PS4 Loading Problems

[Merdor]

PS4 Loading Problems

I have noticed while running around in Novigrad that my screen, after extended gameplay sessions, sometimes goes blurry for like 1 or 2 seconds and it says "Loading" in the corner. This became quite annoying at the The Play’s The Thing quest where it started loading after every character line... i have also noticed some really bad cloth and armor pop ins at character models since patch 1.08 but mainly in the cutscenes

 

[magnusf]

Yeah i noticed this. Also, sometimes on other places like villages on the world map, the screen seems to flash black for less than a second.

 

[Obie186]

It started happening a lot since patch 1.07. The voodoo shaman tech whatevers at CDPR don't know what to do with the ps4 hardware seeing as Microsoft maybe slipped them a deal to make the pc and xbone version a lot more stable and better. Such a pity too.

 

[magnusf]

I send a message to the tech support about some graphical glitches like these ones and the flickering shadows.The answer?...for me to switch off my PS4 sometimes and clean the cache of the console. REALLY?! C'mon...
I can play any other game without this kind of problem, then, they patch a game and turn him worse, and say that the solution is to switch off the console from time to time and clean the cache or whatever?...Looks like MS really paid then to make the PS4 version worst, this is ridiculous.

 

[berserkerhero]

This is normal since the memory buffer get overloaded, it doesn't have to do anything with MS paying whoever, that's a crazy idea ... if the PC version is better, it's because the hardware inside is better. It doesn't happen in other games because other games might not be as graphic intensive as W3 ...

 

[Obie186]

Alright, but how come they used double-buffering on the xbone version in 1.07, worsened the fps, and removed it again in 1.08 to return the stable framerate it had, and not remove it for the ps4? From what I've read around the web, it seems like that is the culprit for the bad framerate on ps4. What makes the coding different in the sense that the ps4 must have double buffering on but the xbone doesn't?

 

[berserkerhero]

I'm guessing you can't use the same graphics engine/coding on a PS4 and/or Xbone, or else porting games wouldn't be that much trouble. Can't use the same features, libraries, effects ... I'm guessing they're coded differently, or else it wouldn't be hard to port games from one platform to another. That's beyond the extent of my knowledge, I just think it's kind of a stretch to say the problem comes from MS paying CDPR to do a less successful game on another console. It's not like people are going to sell their PS4 to buy a XBO just because one game runs vaguely better on the other platform.

 

[Obie186]

I get what your saying bro, but it works out for CDPR though, people buying a PS4 copy buy another copy on another platform then, I've seen it xD My friends bought the game on ps4. But then after they sew the performance issues they buy either the xbone or pc version of the game because they run more smoothly. What's to say other people don't do that as well? But yeah, it's all speculation though. Would be nice if CDPR officially said maybe that they didn't optimise the game on PS4 as well as they could or that they have plans on fixing the issues (without adding more issues on top) in the future when they have the time.

 

[berserkerhero]

Good lord. People buying twice the same game ? Well then yeah I get your point. That would be really advanced commercial techniques ... I'm too old for this

 

[Obie186]

Good lord. People buying twice the same game ? Well then yeah I get your point. That would be really advanced commercial techniques ... I'm too old for this

I'm too poor for this, which is why I bought a ps4 instead of a decent pc:crybaby: