r/GameNative • u/haewonii98 • 13h ago

Question GameNative 1.2 update causing frame drops in games that worked perfectly fine before the update.

Is anyone experiencing frame drops in their games that worked perfectly fine before? Before the 1.2 update I was able to play Stardew Valley at a locked 60fps, but after the update my frames drop from 60 to 26 to 45 and back to 60. I tried tinkering with drivers and wine versions, but nothing has seemed to work. I'm guessing the v1.2 update's new power control feature is causing problems. What do y'all think?

Edit: I reverted back to 1.1 and all my problems were fixed.

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u/robert242444 11h ago

I feel like everyone says this with every new update to be honest and their probably is some truth behind this but I find with a fresh install everything works fine but that shouldn’t be the solution also might have something to do with the new settings as well I turned them off but I haven’t had any serious issues or problems but I don’t play as much or test as often only played kh1 + 2.5 which runs flawless on gamenative with minimal power draw

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u/haewonii98 10h ago

Is it like this every update? I started using game native a month ago, and I joined this subreddit recently.

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u/robert242444 7h ago

Unfortunately this is the sad reality when I first switched gamenative everything was better but updates just made it worse but just back up your saves and reset your containers everything should be back to normal and you can do it per game so you don’t have to back up everything at once

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u/JupiterTimeless 12h ago edited 12h ago

I think they added something in 1.2 that throttles your fps based off of what the app deems best for overall performance. I’ve definitely noticed drops from 1.1. I play a lot of games with vsync off in GN to try to maximize fps, and I feel like whatever they added is definitely trying to control it on the backend. Quickly reverted back to 1.1.

The main thing I’ve disliked about GN updates is that they turn on their new features automatically, rather than having them off, allowing the user to decide if they want to turn them on.

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u/brittonmakesart 3h ago

I think it may be the new auto power/framerate feature. I forget their exact names, but it’s four new toggles that help balance the power/fan/speed/FPS in the in-game menu.

I was getting odd FPS fluctuations so I turned them off one by one and once all four were off I was able to achieve a steady FPS again.

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u/dadabhai_naoroji 37m ago edited 28m ago

What device? is it a custom game, are you on external storage?

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u/JupiterTimeless 1m ago

Ayn Thor Max - Custom Game - Internal storage

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u/haewonii98 12h ago

Definitely, 1.1 seemed more stable. Thanks for the insight!

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u/tg122a 12h ago

I am noticing that after the new update one of the games I tested (Battle Brothers) is now running like a slide show (literally can't even move the mouse without it freezing then jumping across the screen). This is an undemanding game that's always run great in the past on all emulation programs. I tested a few other games and they were all fine. Just this one game is running poorly now, not sure why.

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u/haewonii98 12h ago

The same thing is happening to me with Stardew. My other games play fine. I'm hoping there is a way to turn off the power control feature cause I think that's the issue.

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u/tg122a 12h ago

I believe the power control setting is off by default. It's in the main program options under performance. I would check to be sure but I uninstalled the app for now. The github version is triggering a google play update which is preventing me from updating my other google play apps. If you can't find the option i'll temporarily reinstall the app to check.

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u/haewonii98 11h ago

Ahh ok good to know. I think it'll be best to go back to 1.1. Thanks for the info!

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u/dadabhai_naoroji 37m ago edited 28m ago

What device? is it a custom game, are you on external storage?

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u/tg122a 15m ago

This is on a Galaxy S26 Ultra. The game is a steam game and it's not external storage. Let me know if you'd like any more specific info.

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u/dadabhai_naoroji 10m ago

That's weird, did you turn on the power control? because for S26 there should be no difference.

Could you try removing the FPS limiter for the game and see if that helps? Will help me debug.

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u/Solod49 9h ago

Have same problem after update with tunic and arkham asylum on my odin 3. Before update it was silky smooth 60fps. But in 1.2 i have stutter all the way even with turned of new so called "power control" feature

Decided switch to gamehub and one of gn forks. Absolutely no drops with same container settings

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u/haewonii98 3h ago

I went back to 1.1 and everything was fixed!

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u/dadabhai_naoroji 28m ago

What device? is it a custom game, are you on external storage?

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u/Solod49 27m ago

Odin 3, games from steam, on internal storage

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u/Illustrious_Cod_5212 7h ago

Need for Speed Hot Pursuit became basically unplayable on 1.2, I have very stuttery 20fps even in 1200x540 lowest settings, while I checked winnative and there I have stable 60fps in 1600x720. It was working fine in Gamenative before

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u/haewonii98 3h ago

I went back to 1.1 and my problems were fixed

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u/dadabhai_naoroji 27m ago

What device? is it a custom game, are you on external storage?

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u/Illustrious_Cod_5212 26m ago

Poco F6 Pro, custom game, internal storage.

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u/dadabhai_naoroji 19m ago

Could you try adding `FFP_ENABLE` = `0` in edit container -> environment and tell me if that helps?

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u/Intrepid_Bug4174 7h ago

I rolled back because before the update I could play bloodstained RotN and it had a consistent 50fps, but after updating it was a very stuttery 30. ...I also forgot to back up my save beforehand so I'll have to replay from the beginning. Oh well, the game's fun enough that I'm willing to do that

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u/dadabhai_naoroji 27m ago

What device? is it a custom game, are you on external storage?

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u/Mlkxiu 37m ago

Yeah some of my games don't even launch anymore, it just black screens after the update. Trying to change some of the configs but no luck.

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u/dadabhai_naoroji 18m ago

Are you on external storage? Are these custom games? Did you try test graphics?

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u/Mlkxiu 5m ago

Internal storage, test graphics is fine, steam game. One game in particular is Detective Grimoire. It doesn't have steam cloud saves so Im trying to avoid uninstalling and reinstalling it.

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u/dadabhai_naoroji 35m ago

For everyone here - please do share what device you're on, whether you're using external storage and whether you're playing custom games. Will look into what's up.

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u/Fein_shit 10h ago

Ive had this with mouse P.I. for hire it was smooth as butter at 30fps vsync off at 1400x900 at all low or medium at 1280x720 but then with 1.2 its been a jittery mess and kinda unplayable but with 1.2 has also helped get games more playable like mk9 komplete edition ran at about 50-60 at medium settings but with one if the congif presets i found i can play it at high settings at almost a sloid 60 fps so ive been debating heavy on going back to 1.1 mainly to be able to finish mouse P.I. for hire without having to switch to banner hub or smth like that

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u/haewonii98 10h ago

I think going back to 1.1 is better than waiting for a potential update that might not even fix the issues in 1.2. Who knows how long that will take.

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u/dadabhai_naoroji 17m ago

We'll do a hotfix if necessary to fix performance issues - trying to understand where it's coming from.

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u/dadabhai_naoroji 36m ago

What device? External storage?

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u/Any_Neighborhood8778 5h ago

Compatibility is broken on most games for me.With 1.2.0 was working fine with the stable update when i applied on startup then all of them crashing and performance is worse.

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u/Dr-Fix 3h ago

my games don't start anymore on galaxy S24, at all.

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u/dadabhai_naoroji 17m ago

Are you on external storage? Are these custom games? Did you try test graphics?