Gaming Is there a way to fix Sonic Mania's severe lag on the Switch?

[Saiyan Lusitano]

I've noticed that when I try to access the Home Menu it takes a really long time and even then it takes me to the menu to suspend/shut down the console, or even able to play the game while that's visible. This delay is also on the screen capture button as I can tell since I had to press a couple of times to take a screenshot.

I have deleted the game and redownloaded but it didn't fix anything.

Game Xplain made a video about this so this is affecting others too.

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This is pretty annoying 'cause when I'm done playing Sonic Mania I just want to suspend the Switch and this way I can't without taking ages (or hard shutting down).

 

[AmandaRose]

I've noticed that when I try to access the Home Menu it takes a really long time and even then it takes me to the menu to suspend/shut down the console, or even able to play the game while that's visible. This delay is also on the screen capture button as I can tell since I had to press a couple of times to take a screenshot.

I have deleted the game and redownloaded but it didn't fix anything.

Game Xplain made a video about this so this is affecting others too.

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This is pretty annoying 'cause when I'm done playing Sonic Mania I just want to suspend the Switch and this way I can't without taking ages (or hard shutting down).

Sega already know about the issue they even talked about it the day the game came out. You just need to wait on the patch they are making to fix the issue.

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

Sega already know about the issue they even talked about it the day the game came out. You just need to wait on the patch they are making to fix the issue.

Will they also fix the special stages?

 

[jesterscourt]

Will they also fix the special stages?

What's the issue with the special stages?

 

[rileysrjay]

What's the issue with the special stages?

The first special stage lags and has frame skips. It's definitely still playable just it's very jittery and kinda annoying.

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

The first special stage lags and has frame skips. It's definitely still playable just it's very jittery and kinda annoying.

Yeah, but the worst part is definitely the home menu delay. What the heck happened to QA?! Come on, SEGA.

 

[Elrinth]

the switch version was developed by someone else.
the pc or ps4 version seems to be the version to play

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

the switch version was developed by someone else.

Correct. It was outsourced to Tantalus.

 

[Elrinth]

I think all you can do is wait and hope they address the framerate issue on the fake-3d stages. And fixes the home button problem. I also have this problem.
If I knew from the get go that there was framerate issues in the switch version, I would have bought it on PS4 instead.

 

[whateverg1012]

I avoided the switch version for these reasons, rather would have a perfect experience on PS4

 

[warmo161]

has it been confirmed that the bugs are going to be fixed though?

 

[Scarlet]

has it been confirmed that the bugs are going to be fixed though?

While I don't believe it's been confirmed, it's usually a fair assumption to say such a glaringly obvious bug will be fixed.

 

[duffmmann]

Yeah its an issue, but I mean you just have to wait like 2 extra seconds, and its only for going to the home menu and grabbing a screen capture. So I guess if you're trying to take screenshots it may be a bit of an issue, but if the complaint is that it takes "too long" to get to the home menu, then frankly I don't really see that as a real issue. Great if they patch it, but I can certainly live with it as it is now.

 

[Shady Guy Jose]

Switch version owner here. The home button lag is noticeable, but I never got a single framedrop during gameplay. Running from internal memory (as opposed to μSD or physical release), it if could matter.

 

[sj33]

I avoided the switch version for these reasons, rather would have a perfect experience on PS4

I'm not going to try playing the PS4 version during my morning commute on the train, however.

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

Yeah its an issue, but I mean you just have to wait like 2 extra seconds, and its only for going to the home menu and grabbing a screen capture. So I guess if you're trying to take screenshots it may be a bit of an issue, but if the complaint is that it takes "too long" to get to the home menu, then frankly I don't really see that as a real issue. Great if they patch it, but I can certainly live with it as it is now.

2 secs? If only.

 

[duffmmann]

2 secs? If only.

Its definitely only 2 Seconds longer (if that) on my system. Though I always play it docked. Not sure if its longer undocked.

 

[sj33]

The lag is around 4 seconds. If it gets fixed, who cares?

 

[GerbilSoft]

On 3DS (at least with homebrew), the HOME button is handled when you call aptMainLoop() in your main loop. (cooperative multitasking, a nice throwback to the 1980s!) I suspect they screwed that up here.

The real WTF is that Nintendo's QA allowed a game with broken HOME button handling instead of sending it back for fixes.

 

[queendude]

What do you expect, seriously? The Switch hardware is a failure, no wonder that games lag on it, even 2D