[2023] For 10 years we are still struggling with optimisation issues

Optimization is primarily done in Beta. We go over this in every thread just like yours that someone starts about once a month.

It doesn't matter that it's been ten years. The game isn't finished, and is still going through Alpha development. It's nearing the end, sure, but it isn't done yet.

If you need help getting better performance on your rig, open a thread in the correct forum section for that. Don't forget to do the needful.

And honestly, if you're tired of waiting, then don't. No one forced you to opt into an incomplete game with no announced end date.

Oh, and just for reference, because I seem to have to remind people that it's possible to get decent FPS on a potato rig if you actually do the necessary optimization....

Min-spec hardware test

And this shows how much of a difference small settings like CPU clock and RAM timing can have. Because this is a CPU-bound game after all. Not like CyberPunk, which is primarily GPU-bound.
System comparison

Originally posted by DangerousWaste:

Originally posted by SylenThunder: Optimization is primarily done in Beta. We go over this in every thread just like yours that someone starts about once a month.

It doesn't matter that it's been ten years. The game isn't finished, and is still going through Alpha development. It's nearing the end, sure, but it isn't done yet.

If you need help getting better performance on your rig, open a thread in the correct forum section for that. Don't forget to do the needful.

And honestly, if you're tired of waiting, then don't. No one forced you to opt into an incomplete game with no announced end date.

You should try to learn to speak respectfully, if we bought this game, it is our right to demand the service to the end. While you say that you improve the optimisation in every update and shoot your mistakes in your face, now saying don't wait in a ridiculous way shows your incapacity.

I think that you don't understand what you purchased at all.

Might try to read the Steam Early Access PAQ again. All you purchased was the ability to experience a game while it was being developed. There is no promise of a final product. No promise of optimization, and a number of other developers have severely abused this. TFP is an example of doing EA the correct way. Though yes it is taking a long time, it's not an unheard-of amount of time in game development. The difference is that you have had access to play it the entire time, instead of only just hearing about it now when it's planned to be finished next year.

Optimization is only done to make an Alpha playable for the system specs advertised. Full optimization is done during Beta. The only incapacity here if for people like yourself to understand the reality of how game development and Early Access works.

Originally posted by EZP:

Originally posted by DangerousWaste: Admit what you've been through enough to call a computer with a 3060 graphics card a potato, you can't do it, you lie by saying we've optimised it, you don't offer a solution, is this how you will win players, by alienating us from the game we love?

For clarity, don't confuse a Steam moderator with an actual developer. Sylen isn't staff of TFP.

This is correct. And so far all I've provided are facts. It isn't arrogance. It's the honest truth. I can't help that you don't want to accept it.