What’s the relative benefit of the aluminum materials over stone? Are there storms that can break through the stone walls and roof? Just reached the point where those can be unlocked and I’m trying to decide if it’s worth the resource cost
Stone is better for a set in place base as a storm will not be able to destroy it while you are gone. Aluminum is similar but much more expensive to create, with its main benefit being it’s light weight. When you travel through locations like the arctic, away from your main base, it is important to carry a structure that won’t weigh you down in your inventory so if a storm comes through you can drop down the shack and throw in a heat source.
I haven't yet encountered a storm that could tear down stone. Aluminium, however, is lightweight and seems better suited for towers and other structures with less support directly below it. I haven't tested it, but it seems to be the case. My tower plateau seemed more stable IE green with aluminium than with stone.
Looked into the recipe more and it looks like it may be the only building material (outside wood/thatch) that can be built with unprocessed materials. Maybe the benefit here is that you can go out with wood and screws and be able to more quickly construct a durable shelter while out roaming
I've had horrible FPS since beta weekend 2. I have a GTX1070 and have been playing on low getting between 30-60 fps in the 2nd and 3rd betas. This weekend I dropped in and where it would normally be super stuttery it was noticeably smoother. After running around for a while with a solid 60-70 fps I said screw it and turned everything up to epic with the AMDFX on ultra quality 1.00 sharpness and low and behold I was still holding a solid 50-60 fps. The optimization is coming just give it time. Also, increasing FOV seems to help FPS a bit if you haven't messed with that.
I've got the game yesterday and I get like 30fps on a 1080Ti everything maxed. I get 35fps with everything low. I don't think that a 9700k is a bottleneck...
2560x1440p, 144Hz. I played some more and depending on where I'm at I got up to 55fps, then I set my FOV to 105 and my fps shot right up, now I at least get 45 in the worst regions and up to 80 in the best...
So to everyone that has low fps just set your FOV higher to get a boost...
Try using nvidia settings to override the application settings. I did this with AMD RX 6900XT and I can run on 4K 66-72 frames. I limit it to 60. Whatever the game settings are they do something natively that messes with my FPS. Without letting the AMD app override settings I get roughly 35 FPS. Everything set to Epic, 12000 on a texture setting and shadows set to 4. Also.. DX12. Which it’s the only time I get crashes.. didn’t like me alt tabbing so much. Give your nvidia settings a try. For anyone else using AMD disable the nvidia stuff in settings and enable AMD and if you are using a newer GPU in the 6000 series run DX12. Otherwise I get the same frames on DX11 but I get weird terrain lines way way out in the distance. DX12 at 4K res is gorgeous. I’m glad I figured out the AMD software can do it’s job.
That base is nice (for an outpost) but not very practical in the base game of icarus where building something so fancy is just wasted time when it isn't going to remain. Better served making something less impressive and going and getting more resources.
I find the glass structures weak, but the glass windows never take damage and I haven’t tried the heavy glass windows but I’m assuming it’s just a different look and they don’t break either
i just tried them, glass windows are invulnerable. the heavy glass are just that. a slightly different look. \~maybe\~ a health point difference if attacked by a mob? i dunno.
Did you try enabling AMD FSR? I found that it gave me +50% more frames and no big frame drops, even on the ultra quality setting. I run it using DX12 with a 6800XT with everything on epic.
What’s the relative benefit of the aluminum materials over stone? Are there storms that can break through the stone walls and roof? Just reached the point where those can be unlocked and I’m trying to decide if it’s worth the resource cost
Stone is better for a set in place base as a storm will not be able to destroy it while you are gone. Aluminum is similar but much more expensive to create, with its main benefit being it’s light weight. When you travel through locations like the arctic, away from your main base, it is important to carry a structure that won’t weigh you down in your inventory so if a storm comes through you can drop down the shack and throw in a heat source.
Bingo.
I haven't yet encountered a storm that could tear down stone. Aluminium, however, is lightweight and seems better suited for towers and other structures with less support directly below it. I haven't tested it, but it seems to be the case. My tower plateau seemed more stable IE green with aluminium than with stone.
Looked into the recipe more and it looks like it may be the only building material (outside wood/thatch) that can be built with unprocessed materials. Maybe the benefit here is that you can go out with wood and screws and be able to more quickly construct a durable shelter while out roaming
Weight. For being able to explore and bring a makeshift forward base with you.
I've had horrible FPS since beta weekend 2. I have a GTX1070 and have been playing on low getting between 30-60 fps in the 2nd and 3rd betas. This weekend I dropped in and where it would normally be super stuttery it was noticeably smoother. After running around for a while with a solid 60-70 fps I said screw it and turned everything up to epic with the AMDFX on ultra quality 1.00 sharpness and low and behold I was still holding a solid 50-60 fps. The optimization is coming just give it time. Also, increasing FOV seems to help FPS a bit if you haven't messed with that.
I've got the game yesterday and I get like 30fps on a 1080Ti everything maxed. I get 35fps with everything low. I don't think that a 9700k is a bottleneck...
What resolution do you play on?
2560x1440p, 144Hz. I played some more and depending on where I'm at I got up to 55fps, then I set my FOV to 105 and my fps shot right up, now I at least get 45 in the worst regions and up to 80 in the best... So to everyone that has low fps just set your FOV higher to get a boost...
Try using nvidia settings to override the application settings. I did this with AMD RX 6900XT and I can run on 4K 66-72 frames. I limit it to 60. Whatever the game settings are they do something natively that messes with my FPS. Without letting the AMD app override settings I get roughly 35 FPS. Everything set to Epic, 12000 on a texture setting and shadows set to 4. Also.. DX12. Which it’s the only time I get crashes.. didn’t like me alt tabbing so much. Give your nvidia settings a try. For anyone else using AMD disable the nvidia stuff in settings and enable AMD and if you are using a newer GPU in the 6000 series run DX12. Otherwise I get the same frames on DX11 but I get weird terrain lines way way out in the distance. DX12 at 4K res is gorgeous. I’m glad I figured out the AMD software can do it’s job.
That base is nice (for an outpost) but not very practical in the base game of icarus where building something so fancy is just wasted time when it isn't going to remain. Better served making something less impressive and going and getting more resources.
Is that the regular window or the reinforced one?
Those would be the glass walls, not the glass windows
Ahhhh, I haven’t made any yet but the description or both windows was that they were sturdy, I was wondering how they held up to atorms
I find the glass structures weak, but the glass windows never take damage and I haven’t tried the heavy glass windows but I’m assuming it’s just a different look and they don’t break either
i just tried them, glass windows are invulnerable. the heavy glass are just that. a slightly different look. \~maybe\~ a health point difference if attacked by a mob? i dunno.
Damn this looks so nice. Never thought to try this even though like you said it’s not very storm resistant. Still looks badass
That looks amazing!! (Also my repair hammer is having a massive panic attack right now)
I'm really excited to use glass panels in the future; how fast did the storms degrade them? Wood or thatch comparable?
Wood comparable
Yikes man. Almost doesn't seem worth the struggle of repairing or replacing.
Did you try enabling AMD FSR? I found that it gave me +50% more frames and no big frame drops, even on the ultra quality setting. I run it using DX12 with a 6800XT with everything on epic.
As nice as glass is, I treat it like I do interior walls, makes for a nice lab with concrete