I have a potato computer

[fair pier]

but I still really wanna play this game. Can you maybe make more settings? or do something for low end users like me?

[steep orbit]

I think opimistations and more setting are planed for after main gameplay is finished

[slender mesa]

I think best to do is upgrade potato pc into sweet potato pc

[opaque kelp]

You have more options than ever to get Geforce Now and play with latency or used PC with GTX 1660 tier hardware.

[mellow solstice]

Wat r ur pc specs? I play and develop this game on a decade old system it runs really well. This game runs on a toaster

[plush warren]

Says the toxic, rich, idiot with gigabit internet.

Not everyone can afford newer/higher end hardware, or even has access to fast internet.
(BTW bad internet is not just for people who are "poor" either or people in "developing" countries - rural communities even in "rich" countrues are often neglected by ISPs.)

I wish I could lock you up in a rural location with crappy DSL so you can learn what it's like not having fast, reliable internet.

[opaque kelp]

I was locked up in such a location anyway where Geforce Now was lagging. Why so toxic? The game is quite accessible on hardware from last 10 years. Gaming always required upgrades, it’s hard to think of hobby that is free or extremely cheap. Maybe you should meditate instead of venting rage on people trying to help.

[vernal leaf]

you can't require the game to run on a calculator because the game engine itself has pre-defined requirements, developers are still trying to make it possible to play on weaker computers, even some developers have 10-year-old computers

If a game exceeds the capabilities of my computer, I consider it a waste of time to bother the game developer, I can only criticize it when a very ugly looking game has higher requirements than games from a decade ago

in the case of OHD everything possible has been done to satisfy owners of older equipment

I'm not even mentioning that you get the game for free, maybe developers should buy graphics cards for players

[plush warren]

The Steam Deck is not a "calculator". I'm not demanding the game run on a "calculator".

But there are people with older/lower end PCs (like the GTX 9XX/10XX for example, which are still far more powerful than even the Intel UHD 770 in most of the latest 13th/14th Gen Intel CPUs) and new handheld gaming PCs (like the Steam Deck) that would like to play. There should be better optimization for that kind of hardware.

[vernal leaf]

If you have money for steam deck you should be able to afford a computer that meets the minimum requirements for UE4

[plush warren]

My PC has an i7-7700HQ and a GTX 1050 with 4GB of VRAM. It runs the game mostly fine as is.

But if you implement dumb shit like most other stupid game devs these days, like forced graphics settings... it won't take much to stop older/weaker hardware and these new handheld gaming PCs from being able to play the game.

[vernal leaf]

at the moment you can even set shadows to null in the game, what other options do you expect, removing textures?

besides, in multiplayer games I am very much in favor of minimal settings, and not in a way that one player can't see anyone and the others shoot at running sticks

[plush warren]

Exactly that. But it appears you're going to remove that option. Then the game will be unplayable.

[vernal leaf]

But no one is talking about removing anything, the conversation was about a mod that will force some setting in order to reduce the low graphics riders killers players on multi. These options do not force the highest settings, only those that mask the imperfections of the game engine.

no one is stop you to go play another server where half of the players use settings when the game looks like 2005

[plush warren]

Okay.

Even still, not everyone using low graphics is doing so to have an advantage over other players. Some do so out of necessity to get a good framerate.

Which mod is doing that? I'll be sure to avoid it.

Also disabling shadows don't exactly automatically make a game look like its from 2005.

Perhaps we need more "baked" shadows that don't require newer/more powerful hardware.

[vernal leaf]

I'm ending this discussion from my side, your arguments are exactly like those who play on low settings even though theirs allows them to run 5 OHDs

[slender mesa]

https://tenor.com/view/book-of-boba-fett-the-mandalorian-this-is-the-way-the-book-of-boba-fett-mandalorian-gif-24825263

Forced graphics setting is the way!

Should make the High settings to be new low!

https://tenor.com/view/fire-eyes-elmo-hell-gif-13483060728962175532

[vernal leaf]

If there are more players after the update, we will raise the bar

[slender mesa]

https://tenor.com/view/graphics-i-ned-graphics-looking-for-something-gif-16871458

[opaque kelp]

Getting advantage unintentionally is still advantage. And of course majority will exploit it.

[fair pier]

i did not expect people to actually comment on this

[plush warren]

maybe high end hardware should be banned then, as having 120+ frames per second is an advantage over someone with older/weaker hardware getting 24 frames per second.

your reasoning is bullshit.

if this was a third party cheat, it would be reasonable... but these are graphics settings, which everyone can turn down if they want.

[plush warren]

To answer your question, you can likely expect this game to become worse with the gatekeeping mentality that some of the community and developers have... basically following in a lot of the footsteps of the rest of the greedy game industry has been for the past few years.

• fewer (and locked out) graphics options
• potential future updates that may ruin performance (much like a "live service" game)
• potential future updates that may ruin graphics (bluriness in motion, flickering, ghosting, visual noise, and other artifacts from heavy reliance on upscaling and sharpening)
• etc. (don't be surprised if they add Engagement Optimized Matchmaking and microtransactions)

[fair pier]

oh thanks

[slender mesa]

Damn man you don´t even understand a joke!

[opaque kelp]

That only further exposes your flawed reasoning. There is never going to be 100% fair game, but changing it to make it even more unfair is wrong.

[opaque kelp]

Have chosen the wrong game to attack. At this point you are likely trolling.

[vernal leaf]

I guess you dont understand what the project even is, I also have the impression that you came here to troll and then you start insulting developers.

[mellow solstice]

U can run the game rn forced shadows wont kill ur frames, depends heavily on specific map. Also all the live service and mtx is not happening thats the whole point of this game im suprised u arent aware of this

[empty jacinth]

Doing this could classify as terrorism judging by how many laptops will explode.

[mellow solstice]

@fair pier wat r ur pc specs

Gibb

[opaque kelp]

Laptops have power limiters, thermal throttling, which usually prevents any further damage.