Assassin’s Creed Origins

Glanza · 20 Jan 2018 at 13:00

After 60 hours I've finally finished it, all objectives on the map polished off. Towards the end it started getting slightly repetitive but I've enjoyed my playtime and looking forward to Tuesday when the first DLC is released.

Wasn't sold on the modern day storyline unless they decide to expand on that more in either of the DLC's coming.

wunkley · 20 Jan 2018 at 13:48

String said:
It's your RAM at stock, GPU at stock? Also, what driver you on?

Hi bud, on 388.31 as mentioned. Mild overclock on the 1080Ti but tested at stock and still same. RAM is at 2600 even though it's 3000 rated (can't get it to run on my board at 3000 for some reason).

It's a really weird specific crash though. Never in game, only on these 2 specific menu sections (inventory and abilities - crashes to desktop after about 3 or 4 seconds on each). All other games and everything else 100% fine.

Any ideas? :confused:

EDIT - FOUND THE PROBLEM - Was my sweetfx profile causing this specific crash! I use sweetfx (an old version) to apply just a sharpening filter when using low AA settings which give the best performance (even compared to AA off - weird!) but has the muddiness of TXAA. Time to investigate reshade I guess as I need to use sharpening after trying without (looks like vasoline on the screen).

Drollic · 20 Jan 2018 at 23:25

Just started this earlier, seems great so far. What type of bow do people generally prefer using? I'm only a few hours in at level 5. Also surprised with how it runs, don't see anything like 100% across all cores and runs above 60fps most of the time maxed out bar shadows on very high at 1440p with fov increased to max 115.

eekfek · 20 Jan 2018 at 23:33

^^ later on you unlock two weapon slots for ranged and melee which is great for having a fast bow and a long range sniper at your disposal.

Usher · 21 Jan 2018 at 09:56

Drollic said:
Just started this earlier, seems great so far. What type of bow do people generally prefer using? I'm only a few hours in at level 5. Also surprised with how it runs, don't see anything like 100% across all cores and runs above 60fps most of the time maxed out bar shadows on very high at 1440p with fov increased to max 115.

I tend to use the guided arrow bows, totally unrealistic of course but the camera following the arrow to the target is useful in some situations

Glanza · 21 Jan 2018 at 10:14

Drollic said:
Just started this earlier, seems great so far. What type of bow do people generally prefer using? I'm only a few hours in at level 5. Also surprised with how it runs, don't see anything like 100% across all cores and runs above 60fps most of the time maxed out bar shadows on very high at 1440p with fov increased to max 115.

Predator and Hunter where my go to bows with abilitys in both, later on you'll get bows that have the on fire perk which are useful for starting combat with.

wunkley · 21 Jan 2018 at 17:21

wunkley said:
Hi bud, on 388.31 as mentioned. Mild overclock on the 1080Ti but tested at stock and still same. RAM is at 2600 even though it's 3000 rated (can't get it to run on my board at 3000 for some reason).

It's a really weird specific crash though. Never in game, only on these 2 specific menu sections (inventory and abilities - crashes to desktop after about 3 or 4 seconds on each). All other games and everything else 100% fine.

Any ideas?

EDIT - FOUND THE PROBLEM - Was my sweetfx profile causing this specific crash! I use sweetfx (an old version) to apply just a sharpening filter when using low AA settings which give the best performance (even compared to AA off - weird!) but has the muddiness of TXAA. Time to investigate reshade I guess as I need to use sharpening after trying without (looks like vasoline on the screen).

I know I'm quoting myself, but in case anyone's interested the latest version of Reshade works fine and has none of the crashing issues I was detailing before.

So I'm back to using a decent sharpening filter (just lumasharpen at about 1.500, which is quite high but it needs it) whilst using low AA settings and all is dandy. Only problem now is the slight 'ghosting' around the character when moving against certain backgrounds when using the low AA setting, although on researching it looks like it will forever be an issue due to the type of AA the low setting uses. Ghost Recon Wildlands has the same issue with certain ingame AA settings too. Bah.

Dirk Diggler · 22 Jan 2018 at 15:21

Is there any way to switch the bow in slot A? Every time I select another bow, it switches with slot B.

andicole0 · 22 Jan 2018 at 16:58

Select your other bow then it should switch that one over.
Andi.

andicole0 · 22 Jan 2018 at 17:00

I was getting freezes in cut scenes with 1.20 and the latest nvidia drivers. Reinstalled the previous drivers and all running ok again.
Andi.

Glanza · 23 Jan 2018 at 08:47

First DLC launches today, looking forward to getting the hidden ones outfit.

Drollic · 23 Jan 2018 at 16:56

What's with the terrible drm and cpu useage comments or does this only plague certain people? My i7 seems to be doing fine even though it's old tech.

Dirk Diggler · 23 Jan 2018 at 17:06

Drollic said:
What's with the terrible drm and cpu useage comments or does this only plague certain people? My i7 seems to be doing fine even though it's old tech.

With 6700k I was experiencing hitching and total freezes with 100% usage on all 8 threads. Luckily, I had a 5930k to switch to and the difference is night and day.

Westie · 23 Jan 2018 at 17:07

never had problems on my old i7 2600k at 4.5 and now this game flies with my new 8700k at 5ghz @ 3440x1440p on ultra.. looks incredible!

Phixsator · 23 Jan 2018 at 21:55

String said:
With 6700k I was experiencing hitching and total freezes with 100% usage on all 8 threads. Luckily, I had a 5930k to switch to and the difference is night and day.

my 4790k isnt happy either. I rarely get hitches but they do happen and the cpu is pretty much at 95% util most of the time. Also my 1080ti is not 100% in use even at ultra preset 1440p.. It also seems that even my avx 12+ hour stable OC of 4,7 will cause this game to crash roughly every 1½-2 hours so no performance to be gained from there. Its ******* me off to say the least. outside of these technical challenges i however really like the game so fare. It has its faults but overall very enjoyable and a good looking game.

Dirk Diggler · 24 Jan 2018 at 15:59

What's the verdict with the new DLC?

Glanza · 24 Jan 2018 at 16:37

So far for me it's business as usual on the older maps, it feels more like doing sidequests and polishing locations off rather than an expanding DLC story, The ending might be better when I get there.

Dirk Diggler · 24 Jan 2018 at 23:00

Have experienced around half a dozen crashes tonight. I'm not sure if they've updated for the DLC? Something's changed.

andicole0 · 25 Jan 2018 at 08:13

String said:
Have experienced around half a dozen crashes tonight. I'm not sure if they've updated for the DLC? Something's changed.

Seems to be since 1.20 was released. Crashes and freezes seem to be quite common. Reported to Ubisoft but we will just have to wait.
Andi.

mid_gen · 25 Jan 2018 at 08:42

Had one crash yesterday, but I am running a fairly solid CPU and GPU overclock.

Played about an hour of the new area....shame you can't just sail across to it. Nice to have higher level enemies to deal with again, got murdered by a vulture because I forgot they go up to 43 now!