Performance issues / low FPS

My settings:

Also, I'm using a G-Sync monitor at 120Hz.

There is definitely something wrong with the current build of game. Same performance happens when using GeforceNOW Ultimate tier, so this isn't a problem on my end. 

Not sure if this was the case previously, since I only bought the game recently.

Yeah, zooming all the way out has always cause the FPS to drop in the 20ish range. Doesn't really matter what kind of system you got. From my understanding it's a very hard if not impossible problem to solve at the moment. Thankfully we don't spend much time playing zoomed out all the way! Performance when zoomed at normal level has gotten better from build to build though and gives enjoyable FPS I find.

 

That's dissapointing to put it mildly. It's really jarring having the game this choppy. Having separate sectors was a huge deal, yet - for some reason - they can't code the map feature properly. I do tend to zoom out a lot, especially in later stages where you have to manage multiple fix.

Using debug - zoomed out the engine is doing 4000-5500 draw calls meaning it's probably FUBAR'd.
Did they comment previously on why they can't fix such a glaring issue?

Not to my knowledge. I'll make sure your concerns are forwarded to the community team though.

That would be cool, thanks.
In my opinion, good priorities for further development would be:

1. polishing the UI and fixing its many bugs
2. further performance improvements
3. polishing event text so that voice overs match what's being read by the AI 

It's a cool game but I feel the ongoing lack of polish is really holding it back from greatness.

Hey thx for that feedback! Do you have specifics things that comes to mind as far as UI and bugs ?

On 3. that's by design; the voice over wasn't meant to be a word for word read of the text on screen. Still, I've shared your opinions along

Yes, I did post screenshots in this thread:

https://forums.galciv4.com/533950/page/1/#3960740

Some of them are minor, others are bugs.

• there is a lot of spacing and alignment issues in general
• there is missing spacing in between UI elements - like text and buttons
• there's instances where text overlaps or is cut-off by UI elements
• different problems manifest depending on what UI scaling is used (different spacing, UI glitches, etc.)
  
  A good UI follows a design system, something like this:
  
  

So in short - spacing, margins and paddings are incoherent accross the entire UI.
Padding is a web design term, but I think it safely applies to GalCiv's 4 buttons in this instance.

If it's a design choice then it's a little bit confusing for me, as I find it harder focus on the message.
It's like watching a movie where the subtitles on the screen don't match what the characters are saying.
Again, just confusing - do I listen to the audio, or do I read the message? Or do I do both at the same time?
Hope this makes sense.

It does Thx for all the details!

Why exactly is the game using 100% of my GPU while looking at nothing?
Is there no back-face culling? There doesn't seem to be any sort of optimization techniques coded in the game.

Are there any plans to ever optimize this game or do developers think this is an acceptable state of affairs?

Well, zoomed out or not, but 15 fps is pretty unplayble sadly.

10 fps looking at this scene.

That's really strange. I'm getting 100ish FPS when looking at this screen. Using the latest Nvidia drivers. I have the whole gigantic map revealed as well. When zooming out, yeah the FPS does go down, but when I zoom back in and only look at one sector, or one part of a sector, it goes back up quickly.

Also latest drivers. Don't know what's up, but something is definitely wrong with the game.

Can't really play with this sort of performance so I guess that's it for me. Maybe Stardock will eventually decide to optimize the game properly, but I'm not holding my breath really.

It's also really dissapointing that there's zero help from the developer, nobody proposes any solutions or troubleshooting steps, there's just radio silence about the issue.