I'm getting regular crash-to-desktop in the current build, with a "TDR" message. I'm running Windows 7 x64, most recent graphics driver, on an Nvidia GTX 580. It seems to happen pretty randomly; doesn't matter what I'm doing, and isn't triggered by doing a specific thing; I've seen it happen when I'm not even touching the controls. But it happens pretty frequently, it's not just a one-time thing.
According to my reading, TDR indicates that the GPU wasn't responding to the scheduler for more than 2 seconds; it's basically a timeout mechanism used to detect when the graphics stack crashes, since a CTD is preferable to a freeze. Based on the theory that it could mean you're overworking your GPU, I've tried lowering all my graphics settings to the lowest values, but it doesn't seem to make any difference (I've never had serious performance issues with Exanima on this machine, even with high settings). Also, this happens pretty frequently in the main "story" mode (time-to-crash is anywhere from half an hour or more at the high end, down to less than a minute after starting at the low end), but doesn't seem to happen much in the "arena" mode (I can play for several hours, with only a small chance of seeing the crash). Not sure why; could be amount of assets loaded, could be some kind of script or shader or something that isn't used in arena mode.
Anyway, it renders the current build pretty much unplayable for me (especially given that you can't just quick-save every 30 seconds; the auto-saves aren't always as up-to-date as I'd like). Now, I totally get that this is a beta, so I'm not here to complain, but rather to report the bug, and try to get a sense if it was unique to me or something that other people are seeing. Anyone else gotten this error? If so, did you find a fix or workaround?
According to my reading, TDR indicates that the GPU wasn't responding to the scheduler for more than 2 seconds; it's basically a timeout mechanism used to detect when the graphics stack crashes, since a CTD is preferable to a freeze. Based on the theory that it could mean you're overworking your GPU, I've tried lowering all my graphics settings to the lowest values, but it doesn't seem to make any difference (I've never had serious performance issues with Exanima on this machine, even with high settings). Also, this happens pretty frequently in the main "story" mode (time-to-crash is anywhere from half an hour or more at the high end, down to less than a minute after starting at the low end), but doesn't seem to happen much in the "arena" mode (I can play for several hours, with only a small chance of seeing the crash). Not sure why; could be amount of assets loaded, could be some kind of script or shader or something that isn't used in arena mode.
Anyway, it renders the current build pretty much unplayable for me (especially given that you can't just quick-save every 30 seconds; the auto-saves aren't always as up-to-date as I'd like). Now, I totally get that this is a beta, so I'm not here to complain, but rather to report the bug, and try to get a sense if it was unique to me or something that other people are seeing. Anyone else gotten this error? If so, did you find a fix or workaround?