Infinite Tech Preview – PC Specific Feedback

7700k and 2080 super, custom water-cooled - Game runs between 35-45 fps seemingly on ultra, and down to low on 3440x1440 display. Also getting a lot of screen flicker, but intermittantly.
FPS is a problem…

ALSO, switching keyboard bindings in-game, causes my game to crash. When re-launching the game, all of my keyboard bindings are reset to default.
Anyone else? - UPDATE: seems to be only, and specifically the push-to-talk button with either my \ or / key. strange?

The game overall, straight fire! One issue I do notice is when you join a game mid-game your audio gets soft. The audio becomes very soft and low whenever you join a mid-game session. I haven’t had any technical or visual issues as of right now probably because I have a high-end PC but great job boys!!!

Here are a bunch of minor things I noticed while playing on PC, most, if not all, are obvious or trivial; but I figure I should mention nonetheless.
Initial startup was really slow, but subsequent attempts to start are much faster.
I can’t rotate the player model while looking at prosthesis, it would be nice if I could rotate my character in this screen.
The player model sometimes disappears when switching between menus, such as when returning from playing i the academy, it may take a while to reappear or not appear at all.
Couldn’t help but notice that when selecting maps & modes the placeholder image was of an infected halo 5 player.
The white on light blue text when a match is starting banner at the bottom of the screen is very hard to see, could do with a drop shadow or something?
Lots of images will regularly be replaced with errors or walls of bright pink.
When I started up the game all the settings were low, it is kind of a pain to set all the setting myself, so it would be good if the game could auto choose the best settings for my system.
The desktop shortcut is just a blank page.
The menu music sometimes gets REALLY intense, i’d appreciate it being a bit calmer, but that’s just my opinion.
I seemingly have 4 copies of the Mark VIII armour core?
sometimes the menu backgrounds get “stuck” where when I switch between the play, customize and shop tabs the background will remain as one of the options and not change when it should.
Of course, everything in the game is jittery and laggy.
When playing in the academy there is some serious pop-in as I load in.
The menu background occasionally turns into a grey blur, I think it is zooming in really close to the ground texture but I can’t be certain.
The connecting to server and loading banner is a bit too small and hard to notice at the bottom of the screen.
I keep hearing grunting after a match ends, pretty sure this is because the bots can still kill players after the match ends.
Matches seem to always end with a connection lost message.
Most images for the battle pass do not appear, especially 3D models.
The text box sticks around for more than is appropriate, especially when it is empty.
I can’t hit -Yoink- when playing on mouse & keyboard, maybe the devs could patch this?
UI elements such as ammo counters, grenade icons and medals are kinda small, text throughout the game is pretty small as well.
The check boxes for equipping gear are too small.
FOV, hold to crouch, hold to zoom, hold to sprint and probably some other options reset whenever the game is exited.

I’ll probably find more issues, but this is a sufficiently nitpicking and arbitrary list.

Why do I get a code for Xbox if I play on a PC? What to test then?

So i recently got into the beta and what i first noticed was the really long wait time i’d say the wait was around 4-7 minutes. I’d get into the menu and the fps is around 30-40fps
Yes the latest drivers are installed for this (21.6.1) .Overall gameplay is less than stellar averaging at the same FPS as the menu.The visuals have this weird like grainy visual 3d glasses effect which im not sure if it is intentional or not.I played around with the FPS minimum and maximum settings and altering the minimum seems to change my fps to 40- 51 average
I use an rx 580 with a Ryzen 5 2600, but ive heard this issue also plagued Nvidia owners aswell.

my theory is that AMD cpus are affected the most. I think that the game may be out right ignoring your gpu if you have a AMD cpu
the proof for this theory is in this post

“I am also experiencing low fps. Usually some where around 40-60 in either the main menu or in a match. I was forced to turn the graphics setting down to medium just to get those frames. I am using a RTX 2060 super mini graphics card and an AMD ryzen 5 3600x CPU. I did notice that my graphics card was sitting at 0% usage on the game. The game still knows my graphics card exists, hints why it’s showing up in the settings, but task manager is saying something totally different.”

Can’t even get into the game, had the email about pc through ms store, yet go to the Xbox insider hub to find nothing there? But yet I am able to do the same on Xbox and it shows up there downloaded and everything but says my account doesn’t have permission to play so I’m not sure what I am meant to do here shows up on one platform but the platform I’m selected for so to speak shows nothing? Any help would be appreciated thanks

I can’t seem to oven load into the game on my i5-7600k and gtx 1060, it gives me a ‘‘stopping process’’ message right on startup.

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> It says I was invited but i don’t see the code :frowning: help please

GO to Halo Waypoint.
Click on your name, choose Halo Insider
Scroll down to Flights, if you were accepted. Your steam key will be there.

I signed up for flights on pc for halo infinite. Howcome I haven’t gotten a code to do it yet?

Main problems for me are performance (obviously) and some settings not saving after game restart (not as major but still an annoyance). In terms of actual gameplay my intial impressions are positive although somewhat marred by the performance issues which (hopefully) will be ironed out before release.

Running a 3080 @ 1080p on 471.41 drivers w/ 9900k @5ghz & 16GB DDR4 3333mhz @ CL15 I can get ~120fps although I need to set my minimum fps to 120 which makes the game somewhat blurry although not as bad as setting it at 240. If I set to unlimited I get ~80fps. The main issues are that the game seems to use ~40% of my CPU and ~50% of my GPU (both never maxed out, except CPU on menus can sometimes reach 80%-100% at random moments) and also that it doesn’t FEEL like 80/120fps as I believe there are a mixture of frame pacing and mouse issues. There is defintely an “off” feeling with the mouse… a choppiness or jittery/skipping feeling that makes the fps you’re getting feel less than it is (more like sub 30). I’ve been told that these flights on PC usually always have performance issues, however.

I have tried various things in an attempt to make the game run smoother but I suspect it could be something possibly engine-related. I’ve tried enabling/disabling G-Sync, disabling fullscreen optimizations, enabling/disabling V-Sync both in-game and in the Nvidia Control Panel, running the game as Administrator, tinkering with process priority/core affinity etc. But none of these seemed to have an impact at all.

Everything else feels pretty good so far. The TTK is maybe a bit low although that is personal preference. The bots are some of the best I’ve played against, at first I wasn’t sure if I was fighting actual players or bots due to the way that they behave in certain situations. (Taking cover behind pillars when their shield is cracked, jumping at appropriate times, throwing grenades at correct moments etc.) Although you occasionally do get the odd moment when a bot will stand out in the open missing every shot or just charge straight at you (normally when you’re standing behind a deployable shield).

Again, I’m sure these performance issues will be resolved for the most part, just adding my feedback to the thread.

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> > 1920x1080 running at high settings at 75fps. 1070 holding up. I did discover if you open steam menu during a match your hud vanishes and so does your ability to pull up the menu
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> What settings do you use? I am having 45-50fps on a 1070 too with a ryzen 5 3600 on medium

I’m using everything on the high preset. I’m using a i5-8600 as a CPU though

Turn off that awful screen shake while sprinting it should be gone when you turn shake to 0. I’m going to throw up half the community is going to throw up. Hot fix it real quick it’s not that hard thanks.

Running AMD 5600xt 1080p locked with the halo settings at 60fps. uses about 65% of my gpu. maybe 20% of my cpu (Ryzen 5 3600)

Im getting some weird screen effect on the bottom of my screen randomly. stays for the whole match. Anytime im in game.

I will also add I’m getting huge FPS on my 10900 and 3090 no issues

GPU utilization is only about 70% on my GTX 1080. Frames are low, stutter is high. No exclusive fullscreen. Attempting to force it in Steam doesn’t work.

Very far from impressed on the logistics.

So I have apparently been invited to the PC flight through the Microsoft store. Not steam, not Xbox.
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HALO INFINITE - JULY TECH PREVIEW
INCOMING CORRESPONDENCE
We’re excited to invite you to participate in the Halo Infinite technical preview this weekend! During this flight our goals will be to test our services and systems at scale, gather data on a breadth of real-world hardware configurations, and obtain feedback on the Bot Slayer experience as well as menu and Battle Pass navigation.On Monday, August 2, we will be sending out a survey to some participants to collect feedback on your experience. Please keep an eye out for it, as it’s valuable to get your thoughts and feedback while everything is still fresh in your mind. Additionally, official feedback threads can be in the Halo Waypoint forums.During this flight, we’ll also be leveraging the Halo Insider Support site to provide all the information and additional resources you may need for this flight.
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You have been selected to participate in the latest Halo Insider flight on PC through the Microsoft Store!
To find recommended play sessions, read the Known Issues list, and learn more about the content within this flight, please visit this article on the Halo Support site: Halo 2 Flight Overview
To access and install the flight through the Xbox Insider Hub app, please follow the steps outlined here: Install Instructions
As a reminder, all the information included in this message can also be found within your Halo Insider profile under the “My Flights” section near the bottom of the page.
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Install instructions goes to “Oops the page you were looking for doesn’t exist” and is apparently a halo 2 link… The page you were looking for doesn’t exist – Halo Insider Support (halowaypoint.com)

Fine thinks me… It must be like the xbox flight and I’ll connect via the Insider Hub app on windows… Nope.
OK, everyone is talking about steam keys, my steam account is linked, must be that instead and there will be a key in my profile… Nope.
OK, maybe I’m actually enabled on xbox, let’s fire up the series S, Yup it’s an option in the insider hub, download, launch… Not authorized…

Recheck “my flights” in my profile… July tech preview type=xbox status=Active. Email say Microsoft store PC, profile says xbox

I’m not even getting to game and gameplay but the flighting administration is a hard fail so far.

Mismo

Running well for me, i9-10900KF CPU, RTX 2080Ti, and 32GB ram, I’m averaging 72FPS a match which drops to around 58 when sprinting. I’m very happy with how the games running and it doesn’t seem to be pushing my system at all.

My flight is active for the “July Tech Preview” but I did not get a code for xbox

I received the second email leading me to halo waypoint but did not have a message there. Is there a lag between receiving the email and when the message will come on halo waypoint? or am i not going to be able to play?