 70 degrees, but this dropped to around 50fps when I set the FOV to 100 degrees...Consequently, if I wanted to maintain that higher frame rate at 100 degrees FOV, I felt like I had to drop the quality preset down to its PS4-oriented ‘Original’ settings to get a frame rate that was consistently above 60fps...
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/08/06/horizon-zero-dawn-ultrawide/
I'm still stuck at "Launching". The game unpacked in less than 15 minutes, but it's been at least 30 minutes stuck at "Launching", building DX12 assets I assume, but didn't think it should take this long. I'm about to hit "Cancel" and try it again.LOL, not a great start. They force you to watch a 10 minute cut scene to get to the options menu. I tried to change some things (like my resolution and render) and the damn game freezes up. It's happened twice...and I'm sick of this cutscene. Time to try and find the config file manually.
Don't preload on steam. Unpacking takes longer than post-launch download if you have a decent connection. Yes I'm probably spoiled by 500MB/s.The unlock is taking an eternity for me, says 5 hours remaining.
If you can figure out what the cutscene file is, you could rename or delete it. Possibly if its in a config file, comment it out. I'm hoping there's a way around that. Oddly, such doesn't happen on PS4.Here's what I've discovered so far. I'm working at the same time, so I don't really have a ton of time to experiment.
1. The game has to "optimize for your setup" on startup. That took my machine around 10 minutes to complete.
2. There's an unskippable cutscene that immediately follows. It looks to be running at 30fps and there's no way to speed it up or change the visual settings at all.
3. If you exit the game after this, you're going to see that damned cutscene again. It doesn't matter if your game freezes or if you simply hit "quit." Any settings you changed won't stick.
4. There IS a resolution render setting.
It shouldn't take long if you have a SSD and a decent CPU.Never preload on steam. Unpacking takes longer than post-launch download if you have a decent connection
This leads to Hor+ scaling Cutscenes without Blur/Black Borders.
21:9 Resolutions:
- --> Open HxD
- --> Press Control O
- --> Choose the Game's Exe (''HorizonZeroDawn.exe'' in \steamapps\common\Horizon Zero Dawn)
- --> Press Control R
- --> Go to Hex Values (on top)
- --> Search for 39 8E E3 3F and change it with 8E E3 18 40 (or other resolutions)
- --> Activate Search direction all
- --> Press Change everything (bottom middle)
- --> Should change one hex value
- --> Go to the top left and save it where the normal exe is, changing it with the old one. If you have problems, just repair the game via Steam.
- --> Set the inGame Aspect Ratio to ''Automatic'' instead of ''21:9'', press Space to Save
2560x1080 = 26 B4 17 40
3440x1440 = 8E E3 18 40
3840x1600 = 9A 99 19 40
5120x2160 = 26 B4 17 40
6880x2880 = 8E E3 18 40
I have no way to test this Game in 32:9, if someone can test these hex values it would be great!
32:9 Resolutions:
3840x1080 = 39 8E 63 40
3840x1440 = AB AA 2A 40
5120x1440 = 39 8E 63 40
There might be some Pop-In. Haven't tested it too far yet and sadly can't test it this weekend.
Comparison Screenshots:
21:9 Cutscenes without the Fix: https://************/d7JM8bh & https://************/kS9T29h
21:9 Cutscenes with the Fix: https://************/j5PNpVb & https://************/nLm3dpy
Edit:
Added an 11th extra step that should fix the problems some people had!
Well so far I had no issues with about 1.5 hours played. Running at 2560x1600 at ultra preset but with shadows and clouds set to high. So far the only thing I ran into was a slight texture pop in on occasion, a quick stutter on rare occasion, and some hair issues where it goes through the ear geometry. That is using the latest hotfix drivers from nvidia. The start with the compiling the shaders part took a bit of time but it wasn't that bad on my rig. But no crash bugs or anything like that. I have it set to fullscreen and not borderless like I usually have most games. Overall I am very happy with the port I think they did a great job.
OT: what happened to Armenius?...did he get banned?...according to his profile he hasn't posted in close to 4 weeks...
Possibly a month long ban? Kyle tends to be a little heavy handed with bans from time to time. I felt his wraith many times.For me his profile is straight-up gone so...I guess?
Is Kyle still here? I don't see any recent posts from him and I can't even find the account after some quick searching. I'm not even sure if there are any mods here at all.Possibly a month long ban? Kyle tends to be a little heavy handed with bans from time to time. I felt his wraith many times.
Is Kyle still here?