It wouldn’t be wrong to say that there are several reasons why Apex Legends is one of the most popular battle royale games right now. One reason is that there’s so much going on in Respawn Entertainment’s battle royale shooter. If you’re someone who suffers from in-game framerate drops in the heat of battle, we might know why. A player has determined that Apex Legends’ bleed effect (which appears on screen when you take damage) is actually causing the problem, at least for him.
“Reasonable-Law-9737” took to Reddit for help and shared screenshots showing a frame rate drop of 10fps or more whenever a “low health overlay ” (what we call the bleeding effect) appears on the screen.
The first numbers they come up with are from a standing position on the Apex Legends Firing Range. However, when this effect occurs while sprinting, they report higher frame rate drops and, as you can imagine, “even more numbers” while gaming. Reddit user rightly argues that it penalizes players who take battle damage while playing on low spec hardware, for not being able to fight effectively.
There is currently no way for players to disable this overlay – which the Reddit user suggested could be a way for Respawn Entertainment to allow players to improve the performance of their games.
Interestingly, an anonymous tech game designer at Respawn Entertainment under the username “RobotHavGunz” used the post’s comments to comment on the situation, but no solution.
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The developer suggested that lowering the settings where possible is the best way to fix the problem, but said that “there is always a difficult balance between working to ensure the experience is good on older machines, while ensuring that gamers are using newer hardware.” experience the benefits they expect.
They also reveal that they regularly play Apex Legends on an Xbox One that doesn’t suffer from frame rate drops. RobotHavGunz explains that this may be due to Battle Royale not exceeding 60fps on the platform, but cannot confirm this. But they said they would speak to the Apex Legends UIUX team – so we might see a fix in a future update.
But for now, players experiencing frame rate drops due to Apex Legends’ bleed effect and other screen state overlays will just have to suffer – or try lowering their settings to meet the growing demand for the game. If you want to make sure you’re in the best position to get into a game, you can check out our Apex Legends tier list here – or the latest statement from an Apex Legends developer who, according to Battle Royale, will benefit you here. .
Source : The Load Out
