Myself and all my friends playing LE are having the exact same issue. No matter what graphics selection we tell LE to use, it will randomly turn different settings onto the highest. The game will be set to 60 fps and will try to run encounters at 200+.
The biggest giveaway that the game is forcing the highest fps and graphics is when you randomly see ‘Grass’ show up in your instances. You can literally see it swaying at 100+ fps and the texture is insane.
This is one of the most odd bugs I’ve ever seen, and unfortunately none of us can play in a group, or even barely solo because of it. I will not be surprised to hear that 1.0 is bricking a lot of peoples computers, similar to D4’s graphics holdup issues.
Pretty shameful TBH, because prior to 1.0 all of us were able to play together with no fps drops at all. And btw, it’s great if YOUR setup is working, but for the vast majority of people it is not
I’m surprised to see this getting swept under the rug and not being patched yet. And don’t try the ol’ switcheroo. This launch has been a disaster and we all know it.
This graphics setting error is beyond ridiculous, though. I can stream almost any other game on ULTRA settings, and this game I can’t even clear a trash pack with ‘lowest’? Something doesn’t add up. Hope this wasn’t a sped up cash-grab to take money before PoE2 came closer.
If your eyesight isn’t great, simply zoom in on all your settings put on the lowest and cast a basic spell like ‘Fireball’. You will still clearly see the animation, fps of the animation, etc is all in the highest graphics settings. This is embarassing.