{"id":77878,"date":"2015-06-29T13:00:19","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T11:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=77878"},"modified":"2015-06-29T13:08:27","modified_gmt":"2015-06-29T11:08:27","slug":"batman-arkham-knights-new-patch-a-pc-and-console-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/77878-batman-arkham-knights-new-patch-a-pc-and-console-comparison","title":{"rendered":"Batman: Arkham Knight’s new patch \u2013 a PC and console comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"

After PC sales of Batman: Arkham Knight<\/em> were halted<\/a> due to the sheer amount of problems experienced by gamers<\/a>, we finally have news regarding a patch.<\/p>\n

And just to rub salt into the wound, a recent PC versus console comparison as well as PC benchmarks have indicated quite clearly how broken the PC port still is.<\/p>\n

The promises for PC gamers<\/h3>\n

Firstly, Warner Bros. has promised a number of fixes to the assortment of problems in the PC version.<\/p>\n

Here are the key areas of concern for Rocksteady in their active role to address the game:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • Support for frame rates above 30FPS in the graphics settings menu<\/li>\n
  • Fix for low resolution texture bug<\/li>\n
  • Improve overall performance and framerate hitches<\/li>\n
  • Add more options to the graphics settings menu<\/li>\n
  • Improvements to hard drive streaming and hitches<\/li>\n
  • Address full screen rendering bug on gaming laptops<\/li>\n
  • Improvements to system memory and VRAM usage<\/li>\n
  • NVIDIA SLI bug fixes<\/li>\n
  • Enabling AMD Crossfire<\/li>\n
  • NVIDIA and AMD updated drivers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Very little has been addressed in the first patch<\/h3>\n

    The first patch for the game recently became available yesterday for PC gamers.<\/p>\n

    The patch fixed a bug which disabled rain effects and ambient occlusion. However, for many it did not improve performance, and the 30fps cap still remains.<\/p>\n

    Although it has been promised that they will eventually reach a positive status quo, we seemingly have a long way to go.<\/p>\n

    Here are the release notes for the first PC path:<\/p>\n

      \n
    • Fixed a crash that was happening for some users when exiting the game.<\/li>\n
    • Fixed a bug which disabled rain effects and ambient occlusion. We are actively looking into fixing other bugs to improve this further.<\/li>\n
    • Corrected an issue that was causing Steam to re-download the game when verifying the integrity of the game cache through the Steam client.<\/li>\n
    • Fixed a bug that caused the game to crash when turning off Motion Blur in BmSystemSettings.ini. A future patch will enable this in the graphics settings menu.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      A PC versus Xbox One analysis: post patch<\/h3>\n

      If you’re wondering how the PC version now compares to console versions of\u00a0Batman: Arkham Knight<\/em>, have a look at the video below.<\/p>\n