Has the 64bit client improved the game for you? (First Impression)

Master_Kas

No, it's even worse than it was

Runefell wrote: »

I was really excited to log in, and booted up the new 64 bit client. Then I was wondering why there were glowing pink goats next to me in Shornhelm. Then I teleported to Wrothgar and...

Huh, well that's different....


Okay, giant pink mountains? What?


AHH! This one knows she shouldn't have tried the skooma!

In PvP a guildie was running on a pink senche with the same "textures" as the pink in your pictures. xD

Ommamar

UrQuan wrote: »

Definitely too early to really tell, but initial impressions are that my FPS is way up, and I have yet to see any crashes, textures not loading, etc.

It used to be that on ultra setting I would average around 35 FPS (which is near the low end for smooth FPS - you want to always be at or above 30). Now so far I've been at 130-170 FPS.

130-170?! What does that look like?! I usually am at 65-80 some places slide show at 25 but not very often, usually in high population PvP.

Abeille

Yes, the game is much more playable now

I encountered a bug that seems to be related to the Ancient Orc light hat. It makes my character's face disappear. There is some weird textures on the Ancient Orc robes that were not there before either. When I tried to report them, the game crashed.

Edit: After I went back to the game after it crashed, my character was back to normal.

oshaugm

Yes, the game is much more playable now

I am on Windows 7, logged in using the 64-bit client, and it was clear sailing for me. Granted I've only run around a little bit, but EVERYTHING seems great so far... very fast game responses with everything I've tried to do. Feels like a brand new game all over again. (Yes, really!) ZOS I know you're hearing a lot of negative feedback right now, but I am one happy camper. Thank you.

UrQuan

Yes, the game is much more playable now

Ommamar wrote: »

UrQuan wrote: »

Definitely too early to really tell, but initial impressions are that my FPS is way up, and I have yet to see any crashes, textures not loading, etc.

It used to be that on ultra setting I would average around 35 FPS (which is near the low end for smooth FPS - you want to always be at or above 30). Now so far I've been at 130-170 FPS.

130-170?! What does that look like?! I usually am at 65-80 some places slide show at 25 but not very often, usually in high population PvP.

It's very, very smooth

Palidon

No, it's even worse than it was

I would like to thank ZOS for making this game worse. The new DLC should of not been released it was not ready. FPS 24 ping 135 to 2800, rubber banding, game freezing, shuttering sound issues. Of course you have noticed no comments from ZOS. Knew this was going to happen. Every update or new DLC more problems

In the patch notes fixes to performance ya right. The performance has gotten worse.

Lysette

No, not significant

now this is really weird, that we make so totally different experiences with this client. It is not even slightly different, there are huge differences.

UrQuan

Yes, the game is much more playable now

Lysette wrote: »

now this is really weird, that we make so totally different experiences with this client. It is not even slightly different, there are huge differences.

I'm wondering how much the differences have to do with what graphics cards people are using. I'm seeing a massive increase in FPS with my GTX 750 Ti.

peniku8

No, it's even worse than it was

No SLI support yet, definitely worse..

Lysette

No, not significant

UrQuan wrote: »

Lysette wrote: »

now this is really weird, that we make so totally different experiences with this client. It is not even slightly different, there are huge differences.

I'm wondering how much the differences have to do with what graphics cards people are using. I'm seeing a massive increase in FPS with my GTX 750 Ti.

Yes, I was wondering about this as well, I have a 760 GTX and I see not much of a difference at all - it seems to be more stable fps-wise in crowded areas though, but otherwise not much of a difference for me.

Edit: it could be a lot of things - like for example I do not use depth of field - which means distant terrrain has to be rendered in good quality - if with depth of field effect, it could be, that the engine is not rendering in such high detail but is using lower LOD, because it is blurred afterwards anyway - this could make a difference.

Are you using maximal drawing distance - I do.

nine9six

Other

32bit and 64bit have been crashing all night for me. Disabled all Addons. No help. Took FOR-EV-ER to get through FG Gold due to everyone crashing at different (very inopportune) times.

Going to try "Single Player" content for now. If that crashes on me too (which I expect it will), it looks like I'll actually have time this week to rewire the boat trailer.

davedesigns

Yes, the game is much more playable now

Playing on late 2009 iMac i7 - Radeon HD 4850 512MB video card

Since beta, I have been struggling to find the settings to get the game to run smoothly. Sometimes it would be ok, sometimes it would be incredibly frustrating. After patching to the 64-bit client, here is my experience:

• Load time of the character login is a bit longer - not a big deal
• Loading of models and textures as I'm moving is MUCH more noticeable now - objects pop in and out of view seemingly randomly - hopefully they will finesse this
• Frame rate is GREATLY improved - was able to reach 80 FPS in some areas with high settings/lower screen resolution, unheard of with 32-bit client
• Was actually able to duel in Cyrodiil without crazy FPS drops - never been able to do this before!
• Still had some FPS drops depending on my surroundings, but definitely improved overall
• Menus and crafting stations where the FPS would drop now maintain high frame rates
• The NPC facial animations are very cool!
• Combat music is more exciting now
• Combat text is cool and very helpful

All in all I think this a huge step in the right direction and I might just be falling in love with the game all over again!

GOOD JOB ZOS!

aander91

Yes, the game is much more playable now

Absolutely. The game went from running at about 40 fps with low draw distance on 1080 to 60 fps at 4k and full draw distance.

Loving the 64 bit client.

Annalyse

No, it's even worse than it was

I can't comment on smoothness of game or FPS because it seemed close to the same when I was running the 64 bit version earlier. However, I was getting a lot of pink textures that eventually made me give up and switch back to the 32 bit. If they fix that problem I will be fine with it, but I didn't see much of a difference.

Julianos

Other

didnt see any diffrence on performance but 64 client kept crashing in veteran dungeon then i switched to 32 and crashes ceased.

nine9six

Other

Axorn wrote: »

didnt see any diffrence on performance but 64 client kept crashing in veteran dungeon then i switched to 32 and crashes ceased.

How long in the dungeon until the first crash on x64? How long were you in the dungeon after you switched to x86?

JW.

I had the same issue, but the crashes didn't stop for me (or my entire party) regardless of Client.

Palidon

No, it's even worse than it was

Face if folks, ZOS has created one big mess.

NeKryXe

No, it's even worse than it was

weird! this doesn't make any sense. the game is using much more than 2GB with the 64bit client, which means that it is working, but i get close to half of the frame rate that i get with the 32bit client.

Moonclaw

No, it's even worse than it was

Have been playing game daily with no issues and as of tonight it is suddenly unplayable. Crashing all the time when I start in first mission in thieves guild and even crashing in missions in original content areas. I am guessing that servers are being thrashed but it has been a rough evening

RDMyers65b14_ESO

Yes and no. Shorter load screens and better fps but I crashed 9 times in Cyrodil.

DaveMoeDee

Other

Client doesn't run. Still using 32 bit.

Running Win 10 and gtx 970.

Vulsahdaal

Other

Well as far as FPS and performance, it seems ok to me. I havent had any crashes yet either.. But the pink, so much pink lol
I mean at first it was amusing watching skeevers playing in the field



But then I saw what happened to the poor stablemaster in Rawl'kha

32 bit stablemaster



64 bit stablemaster



Poor guy, bad enough he looks like he was kicked in the head by a pink horse (yes I did see those as well), but he also lost most of his shirt and it looks like his body may have been cut in half below the waist and not put back together right
So even though Im not experiencing any real performance issues, I switched back to 32 bit for now. As I think someone else said on this thread, right now 64 bit is a bit too much like a bad skooma trip..

snoogadooch

No, it's even worse than it was

Looks so much nicer, crash repeatedly in dungons

khele23eb17_ESO

No, it's even worse than it was

How can you release a DLC which does that... The mind boggles.

melodeath

No, it's even worse than it was

khele23eb17_ESO wrote: »

How can you release a DLC which does that... The mind boggles.

and ask money for it.

EnemyOfDaState

How do I pick my client or is it automatic?

Iyas

No, it's even worse than it was

Broken

UrQuan

Yes, the game is much more playable now

EnemyOfDaState wrote: »

How do I pick my client or is it automatic?

At the moment the launcher always picks the 32 bit client. If you want to try the 64 bit client you need to navigate to your install directory and directly launch eso64.exe

EnemyOfDaState

UrQuan wrote: »

EnemyOfDaState wrote: »

How do I pick my client or is it automatic?

At the moment the launcher always picks the 32 bit client. If you want to try the 64 bit client you need to navigate to your install directory and directly launch eso64.exe

Thanks I ended up finding it. Works fine for me, slightly longer load times when switching zones but not noticeable.

Lylith

No, it's even worse than it was

Baranthus wrote: »

Earlier today, Gina said that the 64bit client doesn't go live until TWO WEEKS AFTER LAUNCH. Is everyone smoking crack then or are you all talking about the PTS?

so is it the 32bit client that runs when i manually initiate eso64.exe from the game directory?