Update 4 - The Dead Man's ALIVE!

23 Feb 2018Developer post

Source: Steam Community (opens in a new tab)

Ahoy fellow Pinball Lovers!

Thanks for all the great feedback!

Performance Update - new Render Quality setting

Up to and including Update 3 we optimized the game to reach >60 fps in hd / 1920x1080 on mid range graphics cards with the highest possible render quality and fully dynamic lighting, thus the recommended hardware requirements.

In Update 4 we optimized a lot further, targeting a far wider range of GPUs and higher resolutions. The new Render Quality setting offers new high performance graphics feature presets. Changing this setting will take effect the next time you start the game.

Thanks to the Unreal Engine 4's new volumetric light maps even the moving objects keep looking awesome with precomputed lighting. So if you're out for more fps or a higher resolution you should definitely try the new settings!

Render Quality levels

Low (Experimental) is suitable for many integrated GPUs and low end graphics cards, many graphics features are turned off, uses forward rendering and precomputed lighting. This quality level is a work in progress and will change over time.
Medium uses mainly precomputed lighting and is suitable for low range graphics cards and mid range integrated GPUs.
High mixes precomputed with real time lighting, graphics features are optimized for performance.
Epic uses fully dynamic real time lighting for all lights and high end graphics features for the best possible render quality. This matches the only available render quality of Update 3.

On a GTX 970 / i5 2500K / 1920x1080 changing render quality, leaving the other graphics quality settings on epic, using cam 4:
Low ~260 fps (limited by cpu), Medium ~160 fps, High ~115-135 fps, Epic ~ 65-80 fps

And for a quick boost on epic settings we added the option to configure Distance Field AO and Screen Space Reflections separately - disabling these nets around 10-25% more fps in epic render quality.

Cabinet users rejoice: Portrait orientation now supported in "Fullscreen" too!

In addition to the screen mode "Windowed Fullscreen", which has worked in portrait orientation since release, you can now also choose full screen portrait resolutions.

Enabling portrait mode (vertical screen)

Set the display orientation to "Portrait" in the windows display settings: RMB on empty desktop -> Display settings -> Orientation: Portrait
Start the game (optionally: choose a resolution and/or screen mode in Options/Graphics)
Select camera 6 -> Enjoy ːsteamhappyː