I'll go first -
People shouldn't have to make their own config file from scratch - the game should come with user friendly options in the menu for people to tweak their settings at will, where it then does the work of saving these tweaks to a config file for you. Some people are not computer professionals, you should allow for those people (bet those guys have just flipped the game down in absolute frustration, probably haven't even bothered trying to come to any forum for help).
We're not in the age of DOS any more - we expect USER FRIENDLY graphical options menus.
Patch that.
Anyone listening from id? ---> we need a graphics options menu included. Something we don't have to create ourselves. Something user friendly so anyone can get into the game and play quickly. Something with basic and advanced settings so we can EASILY tweak the graphics till they run with our various systems. Basically, something that saves to config file for us.
---> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/the_pics/random%20stuff/Crysis2AdvancedGraphicsOptions1_7.png
Okay guys feel free to add to this, so the guys from id can more easily understand what us PC users are needing them to do for us. Maybe if we write it all down for them in one spot we can help them fix this sooner.
I'll keep a handy list updated in the first post, to make it easier.
Features
easy graphics interface, visual and easy to tweak (sliders and check boxes etc) without resorting to editing config files(http://store.steampowered.com/news/6464 given for this)- interface letting us rebind commands to any key without resorting to editing config files
- sound menu same as for graphics menu - something visual and easy to tweak, without resorting to editing config files
- 7.1 / 5.1 support (voices from back speakers instead of center speaker)
- auto save function would be helpful (just make a setting we can switch on if we want, and include parameter to set time between saves); also include autosave after important stages have been completed (eg upon finishing an area) - note that an autosave after level completion should save to different spot than player autosave/quicksave
- multiplayer game - add a "READY" button in the multiplayer scorescreen, so players can indicate when they're ready
- ability to disable videos from a menu (a menu similar to what we need for graphics options) - so make a "General Games Settings" options menu and give option to skip video - (http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238330-you-know-a-great-way-to-build-your-brand/) without resorting to editing config files
- choice of zoom & crouch to be either hold or toggled (add option to a "General Game Settings" menu as above) - saves RSI issues
- head bobbing (camera bobbing options)
- bind keys for HUD/Messages on/off - more keyboard + mouse functionality needed (http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1237649-what-we-need-id-to-patch-in-for-the-pc/page__view__findpost__p__18794412)
- allow double clicking on weapons to equip them quickly, same as for other deployable items - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1237649-what-we-need-id-to-patch-in-for-the-pc/page__view__findpost__p__18794412
- FoV slider needed - PC users require greater field of view than console users (120-130 max) - add this to an options menu (again without resorting to editing config files)
- crosshair - allow user to tweak crosshair types, on/off options, and static/dynamic options - add this to an options menu (again without resorting to editing config files)
- separate mouse X/Y axis sensitivity
- allow the mouse to determine vehicle direction instead of the A and D keys - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1237649-what-we-need-id-to-patch-in-for-the-pc/page__view__findpost__p__18758499 and http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1239860-is-keyboard-my-only-option-for-racing-driving/
- allow mouse to have a 360° freelook camera panning operation during vehicle driving/racing - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1240025-vehicle-mouse-look/
- raw mouse input
- 120Hz monitor support
- high resolution textures
- way to pick size of textures like Low, Medium, High, and Ultra - add to graphics options menu
- SLI and CrossFire support
- support for multiple screens needs work - eg Nvidia surround, ATI Eyefinity - minimap is on far right screen, ammo details on far left. Would be nice to be able to have the HUD and quest notes, etc all on the middle screen (player made fixes http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1236502-eyefinity-thread/ and http://widescreengamingforum.com/dr/rage/en)
16x AF support (16x AF reportedly causing some blocky artifacting where on same computer 8x AF works)(http://store.steampowered.com/news/6464 possibly given for this)- FXAA - add to graphics options menu
- advanced options (
AF, special effects like Motion Blur and Depth of Field, as was shown in the E3 videos and images) - add to graphics options menu - real-time dynamic shadows (for characters at least) option wanted - add to graphics options menu
- new command in dev console allowing player to note map coordinates of current position (useful in bug reporting on locations where they get stuck on geometry) - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1237649-what-we-need-id-to-patch-in-for-the-pc/page__view__findpost__p__18777624
Major Bugs
- basic bug fixes eg fix crashes, freezing
- GRAPHICS - fixes for texture artifacts, texture pop ins - for AMD see examples of http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/7205/rage2011100523112725.png and (extreme) example of http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/9969/rage2011100322215294.jpg - and for nvidia - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1237409-gameplay-is-a-kaleidoscope-on-acid-fractals-no-textures/ (which was reportedly fixed by switching from single player to multiplayer and back again)
- GRAPHICS - world does not render at all for some people - only actors/objects - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1239287-world-does-not-render/ and http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1239384-getting-feed-up-i-just-want-a-working-game/ and http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/576684312272779267/EEC6BDABABF5F67546FCCA6EE1EB41A3A1193C3C/ - note this issue is reported to be fixed by removing any previous config files user has running
- GRAPHICS - slow texture load in needs to be looked at and optimised for PC
flickering NPCs, between animation sets- http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238580-npc-freakout-bug-not-fixed-1110-version-2/page__p__18773886#entry18773886 and http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238803-in-regards-to-the-new-update/ after http://store.steampowered.com/news/6464- shaky weapons, and NPCs - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1237063-rage-shaky-weaponsnps-glitch/ and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNav2iQ78ME
- crashes while loading areas, like interior spaces eg Ghost Hideout (see link for some crash examples http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1237048-crash-when-loading-areas/)
- crashes when completing objectives or leaving area - eg Mutant Bash TV minigame, or between races
- crashes on saving games - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1237809-cant-save-game-without-crashingfreezing/ and http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1239140-f5-issues/
- crashes on start up - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1236322-crash-on-startup-issues/. Note that a http://store.steampowered.com/news/6464 has possibly been given for this (at least on win7 32 bit systems) - others report, even after patch, this is not fixed for them however (http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1237649-what-we-need-id-to-patch-in-for-the-pc/page__st__40__p__18774020#entry18774020 and http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1237649-what-we-need-id-to-patch-in-for-the-pc/page__st__60__p__18774067#entry18774067
- crashes in Outrigger Territory (spare parts mission) - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238960-repeatable-crash-going-into-outrigger-territory/
- some people are getting random reboots during gameplay - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1239243-random-restarting-of-my-pc/ and http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1239891-my-computer-shuts-down/
- some people can only launch multiplayer, while singleplayer crashes for them - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1237883-multiplayer-launches-singleplayer-does-not/ and http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238857-crashing-after-asteroid-patched/page__view__findpost__p__18775871 for possible fix (reported fix for this situation is to turn OFF Vsync in games settings)
- some people can only launch singleplayer, while multiplayer crashes for them - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1237507-multiplayer-problem/
- SOUND - sound issues - eg losing sound suddenly http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1237721-lost-sound-in-blue-line-station/ eg sound but no voices http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1237505-i-have-sound-but-no-voices/ and 5.1 surround sound issues http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1237393-does-surround-sound-work-for-anyone/ and http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238001-71-51-surround-supported-creative-x-fi-voices-from-back-speakers-instead-of-center/ 7.1 surround sound issues http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1239314-no-positional-sound/ choppy sound http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238468-choppy-sound/ and general sound quality http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1237662-sound-quality/
- 100% CPU, no GPU usage - causing freezes - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1237564-100-cpu-0-gpu-usage-constant-freezes/ - even when GPU transcoding is enabled, even in i7s, bug appears sometimes after a while of playing game. Also http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238077-constant-freezing-please-help-nvidia/ and (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAw7v3jjsSs&feature=youtu.be&noredirect=1) and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbXnFK-1s8E. Also note Rage.exe keeps changing its process priority to "Low" even after user changes it to something else
- increasing resolution is causing some crashes. Also the Mutant Bash TV crashes have been reportedly fixed by http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2157256&page=3 (then people report crashes return in other areas upon increasing resolution again)
- game won't start at all for some - returns error message which is possibly related to game not being able to determine which graphics card user has in computer - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1236731-rage-wont-start-error-code-in-description/
- game switching focus to desktop upon loading new areas - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238444-game-switches-to-desktop-when-loading-new-region/page__gopid__18767357#entry18767357
- VSync issues in menu - problems appearing after http://store.steampowered.com/news/6464 - Vsync settings in graphics menu reportedly not saving, and reverts to OFF - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1237495-horizontal-tearing/page__p__18774363#entry18774363 and http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238899-v-sync-problems/ - note: issue is possibly fixed by user going into drivers options for their graphics card, specifically in profile for Rage.exe and setting it from there (http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=25609346&postcount=5)
- mouse sensitivity issues - disable mouse acceleration and smoothing by default - mouse in game menus should not be tied to mouse sensitivity setting for the game (as this makes mouse sensitivity too high in menus) - people report same issue still exists despite patch, and it can't even be easily fixed using cvars - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238858-does-anyone-notice-this-mouse-problem/ and http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1237649-what-we-need-id-to-patch-in-for-the-pc/page__view__findpost__p__18775847 and http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238765-high-res-mouse-makes-hud-mouse-pointer-very-hard-to-use/
- cache file (which should be made to be automatically created not manually created) needs to use RAM and not some of the HDD as it reportedly does currently (http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238475-hard-drive-cache/) and http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1237649-what-we-need-id-to-patch-in-for-the-pc/page__view__findpost__p__18759683
- BUG - anisotropic filtering drops to 2x whenever a new maps loads - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1237649-what-we-need-id-to-patch-in-for-the-pc/page__view__findpost__p__18794412
Miscellaneous Bugs
- GENERAL - shortcut "exit vehicle" bind hardcoded at one point (exiting Hagar's vehicle - is hardcoded to "E") - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238304-bug-binds-ignored-when-exiting-hagars-vehicle/ and http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1239714-cannot-exit-hagars-vehicle-at-begining-of-game/
- TEXT - mislabeled item - "blowtorch" label on what appears to be a coffee cup. http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238335-bug-blowtorch/ and http://bigphatawesome.org/archive/2011/10/07/rage_blowtorch_small.jpg
- GENERAL - NPC names are poorly positioned, so that when listening to dialogue all you can see is the NPC name instead of the face - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1237649-what-we-need-id-to-patch-in-for-the-pc/page__view__findpost__p__18786106 and http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1239704-character-names-not-disappearing-during-conversation/
- BUG - progress in Dead City Central and Gearhead Vault hindered by doors that will not open, and no events trigger to open them properly http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1237649-what-we-need-id-to-patch-in-for-the-pc/page__view__findpost__p__18765942 and http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1237311-stuck-in-dead-city/ and http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1240018-dead-city-streets-issue/
- GENERAL - enabling console (which we have to do) causes message to repeatedly pop up warning achievements have been disabled - possibly an issue for Steam to fix - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238515-console-enable-achievements-disabled-warning/ and http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238883-acheivement-bug-since-patch/
- GENERAL - not enabling console causes message to repeatedly pop up warning achievements have been disabled (ostensibly due to "console is enabled" which it isn't), obviously this should not be happening - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1239424-do-not-have-the-console-enabled-but-still-not-getting-achievements/
- SOUND - engine sound needs work - when you let off the accelerator, sound cutting out
- SOUND - music needs work - music loops are not seamless, they abruptly restart which pulls you out of the moment
- SOUND - robots when hit, sound gets loud then cuts out oddly
- SOUND - NPC speech cuts off short sometimes, at end of their talking. Happens randomly and not all the time - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1237649-what-we-need-id-to-patch-in-for-the-pc/page__view__findpost__p__18785422
- SOUND - other sounds on computer (such as music or ventrilo) are reduced greatly while in game - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238903-sound-out-of-game-diminished-while-playing/
- BUG - jumping when going down in an elevator causes player to die - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1237401-bug-down-elevators-jump/
- BUG - player in downwards-moving elevator can fall through the elevator or even fall through the map - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1237401-bug-down-elevators-jump/ and http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1239328-some-more-bugs/
- BUG - car themes - the Monarch cannot be switched from Starky's theme (default theme) - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1239359-found-a-bug-related-to-monarch-car-theme/
- BUG - aiming issues with weapon - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1239211-headshot-registration-issue-video-inside/ and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxqTTcGJMwQ&feature=youtu.be
- BUG - minigame "Tombstones" - in middle of a round you can hit the greyed out "quit" button, which takes you out of minigame, however when you go back in you can't do anything but set bet amount (can't hit quit or roll) and are stuck there - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1237649-what-we-need-id-to-patch-in-for-the-pc/page__view__findpost__p__18785958
- GENERAL - voicechat transmits constantly even in singleplayer, and there is no way to disable this - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1237567-voice-chat-wont-stop-transmitting/
And if someone at id can pass this info over to the respective graphics card makers -
nVidia -
- currently there is no support for LucidLogix Virtu for RAGE (http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238289-game-crashlucidlogix-virtu-nvidia-gtx-460/)
- since http://store.steampowered.com/news/6464 nVidia cards do not work well with anything other than 4x AA (16x AA causes fuzzy textures, missing textures, and pop ins) - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238779-patch-is-live/page__view__findpost__p__18774268
AMD/ATI -
- http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/7205/rage2011100523112725.png caused by turning off Catalyst AI (game otherwise runs smooth with it off however), while turning Catalyst AI on causes freezing/100% CPU usage - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238393-catalyst-ai-problems/ and http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238173-amd-catalyst-1110-preview-driver-ragebf3-unified-driver/page__st__160__p__18768159#entry18768159
- 11.10 drivers reportedly cause bugs - NPC stuttering/blue textures - to happen more often as player continues playing game, where these bugs were not seen initially (http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238580-npc-freakout-bug-not-fixed-1110-version-2/)
- players report the 11.6 drivers (or even just replacing the 11.10 atioglxx.dll with the 11.6 atioglxx.dll) fix certain problems such as the 100% CPU usage issue - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238520-my-final-solution-for-ending-the-rage-slideshow/ and http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1239052-ultimate-fix/
- new ATI RAGE drivers (ATI/AMD Rage Performance Driver V1 and V2) cause Logitech keyboards to stop functioning - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1237937-new-rage-ati-driver-has-ruined-logitech-g15-keyboard/
List of Fixed Things
easy graphics interface, visual and easy to tweak (sliders and check boxes etc) without resorting to editing config files(http://store.steampowered.com/news/6464 given for this)AF to graphics options menu(http://store.steampowered.com/news/6464 given for this)flickering NPCs, between animation sets- http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238580-npc-freakout-bug-not-fixed-1110-version-2/page__p__18773886#entry18773886 and http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238803-in-regards-to-the-new-update/ after http://store.steampowered.com/news/646416x AF support (16x AF reportedly causing some blocky artifacting where on same computer 8x AF works)(http://store.steampowered.com/news/6464 possibly given for this)
New Bugs Caused by Patch
- new graphics bug since http://store.steampowered.com/news/6464 - black artifacting upon killing vehicle, nVidia/Intel setup - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238839-bug-black-tris-after-killing-an-enemy-vehicle/ and http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/576684312257623164/42B771F223609B5F46CE5B6E75F9AEF10E47918D/
- some cvars not sticking when player inputs them into console - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238868-console-cvars-wont-budge/
- VSync issues in menu - problems appearing after http://store.steampowered.com/news/6464 - Vsync settings in graphics menu reportedly not saving, and reverts to OFF - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1237495-horizontal-tearing/page__p__18774363#entry18774363 and http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238899-v-sync-problems/ - note: issue is possibly fixed by user going into drivers options for their graphics card, specifically in profile for Rage.exe and setting it from there (http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=25609346&postcount=5)
- some people now get crashes, lockups and freezing where game played fine for them before http://store.steampowered.com/news/6464 - http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238779-oct-8-rage-patch-post-your-results/page__view__findpost__p__18775599 and http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238779-oct-8-rage-patch-post-your-results/page__view__findpost__p__18775982 and http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238994-patch-made-it-worse/ and http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1238779-oct-8-rage-patch-post-your-results/page__view__findpost__p__18784110