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Stadia premiere promo advert in app out of date

TJJ — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 12:16:43 GMT

Right now, this ad can be seen in the Stadia app:

However, click through to it and you'll find no such offer; the Google shop is listing the premiere bundle at the regular price of £69.99.

Moreover it's out of stock.

Misleading advert needs pulling.

Re: Bug Report: Jedi Fallen Order freezes during encounter with second sister

TJJ — Sun, 16 May 2021 19:06:04 GMT

Another Stadia crash, this time fighting Malicos.....

It really does choose the absolute most inconvenient times to crash.

I wonder if it's particular Stadia instances not being stable.

On some occasions I've played for multiple hours without experiencing a crash, other times (like this) it's crashed within 20 minutes of starting.

FYI This stream is 1080p, VP9, 5.1 audio. (through Chrome, not that it matters)

:edit:

Wow, just had it crash again, almost immediately after restarting. (in the 'fight' vision/memory against Tapal just before the Malicos fight)

:edit:

FFS, it just crashed again in the Malicos fight.

It takes THREE (unskippable) cutscenes to get to this fight.....

Re: Bug Report: Jedi Fallen Order freezes during encounter with second sister

TJJ — Sun, 16 May 2021 18:46:00 GMT

Not limited to this encounter; I've had it crash in the same way when attempting to meditate.

Though this also occurred on Kashyyyk (at the checkpoint just before entering the shadowlands).

My guess is it's something to do with the whole shadowlands/origin tree section of that level, as I've also seen some texture loading oddities, and also massive (server side) lag spikes when transitioning into these areas.

:Edit:

Just had another crash, this time on Zeffo.

This game really isn't very stable on Stadia; 3 crashes so far.

I don't think it crashed once during my local (Game Pass) playthrough.

Bug: Journey to the Savage Planet doesn't remember FoV setting

TJJ — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 11:39:09 GMT

Nothing more to say really.

The FoV setting isn't being saved properly; it returns to the default value (80) every time the game is launched.

Re: Is Journey to the Savage Planet only 720p? no 1080p?

TJJ — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:31:14 GMT

Ok, found *a* solution, though not a very good one.

It appears that disabling Chrome hardware acceleration (either the settings option, or the related flags), causes Stadia to deliver only a 720p stream.

Stadia gives absolutely no warning of this fact/cause. This lack of warning needs fixing.

It's also sh*t that you have to install a 3rd party plugin to simply debug Stadia not behaving properly; these stream configuration & monitoring capabilities should all be integrated into the service!

Also, requiring hardware acceleration to be enabled isn't a very good solution when Chrome hardware acceleration doesn't play well with certain Twitch streams/codecs. (hence the reason it was disabled in the first place)

Google, fix your browser! A GTX 1070 with latest drivers & latest version of Win10 is not esoteric hardware!

Chrome should not have compatibility issues with such a mainstream configuration!

Is Journey to the Savage Planet only 720p? no 1080p?

TJJ — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 22:23:15 GMT

I'm only getting 1280x720@60FPS. (checked using Stadia+ Chrome extension)

I'm playing using Desktop Chrome (89.0.4389.114) on a 1920x1080 144Hz monitor via DP (HDCP compliant).

I've tried forcing the resolution to 1080p; no change.

I've tried forcing the codec to H264; no change (it remained VP9).

Is JttSP limited to only 720p, or is there something wrong with my Chrome flags/settings?

Re: Everspace is unplayable with Mouse & Keyboard on Stadia. Steam version works perfectly.

TJJ — Sat, 12 Dec 2020 20:07:46 GMT

Worked out what the cause was; it's a bug in the Stadia Chrome client.

When it reports mouse values to the server, it isn't accounting for the Windows pointer speed setting.

Thus, if you have your Windows pointer speed setting very low, and your mouse software sensitivity setting high, the mouse will be uncontrollably sensitive when playing Stadia through Chrome.

Native applications do not suffer from this issue, as they either correctly factor in both these sensitivity settings, or bypass system sensitivity settings entirely by polling the raw hardware values.

Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Field-of-view (FOV) slider missing.

TJJ — Sat, 12 Dec 2020 16:51:38 GMT

For me it isn't nausea, it's that I hate having no peripheral vision.

I find a narrow FoV massively hinders situational awareness & reduces immersion; it becomes a chore to play, rather than being immersive fun.

I have already raised the issue on the CDPR forums (or rather added my voice to similar calls from other players), however it is Google who've sold me the game [license]. As the retailer it is they who're my first port of call for resolving any issues I'm having with the product/service.

Unfortunately Stadia's customer support is non-existent at the moment; 4+ hour waits for live chat is quite frankly ridiculous.

Re: Everspace is unplayable with Mouse & Keyboard on Stadia. Steam version works perfectly.

TJJ — Sat, 12 Dec 2020 00:23:06 GMT

Same in Sniper Elite 4 on Stadia; I have to set my sensitivity to the absolute minimum value for the game to be playable.

Re: Everspace is unplayable with Mouse & Keyboard on Stadia. Steam version works perfectly.

TJJ — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 23:27:41 GMT

Checking other games, I've found Hitman's mouse sensitivity makes it extremely hard to play too.

At least the sensitivity settings do something in this game, but, even with the absolute lowest sensitivity (0.5), aiming down sights is made very difficult due to the mouse sensitive.

Is this a widespread issue with Stadia's mouse support that's gone unnoticed? or a particular incompatibility with my setup?

The latter seems unlikely, as I've never encountered problems with any game outside of Stadia, and I'm not running a particularly 'special' setup.

Everspace is unplayable with Mouse & Keyboard on Stadia. Steam version works perfectly.

TJJ — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 21:13:33 GMT

The mouse sensitivity is completely bananas, and the Mouse Sensitivity menu option has ZERO effect. (it also causes the game to momentarily freeze each time it's adjusted)

I own Everspace on Steam, and that version works perfectly with almost identical settings.

The only difference being the Steam version has the "Use System Mouse Position" option (which is checked). This option doesn't appear in the Stadia version.

I'm running with Windows mouse acceleration ('Enhanced Pointer Precision') disabled, with a Logitech G403 @ 2880 DPI (1000 polls/s).

Google, you need to properly test your games with Mouse & Keyboard on Stadia.....

...and for the love of all that is holy, MANDATE THE INCLUSION OF FOV SETTINGS!!!

It's as if you're hiring two-bit software houses to cobble together half-assed console ports for your platform =/

Re: More sensible bitrate management. (Forcing 4k is a silly, inefficient workaround)

TJJ — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 10:56:01 GMT

For 1440p, have you tried the Stadia+ chrome extension?

Install it -> go to the stadia website -> shift+tab to bring up the right-hand stadia overlay -> Stadia+ button -> force resolution -> 1440p

It's obviously unofficial, and I'm not sure precisely how it achieves said resolution, but worth a try.

Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Field-of-view (FOV) slider missing.

TJJ — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 20:55:19 GMT

I'm disheartened that CDPR's 'fix' for this major problem, is to correct their erroneous claim of there being an FoV slider in the Stadia version.

W.....T.....F!?

The age of lazy console ports suffering from consolitis was over a decade ago.

Is Google completely oblivious to PC gaming history?!? Are they aware of how damaging it'll be to their brand if Stadia comes across as hosting nothing but lazy console ports?

Google have already got an uphill struggle trying to convince customers that;

the latency isn't terrible (it's 'ok')
the visual quality isn't complete crap (it sometimes can be).
the subscription model isn't extortionate (jury is still out on that one).
the loss of access rights if/when Stadia fails (the current trajectory isn't promising...)

On top of all that Stadia really doesn't need their games to be objectively inferior versions.

Rats. Sinking Ship. Billions of $$$ down the drain.

More sensible bitrate management. (Forcing 4k is a silly, inefficient workaround)

TJJ — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 01:59:02 GMT

At the moment users with 1080p (or 1440p) displays gain no visual quality from a Stadia Pro subscription.

There is a workaround to force delivery of a 4K stream to such users (which is then downscaled by Chrome to their native resolution).

However this is a terrible way to achieve increased visual quality due to the increased server load of rendering the source at 4K, and the inefficiency of downscaling a highly compressed 4K stream.

It'd make much more sense for Stadia to give Pro users a bitrate allotment for their stream; they'd then be able to choose how to apportion said allotment, either on higher resolutions, higher bitrates, or neither (if their connection cannot sustain the increased bandwidth requirements).

Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Field-of-view (FOV) slider missing.

TJJ — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 00:59:41 GMT

In the same boat; launched it up all excited, get in game, and bleurgh, what feels like ~70°.

Destiny 2 was the same; completely unplayable console FoV.

70° FoV is simply not acceptable for PC gaming; last gen, this gen, next gen, doesn't matter.

When you're sat less than a metre from the screen you NEED a wider FoV because the image is occupying a larger proportion of your retina.

I can handle the horrible (and widespread) compression artefacts, and the washed out colours.

I can tolerate the occasional picture drop-out due to lost packets.

But please Google, don't ruin such an anticipated title for want of a frackin' FoV slider.

40Mbps down, 20Mbps up, Chrome, gigabit lan = ~30fps blurry mess?

TJJ — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 23:45:57 GMT

I thought I'd give the Humankind beta a try, as it's currently live on stadia.

Loading took longer than I'd like, but fine, it's a beta.....
Main menu looked a bit blurrier than I expected, but whatever, menus don't matter....
In-game.... *yuk* what a blurry mess!

Maybe it's the clean edged UI design typical of an Amplitude game being a worst-case scenario for Stadia, but ***bleep*** this looks super fugly.

Is this typical of Stadia? or are there some hidden quality settings I'm unaware of? or is it a bug/limitation of Stadia Free / through Chrome?

Additionally, the framerate seemed rather unimpressive too; definitely felt well below 60fps.

Here's what it looks like:

https://i.ibb.co/9ssscw4/humankind.png