Watch Dogs - Ubisoft's Third Person Shooter

gareth170 · 31 May 2014 at 21:17

Heisenberg said:
I don't see why people feel the need to have all there games on steam these days. Generally find most games can be had much cheaper elsewhere

because i use steam wallet to buy games. i just buy a steam wallet code from game, when i see a game i want.

no teverybody have credit cards, i don't myself

dcsarge · 31 May 2014 at 21:17

Cheers Gareth, I will chuck it in the basket too.

oldestgregg · 31 May 2014 at 21:51

What pre rendered frames do sli users recommend for this game? Default setting is 3

CaptainRAVE · 31 May 2014 at 21:54

Heisenberg said:
I don't see why people feel the need to have all there games on steam these days. Generally find most games can be had much cheaper elsewhere

It is nice having them all in one place

Mr.Cookie · 31 May 2014 at 21:55

CertifiedDan said:
Getting terrible results with my 780ti SC. Max settings 2x TXAA and I am getting frames dropping down to 5 in some areas. I am also getting a lot of objects showing through other things. A lot of road markings, fences and leaves on the ground show through everything and has made the game virtually unplayable.

Here is what I mean

I had this issue after a fresh install of windows, i turned smaa something to just smaa and it was gone

Jono8 · 31 May 2014 at 22:04

I am enjoying it more now. The gunplay is quite good I think.

Also, I managed to get it running at a constant 60fps with no slow downs or stutter (gpu usage is nice and low as well meaning low heat and no noise)

2x 670 sli - All ultra except textures and shadows, 1080p with FXAA. Looks good and runs silky smooth at a capped 60fps, never seen it drop yet since going from 4xMSAA to FXAA.

The only remaining issue is water reflections, for some reason as you move the camera the reflections appear and disappear as you look up and down the water. It looks stupid and I don't know what is causing it. I think it must be a bug. Does anyone else get this?

Heisenberg · 31 May 2014 at 22:13

gareth170 said:
because i use steam wallet to buy games. i just buy a steam wallet code from game, when i see a game i want.

no teverybody have credit cards, i don't myself

Fair enough

Heisenberg · 31 May 2014 at 22:14

CaptainRAVE said:
It is nice having them all in one place

You can add non steam games to steam so that's a non issue for me.

oldestgregg · 31 May 2014 at 22:16

Jono8 said:
I am enjoying it more now. The gunplay is quite good I think.

Also, I managed to get it running at a constant 60fps with no slow downs or stutter (gpu usage is nice and low as well meaning low heat and no noise)

2x 670 sli - All ultra except textures and shadows, 1080p with FXAA. Looks good and runs silky smooth at a capped 60fps, never seen it drop yet since going from 4xMSAA to FXAA.

The only remaining issue is water reflections, for some reason as you move the camera the reflections appear and disappear as you look up and down the water. It looks stupid and I don't know what is causing it. I think it must be a bug. Does anyone else get this?

Smaa normal looks a lot better than fxaa. None of the blur and hardly any fps hit. Also NVIDIA say enable af (not standard the one below it) in control panel as it sharpens textures. With said settings I've got it looking quite nice. Also for 780 sli I put max rendered frames to 5 and vsync to 2 and the stutter is gone. Finally ready to play the game after a full days tinkering now

Heisenberg · 31 May 2014 at 22:21

oldestgregg said:
Smaa normal looks a lot better than fxaa. None of the blur and hardly any fps hit. Also NVIDIA say enable af (not standard the one below it) in control panel as it sharpens textures. With said settings I've got it looking quite nice. Also for 780 sli I put max rendered frames to 5 and vsync to 2 and the stutter is gone. Finally ready to play the game after a full days tinkering now ��

Playing at 30fps or 60 on a 120hz?

oldestgregg · 31 May 2014 at 22:56

Heisenberg said:
Playing at 30fps or 60 on a 120hz?

I'm on a 1400p dell. With adaptive vsync enabled in control panel as well it kind of cancels out vsync in the program so I have no input lag but fixes the stutter 100 percent. By stutter I mean that rubber banding type thing every 20 or so seconds. Sorry if that sounds convoluted.

Heisenberg · 31 May 2014 at 23:02

oldestgregg said:
I'm on a 1400p dell. With adaptive vsync enabled in control panel as well it kind of cancels out vsync in the program so I have no input lag but fixes the stutter 100 percent. By stutter I mean that rubber banding type thing every 20 or so seconds. Sorry if that sounds convoluted.

V sync 2 in game not limiting you to 30fps though? I've never had nvidia cards so don't know much about adaptive v sync.

oldestgregg · 31 May 2014 at 23:05

Heisenberg said:
V sync 2 in game not limiting you to 30fps though? I've never had nvidia cards so don't know much about adaptive v sync.

No because what I mean is they both cancel each other out meaning vsync isn't working but the stutters gone. Its quite bizzare really but its worked for me so happy to share

oldestgregg · 31 May 2014 at 23:07

I also have rivatuner perma on at 59 fps

Jono8 · 31 May 2014 at 23:27

The graphics are so hit and miss. Sometimes it looks absolutely stunning and then other times you think you are back on a PS3 or something. Its weird.

Here's some shots from tonight's playing time:

Matson · 31 May 2014 at 23:50

Just had to do one of those missions where you have to tail someone without being spotted and if you are you have to start again. Gave me nightmares of assassins creed all over again. I know they copy and paste a lot between there games but did they really have to include that lol.

WHAT21A · 31 May 2014 at 23:55

Jono8 said:
The graphics are so hit and miss. Sometimes it looks absolutely stunning and then other times you think you are back on a PS3 or something. Its weird.

Those screenshots make this game look like the stunning game we would be getting at E3, just such a shame is so unoptimized and full of bugs, hopefully theres patches to fix it because this does have the potential to become great just too much holding it back.

Hopefully this isn't a sign of thing to come for The Division, as that's the next game that looks amazing coming from ubisoft that i'm really looking forward too.

benjii · 31 May 2014 at 23:55

Matson said:
Just had to do one of those missions where you have to tail someone without being spotted and if you are you have to start again. Gave me nightmares of assassins creed all over again. I know they copy and paste a lot between there games but did they really have to include that lol.

Reminded me of GTA as well.

mrbios · 1 Jun 2014 at 00:04

Jono8 said:
The graphics are so hit and miss. Sometimes it looks absolutely stunning and then other times you think you are back on a PS3 or something. Its weird.

Nighttime and/or rain = good graphics
Day time in the sun = bad graphics.

Trees, grass etc look really naff when it's day time and sunny.

uncle_rufus · 1 Jun 2014 at 00:34

It seems so odd that the reflections in puddles and the rain and water look really quite good, and yet the reflections in the windows of buildings are a flat texture re-used everywhere