[2019] Beta Client: Client Side Performance Gains

Hey Pathfinders,

We've released a special client-side update on a beta steam branch which will enable some recent client-side optimisations we've been testing internally. The gains are GPU related, so those who are pushing the game to the maximum settings (4k res etc) and with less powerful graphics cards should see the most improvements.

We'd like to release this to the public but some more hands-on feedback and notice about stability would be good. If you guys experience any crashes with this client, please feel free to share the error messages in here, alongside any relevant information. When an error message pops up, after closing it/accepting the message, it will automatically paste to your clipboard, so you can head to https://pastebin.com/ and share the error in there.

To access the branch, please restart your steam applications (log off of Steam and log back on), right-click ATLAS in your game library, head to properties, select the 'BETAS' tab, and in the dropdown menu, opt into the performancetest branch. It'll download a patch and your client will be v16.34.

You will still be able to play on the latest Official and Unofficial servers using this beta client.

Thanks guys!

Yup! There's optimization in the pineline

Thanks for your feedback so far everyone, getting a lot of messages on other platforms too that people are seeing positive results. Hopefully it remains stable.

Ah, I'll amend. May have been because I was on a special branch already before I swapped over

What happens if you don't use the beta?

There shouldn't really be a noticeable difference, you're welcome to give it a shot and let me know what your experiences are like

Should still be an improvement, but less likely to see gains versus others.

I'll talk to the team about it, but just keeping this thread focused on the GPU changes atm.

Alrighty so still noticing problems with SLI. Will let our tech team know.

yes please! If you could paste the stack into www.pastebin.com and send me the link, that would be helpful. Do you crash on the Official Network too?

Aye, this bug is on the top of our list. I was actually just talking to an engineer about it and I'm hoping we can get it resolved asap, sadly it's one of the more tricky ones. Additionally, it doesn't reproduce very well in our testing environment so we have to iterate on the live game to resolve it.

Sorry for going off topic!

Doesn't seem like the update went through properly? The client version seems incorrect.

Just a note folks, you'll need to OPT-OUT of the beta and back to the live branch for this upcoming major version. Just go to the beta tab and make sure you've not selected performancetest