FromSoftware launched a small replace for Elden Ring on July 4 that makes a number of steadiness tweaks and points some bug fixes to the sport within the wake of the discharge of the Shadow of the Erdtree growth. However these adjustments had been overshadowed by growing frustration from gamers at From’s angle to fixing the sport’s persistent efficiency points.
On all platforms, however particularly PC, Elden Ring suffers from an inconsistent body fee that struggles to reliably hit 60 frames per second, even within the sport’s efficiency mode. However From has hardly ever instantly addressed the issue in patches, typically suggesting gamers make tweaks themselves as a substitute.
Within the patch notes for replace 1.12.3, From included a piece titled “Attainable unstable efficiency fixes.” Right here, the developer advised PlayStation 5 gamers experiencing unstable body charges reboot their consoles in protected mode and use the “rebuild database” possibility. PC gamers had been directed to disable third-party mouse purposes and to make sure ray tracing hadn’t been unintentionally enabled. And From requested PC gamers seeing an unwarranted anti-cheat message to “please confirm the integrity of the sport’s recordsdata earlier than restarting the sport.”
“It’s completely wild to me that as a substitute of patching efficiency they proceed to advocate placebo fixes,” wrote one commenter on Reddit. “Efficiency points? We expect its you, yep. Now go forward and do stuff no different sport requires, as a result of its your PCs/PS5 fault,” one other wrote.
Gaming tech consultants Digital Foundry just lately revisited their evaluation of Elden Ring after Shadow of the Erdtree’s launch and located that “long-standing tech points stay unaddressed.”
“Seemingly no good progress has been made […] after two years,” Digital Foundry reported. “Few builders match this studio’s craft in world-building and 3D fight. However on each platform, we’re seeing a developer that ignores key technical points again and again. […] Shadow of the Erdtree’s launch as soon as once more reminds us that apparent, persistent points within the studio’s output are being ignored.”
Elsewhere within the patch notes, From famous adjustments it had truly made to enhance the sport, together with nerfing the Swift Slash ability in player-versus-player fight, extending the throwing assault vary of the Smithscript Dagger and Cirque, and altering placement of the bosses within the second encounter with Golden Hippopotamus and Commander Gaius. From additionally mounted plenty of bugs, together with one which triggered enemies to heal themselves always after having their heath decreased by the Black Knife Tiche summon.
