Issue Description:
In the mission Magistrati Oubliette TM8-707 Assassination (Damnation difficulty & No Mission Modifiers), as well as many other missions, I experience extreme frame drops when I am looking at anything of “substance” on the map. What I mean by that is, for example, the currently loaded area with enemies, a loaded area behind a wall, or a multiple story building/area.
This frame dropping effect makes playing the game quite difficult. It’s also very random, sometimes my frames are okay for a whole play session or I’m stuck with 15 frames for the few missions I’m willing to trudge through. Playing as a Veteran on controller with this effect makes situations on Damnation difficulty significantly harder than they should have been. I’m fully aware of the effects of firing back while suppressed, but the already choppy controller settings/aiming with game changing frame variations is frankly impossible to deal with. Here is a clip of combat where I try to show what I described. https://gamerdvr.com/gamer/vaquri/video/181219577 When I’m looking over the ledge with the ladder to the left with the combat arena in view my frames are at like 10. Genuinely difficult to play. Although as I turn around and stare at the wall where nothing of worth is happening I return to a nice and smooth 45-60 frames. Not a good feeling.
https://gamerdvr.com/gamer/vaquri/video/180751996
Here is an example in The Mourningstar. Looking out into the skybox, normal frames. Turn around to view all the vendors and rooms, frame drop.
Attempted Solutions:
As of 10/26/23 console Darktide does not have video settings outside of FOV, Brightness, and Motion Blur. These settings are wildly limited and barely help these issues. I’ve experimented with my FOV and can’t see a difference in frames between min and max FOV. Brightness doesn’t do anything. Motion blur helps ease the pain for sure.
I’ve deep cleaned my console (taken apart and dusted) as well as cleaned the hdmi ports. I definitely got consistently higher frames but this problem is consistent too.
Platform:
Xbox (Xbox Series S)
[PC] PC Specifications:
N/A