Bungie Answered
Thief Visor Lag Spike when viewing players?
Name: VonThuggin#9076
Platform: Steam
Description: I main thief and whenever i use her visor to view a player, my game just freezes for about a second. Its incredibly consistent for me to the point i just don't use the ability in combat. I don't have this issue with other shells using other abilities, it just seems to be thief visor that causes my game to hitch. Really frustrating considering how useful the ability is and how it can counter cloaks.
P.C specs in case they're important:
-CPU: AMD 5800x3d
-GPU: RX 6800xt
-MOBO: Asus ROG Strix b550i gaming
- Storage: 2tb nvme ssd
- RAM: 32gb 3600
I see other people have had this issue and just want to report to let them know that it's happening to more people. Maybe someone figured out a fix.
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Hi there,
Thank you for reaching out and for reporting this.
If you are able to replicate this or encounter it again, please use your platform's capture button to take a video. You can upload the footage to a public video hosting site, like YouTube, then post the link here and we’ll be glad to take a look.
I have been having this issue as well.
This is happening with all AMD GPUs since update 1.0.5.1
Makes thief unplayable
There's a handful of people reporting the same issue on Discord, this is still happening in the 1.0.5.2 patch
here's a video (not mine but I have the same exact problem) https://medal.tv/games/marathon/clips/mgvmqZIHzkINDTdI3?invite=cr-MSxROEMsMTg1NjU2Njgy&v=13
The game just freezes whenever your X-ray scans the enemy runner, I've noticed smaller stutters on UESC units as well.
Hello there,
Thank you for the video.
We have taken note of your report and will investigate this on our end.
Having this issue for weeks now too. The character is unplayable as you instantly die whenever seeing an enemy runner.
Hello!
There were a bunch of other posts about this but I just wanted to make note that this is still happening. I have the same GPU as the OP.
Yesterday I did a Cryo Archive Run and encountered this issue during a fight: https://youtu.be/DP1ba58BgnQ. Apologies for the terrible marksmanship.
As you can see, while the X-Ray Visor is up, encountering the Signal Jammed Assassin had zero issues, but then I get two stutters from the other players. I assume it's because I already had appropriate shaders for that specific combo and nothing for the other two.
Hope this can be fixed because it doesn't feel great.
Thank you!
Hi there,
We are aware of this issue and are investigating to resolve this as soon as possible.
Thank you for the update.
Hi I really like playing thief and this bug still occurs any updates on a fix or how i can fix it myself?
Hello there,
Thank you for following up
The dev team are currently investigating this issue.
At the moment, we don’t have a confirmed workaround to share. As a temporary step, it may help to use X-Ray Visor briefly before committing to a fight, since the lag spike may be most noticeable the first time nearby targets are scanned.
If the issue keeps happening, please make sure your GPU drivers and game are fully up to date.
Thank you for your patience while we look into this.
Posting to confirm I have the exact same problem, AMD 6600XT, Ryzen 5600, Thief Visor and initial contact with players seems to be the common trigger.
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