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Hey, AWSMDAWSOM25!
Sorry to hear the game seems to be acting up on your computer. This is definitely not expected behaviour. Would you mind helping us out by letting us know what operating system you are on and what version of the game you are running (32 or 64)? Also, what resolution is your monitor and what resolution the game running at?
Thanks!
-Andrew
That is much appreciated and I'm glad it seems to working as intended now!
I'll continue looking into things on my end. I know that I have had issues with antivirus and other software causing issues with how the game runs, though nothing performance related. If it ever acts up again, feel free to let us know!
- Andrew
Hi, I may have a solution, but I can't test it.
In addition, I have unfortunately never done anything with the Unity Engine.
For me, the CPU (60-80%) & GPU (100%) also burns quite a bit:
I found that the FPS (frames per second) is quite high: 2000-4000 + FPS.
See: 4 Quick Ways to See a PC Game’s FPS (Frames Per Second)
This may be solved with this setting:
Application.targetFrameRate = 60;
Möglicherweise benötigt man noch das hier:
QualitySettings.vSyncCount = 1;
See:
Unfortunately, I don't know how I can test this myself. Whether there is software that limits the FPS.
If you create a package for me, I can test it.
HI Cyb10101!
Thank you for such a detailed investigation! I'll have to look into this as I do believe vsync should be on by default, which will limit the frame rate to the refresh rate of the monitor (which is preferred over setting a hard cap). Clearly, it seems to not be the case on some computers as even high end monitors would only update at 144Hz.
I'm going to spend some time tonight looking into this and try making a new build as the windows versions on itch are slightly out of date anyway (the Steam version had a few extra updates to address Steam specific issues). I will update this thread when I have uploaded a new set of builds!
UPDATE
I believe I may have found the bug. If you don't mind testing something with the current build:
It looks like the lowest (Fast and Fastest) settings have VSync turned off, which makes sense as, if you have a low end computer vsync may cause very low frame rates. With Vsync turned off there can be a boost to the frame rate for lower end computers (at the cost of screen tearing).
The proper fix will be to expose the VSync option in the menu which I will try to get into the next update!
- Andrew
The launcher, and holding ctrl at launch, is a actually a Unity feature. That said, some developers opt to have it disabled while other games show the launcher at every boot, so your experience with other games will vary. We have ours set to be hidden by default but still accessible by holding ctrl. Games running on newer versions of Unity will have it disabled as this is a feature Unity is trying to phase out in favour of giving the player in game options.
I'll also mention that other games may have other settings for quality as they are customizable and, like some of the features in Mortician's Tale, can also be ignored and overridden by the game. Fore example, shadows and resolution can be set in game and will override the launcher settings. In general I prefer having the options in game and will be adding VSync to the options menu in the next update and will have it turned on by default going forward.
- Andrew
Hi MopfinSmiley!
We've had a few reports of computer setups that have this issue and we believe it may be related to out audio middleware not initializing correctly. I'm looking into the best way to handle this but it will take some time. In the meantime, are you using headphones or another audio device? Some players have had luck by changing the audio output in windows to a different device before booting the game.
When a fix is ready we will update and post to let everyone know it's been addressed.
- Andrew
Alright! Thank you Andrew for the quick answer. I don't think I've been using headphones when I was trying out the game but I am not sure. I can definitely experiment a little and see whether it works with/without them.
Don't worry about it taking time. I know that and it's completely ok. Please take all the time you need!
Hi, the.blue.bunny!
Sorry you are running into this. UnityPlayer.dll is necessary to run the game as it contains the code for the engine we use and is bundled with the zip of the game. I just double checked to be sure, and the windows downloads (both the 32 bit and 64 bit versions) have the dll at the root of the zip file. Can you check whether the UnityPlayer.dll is still beside the morticianstale.exe file wherever you have it extracted?
If you've extracted everything but the dll is missing, something may be moving or deleting it. You'll need the correct version of the dll for the game to run, so taking the dll from another source likely won't work (and I would strongly recommend not using any UnityPlayer.dll files you may find on the internet as they may be malicious).
Do you have antivirus software running? It's possible that it is quarantining the file when it gets extracted.
- Andrew
Hi Madamhyde!
This sound more like an issue outside of the game but I can try and help. What operating system and browser are you using?
Some possibilities:
Hope things get sorted for you soon.
- Andrew
Hi Ginger93!
This is strange since the game doesn't talk over the internet at all, as far as I know. We had analytics at one point but removed them quite some time ago.
Could you describe how the issue is presenting on your computer? Are downloads failing or other online applications lagging when playing?
- Andrew
I actually ended up figuring it out and I thought that I might post the solution on here incase anybody has the same issue.
I didn't have any hardware issues and everything was performing fine but my speeds went from the normal 300+mbps download and 15-20+mbps upload to 0.5mpbs download and 0.3mpbs upload. It was really weird and only happened when I had the game running.
Even though there wasn't an issue with my GPU, I used the solution that you posted for person who had their GPU maxed out with the game and took it off of the "Fastest" setting and my internet speeds fully came back. I don't know what it is with your "Fastest" setting but it seems to not agree with some computers.
It actually agrees a little too much with some computers! The framerate runs uncapped on the fastest setting so if you have a strong computer it will run the game as fast as possible, using up resources and making the framerate unreasonably high. A fix for this (being able to toggle vsync from inside the game) is still in the works. When it's ready, I'll post on the forums so everybody can get the latest version.
- Andrew
Hi Agonychristie!
Sorry you are running into this with your games. There are a few things to look into, if you haven't already.
If none of those work, feel free to let us know and include a screenshot of the error. Since the issue seems to likely be something conflicting with Unity games in general, I can only help so much but I'll do the best I can!
- Andrew
