I have worked at DF since 2018 - and the amount of Unreal Engine games that do not have the engine-typical stutter from Shaders/Traversal is very low. My reviews definitely follow a pattern: "game is interesting, does some cool tech things but it still stutters". - ThreadSky

dachsjaeger.bsky.social • 27 days ago

I have worked at DF since 2018 - and the amount of Unreal Engine games that do not have the engine-typical stutter from Shaders/Traversal is very low. My reviews definitely follow a pattern: "game is interesting, does some cool tech things but it still stutters".

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tofu-mommy.bsky.social•26 days ago

Welcome to modern gaming where native titles give you an experience similar to an emulator with all the stutter. With some games, I developed habits to try to catch as many shaders as possible quickly after each update or scenario where the cache is gone.

dachsjaeger.bsky.social•27 days ago

When a game comes out on any other engine I at least go into it not knowing what to completely expect on a technical level, and can end up being greatly surprised by the smoothness. With Unreal that for sure is not the case.

dachsjaeger.bsky.social•27 days ago

Reading that Blog put out by Epic and watching the stream I could not help but notice that a core advice is "use the latest version". Not necessarily a realistic proposition for a long-term development. Even then, the latest version does not fix the issue.
https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/tech-blog/game-engines-and-shader-stuttering-unreal-engines-solution-to-the-problem

dachsjaeger.bsky.social•27 days ago

The latest verisons of UE5 still will stutter, just in fewer scenarios than before potentially. One only need look at Fortnite to see that is the case - which still stutters. It only being potentially solved in a nebulous future is not encouraging for the next years of releases.

derpychap.co.uk•27 days ago

the fact that Fortnite still stutters does not bode well for other developers. while there have been instances where developers haven't done enough to prevent performance problems, if Epic themselves can't completely solve it then realistically who can?

dachsjaeger.bsky.social•27 days ago

It would have been nice if Epic started to focus core smoothness issues from the outset in the middle 2015-2019 era of its development. During that time the reports were already there about how poor the experiences were. Graphics demos and console development were seemingly prioritised back then.

dachsjaeger.bsky.social•27 days ago

Only now open broaching smoothness in 2025 is trying to solve it retroactively instead of proactively from the beginning - which is ironically against Epic's own advice about how to manage these things using their own engine. Anyway, I look forward to the day when I stop having to beat the drum.

carltspeak.bsky.social•27 days ago

Hopefully frame times as consistent as your drum beats aren't too far away.

calverz.bsky.social•27 days ago

Could this work potentially fix Dead Space Remake on pc? Or would games need patching?

dodgerfanla.bsky.social•27 days ago

Has anyone done a deep dive or technical analysis on why that is? Like what in their engine causes it?

And why others can seemingly avoid the issue?

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