FEEDBACK (Patch 3.03):
Just prior to this morning’s patch, I played the Wine Cellar Dungeon in SOLO mode and the frame freeze/hiccups made it impossible to avoid Thrag’s glowing disco floor attack, I died. So I was pumped to try it again today, following the new patch. But first I experimented with some other well known issues.
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graphics are quicker to render, and fighting is smoother, less choppy because graphics aren’t freezing as often. My base loads smoother, and opening chests freeze less often and for shorter bursts.
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GAME TWEAK ERROR RESTART error in solo mode seems to be resolved.
I played for several hours today, freezing up multiple times but I did not experience the GAME TWEAK ERROR once.
Thank you FUNCOM!
BATTLEPASS
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Challenges|BattlePass|Bazaar tabs is well known to cause freezing since its introduction in 3.0 Sept.1/2022. (so I played with that).
I was VERY surprised to find out BattlePass|Bazaar|Challenges tabs have SOUND!
I had not experienced sound on those tabs before. I tried to navigate through tabs several times to figure out what triggered what sounds…and everything worked exceedingly well, then the lockups started.
(humble suggestion from a big fan, since so many freeze/crashes result from graphics sound combination now, this still being a work in progress, maybe we could disable sounds associated with BattlePass on older machines under Performance Mode Performance (no BattlePass Sounds, no Sorcery sounds). I would much rather have working sorcery than awesome sounds associated with game freeze.
Froze the game multiple times exploring the Challenges|BattlePass|Bazaar tabs, in quick succession.
Froze the game multiple times using sorcery. 100% reproducible.
Tried to enter the Wine Cellar Dungeon to test the improved graphics I had been experiencing with this morning’s patch, and froze entering the Wine Cellar Dungeon. Stopped testing for today.
The above examples include me exploring aspects of the game that were already reported to be game breaking. Staying to a modest play style, avoiding sorcery, and avoiding BattlePass and Bazaar tabs I do see some game improvement with this newest patch. I am still hopeful, but the big issues that predated this patch, with the exception of the graphics rendering to base and characters have largely not yet been addressed for the PS4.
PS4, solo mode, internal HD, 243GB free, Conan Exiles Map.
(Played on Performance mode)