{"id":38585,"date":"2024-10-18T13:59:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T04:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=38585"},"modified":"2024-10-18T13:59:25","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T04:59:25","slug":"dragons-dogma-2-frame-rate-issues-were-largely-caused-by-the-npcs-thinking-developers-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/dragons-dogma-2-frame-rate-issues-were-largely-caused-by-the-npcs-thinking-developers-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon\u2019s Dogma 2 frame rate issues were largely caused by the NPCs\u2019 thinking, developers say\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Capcom\u2019s latest update for <strong>Dragon\u2019s Dogma 2 <\/strong>allows players on both PC and consoles to choose between prioritizing graphics or performance. With the new patch, PS5 and Xbox users can expect the game to render at 1728p, with a frame rate between 50 and 60 FPS when playing in performance mode.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A new update for Dragon&#39;s Dogma 2 is available now on all platforms!<br><br>&#8211; Changed the options in &quot;Graphics&quot; within the Options menu to &quot;Prioritize Graphics&quot; and &quot;Prioritize Performance.&quot;<br><br>For additional resolution and performance info on each option, please reference the chart\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qwztLSSd5i\">pic.twitter.com\/qwztLSSd5i<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dragon&#39;s Dogma (@DragonsDogma) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DragonsDogma\/status\/1846729433958568380?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Performance issues, especially drops in frame rate, are something Dragon\u2019s Dogma 2\u2019s developers have been tackling through updates ever since the game\u2019s launch earlier this year. With the release of the latest October 17 patch, the developers spoke to &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.famitsu.com\/article\/202410\/20868\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Famitsu<\/a> about the main cause behind the frame rate issues and how they went about fixing it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn Dragon\u2019s Dogma 2, CPU power is allocated to process the thoughts of each NPC as well as the effect on character physics. Therefore, in scenes where many NPCs appear at once, like in towns, the CPU load would get extremely high, which in some cases affected the frame rate. Since CPU was our bottleneck, GPU-related solutions like lowering the resolution had little effect on improving frame rate,\u201d the team explained.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240405-288737-header.jpg\" alt=\"Dragon's Dogma 2 gameplay\" class=\"wp-image-29415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240405-288737-header.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240405-288737-header-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240405-288737-header-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240405-288737-header-600x338.jpg 600w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dragon\u2019s Dogma 2\u2019s creators made a point of expanding upon the first game with <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/interviews\/2023036-28083\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more a complex NPC Affinity system<\/a> and more realistic AI behavior, but it seems that the sheer number of NPCs and the load involved in processing their thinking became difficult to manage in terms of optimization.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, ever since the game\u2019s launch, the team has been \u201creworking how NPCs\u2019 thoughts are processed and making small tweaks, including changing the order in which processes are executed\u201d in order to remedy the performance issues troubling players. The resulting reduced CPU load has allowed the game to run at an improved frame rate, between 50 and 60 FPS, on consoles and PC as of October 17.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The developers also mention that they are continuing to listen to feedback from both overseas and Japanese players, and will keep making future changes and adjustments to the game in order of priority.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240405-288737-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240405-288737-002.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240405-288737-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240405-288737-002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240405-288737-002-600x338.jpg 600w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dragon\u2019s Dogma 2 is available for the PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2054970\/Dragons_Dogma_2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/en-us\/product\/UP0102-PPSA09663_00-DD2GAME000000000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PS5<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/games\/store\/dragons-dogma-2\/9PJQMBMJ3154\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Xbox Series X|S<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dragon&#8217;s Dogma 2 development team talks about the measures they took to improve the game&#8217;s frame rate issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":29380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-38585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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