runs bad with same OS & card that used to run great

[rubrtoe]

please help.
I can't play this game anymore!
I come back to play this game after a few months off & can't because it runs so bad graphics settings are stuck on lowest settings and the settings interface doesn't even work , can't change them nor do they even look correct.
this results in bad, slow graphics, blurry font that I can't read.
But I'm using the same vid card I did before when the game (and all others) ran great all on the absolute highest settings, namely a GTX 960 with 4gb of GDDR5 RAM!
But this game no longer does, nor can I change the settings which are stuck on low. So I know it isa glitch in this game because my card continues to perform in highest settings on all the other games I play.
Also, though this is not my main concern, the character modifications, which i did to all the females results in there being No characters but me in any of the custom storylines!
I have them all installed and updated and when i load any of them, NO CHGARACTERS. which is totally fucked up cuz I don't want to have to go through the entire original story all over again before getting to see any of the girls with their new custom bodies and have sex with them. pleased respond directly to my email so i don't miss it . rubrtoe at gmail.com

Edit: formatted by ttant for lisibility

[ttant]

About the low performance issue, i don't think that's a bug as th gema engine (unity3d) was upgraded, and so was the minimal reuirement.
I think you dont match them anymore: https://housepartygame.com/system-requirements/
Also try to lower the quality or resolution.

Note: you can use the enter touch to avoid writting a long block taht no one will take time to read.

[rubrtoe]

the graphics seem to be stuck ion low and don't display right and can't be changed. when not playing the game actuall, before it loads, even if my card is outdated, wouldn't I beable to read the words on the screen like I could before, like dexcriptions of the user modified games to download," I should be able to read fonts and stuff shouldn't I, like before, but I can;'t furterhmore tehre is no way this game got beigger than my GTX 960. i know it's old but it's a 4GB GddR5 card,, and there is and just looking at this game,IDKC what they've done to it, It's not to much for this card because as graphics go, It's not that grat, the game and before when it worked with this same card, IO ran EVERYTHING in the HIgh settings, no problem and all of a sudden I can't run the game ain the low settings or even see the settings, sin a word: BULLSHIT.. I'ts True that My mom was Boned before she had me, but not 9 months ago If I all for this, then I bet you have a bridge to sell me in NY too.

[ttant]

It's seems the enter and dot keys are broken on your keyboard.

As i already wrote, game engine was updated, thus the minimal requirements changed.
As you don't met it anymore, there is nothing that can be done.
Dev won't downgrade the engine just because it doesn't work on outdated configuration.

You can ask MS to make win11 compliant with all win10 hardware, you'll get the same answer as here : Nope, won't do.

[deviot]

As i already wrote, game engine was updated, thus the minimal requirements changed.
As you don't met it anymore, there is nothing that can be done.
Dev won't downgrade the engine just because it doesn't work on outdated configuration.

You can ask MS to make win11 compliant with all win10 hardware, you'll get the same answer as here : Nope, won't do.

This strikes me as a smug and glib answer to a customer of your product, and also a blatant false equivalence. Windows 10 and Windows 11 are different products bought by the end user at different times. No one would accept Microsoft changing the minimum spec for Win10 when Win11 is released. House Party spent a long time in Early Access; maybe changes during that time could be justified, but when you triumphantly announce "Leaving Early Access!!" a user could reasonably assume a stable end state had been reached. At some point you have to call the game done and move on to something new, if you are in fact capable of that.

Your response is most certainly a compelling argument against investing in future Eek games or content, since you are clearly comfortable with unilaterally changing the deal after accepting payment.

[ttant]

This strikes me as a smug and glib answer to a customer of your product [...] Your response is most certainly a compelling argument against investing in future Eek games or content

I didn't get any money, as I'm not a developper, nor affiliated with eek games in any way. The team just grant me the moderation rights on forum as they're too busy with other tasks.

Also, please note that prove i'm an human which can also have bad temper / mood.
As a person who does free support on his spare time, reading post without any ponctuation doesn't make me feel to answer it properly, especially when the person reply again, the same way, without understanding what i wrote.

Windows 10 and Windows 11 are different products bought by the end user at different times. No one would accept Microsoft changing the minimum spec for Win10 when Win11 is released

You're right, they're different product (even if in my eyes, Win11 seems just a graphical update of 10 and not a real major version).
So let's check windows 10 and only this product:
* version 1507: https://learn.microsoft.com/fr-fr/windo ... processors
* version 22h2 : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windo ... processors
This is the same product, right ? Even so, the cpu supported list have changed (this already happen from time to time with some Service Pack back in XP and will happen again with win11 24h2 against previous version). Sadly for some users, same goes for two different major version of this game.

Next point, we're talking about :

GTX 960 with 4gb of GDDR5 RAM!

The 960 chip was release in january 22 2015. That 's more than 9 years ago. No decent recent 3D game engine work with such outdated hardware.

Even the website states :

so these are subject to change based on future development. so these are subject to change based on future development.

Dev tems rely on unity3d as game engine, and for whatever reason, they decide to switch to a more recent version. This was done multiple times between the first version and the latest one.
As the game is still getting updates, there is no guarantee that unity3d version won't change again, thus changing minimal requirements.
That's exactly what my first post wants to tell.

I undesrtand that changing minimal requirement is a pain in the a**, but sometimes, things have to change to get better (otherwhise why are you using win 10 or 11 as 98 was abe to go on internet and play game ?).

Steam allow you to get some older version of the game for free. Just go back to the one which works for you that's all that can be done expect asking a refund to the plaform you bought the game from.

[peter980]

You have a couple of options:

1) If you use Steam version, revert to 1.2.2.1 update. This is the last update before Unity 2023 graphical update the game got.
2) Use new FSR settings to downscale game resolution, until it plays better. I think 1920x1080 with either 75% or 50% downscale still looks playable enough.

With that said, Minimum system requirements on Steam store do look pretty unclear.
"DirectX 11 2GB GPU" pretty much matches almost everything that exists in the last 8 years that was a gaming GPU at its release.

And I would say that both minimum and recommended requirements probably match what was recommended before the recent graphical update, that game got.
GTX 1060, that was listed as recommended, can not even do DLSS, that game supports now, which was introduced with later nVidia GPUs.

[Bookebster]

Reducing the resolution is a reasonable idea.

[ZacheryPrice]

If you’re using a launcher like Steam, verify the integrity of the game files to ensure none are corrupted.

[Enasias]

Have you tried updating (or even rolling back) your graphics drivers?