The lag/hitching/stutter/freeze bug is now worse than ever.
Just installed the new hotfixes and on both PS4/PS5 using Cain to ID now removes the entire UI for a half second or so, and flashes back in, still hitching and freezing the same as before just even more egregious than ever now.
And now even worse, IDing anything in your cube or inventory yourself it does the same but because it’s making the entire UI disappear it’s just completely unplayable because doing it manually means your entire UI bugs and the freeze and glitch is even more erratic and sends the console cursor to a random location as it revisualizes the UI and glitches back in trying to reopen your inventory and cube UI all at once.
Completely busted.
Still glitching, hitching, lagging and freezing overall while playing too (this is NOT just an IDing bug- that’s just the easiest way to trigger it is all).
Literally can’t play now unless you just don’t want to loot and ID, which is the entire point of the game…
I tried a quick console cache clear and database rebuild too just in case. No luck.
PS4 backwards compatible is on version 1.35, prod 3.0.91739 - PS5 native is on version 1.35, prod 3.0.91741.
Please fix blizz!!!
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Same for me on PS5. I play HC and the hitching/stuttering is way too scary to keep playing right now. Hoping they can fix soon.
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Happening to me as well. Game breaks more and more with every update
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Yeah, same thing started happening to me today on PS5 pro.
I didn’t notice any stuttering or lag issues before but now every time I craft something in the cube or identify an item it’s like the UI crashes and reboots.
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Logging in for the only time ever, just to say that the same thing is happening here on PS4. I haven’t had any issues with stuttering previously (playing offline) but now in offline its painful. Randomly when things drop, when things get ID’d, and sometimes even at the most random moments.
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I’m on ps5 pro and yeah immediately noticed the ui glitch out when identifying items which sucks. Only happening after latest patch. Screen like resets or something after talking to Cain and identifying or using an identify scroll.
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Hi, also have this issue since today’s upsate. PS5 pro; when I ID items, every 1-2 minutes and when I exit the game. It flickers bad. Was perfectly fine 2days ago.
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Same here (PS4). I understand that the PS4 is already an old console, but everything flowed so well before the DLC!! And now it’s absurdly annoying!! I’ll have to argue that it’s NOT the console’s FAULT.
It’s a poor implementation of the DLC on the consoles.
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How do you even release a patch with such obvious bugs? As a HC player, game is pretty much unplayable right now on PS5.
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On ps4 I can’t even load the game up without it freezing for 2 seconds and playing for 1 second constantly repeating that cycle tried loading a character and the same was happening in gameplay ultimately bricking my copy entirely tried deleting and reinstalling and didn’t help I will not be buying the dlc until this is fixed!
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i reinstalled cos I thought it was my ps5 nope is the last patch broken game. cant play it now
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Same situation for me playing on PS5. The stuttering seems less frequent than before when you’re out exploring, but the bug itself is now more egregious as it seemingly causes the whole UI to crash and reload. As others have said, this is most noticeable when identifying through Cain or manually using ID scrolls. Even occurred during the Act cinematic where Marius was quite happily telling his story and then it flicked back to my character in town for a couple of seconds!
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I’m seeing the same stuttering/freezing issues and it was getting worse. I switched out to check crunchyroll and came back to the game via the Playstation button (l l guess leaving the game running in the background). I noticed the purchase the dlc pop-up for a second and close even though I already purchased it. The freezing moment’s seem to be linked to the game trying to open up that window and closing it. I went to my Playstation settings and turned off all pop-ups. It seems to have fixed the major freezing/glitching issues. However, I still have the delay with identifying items in town. I also have a graphic glitch when I save/close the game. I see my characters dead body on the ground for a second all funky looking. Maybe I’m just crazy though, but thought I would share what I’m seeing.
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The save and exit thing is very real. You are not crazy.
Also very good work on the pop-up thing, I’ll have to try that out!
Please don’t stop posting though! They acknowledged the UI glitch but we need to advocate they fix the overall hitching and lagging too. If they just fix the UI glitch it doesn’t address the core problem that started day 1. So they’re saying what they’re acknowledging is the UI glitch that started with 3.1.1 but that is just an iteration of the main issue! Stay vigilant!
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Yup, play HC exclusively and can’t even touch my Sorc because players have already confirmed losing characters to this autosave UI lag freeze glitch mid teleport. Blizzard launching a ladder with the bug still in place is a disgrace. I play a lot of POE and can confidently say, when things like this happen, they patch it within 24 hours. Be better Blizzard.
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I’ve never had this stuttering hitching issue before 3.0. game ran pretty much flawlessly. Please hold blizzard more accountable.
Theyve ignored this problem long enough
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Maby if we buy new DLC game stop crashing ?
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No. Most of us here are referencing this having bought the DLC. Definitely don’t be like us and pay them more money until they fix it…
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Same thing right here on ps5 . Its really annoying screen freeze on each identification cain or myself and all 2 minutes .
Great job your update………
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Performance already seemed down a bit since 3.0 (semi-frequent hitching/stuttering) but this latest patch is hilariously bad. I imagine nobody tested the PS version or else they would have caught the bug(s) very quickly.
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