My first attempt at using update 8 yesterday was a disaster, even setting graphics to lowest settings, I was lagging and freezing up, pretty much not playable on ground bases. I tried to visit 5 different settlements in the Colonia system, but had to abandon the attempt .
Today I saw a fix being done, so I decided to try again, here are a few initial observations .
The engineers are still not showing as active, so I decided to check out one of the new meet and collect missions leaving from Colonia Hub. I took an Apex just to test it out and apart from the usual froze throttle at 100% and the driver always requests permission AFTER permission has already been issued. ( Minor QOL but annoying) I had no difficulty in finding the npc. I made sure I had space in my backpack. Met with said npc, and all the dialogue and animations worked. But the npc didn’t physically pass me anything. I tried leaving the area, relogging and asked her several times to hand it over, but she never did, although she confirmed she had it, went through the motions etc. I lagged out again getting back to the Apex which left me like 10 seconds as my pc froze yet again. ( A full 4 minutes + to get approx 500 mtrs ) My fare was refunded though. Another Apex promptly arrived and took me back to the hub where I boarded my own ship and I logged back into horizons.
Personally I’m not that hooked into FPS combat, the main issues are not the content so much as the work up and Sheer Frustration at the lag, and of course the grind involved to get upgrades. The planets textures are getting back to where they were before Odessey, which is great. I’m also loving the new lighting . I will continue to keep trying as the updates and fixes are issued.
My FPS in SC was 75 steady.
On approach and glide 45-60
On Landing 30-40
on disembark 7-13 lagging big time and freezing, unable to move freely.
I acknowledge that my pc is bit of a potato processor wise, and my mobo RAM is capped at 8gb, but I do run it via a 1060 6gb nvidea and a SSD via a decent monitor. So it’s NOT all down to fdev . Incidentally I can run horizons in High Vr settings capping FPS at 60 , and for the record I haven’t even tried Odessey in VR . ( I dare’nt)
Odessey was playable for me for a while, but these recent updates hav just hit my cpu and gpu loading to the point where it is going to cost me shed loads to update and upgrade to be able to enjoy Odessey as it should be enjoyed. I’m due a house move soon, and is stopping me from upgrading sooner, but I would still like show my support for the dev team in their efforts to get things working. Despite the initial disappointing response on the launch of Odessey, here we are at update 8.1 and YouTube is filling with Cmdrs having fun. That’s what sells impressions, viewers witnessing groups of other players doing missions and having a giggle.
So cmdrs, if you want me .I’m in horizons, for now anyway.
fly safe and o7