You just don't want to see me grumping, LOL.@Old Duck please don't do it. Resist.
Exactly. The forums would explode seeing your justified criticism.
Having bumped into you frequently on the forum: Be aware that Odyssey is still very buggy. The first couple of days I was fuming angry, but then I started accepting the whole mess (pragmatism rulez), and since then I have really enjoyed the game. I'm not into all the half glass crap. In this case the glass is more than half full, but it does have a sour taste once in a while. Go ahead and try it. If you get too annoyed, go back to Horizons, and wait for the promises to be fulfilled, in typical Fdev fashion. I'm in Odyssey now, and I don't see any reason to ever start Horizons again, but I don't run around shooting people. I just gaze at the new planets
(in VR ofcurz)So in theory, I can save bandwidth by waiting a month or two to apply all the patches rather than download each one on release day, since there will probably be some overlap in files patched from one hotfix to the next.
Now whether I take this approach or not will depend on just how playable ED is on my own computer. If I'm getting 20 fps everywhere, it's either going on the back-burner or getting uninstalled. However, I tempted to roll the dice to see if I might be one of the lucky ones who can at least get 30 fps as worst-case scenario.
If it were MY money I was spending, I'd just wait, but some kind folk are offering to gift me this update, so now I'm wrestling with temptation!
One advantage is that I would be going into this with eyes wide open, knowing exactly what I'm getting myself into. That would curb most of my anger and frustration (which I've already experienced vicariously watching other people play). I would treat Odyssey as a paid beta, doing so in hopes that David Braben is sincere in his apologies that Frontier will make things right eventually.Having bumped into you frequently on the forum: Be aware that Odyssey is still very buggy. The first couple of days I was fuming angry, but then I started accepting the whole mess (pragmatism rulez), and since then I have really enjoyed the game. I'm not into all the half glass crap. In this case the glass is more than half full, but it does have a sour taste once in a while. Go ahead and try it. If you get too annoyed, go back to Horizons, and wait for the promises to be fulfilled, in typical Fdev fashion. I'm in Odyssey now, and I don't see any reason to ever start Horizons again, but I don't run around shooting people. I just gaze at the new planets
Exactly.
I believe some of the planet textures will worry you more than the FPS, it's definitely worse than EBL. But I believe you've already seen it on screenshots.
They must really hate you.
Not sure what your build is, but when not on foot in stations or settlements, it's a solid 60 FPS for me with a 3700x and a RTX 2070 Super.
In the station on foot, it drops to some 50-55 FPS. Settlements drop to some 30-40, though sometimes it is higher, depends on if all the lights are on and NPC count.
One of the biggest reasons I want to experience Odyssey is that I've seen so many extremes - some screenshots look like 1990s 3Dfx games, others look like photographs taken from a Mars Rover. Same goes with framerate and gameplay. The only way I'll get to the truth of the matter is to see it for myself.
They must really hate you.
I can't say I agree. Try and find a repeating pattern in this:
(As you can see I tried until the "Sun" went down, and I didn't find any)
I also love the other stuff you post on the screenshots thread.I can't say I agree. Try and find a repeating pattern in this:
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(As you can see I tried until the "Sun" went down, and I didn't find any)
Most Odyssey planets look awesome, some of the airless bodies have that Leopard / camouflage pattern though and I don't like it at all. I hope that one day all planets are improved.
OD, i was the same. I were also following the planet tech thread religiously, and thinking "oooof, this aint looking good" Steam reviews, videos bashing on it etc etc
But then i tried it out myself. And gotta say, I've already had my moneys worth. And i have barely started.
I have had one disconnect in 20 (ish) hours of play.
As for graphics, i haven't seen anything remotely close to what i have seen on videos and screenshots. Only graphical issue i have seen was entering the elevator in a star port.
I'm on full ultra settings, 2560x1440p.
I'm not trying to twist your arm. But as you said, Better experienced by yourself!
Steam reviews, videos bashing on it etc etcBut then i tried it out myself. And gotta say, I've already had my moneys worth. And i have barely started.
I have had one disconnect in 20 (ish) hours of play.
As for graphics, i haven't seen anything remotely close to what i have seen on videos and screenshots. Only graphical issue i have seen was entering the elevator in a star port.
I'm on full ultra settings, 2560x1440p.
I'm not trying to twist your arm. But as you said, Better experienced by yourself!
As it stands now, it won't take a twist of the arm, but rather just a tap. I'll keep an eye on my Steam account for those gift cards
This is basically the real situation. It's a bit all over the place at the moment, but I'm guessing some of the bigger improvements will come sooner rather than later.
I've found that with frame rates I'm usually getting 60fps+ everywhere but every now I'll briefly get 12-20fps randomly in certain situations. So although I think there are maybe graphics optimisations still to be had I think there's something else going on that's causing the main problem. Possibly the flapping of butterflies on distant islands.
And people will still tell you that the game actually runs fine and your hardware is just ancient and it's your own fault for not appreciating what you're given.
does this work if I want to uninstall Horizons, sorry if this has been answered I only read the op post
IDK, Steam claims that it requires the base game in order to play.
Base game is Horizon.