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PS5 And Xbox Series X Have Very Different Star Wars: Squadrons Enhancements
- Thread starter Minarik
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Hey man. Yea unfortunately it doesn't. Have no clue what Sony was thinking.
It doesn't atm but I would expect it in a future update. It already has HDMI 2.1 hardware, and VRR is on the PS5 spec sheet.
Sucks because I was waiting for a *real* PS5 patch to jump into the VR mode. But Sony isn't interested in having native PS5 VR titles atm apparently...
Yep, feels like Valhalla cannot run at 60fps on Series S (tbc), no time to optimize all this console performance profiles before their launch day.
Hopefully this will all be patched out within a few weeks/months.
Where is this idea that VR is the reason even coming from? I've read it so many times on resetera.
The PS5 does not support PSVR games natively, it needs an adapter and the games run in BC mode.
This is a PSVR title.
The enhancements for this game pale in comparison even compared to the Series S.
Is it? I'm a big defender of PSVR, I think while it's tracking and power ain't perfect, it's perfectly fine for many games, Beat Sabre is practically perfect on it,for example.
Squadrons... look when i first stepped in that tie fighter and took off I was impressed. Flying past ships all seemed decent, but there are times the graphics can look so bad. An early mission when you are down near some red space station taking out X-wings close to it and it looked pretty rough, rough enough I almost quit the game to wait for the PS5. That's why I'm glad to read about lighting improvements here, maybe it's tolerable now. I'll try it again later.
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PSVR is not supported natively on PS5.
So if there is a PS5 version of a game that optionally has VR ( eg. no mans sky) it seems like you have to run the old PS4 game code (BC mode) if you want to try the VR portion. The PS5 native version excludes VR.
Similarly here, VR is a mainstay of this game, it's just getting a PS4 patch.
No PSVR games have been announced for PS5. It seems like Sony are cutting off PSVR as a PS4 thing only accessible in BC mode.
Makes sense to be honest, PSVR2 can clean up a lot of things and have distinct control methods with no legacy bs, but in the meantime we are in a bit of a limbo.
Yeah I suspect the PS5 version is the PS4 Pro version so it has PSVR capability. I don't think they've put much effort into the PS5 version.
While GameSpot avoid saying so directly in this article, Squadrons on PS5 is the PS4 game in BC mode (as they've previously reported).
There is no 'PS5 version' despite what the wording of this confusingly written piece says. Anyway, I'm sure we can argue about it for another 5 pages, which is probably exactly the kind of engagement they were after.
There is no 'PS5 version' despite what the wording of this confusingly written piece says. Anyway, I'm sure we can argue about it for another 5 pages, which is probably exactly the kind of engagement they were after.
This is pretty much given.
If there would be Ps5 version, you should be able to buy it from ps store.
It would be nice if they would patch the ps4 version to detect ps5 and give some additional features.
120fps and/or high resolution mode for PSVR, would be amazing.
Allowing dynamic resolution go higher. (If there is enough memory for Ps4pro to allocate full 2160 buffer.(Pretty sure BC doesn't increase available memory pool.))
Wait, now I'm even more confused with the people saying that there is no patch and no improvements were made. So the "lighting improvements" in the PS5 version are automatic from the hardware? Or.. just a mistake? How is that supposed to happen, exactly?
Sounds like it's BC on all versions then.
But how were they able to unlock the better lighting but not unlock the framerate on ps5?
For Xbox side that's easy, Ms already confirmed they added apis so even games running in BC could detect it's running on new machines and allow to change some settings to enable higher resolution or framerate.
On ps5 sounds like there's something similar since they are able to improve the lighting as well.
This is so disappointing. Bought the game on ps4 for the VR and was really hoping they would capitalize on the power of the ps5 and include VR but it seems this will continue to be a fantasy until I decide to pursue a VR pc gaming rig.
The power gap between the PS4 Pro and the PS5 is much larger than that of the PS5 and Series X. And yet, the PS5 is apparently running identically to the PS4 Pro version. This isn't a resolution and frame rate difference borne out of a significant power difference. Most likely the game is just running in BC mode to retain VR support.
Read through the last few pages. There is no PS5 version of this game. Just the PS4 Pro/PSVR versions running in BC mode.
VR isn't the reason.
The game isn't optimized for either console. It uses the respective BC modes and Xbox solution just seems to be easier to patch. A few lines of codes are required on Xbox for 120FPS, while developers need to do native ports to achieve 120FPS on PS. The rocket league dev talked about this.
According to the upgrade notes when they update the SX version it will have two modes selectable in options - performance 120 and fidelity 60. This option has not been added yet.
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i wonder what the actual frame rate is with the 120fps mode. DMC 5 wasn't even close to 120hz. Without VRR, would it even be an enjoyable experience? Maybe that's why the PS5 version doesn't support it
Bumping this thread because the update is live!
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STAR WARS™: Squadrons - 3.0 Release Notes - EA Official Site
The following bug fixes, changes, and additions come in Update 3.0.
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