Windridge Cave FPS !?!

Pixelex

Woah, just for some minutes I was in the Windridge Cave in Stormhaven. I'm lvl V2 now and I never had so extreme FPS drops! Normally the whole game is very smooth for me.

So whats wrong with this place? Even if I'm out of the cave and move the camera to the cave it becomes very laggy.

Does someone else have this fps problems with this cave or is it only me? oO

Epona222

I am not veteran level, but going through it with my DC character at about level 19 I noticed absolutely appalling bad performance in that cave, thankfully there were other players in there with me as it would have been impossible to solo it, the entire game became a slideshow when I was in that one cave. It reverted back to normal once I had finished the quest and was out of the cave.

It's the only time I've experienced anything that bad. But no, it is not only you. I didn't report it at the time, because I thought it was 'just me' - kind of glad to not be alone with this issue

SootyTX

Same for me just now. Going from 40-50 FPS outside, to well under 10 inside the cave. Virtually unplayable, only carried on because another player was in there and cleared the random mobs out so all I had to do was the boss fights.

Submitted a ticket. Weird thing is, when i went through this cave before, no issues at all. that was about a month or so ago, maybe a little longer.

Natjur

It was reported in Beta, 60 FPS dropping to 10 and only in that cave..... I always wondered why as there is nothing special about it.

They need to rename it to FPS Drop Cave and call it a feature.

If you log out of the game (fully) after zoning into the cave, then reload the game, the FPS does not drop, so I am guessing its some kind of memory leak in that zone.

Pixelex

Natjur wrote: »

They need to rename it to FPS Drop Cave and call it a feature.

XD

Natjur wrote: »

If you log out of the game (fully) after zoning into the cave, then reload the game, the FPS does not drop, so I am guessing its some kind of memory leak in that zone.

Yes.. exactly the same for me.

Devolus

Same problem for me as well. Memory usage jumps to well over 6 GB after entering this cave (hover around 3.5-4 GB normally when playing). The problem persists even after leaving the cave, if you look in the direction of the cave from ANYWHERE on the map you will get extreme fps drop. This is also affecting my system, I am currently typing this while being inside the cave, and the input from typing to my keyboard is HORRID, causing quite the delay. Fix this,please, ZOS, if reports about this cave is from Beta and still going on causing an entire bog down of my system (and I am running WELL above average gaming rig) then something needs to be done about this cave. @ZOS_JessicaFolsom‌ please look into this particular area in Stormhaven.

zharthasb16_ESO

same for me fps drop in this zone , maybe the torch -

Another job for the dev

JimT722

This cave needs to be looked at. When I enter it is almost unplayable. Even after I left the cave my fps never became stable. I had to restart the game to fix it.

yiasemi

Oh damn, that's where I lost my character last night, logged out in the cave and couldn't log back in. It was lagging quite noticeably, hence my attempt at logging out. People beware. It has proved unplayable for me.

Devolus

@ZOS_GinaBruno‌ @ZOS_JessicaFolsom‌ any information you may enlighten us with on this issue that has been persistent since Beta?

Elongate

yiasemi wrote: »

Oh damn, that's where I lost my character last night, logged out in the cave and couldn't log back in. It was lagging quite noticeably, hence my attempt at logging out. People beware. It has proved unplayable for me.

That's what just happened to me. I logged out hoping to fix the bad fps but i cant log in on that charecter at all. I can log in on other charecters, just not this one... This game is starting to frustrate me with all the *** errors and bugs and instead they waste their time developing new area's, dyes etc etc but i just wanna be able to PLAY the game without errors! Come on

BaKaNoOB

Same

IanCPalmerb14_ESO

Confirming that this is still an issue. I just wish I'd googled it before I spent an hour trying to figure out what (wasn't) wrong with my system...

IanCPalmerb14_ESO

And when I completed the mission in the cave and was ported out, my fps did not resolve itself without restarting the game.

That was crazy insufferable to accomplish in the current state.

yiasemi

140716-000623 this is my second ticket in 48 hours as well as a promise that my query had been submitted to customer support. Two days for an easily solveable problem that prevents me playing the game and has been well known for months now according to posts on this forum. Awesome. u guys for making me feel sooooooooooo special. Don't let me disturb you at that Quakecon thing that makes grown men and women um quake apparently. Have a nice trip.

yiasemi

ha ha getting cross works wonders. thx

Sedgecammel

Finally giving the game a proper shot, and now I've been booted from the game at the same cave, and it wont let me back in. I soooo don't want to start another character.

Devolus

Sedgecammel wrote: »

Finally giving the game a proper shot, and now I've been booted from the game at the same cave, and it wont let me back in. I soooo don't want to start another character.

I'm not sure if it will help, but try: Setting your graphics to the lowest possible from the character select screen, log in, get away from that cave, log back out, then put your graphics back to normal and log back in.

At this time ZOS doesn't give a damn about this issue. They have ignored the tags and threads about this issue, I've submitted multiple bug reports, and when I /help about the issue, I get the cookie cutter:
"<insert corny lore-related greeting>,
We know this irritates you, it sure irritates me as well! We're actively looking into this, but in the mean time submit a /bug report so it goes to the correct people.

<insert lore-related closing>,
<insert staff member name>"

Sedgecammel

Devolus wrote: »

Sedgecammel wrote: »

Finally giving the game a proper shot, and now I've been booted from the game at the same cave, and it wont let me back in. I soooo don't want to start another character.

I'm not sure if it will help, but try: Setting your graphics to the lowest possible from the character select screen, log in, get away from that cave, log back out, then put your graphics back to normal and log back in.

At this time ZOS doesn't give a damn about this issue. They have ignored the tags and threads about this issue, I've submitted multiple bug reports, and when I /help about the issue, I get the cookie cutter:
"<insert corny lore-related greeting>,
We know this irritates you, it sure irritates me as well! We're actively looking into this, but in the mean time submit a /bug report so it goes to the correct people.

<insert lore-related closing>,
<insert staff member name>"

Cheers,I'll give it a shot.

tank_atlantis_ESO

I am having the same issue, another member said they were able to move his character after submitting a ticket. I searched the forum briefly but did not see a ticket submit option. Can someone direct me to the correct place or could a ZOS member move my character that is at the cave entrance to another location? I tried moving them last night but the FPS was bad and the game kept lagging/crashing to desktop. Now login with the character times out completely.

Auralia

At the top right of the forums is support, click on that. Edit: then ask for help by either email or phone.