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Crysis 3's performance on PC takes hit over "moving ropes"
Posted: 25.02.2013 16:08 by Simon Priest Comments: 13
A Crysis 2 modder has, after a little experimentation, found out that Crysis 3 is experiencing some frame rate troubles all because of... ropes. Specifically, "moving ropes," because of the physics involved.

He recorded his FPS with 'rope physics' both on and off, finding that static rope saw frames hit their maximum, but moving ropes crippling the game by comparison. "Sounds weird, right?"

These 'rope physics' have been giving some serious PC rigs a hard time, but now it seems the community knows at least one source of the strife, as MaLDoHD's creator explains.

"The first level of Crysis 3 has performance issues. Everyone has reported on the forums. Although I also know that next levels do not have this problem (do not know if they have others) I have preferred to find out what happens in the first level," they blogged.

"I have read people saying performance issues of the first level are a problem with glass windows, but it is a coincidence. The real problem are the moving ropes. Sounds weird, right?"

Crysis 3 released on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC last week.

Source: PC Gamer

Comments

By nocutius (SI Elite) on Feb 25, 2013
nocutius
Damn, are our PCs still so weak that a "simple" rope physics can slow them down this much? I kinda felt that we've progressed past that point already.
By noobst3R (SI Core) on Feb 25, 2013
noobst3R
Lol, it's the game, not the hardware, obviously.

Remember the DX11 tessellation issues Crysis 2 had? It slowed down the game immensely because it was using the GPU to "tesselate" a whole sea under the map or something.
By SirRoderick (SI Elite) on Feb 25, 2013
SirRoderick
Reeeeeeeeeaaaaaally bad rope physics guys! xD
By Chosen_One (SI Elite) on Feb 25, 2013
Chosen_One
Oh...thats it. I was shocked when my GTX 680 got slowed too much...But in "ropeless" maps it works perfectly :)
By herodotus (SI Herodotus) on Feb 25, 2013
herodotus
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/330/crysis3s.jpg

So, not optimised for PC. For shame Crytek, for shame.
By nocutius (SI Elite) on Feb 25, 2013
nocutius
That's how ropes often work :)
By SirRoderick (SI Elite) on Feb 25, 2013
SirRoderick
Nothing to do with the PC silly Aussy, just generally terrible optimization. Surely that's worse ^^
By Chosen_One (SI Elite) on Feb 25, 2013
Chosen_One
Ahahah nice one Hero :D
By herodotus (SI Herodotus) on Feb 25, 2013
herodotus
"Aussie" and "optimisation"...6/10, see me after class.

From what I see it has everything to do with it's not being optimised for PC, but shabbily and half-heartedly ported by those who don't really understand PC's. More specifically, DirectX11, just as with "Batman: Arkham City".
By HenoKutus (SI Elite) on Feb 26, 2013
HenoKutus
PS3 version runs smooth without problems.
By Chosen_One (SI Elite) on Feb 26, 2013
Chosen_One
Don't lie Heno. just don't. I know all the problems of PS3 version. And it looks horrible btw.
By FoolWolf (SI Elite) on Feb 27, 2013
FoolWolf
I guess that this could easily be patched out - a stop of calculations would be esy to fix - but the main problem once more is that these news doesn't deter me from getting the game.
The game itself however - really puts me off. It feels like a huge awakening where suddenly everyone is OK with actaully accepting that we have been buying and playing crap games "just because" and now when the PC is the main platform with a viable business model we start to see and hear about projects that takes up the advantages of the PC. Games developed for PC first. Be it just some small indie games but damn - you feel a game when it is properly designed for the m+kb. When the view can be fixed and the game just runs. And you feel pretty obviously when this is not the case.
Crysis 2 was the latter. A more sluggish shooter you have to struggle to find. Booring story and plenty of misstakes for a company that is building for the monster machines and that is what have in the past set them apart. Now - a flip flop like the others. Same shit for a shoe - but you can get it in any vomit-inducing colour you like...
By HenoKutus (SI Elite) on Feb 27, 2013
HenoKutus
I played it in 3D and it looks just fine without lagging on PS3,the only irritating part is when you are aboard the dropship,i think it will be a great challenge to overcome this part on harder difficulties.