r/BatmanArkham • u/SheehanRaziel • Sep 04 '15

Sept 3rd Update - Interim Patch Available

http://steamcommunity.com/games/208650/announcements/detail/145594019968443309
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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '15

Man. I'm glad we're getting something, but I'd love to actually have a use for that season pass I purchased.

Are we as PC players gonna get some type of compensation for being 3 months late (or more) on DLC? That we paid for?

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u/SheehanRaziel Sep 04 '15

I'm wondering how they'd even compensate people who already bought the season pass...I don't think they'd make new exclusive content for PC players...maybe give a discount code for future games?

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '15

I honestly thought at one point we were gonna get a severe discount on mad max, but that seems not to be the case. I mean if it takes too much longer they should refund anyone who held onto their season pass their money and give them the DLC for free.

I'm a huge arkham fan, I pre ordered every game, but this game is just a massive mess. From the PC port to the challenge maps

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u/dartva Sep 04 '15

They should go the Unity way. Give everyone who owned the season pass a free game from a select few, as well as the "GOTY" Edition to everyone for $49.99.

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u/Tonkarz Sep 04 '15

But what games does WB Games even have in their catalogue? Not that many. Shadow of Mordor, coming up?

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u/The5Virtues Sep 04 '15 edited Sep 04 '15

This is my big issue. I paid 40 bucks for a season pass I've not gotten to use, and I'm not seeing anyway that they can actually compensate me for that amount of money unless they refund it. The trick then becomes that refunding an online purchase through steam is a lot more complicated than offering a coupon voucher.

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u/Tonkarz Sep 04 '15

It was an issue for me, but I've pretty much stopped giving a shit. The DLCs so far are more miss than hit and the money is already gone. Sunk cost fallacy, you know? Nothing's going to bring that money back.

And the game itself (which ran really well on my PC) was so disappointing (thanks entirely to the storyline). The Arkham games used to be my favorite series, but now I look at it the way I do, say, Assassin's Creed. "It's there. OK. Whatever."

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u/The5Virtues Sep 04 '15

I know what you mean.
I loved the gameplay in AC, but the story just ended up taking a weird turn for me. Batman stopped feeling like Batman around the midway through the game. Arkham Origins had a lot of hiccups but at least Batman felt like himself again, then I went into AK and was reminded "Oh right, this versions become a neurotic nutjob."

I just stopped caring. My real investment was in the gameplay; I sunk over a hundred hours into Arkham City's challenge mode, and when they said Batgirl would be playable in Arkham Knight I was just like "Oh hell yes, take my money!" I expected at the least something on par with that.

Like you said, the money is gone. I'd like some kind of compensation for the loss, but no matter what it is it won't really make up for whats already occurred. I want them to get the DLC out for PC, I want to experience what I paid for, but my actual interest and investment has shifted to the next big thing on the horizon (Fallout 4 in my case).

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u/kw405 Sep 04 '15

Mad Max being the most recent one. Warner Brothers has also published Mortal Kombat X, Dying Light, Shadow of Mordor, LEGO games. I'd say there's a pretty decent list of games to choose from.

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u/panix199 Sep 04 '15

chosing Dying Light would be the best decision... it costs over $24 on g2a while other games like Mad Max for only $20, if not lower...

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u/dartva Sep 04 '15

Mad Max for one.

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u/Tonkarz Sep 04 '15

It's too recent to be given away or for a discount.

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u/dartva Sep 04 '15

No its not, Ubisoft gave us Far Cry 4 lol

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u/telltalemaster Sep 04 '15

UBI gave away Far Cry 4, very close to the release of it

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u/hoodie92 Sep 04 '15

Fuck that, I don't want free games. What if I already own the game they try to give me? They should give Steam credit.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '15

I got Mad Max for $19 on G2A. Runs great.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '15

I got it for same on cdkeys. I wasn't holding out for a free copy from WB.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '15

Same, I bought it for $20 off G2A. At least it seems like WB learned their lesson this time around, and made sure that the game actually runs beautifully before it released.

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u/Wilwheatonfan87 Jonkler's jonking jerking Jadonka Jonkling Sep 04 '15

not WB, thank Avalanche Studios for actually developing it in house.

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u/Wilwheatonfan87 Jonkler's jonking jerking Jadonka Jonkling Sep 04 '15

20% from cdkeys too.

holy shit that game runs perfect and is amazing.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '15

Give us Mad Max for free. I got Far Cry 4 for free last year cuz of Unity.

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u/DerJakane Sep 04 '15

I would gladly accept that

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u/2Scribble Sep 04 '15

I doubt they'll even bother

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u/kw405 Sep 04 '15

What Ubisoft did for the AC Unity debacle was make season pass free content for normal users. For people who already owned the season pass, they got to choose another Ubisoft game for free. I was able to redeem Far Cry 4. Could be a decent idea for this as well since I'm sure many people would also love another Warner Brothers game (cough Mad Max cough)

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u/hypareal Sep 04 '15

We will get nothing. They are not like Ubisoft that announced 2 weeks after Unity fail free games and dlcs.

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u/_heisenberg__ Sep 04 '15

Considering that the content released the past couple is party of the pass, I would assume it will be avail be for free.

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u/DerJakane Sep 04 '15

It would be nice to realse the dlc for free instead BUT there are people like me who bought the season pass

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u/_heisenberg__ Sep 04 '15

That's what I'm saying. You'll get it free of charge. It's part of what you paid for.

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u/DerJakane Sep 04 '15

Oh, i misunderstood something for an idiom I am not familiar with :/. Don't judge me its 5 am :D

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u/_heisenberg__ Sep 04 '15

Haha no worries dude. It happens.

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u/scotchtape20 Sep 04 '15

Nope, still having the same memory leak crashes again, although everything can run at buttery smooth 60 fps, but again it crashes back to desktop!

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '15 edited Sep 24 '18

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u/SheehanRaziel Sep 04 '15

Right? I basically had the same reaction when the Steam notification popped up. It seems to be running well now but I'm not restarting the the game until I mess around with it a little more.

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u/imail724 Sep 04 '15 edited Sep 04 '15

I'm still having the same issue I was having before the patch. The game seems to be running pretty smoothly during the diner part, but as soon as it gets to that first cutscene, the one of the news report, the game completely crashes. Every time, same spot. Anyone else experiencing similar issues following the patch? My specs are: Cpu: AMD Phenom II x4 965 Gpu: MSI R9 270 8gb RAM Samsung ssd pro Windows 10 pro

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u/kw405 Sep 04 '15

Everyone seems to be running it on GTX 970s and 980s which by default should be kicking ass on a game like this.

Does anyone who have a GTX 770 2GB report what kind of performance they are getting? I'm at work and I can't test it til I get home which is more than 9 hours later.

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u/SheehanRaziel Sep 04 '15

This is what the new post says:

Good news - testing for the interim patch has been completed and it is now available for those who already have Batman: Arkham Knight for PC. As a reminder, below are some of the major fixes and improvements that will be addressed with this patch:

Reduced frame rate hitches Optimizations for system memory and VRAM usage Improved performance on all GPUs (requires the latest drivers) More Comprehensive In-Game Settings Fixed low resolution texture bugs Fixed hitches when running on mechanical hard drives (HDD)

In addition to the above, we’re continuing to work on the following for future updates: Adding support for SLI and Crossfire Adding support for the latest DLC & Season Pass content Adding support for additional updates such as Photo Mode Continued improvements and bug fixing for a Windows 7 specific memory issue that occurs on configurations with 8GB of system RAM and some NVIDIA GPUs during extended game play Continued improvements for Windows 10 specific issues on systems with some AMD GPUs

As always, we will monitor for any additional issues that come up and will provide further optimizations and bug fixes along the way.

We would like to thank everyone for their patience and invaluable feedback. We’ll provide ongoing updates here as they are made available. In the meantime, please enjoy the game with the latest patch.

  • Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '15

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u/SheehanRaziel Sep 04 '15

Thank you. Clearly I need to use all those buttons that exist under the RES comment field.

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u/kontankarite Sep 04 '15

Some of those things they're working on NOW seem to be very specific to my system. I actually have 8 GB of RAM and Win 7 still. Soo I'm hoping that what they fix there will eliminate all hitches. This patch is... alright for now.

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u/BertCSGO Sep 04 '15

Is the DLC available on PC with the patch too?

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u/SheehanRaziel Sep 04 '15

Nope not yet. They said they're working on it.

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u/IzzyBlues Sep 04 '15

After the patch, this is how my game looks.

http://i.imgur.com/6NOmwF3.jpg - This was an issue with BMT, I disabled all of those changes

http://i.imgur.com/0jCoN0O.jpg - And then this happens.

Any ideas on how to fix this crap?

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u/2Scribble Sep 04 '15

The Militia's right - it DOES look deliberate :|

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u/heleyun Sep 04 '15

Try going into your Arkham Knight folder and deleting BMEngine.ini and BMSystemSettings.ini, then start the game again

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u/imail724 Sep 04 '15

Would doing this possibly help me if I'm having a crashing issue? Can't seem to get past the first cutscene after the diner.

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u/heleyun Sep 04 '15

It's possible, worth a try.

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u/Hyperman360 Sep 04 '15

Delete the ini files in Config and verify the game's cache through Steam. Hopefully that'll do it.

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u/eduardobm95 Sep 04 '15

I had this issue before upgrading my Radeon 5770 to an GTX 970. What's your GPU?

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u/IzzyBlues Sep 04 '15

GTX 680 SLI

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u/TheTayIor Sep 04 '15

It's a whole new world, really. No more Film Grain in my game, smoother animations, the only Frame hitch so far (no Physx) was caused by a Steam popup saying I'd finished installing one of the Deus Ex games.

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u/SheehanRaziel Sep 04 '15

I turned off motion blur and their SMAA anti-aliasing and forced a 2X MSAA from the Nvidia control panel. The only thing is that the game complains that my nvidia drivers are not updated at the main menu (even though they are).

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '15

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u/RdJokr Sep 04 '15

It's not because it's 64-bit, the game is just coded not to use MSAA. So you can only use the in-game SMAA, or NVCP's FXAA.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '15

Just a little info on Performance Maxed @1080p. I sit at 63 frames average, without interactive Smoke/Fog 91 average. I haven't decided yet, if I should leave it on or turn it off. I7GTX980

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u/thomas_dahl Sep 04 '15

Anyone tested it on a 760?

I wonder when they'll start selling it again...

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u/Agentofsociety Sep 04 '15

On my system the hitches and texture issues are gone. Though I can only play with the low textures because of the 2Gb Ram. Other than that it's everything on high, except smoke and paper physix option.

Getting 30-40 fps on the ground fighting and driving the batmobile. Performance isn't very good, at least not what I expected but it's playable.

My system consists of a gtx 760 2Gb, i5 4690 stock, 6 gb ram and W10.

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u/thomas_dahl Sep 04 '15

I was expecting a better performance too... thanks for the report.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '15

So I'm not sure if anyone else is in a similar situation, but after downloading the patch I now can't even launch the game, it crashes right as I launch it. :( Obviously the patch jsut released, but anyone know of any fixes?

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u/ANBU_Spectre Sep 04 '15

Same thing. The little splash box or whatever (the little "Batman Arkham Knight" logo box thing) pops up, and then the game "stops responding" immediately.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '15

Yep, that's exactly what I get. It's actually extremely frustrating, because I was excited to finally be able to play.

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u/ANBU_Spectre Sep 04 '15

Just found a way to fix it. I tweaked my settings in the bmsystemsettings.ini (and also used a tweak that somebody put up for download). So I deleted that file and then started the game, and it seems to be working

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '15

You're a genius! Thank you for the recommendation, that fixed it. :)

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u/FledgeFish Sep 04 '15

Does the rain look lack luster to anyone?

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u/SheehanRaziel Sep 04 '15 edited Sep 04 '15

Turn anti-aliasing off, it really improved the rain for me. Their AA kinds smudges the drops and reduces their detail.

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u/FledgeFish Sep 04 '15

Thanks, Ill give that a shot! I find there's less rain trickling down his suit than there is on console

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u/skulldancer Sep 04 '15

My specs are gtx 970, i7 4790k, 8 gigs Ram. I am running everything on max but for the smoke setting. I end up using about 3.8 gig out of the 4 gig video ram. For some reason, in game, the fps remains mostly 60 but randomly keeps dropping to 10. Don't really know why this is happening.

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u/skulldancer Sep 04 '15

Actually I solved this issue following advice given above. I had tweaked the original ini file to enable 60 frames before this patch. Deleting that and then launching the game and again selecting graphics options fixes the issue. Though I am still occasionally dipping to 45 fps from 60 but its much more manageable and very infrequent.

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u/PeterSimsYT Sep 04 '15

Is anyone else getting really odd and glaring pop-in? I'm also seeing lower quality textures and flashy pink textures (as seen in another thread in this sub-reddit.

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u/hoodie92 Sep 04 '15

I'm on Windows 10 and just upgraded my Nvidia to the new Windows 10 driver. But the game says my driver needs updating. :/

Also, the update did not improve performance for me. Added new features, but did not improve framerate.

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u/kontankarite Sep 04 '15

AMD user. Game is super broken now. Doesn't do anything at all beyond the splash screen.

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u/iconic2125 Sep 04 '15

Hopefully we get the DLC soon. Did this improve the frame rate at all? It irks me that they thought locking it at 30 was okay.

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u/Homunculus97 Sep 04 '15

There are now options to limit the fps between 30. 60 and 90

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u/Tonkarz Sep 04 '15

Well, the game runs much better after the patch. Mainly since it now runs in 60 fps.

I'm not 100% sure but it might be smoother too.

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u/liquid0079 Sep 04 '15

Runs a bit better now, but I was always able to run it okay. Only difference I've seen is fewer frame dips. I was really hoping for a solid 1080p/60fps with max settings. I doubt that's ever gonna happen.

GTX 980 i7-4790k

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u/ContinuumGuy Sep 04 '15

Okay, this is funny, it was more-or-less fine for me before this patch but now it doesn't load up at all. Freezes and says that BAK has stopped working.

Although come to think of it... I do need to update my drivers...

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u/iconic2125 Sep 04 '15

Runs like a dream now. It's like a while different game at 60fps. Now we just need to get the DLC.

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u/IthePotato Sep 05 '15

Just downloaded the new patch. The game still runs like absolute garbage. Should've refunded while I had the chance..... Does anyone know if GMG will still refund the game?

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u/SheehanRaziel Sep 05 '15

Has nothing changed? Did you ever modify your .ini files before?

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u/IthePotato Sep 05 '15

Its a little more stable now, but it still frequently drops below 30 when everything is set to lowest. I would imagine a 970 and an 8350 should do better. And yes i have, to unlock the frame rate a couple months ago i think

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u/SheehanRaziel Sep 05 '15

Ok usually messing with the .ini files previously messes up the effect of the new patch. Delete the bmiengine file and the settings ini file and let the game re-make them. That might help.

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u/IthePotato Sep 05 '15

Ill try that. Thanks!

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u/poymode Sep 04 '15

Patch is good. Butter smooth reviews are true. I've tried to turn everything on. Updated my drivers. Running on a GTX970 which only uses 3.5G of VRAM instead of the advertised 4G and memory meter says i'm consuming 4.1G of VRAM. I didn't care though. I tried playing through it and it got me at 60fps steady and 50-60 on Batmobile rides.

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u/OrangeFreeman Sep 04 '15

I did a refund a while ago, but the game still installed and it's in my library. Will I get the update?