Digital Foundry: Star Wars Jedi Survivor, from one of the worst PC ports to one of the best. Updated 1/11/24 patch notes article.

[Gamernyc78]

But...


Mostly the same issues as before.

• Menu is still somewhat buggy albeit less than before. Sometimes the mouse disappears and it won't register your inputs
• DLSS is far better than FSR. Cleaner image, less fizzling, better particles resolve
• CPU-limited performance at low settings has dramatically improved by as much as 25% on a Ryzen 3600 or up to 50% on a 12900K
• Shader compilation appears on screen at every boot and take 40 seconds on a 12900K but does nothing after the first round
• Still a stuttery mess no matter your system
• CPU-limited performance has not improved at Epic or even High settings, it will still tank
• Frame generation does little to alleviate all the issues. The frame rate is nominally twice as high but the stutters are still just as bad
• Animation rate and camera still have the same problem where they skip ahead

Updated 1/11/24 added patch notes

PATCH NOTES

Check out the latest updates to Star Wars Jedi: Survivor on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.

www.ea.com

Patch 8 Details - January 11​

Patch 8 for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor arrives today for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X | S.
This patch introduces two new features and several improvements to Slow Motion in order to make Star Wars Jedi: Survivor accessible to even more players.

• A new high contrast mode allows players to desaturate the environment and use colors specifically for narrative and gameplay elements, making them stand out more.
• A new audio ping functionality allows players to both passively and actively ping the environment, giving the ability to echolocate objects and interactable elements nearby.
• This update includes additional slow motion presets. With this new implementation players can toggle between both their own custom value and three new presets.
  • The presets are set at 30%, 50% and 75% and available through the shortcut menu. This will allow users to switch between multiple different slow motion values, and not just the custom value and the default game speed.

You can find more information on all of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor’s accessibility features here.
This patch also incorporates some fixes for performance and stability across all platforms.
We’re so grateful for the feedback you’ve provided and pleased with the refinements we’ve been able to bring to Star Wars Jedi: Survivor thus far. Of course, our team is always eager to learn more about our players’ needs, so don’t hesitate to let us know if you run into any additional issues.

PREVIOUS UPDATES​

Patch 7.5 Details - October 10​

 

[ToTTenTranz]

Around a month after release, I played this game around from start to finish on my system (Ryzen 9 5900X, RX 6900XT, NVMe PCIe 3 SSD), went close to 100% IIRC.


- FSR2 is fine.
- Performance maxed out at 4K and FSR2 Quality was 45-60 FPS. Perfectly acceptable.
- Traversal stutters did happen, but weren't anywhere near as bad as they claim it is.
- Have no idea about that mouse thing (why on earth would anyone play a 3rd person platformer with kb+m though?)


The game is fine. Haters gonna hate.

 

[John Elden Ring]

We recently had a new update for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, which brought major improvements to the performance mode on consoles.

Analyzing the new version of the game, Digital Foundry states that Star Wars Jedi: Survivor remains the "worst AAA PC port of 2023", even with the update bringing some improvements.

Among the new features, NVIDIA's DLSS technology has finally been added to the game. Still, performance is still not good enough, with many of the port's issues not having been fixed.One of the game's biggest problems at launch remains present.

Every time the game is opened there is a long shader pre-compilation process, which the channel considers unnecessary and probably a bug. It appears every time you open the game, even though it doesn't seem to do anything after the first time you open it - unnecessary user friction that feels a lot like a bug, still present five months after the game's release. The weird thing about this is that if the game actually pre-caches shaders, it's not doing a particularly good job. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor still has a bunch of shader compilation glitches during gameplay.

For those who depend on TAA or FSR 2, unfortunately the image quality continues to be well below standard. Luckily, RTX owners can now use DLSS, which "does wonders for the game's image quality."

Despite this, the performance remains disastrous. The stutters continue to occur during exploration, regardless of your hardware, which is caused by low CPU usage. On simpler graphics settings there was a small improvement, but on higher settings with Ray Tracing enabled it remains as bad as at launch.

The bottom line is that even on my high-end gaming system, you are CPU limited at reasonable graphics settings and especially with ray tracing. On an older mid-range processor, the game is still a disaster. Technically, the game is better, but that doesn't matter when the main problems since launch haven't been resolved.

 

[JAHGamer]

How is it one of the best with all of those issues?

 

[JAHGamer]

Around a month after release, I played this game around from start to finish on my system (Ryzen 9 5900X, RX 6900XT, NVMe PCIe 3 SSD), went close to 100% IIRC.


- FSR2 is fine.
- Performance maxed out at 4K and FSR2 Quality was 45-60 FPS. Perfectly acceptable.
- Traversal stutters did happen, but weren't anywhere near as bad as they claim it is.
- Have no idea about that mouse thing (why on earth would anyone play a 3rd person platformer with kb+m though?)


The game is fine. Haters gonna hate.

I prefer KBM for everything but racing, hack and slash, and fighting games.

 

[JAHGamer]

@Gamernyc78 just made a post saying that it’s now one of the best ports?? I’m confused

 

[Deleted member 223]

I thought the worst port was Redfall?

 

[Sircaw]

@Gamernyc78 just made a post saying that it’s now one of the best ports?? I’m confused

He and @John Elden Ring are at war about who gets to post first, they are now actively trying to sabotage each other.

It's a vicious circle.

 

[Killer_Sakoman]

Honestly, most of the games with performance problems are UE games. This game should've been done on Frostbite just like Dead Space

 

[Bryank75]

Damn, they fixed the PS5 one a while back....

It's definitely one of the reasons I have not re-embraced PC gaming. Even with Sony / PS doing so many things to push people away.

 

[Gamernyc78]

He and @John Elden Ring are at war about who gets to post first, they are now actively trying to sabotage each other.

It's a vicious circle.

My post said digital Foundry said it was a great port but within the body ppl were actually saying it has alot of issues still

 

[Gamernyc78]

Honestly, most of the games with performance problems are UE games. This game should've been done on Frostbite just like Dead Space

Yeah I like frost bite

 

[Banana]

Damn, they fixed the PS5 one a while back....

It's definitely one of the reasons I have not re-embraced PC gaming. Even with Sony / PS doing so many things to push people away.

You'll never go PC, you just like to threaten that.

 

[Gamernyc78]

PATCH NOTES

Check out the latest updates to Star Wars Jedi: Survivor on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.

www.ea.com

Patch 8 Details - January 11​

Patch 8 for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor arrives today for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X | S.
This patch introduces two new features and several improvements to Slow Motion in order to make Star Wars Jedi: Survivor accessible to even more players.

• A new high contrast mode allows players to desaturate the environment and use colors specifically for narrative and gameplay elements, making them stand out more.
• A new audio ping functionality allows players to both passively and actively ping the environment, giving the ability to echolocate objects and interactable elements nearby.
• This update includes additional slow motion presets. With this new implementation players can toggle between both their own custom value and three new presets.
  • The presets are set at 30%, 50% and 75% and available through the shortcut menu. This will allow users to switch between multiple different slow motion values, and not just the custom value and the default game speed.

You can find more information on all of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor’s accessibility features here.
This patch also incorporates some fixes for performance and stability across all platforms.
We’re so grateful for the feedback you’ve provided and pleased with the refinements we’ve been able to bring to Star Wars Jedi: Survivor thus far. Of course, our team is always eager to learn more about our players’ needs, so don’t hesitate to let us know if you run into any additional issues.

PREVIOUS UPDATES​

Patch 7.5 Details - October 10​

 

[Old Gamer]

I thought the worst port was Redfall?

That's the worst game anywhere, they are referring to games that run ok on console but like dogshit on PC.

Hard to buy the "one of the best ports now" line when most issues are still present LOL

 

[historia]

lmao one of the best.

 

[Systemshock2023]

Took em time. Fucking slackers doing coke on the job.

 

[Gamernyc78]

Took em time. Fucking slackers doing coke on the job.

Yeah Thyve been working on it awhile now.