Environment pop-in bug/ draw distance

Brownny21

Hey all! I recently switched from playing Subnautica on my PS4 to playing it on PC simply because I wanted to use mods to make this fantastic game more unique to me. It played wonderfully on my PS4, but it has a draw distance/object pop-in bug on PC that breaks my immersion completely.

When swimming, piloting a seaglide, seamoth, etc the environment around me is not loaded properly. Grass, flowers, creatures, wreckage, and even the rocks/mountains dont form completely, unless I am sitting directly on top of them, only then will they load. As soon as I move away from an area it will start to "undecorate" itself if that makes sense. I hate seeing objects around me pop-in constantly, especially since this game is so fun and pretty.

I also tried asking about this in the official discord, but didn't receive any advice, but I did send it to the bug report bot there anyway. I also sent a bug report directly from the game while I was playing it yesterday.

My PC has intel core i7 cpu, nvidia 8gb 2060 super gpu, and 16gb of ram so the game should be running pretty well.

I tried these fixes here:
-Removing mods
-Fresh reinstall (3x)
-Verified game files
-In-game F1 and F3 fixes

And these fixes here:
https://unknownworlds.com/subnautica/missing-terrain-no-world-solution/
https://steamcommunity.com/app/264710/discussions/0/1700542332330990195/?l=danish
https://www.reddit.com/r/subnautica/comments/8li7kv/is_there_any_way_to_reduce_pop_in/
https://steamcommunity.com/app/264710/discussions/0/1693785669845485600/

narfblat

If you already have a Solid State Drive, my next suggestion is to try the performance booster mod. Test a few different settings in the mod, especially core affinity and view distance higher/lower.

Brownny21

I tried that 2 days ago. I have the view distance all the way up

narfblat

Does reducing view distance help? Core affinity? Also, are you using hard drive or solid state drive?

dan123123

Can someone help me. When I launch subnautica a transparent screen with a cursor pops up then the game crashes without any crash log or anything.

Brownny21

narfblat wrote: »

Does reducing view distance help? Core affinity? Also, are you using hard drive or solid state drive?

Using a solid state drive and using all cores the game says. Turning the draw distance makes what little bit of flora that I can see just disappear

narfblat

The mod gives you an option to only use 4 cores, which may be better for Subnautica. Essentially, the game spends more time splitting the tasks than is saved by the extra cores.