#Tremendous lag with latest updates (on old device)

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west lodge
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There is something about the latest updates (Beyond E18 and later) that really bogs down my device MUCH more then before the update. For example, in Beyond, on the Research Mission screen, I cannot even scroll through the Dark Matter missions - I can see the top 3, and I know there are more below, but the screen is locked up and I cannot do anything for a good solid minute or two, and even then, it is hard to get it to scroll.

In other cases, CtS will crash when watching an ad (either right before or right after, not during the ad, but rather during the transition).

I have an Android 11 phone from 2021.

soft lodge
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Hmmm, I have an android 10 phone and I'm not experiencing this… I wonder if amount of free memory would have anything to do with it? Or something else, maybe android 11 is worse for some reason, but it could be that this is a device issue…

west lodge
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That is entirely possible - I don't use it for much, so I don't have anything else running, but for all I know, it is swimming in viruses.

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I was just raising the point that as of E18, things got a lot worse.

soft lodge
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Fair enough, it's quite possible others are also experiencing performance issues for beyond ep18, and I'm just lucky to not be one of them.

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So it's quite reasonable to make a report on this

west lodge
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My CtS crashed this morning when opening a red drawf star - I started the open animation by tapping, and 1 second later CtS crashed.

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and again with a white dwarf star

soft lodge
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Oof, that's a major issue. It's probably rendering all the particles that's the issue… maybe graphics are forced to be high quality? I can really only guess here.

viscid wedge
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If it is a graphics issue, then maybe a fix can be looked into that lowers the graphics quality during refresh (lesser pixels during the animation) and restores the quality after the animation is finished. I recall a game where the graphics refresh rate quality could be reduced to significantly speed up the animation.

fallow rivet
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that's not good

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same here but with an android 10 though

west lodge
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fyi, CtS crashed twice for me this morning when switching from Main Sim to Beyond. The third time it worked, but was very slow.

tardy hatch
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what are you device's specs?

west lodge
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What specs are you looking for? It is a Umidigi A9 with 3gb ram

tardy hatch
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huh strange, on my phones the game runs fine. (Moto G9 and Moto E) I wonder if this issue might be device specific,

west lodge
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I'm ready to accept that it is device specific. But if there is a way for me to dial down the resolution or framerate (or both) or number of particles being rendered, I definitely would just to see if it would help.

west lodge
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This is still an issue for me - Beyond is crazy slow and insanely unresponsive (eg, trying to scroll through a list is just impossible). I get the same symptoms whether I use beta or public. I can play the exploration events and do the Main simulation decently (not great, but things are responsive), and when I switch to beyond, it takes about 60 seconds or more to try scrolling through things.

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Another symptom: if I click on something that brings up a pop-up, the animation is very jerky. I'll try to click on a button only to discover that the animation was not done, and the button I want to push has moved, and instead I have clicked on a different button. Very frustrating.

west lodge
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I am now comparing with a new device (google pixel 7 pro), and the difference is AMAZING. I still have my old device if I need/want to compare.

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This tells me that there is a bottleneck somewhere with some (older) devices. Given the low ROI for addressing performance issues on older devices, I can understand if the devs make lag (on older devices) a low priority.

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But, WOW, it's like a totally difference game with a modern device! 😆

soft lodge
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It's surprising what changing devices can do

west lodge
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my other device was only 2 years old. Kinda scary

soft lodge
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Yeah, they aren't built to last long

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I'm sure they could be, but aren't because capitalism

sinful adder
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I have Android 8 and CTS works pretty well. Perhaps other problems?

west lodge
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it's not the software, it's the hardware. I had some off-brand, chinese knock-off. It was cheap. 😁