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Framerate often stutters with low-end GPU. Manually editing the config files is needed for smooth framerate.
In drive_c/users/(username)/Saved Games/TangoGameworks/GhostWire Tokyo (EGS)/Saved/Config, there are two config files: Engine.ini & GameUserSettings.ini.
Open Engine.ini. You'll see the label [Core.System]. Under it, there are many variables. You're gonna write your own label & variables. Be sure none of them mix with [Core.System]. At the end of the config file, press Enter twice, & add these lines of text which force-enable fog:
[SystemSettings]
r.VolumetricFog=1
r.Fog=1
Then, open GameUserSettings.ini. Scroll down till you see the label [ScalabilityGroups]. Make sure the variables under it look like this:
sg.ResolutionQuality=100.000000
sg.ViewDistanceQuality=2
sg.AntiAliasingQuality=2
sg.ShadowQuality=1
sg.PostProcessQuality=2
sg.TextureQuality=2
sg.EffectsQuality=2
sg.FoliageQuality=2
sg.ShadingQuality=2
When ShadowQuality < 3, fog is disabled. Fog is important in this game, so that's why we force-enable it.
Rarely, the audio may crack for a bit.
Minor ghosting can be seen sometimes, especially when the leaves of plants move or when reflections move.
The framerate often stutters.
By default, many of the graphics options are maxed out & can't be changed in-game. They can only be changed in the config files.
With the version of GE-Proton I used, this game will mimic a not-so interactive slideshow.
When the game freezes on the load screen, my mouse cursor also freezes or becomes invisible. When it's invisible, it may let me click or not. Either way, my cursor eventually starts behaving normally.
When I played this game on my HDD & on Windows 10, it'd lag a tiny bit when loading into a ship & when traversing the world, but it'd still run pretty smooth.
However, when running this game with GE-Proton9-13, loading into a ship takes around one minute, & the game often freezes on the load screen. After I load in, the game stutters heavily when I try to move; though, it still stuttered somewhat while I stayed stationary. Surprisingly, loading into another region (like Retem) didn't take long.
If the slow, freezing, steal-your-mouse load screen isn't frustrating enough, the game stutters far too much for you to process what's happening.
Try a different version of GE-Proton.
Runs natively with GE-Proton8-32 on an HDD. The performance is just as good as when I played on my SSD.
In my last report, I mentioned that, on Windows 10, this game ran pretty smooth with minimal lag on my HDD. (I was using an old Dell Optiplex 9020 with the same GPU as now. Later, I upgraded everything besides the GPU, & the game ran even better on my new SSD. At that point, I didn't test the performance on my HDD.)
Now, I'm running the game on my second HDD with GE-Proton8-32, & it runs just as good as on my SSD.
Try using GE-Proton8-32. In my experience, the game wouldn't run with Proton Experimental, & it even ran poorly with GE-Proton9-13 & GE-Proton9-11.
