Major Lag / Stutter / Crashing on iOS (Haicma patch]

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PGR’s has ran fluidly on multiple of my iOS devices for over a year. However, during the last month, the performance has massively dropped to the point where it is at times game breaking or unplayable.

The frames freeze and stutter massively, noticeably lag, and it badly affects combat ability. Moreover, it has even caused the game to crash at times.

Because this has happened on multiple devices on iOS, I believe that it is a software issue and not a hardware issue. I tried the game on multiple iOS devices and even tried running it after updating/changing my iOS firmware. The result was the same every time.

I noticed this issue from the very first day that the Haicma was implemented into PGR. It was immediately noticeable, and so I think that this patch caused it.

If the issue first occurred before that patch without me noticing, it would’ve been in a time period set between two points: (1) right after the release of the desktop client and (2) shortly before before the release of Haicma’s patch. This was absolutely not an issue prior to the release of the desktop client (even though this is an iOS issue). However, as I said, I think Haicma's patch is what caused the issue.

Major Frame Stuttering and Crashing on iOS from Haicma update

I think that this is a legitimately bad and serious software bug that should be quickly looked into. Please fix it Kuro!!

Major Lag / Stutter / Crashing on iOS (Haicma patch]

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Stutter are happening also on PC client, although not to everyone but to some.

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It’s to be expected with pc, as there are thousands of motherboard /cpu/gpu builds etc

iOS is more standardized and often more optimized as windows can run on just about anything but iOS only runs on specific first party hardware designed by Apple. As iOS hardware is more predictable, it can be easier to optmize the software (game) to run on it rather than making the game while predicting how it will run on a thousand different combinations of PC builds. This has been the case at times in the past with other games, depending on how the program was written, etc.

What I find weird is that PGR used to run just fine on iOS till recent updates

I totally agree about pc tho

it’s definitely an issue even with stronger pc builds

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That is true, but I would say it's more common now with this update. As another thread titled, "Lag?" They commented that it just started with this update and not before. I didn't have a single stutter or frame spike in the past updates until this patch. I would say its this update and not our devices but we'll see.

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It's interesting to hear that I'm not the only one who has noticed this issue.

I wonder if CN had this issue during the Haicma patch as well

I would suspect they did not

There was a hotfix after the Haicma patch for some reason

Hopefully this is fixed soon, as it honestly is pretty bad

I wish I could write it off as a little bug or simply imperfect but tolerable performance

Unfortunately, it's way past the point of being a minor aesthetic issue / glitch on my end

It's actually been getting worse the more I play, regardless of what device I use

Maybe just due to accumulation of exposure over time lol

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I doubt CN had this issue. But time will tell for us, pretty sure Kuro will do something about it. After the hotfix, my frames became more bearable on my end. I'm not sure for my IOS, I'll try IOS as I have an IOS as well. If I have that issue, I'll let you know.

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I tested a bit of IOS, I have no stutters nor crashing. I have an Iphone XR. I guess the stutters happen on certain PC's and phones.

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dunno. I think it got worse on my iOS when I used a new pc with it and signed in. Confusing graphic settings on accounts maybe, idk. Probably not, still weird

possibly coincidental, but it was much worse after that

thanks for letting me know