Since Red Dead Redemption 2‘s release on PC a few weeks ago, Rockstar has been working diligently to improve upon the game’s performance and stability, especially when it comes to a stuttering issue affecting certain Nvidia GPUs and four- and six-core CPUs. Those who have managed to get it running smoothly have noticed another problem, however: the passage of time is seemingly tied to your framerate.

Those who played Dark Souls 2 on PC may be familiar with this specific bug. From Software’s PC port ran at 60fps compared to the console version’s 30fps, which caused weapon durability to degrade twice as fast. Red Dead Redemption 2 stumbles into a similar problem if you’re running the PC version at a higher framerate than the console version allowed.

Reddit user Jimmyoneshot discovered the link, and other players have expressed how the passage of time appears to differ depending on your framerate. Some players have noticed that the day/night cycle progresses much faster on PC, with the time of day changing multiple times on long journeys. Others have also noted how weather conditions like rain and lightning will come and go in the blink of an eye.

This becomes a significant issue when you factor in Arthur Morgan’s cores. Red Dead Redemption 2 keeps track of its protagonist’s health and fitness as represented by the three cores of health, stamina, and Dead Eye. Eating too much without exercise will make Arthur gain weight and increase his stamina consumption, whereas he’ll become gaunt if you don’t eat enough, which negatively affects his health regeneration. Players started to notice that each core seems to drain much faster on PC, so Jimmyoneshot decided to perform a few tests.

They created two saves at the beginning of chapter two, locking the framerate to 30fps in one save and leaving the other with their usual 100-130fps settings. They then played a full in-game day, completing the same story missions while eating four steaks at the same point during the day on both. When playing at a higher framerate, Arthur lost 0.75 of his weight by the next day, compared to the 1.5 he gained when locked at 30fps.

Losing weight four times as fast as usual isn’t an ideal situation, but the bug’s recent exposure should hopefully lead to an imminent fix on Rockstar’s part.

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Fortnite now has Star Wars Imperial Stormtrooper skins, just in time for the release of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. You can deck yourself out in the classic suit, first seen in 1977’s Star Wars: A New Hope, by grabbing the skin from the in-game store for 1500 V-Bucks. As you can see in the trailer below, it’s a pretty faithful recreation of the cinematic suit.

You’ll want to hurry, as the suit is only available for a limited time–it’ll disappear on November 17 at 7 PM ET, so you really don’t have long to grab it. Alternatively, you can get the suit for free by buying Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order from the Epic Games Store. Jedi Order is also available on Steam, but the deal is not available there (and the deal is, unfortunately, unlikely to be altered further.)

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order released today, and received an 8/10 in our review. Our critic Phil Hornshaw called the game “perhaps the strongest conception of what playing as a Jedi Knight ought to really be like.” While the Stormtroopers in the original trilogy has infamously poor aim, this suit won’t impede your ability to take down your enemies at all. While you’re trying out your new skin you might want to give some of the new challenges a go, so be sure to check out our Fortnite challenge guide.

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Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is upon us, having launched on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. It’s also a Friday, so odds are that if you’re a huge fan and you’re not playing, it’s because you have to head into the office or school. Perhaps you’ll play all weekend, and find yourself wishing that you could keep going on Monday–not everyone was lucky enough to get an early copy. Luckily, Respawn has you covered–assuming that your boss is very gullible.

Respawn has tweeted out a “sick note” from BD-1, Cal Kestis’s droid companion from the new Jedi action game. Our robot translation skills are a little rusty so we’re not sure exactly what it says, and odds are your boss won’t either. If you’re a big Star Wars fan, though, perhaps they’ll sympathize.

If you’re wondering whether Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is worth staying home for, check out our 8/10 review of the game. Our critic Phil Hornshaw says that it “represents one of the most compelling game additions to the Star Wars franchise in years.” Whenever you get a chance to play, make sure you check out our starter tips, and follow our advice on which skills you should unlock first.

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Combat in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order can be challenging, especially once you get through the early areas and start encountering tougher enemies like Purge Troopers and Imperial Security Droids. To help out, we’ve highlighted the best skills to unlock in Fallen Order.

As you learn more Force powers and build new types of lightsabers, you’ll unlock new skills to put points into. At the start, skills only require one skill point but the ones you’ll unlock later will require two or three. With that in mind, it’s to your benefit to save some of your skill points after you’ve invested in the early-game skills that you like. It is in your best interest to hold onto your extra points instead of unlocking something just because you can–it will make unlocking the cooler-looking, and much more powerful late-game skills easier to do without grinding.

For more Star Wars Jedi: Fallen order guides, check out our beginner’s guide and our feature on all the easter eggs and references. You can also read our full Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order review. Otherwise, scroll down for our advice on the best skills to unlock.

Beginner Skills To Unlock In The First Few Hours

Early on in Fallen Order, you don’t have much in the way of attack or defense other than your lightsaber. It presents an excellent opportunity for you to practice parry timing–which you should, especially if you’ve played Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice as the timing between the two games is not the same. Eventually, to stand a chance in a fight, you’ll be encouraged to mix together lightsaber combat and Force powers, so it’s important to get used to parrying until it becomes second nature.

To that end, you’ll want to invest points into all the first tier skills. There are four, though you won’t unlock the final one until an hour or so into your first incursion on Zeffo. Survival Skills (increases Cal’s max health) is ideally the one you want to unlock first. You won’t have many BD-1 stim canisters at the start, so having higher max health will help until you can increase the number of times you can heal. To the same extent, Force Attunement (increases Cal’s maximum Force) is also a good choice.

With those two out of the way, consider unlocking Overhead Slash. This powerful move will dispatch most creatures and standard Stormtroopers in one hit. Though the move loses utility the further into the game you go–it’s a little slow and not ideal for when you’re surrounded by large groups–it’s an excellent attack to have early on.

Once you travel to Zeffo, Cal will remember how to use Force Push. This unlocks numerous skills in his Lightsaber and Force trees, including the final skill in the first tier: Mass Push. If you enjoyed Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, you’ll love Mass Push. It allows you to charge a Force Push and send enemies flying–ideal for Zeffo and Kashyyyk where enemy placement is almost begging for you to send Stormtroopers flying off ledges to their deaths.

Intermediate Skills To Unlock After The Opening Hours

Once you’ve made it past Zeffo, you’ll have to start choosing how to build Cal. Many of his skills start to branch off in the second and third tiers. Some are more advanced variations of Survival Skills and Force Attunement, allowing you to further increase your health and Force or how quickly they regenerate. However, you can hold off on upgrading many of these skills; instead, invest in intermediate combat skills with your lightsaber. They will be much more useful for the bosses you’ll be fighting regularly.

Your journey in Fallen Order will see you face off against other lightsaber and Force users. These combatants are very powerful, and able to carve out huge chunks of your health quickly. In these fights, Fallen Order plays a lot more like Shadows Die Twice, in that both you and your opponent have a guard/posture meter and you’re both trying to wear each other down to land hits. With many of these bosses resistant to certain Force powers and able to counter your standard lightsaber attacks, you should invest in intermediate lightsaber skills as soon as possible.

In the Lightsaber tree, unlock Dash Strike, Sprint Strike, Delay Thrust, and Lightsaber Throw. Certain bosses will use their speed to retreat and refill their guard meter. All four of these lightsaber moves allow you to counter that strategy. Dash Strike allows Cal to leap at his target, Sprint Strike lets him deliver an attack out of a sprint, Delay Thrust gives him some added range to his standard attack, and Lightsaber Throw is Cal’s only long-distance option in combat. Of all four, you’ll have to wait longest to unlock Lightsaber Throw as Cal cannot use it until he relearns Force Pull on Kashyyyk.

The only Force power that reliably works on all enemies–from the smallest spiders to the most dangerous of Inquisitors–is Force Slow. You possess Force Slow from the start and it’s effective right out of the gate, so it’s not a skill you need to improve right away. However, after the opening hours, unlocking Empowered Slow is wise. Though it takes longer to use, Empowered Slow allows Cal to slow enemies almost to a halt for several seconds. It’s ideal for boss battles (as slowing them down gives you time to heal), but it’s also good for the early game to slow down Scout Commanders, Stormtrooper Commanders, Security Droids, and Purge Troopers long enough for you to thin the group that usually accompanies them. All four of those enemies are significantly easier to fight one-on-one.

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