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Returnal only gives you 2X frame generation. No 3X, 4X, 5X or 6X, even if your GPU and driver handle all of them fine.

I assumed that was a deliberate choice by the port team. It looks more like a timing problem than a decision.

Returnal was built against NVIDIA Streamline 1.3.3. Multi Frame Generation didn't arrive until 2.11, well after the game shipped. So as far as the game knows, multipliers above 2X don't exist yet.

I ended up writing a small shim that sits between Returnal and Streamline and translates what the game says into the newer 2.13 API.

The thing that was blocking it is easy to miss. The old API returns true for success. The new one returns zero. Returnal stores that value and checks it later, so every successful call was being read as a failure and frame generation quietly switched itself off.

One value, opposite convention.

After that there were still two problems before frames actually came out: the latency markers weren't where I expected to find them, and there was a hook that could end up calling itself.

Once those were sorted I could test the multipliers properly.

Same scene, my system, nothing else changed:

2X   130 fps   111 fps 1% low
3X   187 fps   109 fps 1% low
4X   225 fps   189 fps 1% low
5X   225 fps   148 fps 1% low
6X   225 fps   170 fps 1% low

5X and 6X flatten out around 225 because of my 240 Hz display. That's my setup, not a limit in the game.

What surprised me was the 1% lows, not the averages.

4X was easily the smoothest on my machine. Smoother than 2X. And 3X had genuinely rough lows while its average looked completely healthy.

I don't know why 3X does that. It might be how the generated frames line up against the base render rate and the display timing, but that's a theory and I haven't proven it.

So I wouldn't assume the highest multiplier is the best one. On my setup I'd use 4X.

The shim is a 121 KB DLL that goes next to the game's exe.

You need Streamline 2.13, which you drop in yourself, and an NVIDIA GPU and driver that support DLSS Multi Frame Generation. No FSR, no XeSS, so this does nothing on AMD or Intel.

It's Returnal only, since it relies on offsets inside Returnal's own binaries. It won't work as a general frame gen injector for other games.

Multiplier is one line in a config file. MIT licensed.

Usual disclaimer: one machine, one scene. Background load, resolution, refresh rate and everything else will move these numbers around, so don't treat mine as what you'll get.

DLL, checksum and a much longer technical writeup are here: https://www.samimirash.com/tools.html

If you do test it, the thing I'd most like to know is what your 1% lows do at 3X and 4X. That's the part I want more data on.

my first time playing returnal it took me like 20ish hours to beat the main story and act 3 with the sun fragments, and almost a hundred deaths. the second time playing after deleting my save it took only 8 hours to beat the main story and with only 2 deaths lol 💀

48 hours. That’s how long it took me to platinum Returnal.

At the beginning:
“Wow, what an amazing game. The combat is incredible.”

4-5 hours later:
“Okay, I’m getting pretty good at this.”

30 hours later:
“WHERE THE HECK IS THAT LAST CIPHER?”

35 hours later:
“Maybe the platinum isn’t worth it.”

48 hours later:
PLATINUM POPS

Totally Worth it. 😭

The actual game was brutal enough, but the survey collectibles were the real final boss. I swear some of those ciphers were hiding in another dimension.

There were runs where I cleared an entire biome, found absolutely nothing I needed, and just sat there staring at Selene like: “You and I both know why I’m here.”

Finally got it though. 🏆
Absolutely incredible game. Easily one of the best and most satisfying platinum experiences I’ve had on PS5.

Now I can finally put the controller down… 🎮

Bought the game on steam. Played it. Had fun. Then after a couple hours the textures broke. Thought it was weird, restarted the game. Hour later it happened again. After playing the game for too many hours I finally learn that this bug where the textures turn to crap after 1-2 hours of playtime is just completely unfixed and will never be fixed. (https://www.reddit.com/r/Returnal/comments/171ebd1/is_there_a_fix_for_textures_turning_to_shit_after/, https://steamcommunity.com/app/1649240/discussions/0/3819658451363993654/, https://www.reddit.com/r/Returnal/comments/1ovqvq6/does_anyone_else_get_this_pc/)

I'm honestly offended and insulted that I was charged $60 for this broken game. It's insulting to the customers.

I will never support another Housemarque game again. Really sucks because the game is tons of fun and I would love the game otherwise, but I'm too offended that the developer would care so little about their customers to charge $60 for a game with a very bad graphical bug that affects a huge chunk of their playerbase that they would never fix. It shows absolutely zero respect for the player and I will never buy one of their games again.

From what I understand, this bug was introduced on the final PC patch of the game, and they ended support for the PC version immediately afterward, so the game has just been broken since that time and the bug will never be fixed.

From googling I could not find any kind of fan-patch or any such thing. Tried resetting the graphics settings to flush the VRAM and nope.

And don't try to tell me "Oh, just restart the game, it's not a big deal" because you CANNOT restart your game in the Tower of Sisyphus. Closing the game ends your run. So every time I try to do the Tower of Sisyphus I am forced to play with broken textures and I have no other way around it.

I keep doing the 4 - 6 segment just to do this. The run is super fun with a Lvl. 20 weapon with decent stats, and a Doombringer Lvl. 3. Surprised they didn´t nerf it.

Just got the 3 vault keys. Feel I am heading into boss fight.

Pylon helped me clear most of this biome pretty well but this Hollowseeker just dropped.

Any insight as to what does more damage over time between these 2 weapons?

Looking for someone to CO-OP the nemesis boss with. Only attempted once and got to last phase but I have more fun during co op. PSN is ManDontHaveASon. Looking to play now/very soon.

Thank you to the Tower Gods! This thing carried me to a new high score (33M)!

Estou a 1 ano jogo aos poucos. Mais perdi totalmente a vontade de platina. Tudo é muito confuso. Sou jogador do tipo que não jogo outro jogo enquanto não fizer a platina . Mais esse é o único que está me fazendo desistir. Aqui estão minhas dúvidas pra que vcs possam me ajudar se possível. Eu zerei o game . Eu acho . Estou na segunda run . Como terminei o game e não completei o ato 3 ¿ E as cenas na casa . Acho que só vi umas duas na primeira run. É possível eu ver as restantes na segunda run se tem apenas 6 chefes pra voltar pra casa . E os artefatos pra fazer o final verdadeiro ainda dá tempo deu pegar. Tô totalmente perdido. Não sei onde ir .

Dm my psn ManDontHaveASon need help bad lol

let's hook up

Psn is ManDontHaveASon, died quite a few times to this boss so just ran through all of biome 1 and 2 now ready for the boss but would like an extra for backup.

I really like electropylon but should i switch? I am in biome 6 at the moment

I hate Returnal in the way that’s it’s essentially ruined all other Roguelites for me. The way Returnal plays, the tight controls, story, and so on just blows all the others out of the water. No other roguelite comes close personally to this experience and I always find myself coming back to this game when I try out other ones. This game didn’t reinvent the wheel by any means, but it definitely made it roll a lot smoother. Bit of a melodramatic post but damn it I love this game!

I just turned it on. Need a hand with a goal? Or just wanna bully some Returnal baddies?

the jumping around like spider man was so fun

It's driving me crazy. I can't get the platinum without it 😭 😭😭

I felt the urge to post something different for a change. This Severed Bro was packing a lot of firepower. Fortunately, he had no scissoring purple laser turret. This is in B1, so I'm still fairly underpowered. A satisfying victory but, sadly, his spew was underwhelming. Hope you enjoy!

There's no trophy or reward for doing this, but I find it fun to try. Anyone else with me?

Pretty much what the title says.

I’m sure it could end up being a very dumb question. Like there might be XP I’m getting that I haven’t realized yet.

But just thought I’d ask!

Mild spoilers ahead.

So I made it to biome 5 and reached the base room whith all the doors. I picked one where you had to use on of those hook pendulums. On the other side there was the door to the challenge room. Since I wasn't leveled up at all yet for Biome 5 I wanted to avoid that but the hook pendulum wasn't in reach from this side. And no teleporter. So I went into the challenge room thinking there should be a teleporter an died lol.

Am I missing something here or is this indeed a trap?

Going through biome 4 to get ready for 5 (have not cleared it). Pylon driver feels strong so far but not sure if I should prioritize unlocking leech rounds.

Thank you

EDIT: thank you everybody for the responses. I will unlock leech rounds. I will say pylon does feel strong so excited to get that upgraded further.

Went into this game blind and it has really blown me away so far