Profile of Siberian

Cool video - would like to see Relic include more and more players as the testing & feedback progresses!

I can't imagine waiting 1-2 hours to play a single game.

I don't really know what the solution to that is though, other than increasing the playerbase. Unless the matchmaking is literally broken and not putting you into an available equally-skilled match quicker, the only other thing it could do is put you with a weaker or stronger player... which isnt going to make for a very good match.

1-2 hours seems impossible. I highly doubt the algorithm will "hold off" on finding a match (irrespective of game mode) even if you are searching during the depth of the night. I search at both prime & dead NA hours (multiple factors worse for mismatching than EU) and whilst I still get put with people that are hundreds to thousands of ranks out of mine, I have never waited more than lets say 15-20 minutes. It's still pretty horrific mind you.

EDIT: Rosbone has legit concerns. He might not take the most diplomatic approach to getting his points across (lol) but it is in all of our interests that the matchmaking system is better than what COH2 currently offers. Defending it in its current state and accepting the status quo is effectively the same as saying "I don't care if I have to play against people that are hundreds to thousands of ranks better/worse than me" - you do you if you think that creates fun games.

Back to the topic:

Exciting times ahead for the COH3 multiplayer. I hope they have fleshed out some of these UI & bug issues that were plaguing the SP pre-alpha. Even if the balance is completely bonkers (I hope not too badly), it should make for some interesting first in-depth looks at how the game interacts in a PvP environment.

Problem seems to have disappeared with the 457.30 driver that Tobis suggested. At 3 hours with no problems or hitches now.

Link below:
https://www.nvidia.com/en-gb/drivers/results/166764/

I guess we'll need to wait for Nvidia to release some more stable drivers.

This should PROBABLY be stickied somewhere for all future & current RTX owners.

EDIT: 4.5 hours in now, still no problems. I think it's fair to chalk it up to driver issues.

My issues were always with OBS & while streaming. I have not tested without so take that with a pinch of salt. I run a 5600x & a 3080 and have 0 problems with anything else (COH2 is the only game that is unplayable for me). I have tried different drivers (older/newer), different global/application settings including V-Sync, AA, High/low, you name it. I've tried Game mode, GPU Hardware accelerated scheduling, Admin/Non-admin priviledges, different encoders (both x264 & NVENC at different presets). Nothing has worked so far so I am inclined to believe its an issue somewhere on the software side between COH2 & OBS. Hilariously enough, my 980 Ti could run the game just fine with my 5820k on the NVENC encoder with none of these issues.

My very recent and last attempt at fixing my "stuttering" (note that it's stuttering and not straight up FPS drops) allowed me to play for about 2 hours before essentially becoming unplayable again to the point of no return (I need a full stream restart to reset this after) as if it feels like something is holding all your performance back. Think of a more extreme version of the memory leak with stuttering, sluggishness & general crap performance.

It MIGHT just be my GPU but I don't think it is since this is literally the only game that gives me any sort of issue. I am sure the game will run completely fine without OBS but if you're thinking of streaming and getting into the 3x series, perhaps wait it out a bit to see if there are any drivers that might fix the issue whilst stock recovers (optimistic).

I hope that helps you out (lol). I am open to any other suggestions if any of you folks have any additional ideas but I've pretty much exhausted all of my software configurations on my side short of finding a new 3080 to test with (completely impractical).

Somewhat of a slug fest on Crossing.