Dying Light - PC next gen zombie open world game?

bJN · 31 Jan 2015 at 15:43

Well just bought this for some coop fun with some mates after selling off my CSGO skins on Steam! Can't complain for a free game really!

VincentHanna · 31 Jan 2015 at 15:56

There's a construction site I came across on a mission and it had about 6-7 enemies and a lot had 'Police Rifles' which are pretty powerful.

I don't really use them though...Prefer slicing and dicing.

VincentHanna · 31 Jan 2015 at 15:57

Puppetmaster said:
Watched 8 hours of an 11 hour co-op stream over night. I think it's more fun to watch than play

You did what? I don't even think I could play it for that long a session, let alone watch somebody else playing it.

Midnight Tboy · 31 Jan 2015 at 16:32

as I've read this is badly optimised...anyone tried running it with a GTX 570 1280mb? Is it still playable at an average setting and looks comparable to console still?

peahead · 31 Jan 2015 at 16:57

Guys just got this but for some reason it wont go full screen i can still see the windows tab :confused:

Puppetmaster · 31 Jan 2015 at 17:05

VincentHanna said:
You did what? I don't even think I could play it for that long a session, let alone watch somebody else playing it.

I have a ruined sleep pattern at the moment so I had napped from 8-11 and was not tired at all but couldn't be bothered to play anything and had work today. I know the streamer irl and he's pretty entertaining.

peahead said:
Guys just got this but for some reason it wont go full screen i can still see the windows tab

Have you changed it to full screen in the options menu?

Teknobry · 31 Jan 2015 at 17:45

Midnight Tboy said:
as I've read this is badly optimised...anyone tried running it with a GTX 570 1280mb? Is it still playable at an average setting and looks comparable to console still?

i'm playing it on a laptop which has a 680m gtx card which should be similar to desktop 570. (although i do have 2gb vram) and i can play it at 1080, some high some medium settings and its sweet as!

Midnight Tboy · 31 Jan 2015 at 17:47

Teknobry said:
i'm playing it on a laptop which has a 680m gtx card which should be similar to desktop 570. (although i do have 2gb vram) and i can play it at 1080, some high some medium settings and its sweet as!

Cheers, will keep eyes open for a decent deal - need to make final decision soon anyway on whether to buy a 980 or wait for whatever the current best is when Oc Rift final version is released and suffering in between

adam98150 · 31 Jan 2015 at 18:23

VincentHanna said:
There's a construction site I came across on a mission and it had about 6-7 enemies and a lot had 'Police Rifles' which are pretty powerful.

I don't really use them though...Prefer slicing and dicing.

Good money makers. Get a grand a piece. I always keep at least one gun incase I need it.

chroniclard · 31 Jan 2015 at 18:26

bah, patched the weapon dupe glitch......

MrMarvelous · 31 Jan 2015 at 18:28

Has the patch improved performance at all guys?

Fens · 31 Jan 2015 at 18:31

peahead said:
Guessing this works well with an xbox one pad ? contemplating getting this

Yes it works perfectly well with the xbox pad, though I tend to only use it for the lockpicking.

The latest patch really helped with performance, game runs great and really enjoying it. Also loving the John Carpenter-esque soundtrack

Muska · 31 Jan 2015 at 18:32

I only bought this today, I was surprised to see I have no performance issues at all. Everything is set to max except view distance which is about 30%.

i74930k @4.6
780Ti
16gb RAM

Very impressed with it so far, looks great and I like the gameplay.

Draeger · 31 Jan 2015 at 18:36

Ive had to drop my eye candy settings down to medium with my rig (i7 [email protected], GTX760, 16Gb Corsair Vengeance) as when the visuals got 'busy' on screen I was getting awful stuttering and slowdown. Not necessarily massive drops in FPS, just a god awful juddery, stuttery experience. This also seemed to affect the sounds as well, as I mentioned earlier this sort of 'metallic' type thing was going on with the sounds, particularly the voices. It happened when the visuals started stuttering as well - seemed connected. No idea why. With the settings dropped to medium (but everything else left at default /auto detect apart from draw distance which I've knocked right back to one notch above zero) the game runs a lot smoother and the visuals don't actually look too much different if I'm honest! Still looks good.

When I say I got stuttering when the visuals got 'busy' I mean when there were lots of effects going on in front of you such as the tree branches swaying in the wind, a fire burning and stuff floating through the air.

peahead · 31 Jan 2015 at 18:48

Got it running full screen now for some reason it was set to off :confused:

runs good on my setup too really enjoying it

Draeger · 31 Jan 2015 at 19:00

peahead said:
Got it running full screen now for some reason it was set to off runs good on my setup too really enjoying it

Similar setup to mine, other than your GPU being more beefy - you getting any stutter in open outside areas m8? What res you playing at, 1920x1080?

chroniclard · 31 Jan 2015 at 19:04

peahead said:
Guessing this works well with an xbox one pad ? contemplating getting this

20 hours in so far, all with xbox pad, works great. :cool:

neoglow · 31 Jan 2015 at 19:58

Just made a little video of messing about with the zombies:

Booner! · 31 Jan 2015 at 20:20

Great game, loving it. If you stick with it for the first 4 hours it starts picking up, great fun

Draeger · 31 Jan 2015 at 20:20

HALP!!

Argh!!! I'm stuck on one of the first tasks, how the hell do you:-

Activate the light traps on poles in the train yard area? I climb up the climable pole nearby the pole with the trap at the top but every time I try jumping to it I just drop like a stone to the ground!