The Division 2 - March 2019

starmanwarz · 7 Apr 2019 at 23:00

So I just hit 30, went trough my inventory and for some reason I deconstructed all of my mods. I really don't know why I did that. I'm not sure I understand what their purpose is, can someone please explain? I guess deconstructing them was a huge fail?

Semple · 7 Apr 2019 at 23:27

starmanwarz said:
So I just hit 30, went trough my inventory and for some reason I deconstructed all of my mods. I really don't know why I did that. I'm not sure I understand what their purpose is, can someone please explain? I guess deconstructing them was a huge fail?

Yep not ideal. Mods can be used on gear and skills to bolster stats - i.e. Bonus armour/health/skill, increased damage etc etc.

willhub · 8 Apr 2019 at 01:09

Is this game sort of like walking dead or similar, and how many hours if gameplay is there

Dr.Fate · 8 Apr 2019 at 07:17

GAM8LE said:
The new exotic lmg is dz only. 1% to 3% based on landmark difficulty. Farmed for it last night, one group member got it on basically the first landmark and no one else haha

Disappointed to hear that. I thought they got rid of the concept of gating something behind PVP/PVE content - certainly I can’t think of anything now in Div 1 gated in such a way.

Cheers

chroniclard · 8 Apr 2019 at 07:25

starmanwarz said:
So I just hit 30, went trough my inventory and for some reason I deconstructed all of my mods. I really don't know why I did that. I'm not sure I understand what their purpose is, can someone please explain? I guess deconstructing them was a huge fail?

Nah not really , you will get millions more anyway and can craft them.

Craig R · 8 Apr 2019 at 09:57

willhub said:
Is this game sort of like walking dead or similar, and how many hours if gameplay is there

Around 30-32 hours of gameplay to get up to level 30. Then endgame lasts for however long you want to keep playing it.

superleeds27 · 8 Apr 2019 at 12:01

Getting so many 'Back to the desktop' crashes after the patch.

Not sure if it's that or the latest Nvidia Drivers

AStaley · 8 Apr 2019 at 12:46

superleeds27 said:
Getting so many 'Back to the desktop' crashes after the patch.

Not sure if it's that or the latest Nvidia Drivers

If you're running DX12 have to tried switching to DX11? I was getting several CTD on DX12 on what is otherwise a very stable system and switching to DX11 resolved it for me. Not tried DX12 with the latest update.

SteQ · 8 Apr 2019 at 13:00

How are your frames after switching to DX11? I thought DX12 gave you much better performance?

Webzta · 8 Apr 2019 at 13:56

superleeds27 said:
Getting so many 'Back to the desktop' crashes after the patch.

Not sure if it's that or the latest Nvidia Drivers

I haven't found anything that stops this yet.

Supr3me · 8 Apr 2019 at 13:57

I was getting crashed every hour or so with DX12 - changed to DX11 and no CTD since and game runs pretty smoothly. Id happily give up a few frames for something that is actually playable.

Webzta · 8 Apr 2019 at 13:58

Supr3me said:
I was getting crashed every hour or so with DX12 - changed to DX11 and no CTD since and game runs pretty smoothly. Id happily give up a few frames for something that is actually playable.

I get the crashes with both.

Tombstone · 8 Apr 2019 at 14:09

I only get the crashes with DX12 too, I can play in huge 7 or 8 hour long sessions without any crash in DX11 but if I try DX12 it crashes at least once an hour.

joker666 · 8 Apr 2019 at 14:20

I always get ctd’s in both and narrowed it done to vram overclock. As soon as I take that off in afterburner I don’t get any. Maybe worth a shout!

ED209 · 8 Apr 2019 at 14:27

Parky said:
Only just realised that there's an FOV slider in the options . It's miles better with the aim FOV set all the way to the max.

Also had a play around with the neutral light setting after a mate at work recommended it, makes the game look far better at night!

Where is this?? I tried looking for this a number of times but could not find it. Also which settings did you change for the light?

Parky · 8 Apr 2019 at 14:54

ED209 said:
Where is this?? I tried looking for this a number of times but could not find it. Also which settings did you change for the light?

They popped it under the Gameplay options for some reason, right down at the bottom of the list.

The lighting option is in the graphics menu, about 3/4 the way down, Neutral lighting on/off. Having it on from what I've read it reduces the amount of bloom and over saturated lighting effects, as well limiting the light sources in the game world to only what's physically there. During daytime it looks a little flatter, but more realistic. During the night it can actually get close to pitch black in the places without light.

superleeds27 · 8 Apr 2019 at 15:02

AStaley said:
If you're running DX12 have to tried switching to DX11? I was getting several CTD on DX12 on what is otherwise a very stable system and switching to DX11 resolved it for me. Not tried DX12 with the latest update.

Was already using DX11 after the DX12 stutters/Frame drop/Lags i was experiencing.

AStaley · 8 Apr 2019 at 15:15

SteQ said:
How are your frames after switching to DX11? I thought DX12 gave you much better performance?

I've not benchmarked the game but I've probably dropped a few FPS, nothing that I notice when playing as everything still feels smooth.

AStaley · 8 Apr 2019 at 15:16

@superleeds27 Presume you've updated your GFX drivers for you're preferred brand of GFX card?

ED209 · 8 Apr 2019 at 15:17

Parky said:
They popped it under the Gameplay options for some reason, right down at the bottom of the list.

The lighting option is in the graphics menu, about 3/4 the way down, Neutral lighting on/off. Having it on from what I've read it reduces the amount of bloom and over saturated lighting effects, as well limiting the light sources in the game world to only what's physically there. During daytime it looks a little flatter, but more realistic. During the night it can actually get close to pitch black in the places without light.

Thank you very much, i will try this tonight.

I have walked in to some areas and also done some levels in near pitch black and only able to complete it by checking the map for enemies and the red arrows above their heads.