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NBA 2K15 2nd Patch Available Now For PC Users

07:11 PM - October 21, 2014 by Goffs

2K has just released the NBA 2K15 patch for PC users. They also posted all of the details on Steam.

Made a number of stability fixes to improve the quality of the MyPARK experience, and online as a whole.
Controller/Keyboard bindings will now properly function in MyPARK.
Addressed an issue where the game would experience frame rate stuttering in certain situations.
The correct animation will now be shown in Edit Player when scrolling through the available list of animations.
Fixed an issue where the user who invited would sometimes hang at the conclusion of a playoff game in Online Leagues.
Fixed an issue where some users were experiencing hangs when attempting to create/join an Online League with a custom roster.
Addressed an issue in MyGM/MyLEAGUE where, in certain cases, the game would not allow the user to exceed 13 players during the free agency period of the offseason.
The keyboard should now properly detect input game-wide when a controller is also being used simultaneously.
Fixed an issue where in-game models would appear green/yellow on certain GPUs.
Fixed a rare hang that would occur when changing the in-game language from the Options menu.
Corrected an issue where black �blobs� would appear in replay on certain system configurations.
Fixed a rare occurrence where Doris Burke would warp off the screen prior to an on-court interview with a player/coach.
Users are now able to re-watch 2KTV episodes that have already been watched to completion.
Added support for users attempting to play with a GeForce 320M GPU.

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# 1 23 @ 10/21/14 07:12 PM

Thanks for the heads up Goffs

# 2 snocone @ 10/21/14 07:21 PM

Leftos said this on NLSC

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	Restart your Steam client to get it. Should be around ~80MBs. Let me know if you have any feedback on the game's performance (micro-stuttering) and stability (if you crashed before). PC specific fixes and optimizations are included. Notes: Under "%appdata%\2K Sports\NBA 2K15\" you'll find a file called VideoSettingsHelp.txt, containing instructions on how to mess around with the VideoSettings.cfg file if you're feeling adventurous. A set of new tweaking options was added to the file, and all settings, new and old, have descriptions in the help file along with the values and what each one does, as well as helpful recommendations based on your system. Small correction to VideoSettingsHelp.txt (thanks jay-r): The explanation for the EFFECTLOD setting is reversed. 0 is ON, 1 is OFF. If the game crashes, you should now see a CrashReport.txt file under the same folder. Posting it as an attachment in a reply should help us track down the issue.

# 3 Drewski @ 10/21/14 07:30 PM

Downloading now. PC patch up before console? What is this world?!

# 4 Goffs @ 10/21/14 07:36 PM

As it should be Drewski....we don't have to deal with M$ or Sony....unless Steam has the same rules as those two when it comes to patches....

# 5 23 @ 10/21/14 07:46 PM

So far no stuttering seen and replays don't seem nerfed lol

# 6 Goffs @ 10/21/14 07:59 PM

Yep looks like microstuttering was eliminated! It's nice and smooth

# 7 bcruise @ 10/21/14 08:00 PM

At a minimum, there are definitely big performance improvements in this patch. Pre-patch I had settled in a 4, 4 antialiasing setup, but now I can do 8-16 with no gameplay frame drop and at least 30 FPS in cutscenes. If I go back to 4,4 it's 60 in everything.

# 8 delacrum @ 10/21/14 08:26 PM

did they fix the controller vibration issue?

# 9 trobinson97 @ 10/21/14 09:00 PM

Any official patch notes of everything changed?

I noticed the free throw release display moved to the left.

# 10 bcruise @ 10/21/14 09:04 PM

Still not seeing overlays that seem like they should be popping (commentary guys start talking about what a player ranks in a particular stat, no graphic to accompany it). Most noticeable after a time out.

# 11 Tarheels153369 @ 10/21/14 09:04 PM

Post patch it's playing much better for me. I've been playing on minimum settings, everything low, antialiasing level 1 and special effects off and it has been just playable. But now with the patch it seems smooth.

I'm wondering which settings i should try to bump up to see if it is still playable at a higher level. I'm mainly wanting the hair and facial hair quality to be improved and to have better clothing textures. Any tips?

# 12 23 @ 10/21/14 09:33 PM

This isn't the big patch bcruise

# 13 bcruise @ 10/21/14 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by delacrum


	did they fix the controller vibration issue?

I'm not noticing any vibration in my wired 360 controller. Tried a couple other games just to confirm it was working (it was)

# 14 bcruise @ 10/21/14 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by 23


	This isn't the big patch bcruise

Yeah, at 77 MB I didn't figure it was. Was this only for PC - specific stuff then? (like the performance optimizations)?

# 15 23 @ 10/21/14 09:51 PM

Well that and some online stuff just like consoles. I'm not sure of the notes so I'm not baking things I just know this one leftos personally reached out to us at nlsc for a solution.

# 16 BrianFifaFan @ 10/21/14 10:09 PM

Stutter is gone! YES!

# 17 23 @ 10/21/14 10:21 PM

BTW, here is the videoconfig txt that Leftos mentioned if you want to

Spoiler

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	WIDTH, HEIGHT Display resolution. It is recommended to choose a display resolution with the same aspect ratio as your monitor. The resolutions allowed may vary depending on which monitor you select. For monitors with a 16:9 aspect ratio the recommended display resolution is: 1920 x 1080 for systems with 2 GB or more of VRAM. 1280 x 720 for systems with less than 2 GB of VRAM. or the closest matching 16:9 resolution. For monitors with a 16:10 aspect ratio the recommended display resolution is: 1920 x 1200 for systems with 2 GB or more of VRAM. 1280 x 800 for systems with less than 2 GB of VRAM. or the closest matching 16:10 resolution. REFRESHRATE Monitor refresh rate. This game was designed for REFRESHRATE=60. The refresh rates allowed may vary depending on which monitor you select. For the best experience, please use REFRESHRATE=60, VSYNC=1 and BUFFERCOUNT=3. Please use lower performance settings if 60 FPS cannot be maintained. If 60 FPS still cannot be maintained, please use VSYNC=0 and BUFFERCOUNT=1. BUFFERCOUNT Number of queued display buffers. For the best experience, please use REFRESHRATE=60, VSYNC=1 and BUFFERCOUNT=3. Please use lower performance settings if 60 FPS cannot be maintained. If 60 FPS still cannot be maintained, please use VSYNC=0 and BUFFERCOUNT=1. VSYNC Vertical refresh synchronization control. VSYNC=0 - Do not synchronize to the REFRESHRATE. VSYNC=1 - Synchronize frame rate to REFRESHRATE. VSYNC=2 - Synchronize frame rate to half the REFRESHRATE. VSYNC=3 or higher - Not recommended. DYNAMIC_VSYNC Control for dynamic VSYNC. Only valid when VSYNC=1 DYNAMIC_VSYNC=0 - Always use the specified VSYNC. Recommended for high-end graphics cards. DYNAMIC_VSYNC=1 - Dynamically switch from VSYNC=1 to VSYNC=2 in non-interactive game cameras. Recommended for systems that run 60 FPS while playing the game, but cannot maintain 60 FPS in non-interactive parts. LETTERBOX Aspect ratio control. This game was designed for 16:9 aspect ratio. LETTERBOX=0 - Assume 16:9 aspect ratio. No aspect ratio correction will be applied. LETTERBOX=1 - Maintain 16:9 aspect ratio. The remainder of the display will be black. CURSOR_IDLE_TIME Number of seconds of mouse idle time before the cursor is hidden. WINDOWMODE WINDOWMODE=0 - Full-screen. Recommended for performance. WINDOWMODE=1 - Windowed. WINDOWMODE=2 - Full-screen Windowed. Recommended for responsive change of window focus (e.g. "Alt-Tab"). WINDOW_X, WINDOW_Y Position of window when WINDOWMODE=1. A window positioned outside the valid region for any monitor will be placed in center of the selected monitor. MSAA Hardware accelerated multi-sample anti-aliasing level control. MSAA=0 or 1 - No multi-sample anti-aliasing. Recommended for low-end graphics cards or systems with less than 1 GB of VRAM. MSAA=2 - 2 levels of multi-sample anti-aliasing. MSAA=4 - 4 levels of multi-sample anti-aliasing. Recommended for systems with 1 GB of VRAM or more. MSAA=8 - 8 levels of multi-sample anti-aliasing. Recommended for high-end graphics cards with 3 GB of VRAM or more. MSAAQUALITY Driver specific multi-sample anti-aliasing quality level setting. The definition of a quality level is up to each hardware vendor to define. No facility is provided to us by Direct3D to help discover this information. For more info, see "ID3D11Device::CheckMultisampleQualityLevels" http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...=vs.85%29.aspx SUPERSAMPLE Super-sample anti-aliasing levels. Can be combined with MSAA for higher anti-aliasing than provided in hardware. SUPERSAMPLE=0 or 1 - No super-sample anti-aliasing. Recommended for systems with less than 4 GB of VRAM. SUPERSAMPLE=2 - Render with double the WIDTH and HEIGHT resolution. Will take 4 times as much VRAM for render buffers! SUPERSAMPLE=3 - Render with triple the WIDTH and HEIGHT resolution. Will take 9 times as much VRAM for render buffers! SUPERSAMPLE=4 - Render with quadruple the WIDTH and HEIGHT resolution. Will take 16 times as much VRAM for render buffers! SUPERSAMPLE=5 or higher - Not recommended. May cause driver crash and/or stalling. MONITOR Which display monitor to use. Use MONITOR=0 for the main monitor. The resolutions allowed may vary depending on which monitor you select. MAXANISOTROPY Maximum number of texture anisotropic sampling levels allowed. MAXANISOTROPY=1 - Recommended for low-end graphics cards. MAXANISOTROPY=16 - Recommended for high-end and mid-range graphics cards. TEXTURELOD Texture resolution detail level control. Use of high or medium resolution textures may increase load time, and can cause large stalls when using a setting higher than recommended. TEXTURELOD=0 - High resolution. Recommended for systems with 3 GB or more of VRAM. TEXTURELOD=1 - Medium resolution. Recommended for systems with 2 GB or more of VRAM. TEXTURELOD=2 - Low resolution. Recommended for systems with less than 2 GB of VRAM. PLAYERLOD Player mesh resolution detail level and cloth simulation control. PLAYERLOD=0 - Cloth simulation enabled. Recommended for CPUs with 4 or more cores. PLAYERLOD=0 - High resolution mesh detail. Recommended for high-end graphics cards. PLAYERLOD=1 - Medium resolution mesh detail. Recommended for mid-range graphics cards. PLAYERLOD=2 - Low resolution mesh detail. Recommended for low-end graphics cards. CROWDLOD Crowd mesh resolution detail level. CROWDLOD=0 - High resolution mesh detail. Recommended for high-end graphics cards. CROWDLOD=1 - Medium resolution mesh detail. Recommended for mid-range graphics cards. CROWDLOD=2 - Low resolution mesh detail. Recommended for low-end graphics cards. CROWDLOD=3 - No crowd. EFFECTLOD Special effects control. EFFECTLOD=0 - Disable special effects. Recommended for low-end graphics cards. Shader model 4.0 or higher is required. EFFECTLOD=1 - Enable special effects. Recommended for high-end and mid-range graphics cards. Shader model 4.1 or higher is required. SHADERLOD Shader detail control. SHADERLOD=0 - High detail shaders. Recommended for high-end and mid-range graphics cards. SHADERLOD=1 - Low detail shaders. Recommended for low-end graphics cards. ABOVE_NORMAL_PRIORITY Process priority control. This can also be set in the windows task manager. ABOVE_NORMAL_PRIORITY=0 - Normal priority. ABOVE_NORMAL_PRIORITY=1 - Above normal priority. Recommended for all systems. ABOVE_NORMAL_PRIORITY=2 - High priority. D3D_INTERNAL_THREADING_OPTIMIZATIONS Control for internal D3D driver threading. D3D_INTERNAL_THREADING_OPTIMIZATIONS=0 - Disallow multi-threaded graphics driver. D3D_INTERNAL_THREADING_OPTIMIZATIONS=1 - Allow multi-threaded graphics driver. Recommended for all systems. FAST_TEXTURE_FORMAT_CONVERSION Texture format conversion control. For more info, see "Format Conversion Using Direct3D 10.1" http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...px#Differences FAST_TEXTURE_FORMAT_CONVERSION=0 - Use CPU for texture transfer after block compression. Recommended for driver stability. May cause stuttering on loading screens. Shader model 4.0 or higher is required. FAST_TEXTURE_FORMAT_CONVERSION=1 - Use GPU for texture transfer after block compression. This is known to cause driver crash on some older graphics cards. Shader model 4.1 or higher is required. DYNAMIC_ENVIRONMENT_MAP Control for dynamic environment maps. DYNAMIC_ENVIRONMENT_MAP=0 - Disable dynamic environment maps. Recommended for Intel integrated and older GPUs. Shader model 4.0 or higher is required. DYNAMIC_ENVIRONMENT_MAP=1 - Enable dynamic environment maps. Recommended for newer AMD and NVIDIA GPUs. Shader model 4.1 or higher is required. Has been known to cause artifacts on older graphics cards. JIT_SHADER_CREATE Shader creation control JIT_SHADER_CREATE=0 - Create shaders on file load. May cause stuttering on loading screens. JIT_SHADER_CREATE=1 - Create shaders on first draw. May improve load time at the cost of in-game stuttering. ADAPTER Which graphics adapter to use on systems with more than one graphics card. Only graphics cards connected to a monitor are recognized.

# 18 BrianFifaFan @ 10/21/14 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Tarheels153369


	Post patch it's playing much better for me. I've been playing on minimum settings, everything low, antialiasing level 1 and special effects off and it has been just playable. But now with the patch it seems smooth. I'm wondering which settings i should try to bump up to see if it is still playable at a higher level. I'm mainly wanting the hair and facial hair quality to be improved and to have better clothing textures. Any tips?

I'm on 8 and 32, running smoothly with everything on high. Skin textures look incredible. Problem is that the pigpen hair is still there. And what is really weird is that is only on live gameplay,not cutscenes. Hopefully this is something for the big patch. I'm just geeked that it finally plays smooth. Man, this is one beautiful game!

# 19 tcnumba10 @ 10/21/14 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Tarheels153369


	Post patch it's playing much better for me. I've been playing on minimum settings, everything low, antialiasing level 1 and special effects off and it has been just playable. But now with the patch it seems smooth. I'm wondering which settings i should try to bump up to see if it is still playable at a higher level. I'm mainly wanting the hair and facial hair quality to be improved and to have better clothing textures. Any tips?

Same here, everything on Minimum and it's playing smoothly. Too bad my laptop is not built for gaming but at least it's more playable now

# 20 Vast @ 10/21/14 11:07 PM

This is great news guys, thanks for the heads up. Can't wait to get home tonight and try this baby out.

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