A prominent open-source dev publishes their findings as to what's going on with Starfield's performance, and it's pretty darn strange.

According to Hans-Kristian Arntzen, a prominent open-source developer working on Vkd3d, a DirectX 12 to Vulkan translation layer, Starfield is not interacting properly with graphics card drivers.

  • Virkkunen@kbin.social
    244·
    1 year ago

    Exactly, people forget that most of the well known engines today are as old or older than Creation Engine, they’re all patched/upgraded as it fits, though Creation Engine has no apparent version numbers and it’s made by Bethesda so you get free internet points and a feeling of superiority for hating on the popular thing.

    If you took these folks opinions as truth you’d think Bethesda games are massive flops that barely sell 10 copies and are a study case on how not to develop a game, but the real world is very different from the echo chamber…

    • TheOnlyMego@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Oh don’t get me wrong, Bethesda games are generally great (with notable exceptions like Fallout 76), and do phenomenally well in sales. However, dismissing any and all criticism of the games’ numerous flaws (including glitches which often carry over between subsequent titles, like clipping through collision boxes and falling through maps) is willful ignorance at its finest. Every Bethesda game has performance issues and game-breaking bugs, and there was no reason to expect Starfield to be any different in that regard.

    • all-knight-party@kbin.cafe
      79·
      1 year ago

      It boggles my mind how many things people say about this game that are patently untrue, obviously extremely biased against the game/studio, or make it seem like this game killed their dog.

      The game has issues, for sure, some things like the nonexistent city/building local map systems are indefensible, but damn dude, I wish people would just try to have mature discussions with realistic expectations about it instead of whatever this shit show is that we call “gaming discussions”

        • all-knight-party@kbin.cafe
          34·
          1 year ago

          Sure, if the game doesn’t appeal to you for that value, then there will be eventual sales. It won’t be worth that amount to everyone. Doesn’t really excuse the overly emotional criticism, or even the overly emotional defense from others. It’s a good game. A true value judgment from there will be harder and more tied to individual tastes.

      • Virkkunen@kbin.social
        33·
        1 year ago

        Gamers will never be mature or have realistic expectations. They cannot fathom that people are enjoying a thing they don’t like, and they’re very vocal about it, it’s petty, really.

        I try to move myself off of these discussions but there’s always one comment that drags me down the well because it’s so blatantly untrue, but it’s miserable. Lemmy, kbin and Reddit are overly negative places where it seems the goal is to get everyone mad with terrible takes.

        People need to remember that opinions aren’t factsz and learn to shut the fuck up and let people enjoy things.

        • stonedemoman@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Gamers will never be mature or have realistic expectations. They cannot fathom that people are enjoying a thing they don’t like, and they’re very vocal about it, it’s petty, really.

          You want people to have more mature discussions but then disavow any nuance in the same breath. Do you not see how this is a contradiction?