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Lords of the Fallen earns Mostly Negative Steam rating as Hexworks share tips for crash and performance bugsThe only thing that’s falling is the frame-rate, apparently
The only thing that’s falling is the frame-rate, apparently
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/CI Games
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/CI Games
As you might expect this early on in the game’s life, the problems are chiefly technical: low frame-rates, stuttering and crash bugs, with the occasional Positive review hailing the game’s ‘buttery-smooth’ performance, emerging from the Negative verdicts like a thumbs-up from a lava flow. All of which is in keeping with Ed’s thoughts on the game’s technical sturdiness in our review. “Performance is quite poor across the board, with frequent frame drops even on low settings,” he wrote, noting that the review build was being patched “constantly” throughout his time with it.
Developers Hexworks have quickly banged togethera guideto avoiding some of the worst bugs, which you should probably check out if you’re planning to wander the realms of Axiom and Umbral this weekend.
Tip number one is simply to use the “auto-set” option under the graphics tab. Tip number two is also straightforward: update your graphics drivers to the latest version. Tip number three is as follows:
And, er, that’ll hopefully do it. If you’re still facing technical issues, you can send adiagnostics fileand a GPU Debugging Log to the support team at publisher CI Games via support@cigames.com, letting them know how many hours you’ve played and the steps that led to the bug in question.
How do you get hold of a GPU debugging log? Elementary, my dear Watson! Head to your Steam settings and enter the command “-gpucrashdebugging”. When next the game crashes, navigate to this address in file explorer: “X:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\LOTF2\Saved\Logs\LOTF2.log”. Then, email the logs you find there to CI Games. As in many games, you can also send info about a crash direct toLords of the Fallen’s bug database using the pop-up crash notification.
