Low FPS In Alphascape

Not sure if its just me, but anybody else noticed that the FPS drops hard inside? I play on ps4 but not sure if it happening to other people as well that doesn't have a buffed out PC.
This has never happened in any other raid ever, even in 24man where there are a bunch of other people and effects going on, so don't see why the FPS is so low in Alphascape.

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Originally Posted by xxvaynxx

Not sure if its just me, but anybody else noticed that the FPS drops hard inside? I play on ps4 but not sure if it happening to other people as well that doesn't have a buffed out PC.
This has never happened in any other raid ever, even in 24man where there are a bunch of other people and effects going on, so don't see why the FPS is so low in Alphascape.

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I noticed this particularly in V12N. The others did not seem to be as affected. I’ll probably monitor my FPS next time I run them to see if the V9, V10, And V11 have similar drops, but I know V12N was dropping me by several frames. I wondered if it was the arena, because (spoiler tag for those who haven’t made it to V12N yet)—

The instanced arena prior to the fight also had me dropping to ~45 FPS; I play with frames capped to 60, Borderless Window, GTX 970M, and I typically don’t have many other programs up to eat up resources when I’m playing (basically just Discord most of the time). Perhaps it’s just my graphics card is showing its limitations finally, but the only other area where I’ve experienced FPS drops is in UwU during some of the phase transitions, and that was shared with my raid mates... all of whom have better cards than I do.

So... I’m not sure. It may just be v12’s arena for some reason.

In alphascape v4 lobby (the one you enter after beating v3) my fps went up from 50 to 90 when turning Parallax Occlusion down from high to normal on buffed up pc (8700k+1080ti at 4k). Dunno if that's an option on ps4...

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Originally Posted by HyoMinPark

I noticed this particularly in V12N. The others did not seem to be as affected. I’ll probably monitor my FPS next time I run them to see if the V9, V10, And V11 have similar drops, but I know V12N was dropping me by several frames. I wondered if it was the arena, because (spoiler tag for those who haven’t made it to V12N yet)—

The instanced arena prior to the fight also had me dropping to ~45 FPS; I play with frames capped to 60, Borderless Window, GTX 970M, and I typically don’t have many other programs up to eat up resources when I’m playing (basically just Discord most of the time). Perhaps it’s just my graphics card is showing its limitations finally, but the only other area where I’ve experienced FPS drops is in UwU during some of the phase transitions, and that was shared with my raid mates... all of whom have better cards than I do.

So... I’m not sure. It may just be v12’s arena for some reason.

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Yeah I noticed it very much in o12 which honestly...make its really hard to do everything fast as possible in pressing my action.
I first noticed in O9 as well though, can't really remember if it was 10 and 11 as well though. Think 11 was fine.
But either way hope they can fix it or guess just gonna have to deal with in savage.

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Originally Posted by xxvaynxx

Not sure if its just me, but anybody else noticed that the FPS drops hard inside? I play on ps4 but not sure if it happening to other people as well that doesn't have a buffed out PC.
This has never happened in any other raid ever, even in 24man where there are a bunch of other people and effects going on, so don't see why the FPS is so low in Alphascape.

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For PS4, try lowering your draw quality. System Config > Display Settings > Set Draw Quality to Normal. I did this in V12N, and it instantly fixed that choppiness.

I've definitely noticed a noticeable fps drop and even some stutter when panning the camera around quickly in Omegascape, even in the lobby area.
I know it isn't my settings and hardware limitations since my comp is pretty hefty and has been able to easily handle anything the game has thrown at it previously with max settings and 4k res.
It also seems to be only these areas being problematic and only since this patch since I don't recall this happening before with the other tiers of Omega.
It's by no means unplayable but it is a little annoying and I am somewhat curious as to what is going on, but I am glad that I am not the only one seeing this as I was starting to worry that something was up with my computer.

Perhaps this warrants a bug report if there is not one already?

A little bit, but it did just come out. When each of the Ivalice raids came out, they were horrible for it as well.

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Originally Posted by TaleraRistain

A little bit, but it did just come out. When each of the Ivalice raids came out, they were horrible for it as well.

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I have been thinking that may be the case as well and that it is just so many people all slamming the instance servers running the new content that they are under abnormal stress that will eventually lower as the amount of people rushing to do the content subsides.

I will note though that the performance issues do seem a tad different than what I recall from the performance issues in similar instances on the past. Those were discernibly serverside issues with server lag while what I have been seeing looks way more like clientside lag and stutter.

Anyways, we will see eventually if it truly is just launch-week slowdown.

Hey OP, if you're still viewing this thread, did the draw distance fix work?

Yeah only in o12 for me as well. Don't tell me the stars in the background are all individually rendered

Had no issues with any of alphascape on PS4 Pro. The only issue I have been having since we switched to the PSN patch system is characters, sounds, mounts, npc's now take inexplicably longer to load in most areas. I'll walk over to the other side of an area and it's still loading the mender as an example. And that's despite the file size having decreased and my internet being better than ever :|

I have the same issues even though my rig can run this game at 120fps on lowest settings no party effects. There are a lot of large explosions and smoke effects in o11 which almost all my static members saw massive fps dips for a few seconds when it does atomic ray (and maybe mustard bomb too). Always had this issue in ultima when the comets come down and explode, which also cause a lot of smoke effects, so I'm assuming that's the issue with that particular floor (o11). Not sure about the other floors, can't remember.

Just want to add that I’m seeing frame drops as well in o12n. Lots of camera stutter while I’m panning. I have all party effects off and it still does it. Only seems to happen in this instance.