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--- en:games:ashes_of_the_singularity_-_escalation [2022-04-01-21-42] – ↷ Links adapted because of a move operation 7saturn
+++ en:games:ashes_of_the_singularity_-_escalation [2025-02-09-10-10] (current) – [Settings and Saved Game Folders] 7saturn
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   * //%userprofile%\Documents\my games\Ashes of the Singularity//.
 While the original game only uses its own folder, the //Escalation// expansion *also* uses the //Ashes of the Singularity// folder for storing campaign data.
+==== Turning Motion Blur Off ====
+The game has a motion blur feature, that apparently comes on by itself under certain circumstances, leaving air units a bit too blurry for the taste of many players:
+{{ :en:games:ashes_of_the_singularity_-_escalation:motion_blur.png?600 |}}
+In the config file //%userprofile%\Documents\my games\Ashes of the Singularity - Escalation/settings.ini// you will find a section //[Quality]// under which you can find the values //MaxMotionBlurFrameTime// and //MotionBlurInterframeTime//. If you set those back to 0, the blur effect will be gone:
+{{ :en:games:ashes_of_the_singularity_-_escalation:unblurred.png?600 |}}
 ===== List of Units =====
 Both factions, PHC and Substrate have similar units, although not really the same kind of units. Especially the difference between shields (Substrate) and armour (PHC) is to be mentioned. As this topic is rather extensive, you will find the information about Ashes' units in the article [[.ashes_of_the_singularity_-_escalation:units|Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation Units]].
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 Although the game certainly has been build to work with large numbers of units and showing decent graphics, the stability still leaves something to be desired. Crashes are rather frequent. One out of three matches crashing is definitely not unheard of. This goes for multiplayer, replays and single player alike. There is not a lot you can do about it. Of course your system must be solid by itself. The game is rather demanding on the hardware and especially overclocking and other destabilizing measures will tend to be a bigger problem for this game, than for others. Especially your air flow should be sufficient to get a fully running system cooled enough, as the system will be put under a lot of load. But even when everything is just fine, the game has a noticeable tendency to crash for no apparent reason. Also faulty RAM is very likely to end up in crashes, as the game uses large amounts of memory.
-It is a common experience, that using the [[..:game_tech:directx]] 11 interface works more reliable but on the other hand gives a lower frame rate than DX12. So if you are using DirectX 12 and experience crashes, you might want to try and use 11 instead of 12.
+It is a common experience, that using the [[..:game_tech:DirectX]] 11 interface works more reliable but on the other hand gives a lower frame rate than DX12. So if you are using DirectX 12 and experience crashes, you might want to try and use 11 instead of 12.
 ==== Online Matches Behaving Strangely ====
 It is known for the Multiplayer to show strange behavior. Here are some problems that were observed:
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   * Units showing up, that the other player(s) cannot see although being in the same team.
 This has not been observed in Skirmish, Singleplayer or when hosting a match. I goes mostly for the clients connected to the hosting player.
-==== Cross Platform Experience ====
-As Ashes is distributed via Steam and via GOG, one might ask whether both platforms can play with one another. That's not possible. You can chat with >>the other side<<, also see all lobbies regardless of the source platform. But actually playing to together is only possible with players originating from the same platform.
+As version 3.10 seems to be the latest actually mostly stable version for multi-player (less crashes), you might also want to switch to the corresponding version. See section [[#Switching to Another Game Version in Steam]] on the matter.
+==== Cross Platform Experience ====
+As Ashes is distributed via Steam and via GOG, one might ask whether both platforms can play with one another. That's not possible. You can chat with >>the other side<<, also see all lobbies regardless of the source platform. But actually playing to together is only possible with players originating from the same platform. At the moment (2024-06-09) the reality is that the game is still advertised as multi-player game on GOG while it actually cannot be played in MP. If MP ever returns on GOG is unknown. Considering how long it is gone already, it seems doubtful. So recommendation at the moment is to use the Steam version, if you are interested in multi-player matches.
 ==== Inviting Friends with a Different Version ====
 (True as of 2021-05-23:) You can open a private match lobby and later invite Steam friends. This works in general rather well. So well that the game even let's you invite players, that use a different version than you own without question or warning. This is not reported in any way. You cannot recognize this situation before the game goes and starts the actual match. When starting such a mismatched match-up, the game for the host simply starts, while the players with the wrong version are shown a black screen but are not kicked from the server. So in essence, you cannot see the problem, unless you know this behavior.
+===== Switching to Another Game Version in Steam =====
+As the game has problems in certain versions, you might want to select another version than the default latest. This can be done in Steam in this way:
+Open the properties dialog of the game in your library.
+{{ :en:games:ashes_of_the_singularity_-_escalation:ahes_steam_properties_selection.png?nolink |}}
+Got to the //Betas// section of the menu opening and select the desired version in the selection in the upper right corner.
+{{ :en:games:ashes_of_the_singularity_-_escalation:steam_beta_version_selection.png?nolink |}}
+**Note**: Immediately after selection the new version in the selection menu, the game will very likely download some stuff.
 ===== Videos =====
   * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o31LYnCmaMo|Nice beginners introduction to Ashes]]