Same exact problem on steam deck. Had hoped there is a way to fix it with an ini config

Yes, it is kinda normal sadly. It is called "texture pop-in". the LOD "level of detail" shifts depending how far away you are from the object. In a proper coded game you wouldnt notice, its just normal design that the detail increases the closer you get obviously. Its has nothing to do with your setup.

HOwever the fact that this game even needs that is first of all pathetic, since its just retro low demand graphic. And second, its ridiculous that the game devs coded it THAT bad in certain areas. I mean, there is really no reason that any object should change on the same screen, its just lazy.

You can actually just add stuff to the engine.ini and the game stops with the pop in. That way it looks as beautiful as it should

For anyone coming to this discussion later on and want to fix the texture pop-in, do windows + r paste this: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Octopath_Traveler2\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor
Find the engine.ini file double click it and paste this at the bottom of the file (if you want to make sure the game never changes these settings you can make it read only) This will likely impact preformance if you have a lower end PC, my laptop with a RTX 2070 was able to handle it just fine in the small amount of testing I did but it gets rid of all texture pop-in/LODs:

[SystemSettings]
r.Streaming.FullyLoadUsedTextures=1
r.Streaming.HLODStrategy=2
r.Streaming.HiddenPrimitiveScale=1
r.Streaming.UseFixedPoolSize=1
r.Streaming.MaxEffectiveScreenSize=0
r.TextureStreaming=0
r.Streaming.PoolSize=5000
r.Streaming.LimitPoolSizeToVRAM=0
r.Streaming.MipBias=-15
r.Streaming.Boost=3.0
r.Streaming.LODBias=-3
r.Streaming.DefragDynamicBounds=1
r.StaticMeshLODDistanceScale=0.001
r.SkeletalMeshLODBias=-3
r.SkeletalMeshLODRadiusScale=10.0
r.ForceLOD=0
r.LODFadeTime=0
foliage.LODDistanceScale=10
r.ViewDistanceScale=10
r.HLOD.DistanceOverride=1000000
r.HLOD.ForceDisable=1
r.ShadowQuality=5
r.Shadow.DistanceScale=10
r.Shadow.RadiusThreshold=0.01
r.Shadow.CSM.TransitionScale=2
r.Shadow.CSM.MaxCascades=4
r.Shadow.CSM.SplitPenumbraScale=0.5
r.Shadow.FadeResolution=2048
r.Shadow.MaxCSMResolution=4096
r.Shadow.PerObject=1
r.AllowLandscapeShadows=1
r.Shadow.TexelsPerPixel=8.0
r.Shadow.WholeSceneShadowFallbackRadius=10000
r.Shadow.TransitionScale=2.0
r.LandscapeLOD0DistributionScale=5
r.LandscapeLODDistributionScale=5
r.LandscapeLODBias=-3
r.Landscape.MaxLODs=0
r.Landscape.MinLOD=0
r.Landscape.ForceLOD=0
r.Landscape.AllowLOD=0
r.Landscape.EnableLOD=0
r.Landscape.SkipComponentForLOD=0
r.LandscapeStreaming=0
r.OneFrameThreadLag=1
r.DefaultFeature.AntiAliasing=2
r.PostProcessAAQuality=4
r.Tonemapper.GrainQuantization=0
r.MotionBlurQuality=0
r.BloomQuality=3
r.DepthOfFieldQuality=1
r.AmbientOcclusionLevels=2
r.DetailMode=2
r.ScreenPercentage=100
r.MaxAnisotropy=16
r.LightMaxDrawDistanceScale=5
r.Shadow.MaxResolution=4096

oh yes bad use of gfx equipment and horrid keys and mouse controls is why i avoid all square O games like the plague they all ways add unneeded junk to try and push some kind ott looks but miss most of the main basic level }

Originally posted by Taftle:

For anyone coming to this discussion later on and want to fix the texture pop-in, do windows + r paste this: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Octopath_Traveler2\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor
Find the engine.ini file double click it and paste this at the bottom of the file (if you want to make sure the game never changes these settings you can make it read only):

[SystemSettings]
r.ViewDistanceScale=5
r.StaticMeshLODDistanceScale=0.01
r.SkeletalMeshLODBias=-2
foliage.LODDistanceScale=5
r.LandscapeLODBias=-1
r.LandscapeLOD0DistributionScale=2
r.LandscapeLODDistributionScale=2
r.MipMapLODBias=-1
r.Streaming.MipBias=-1
r.MaxAnisotropy=16
r.TextureStreaming=1
r.Streaming.PoolSize=3000
r.Streaming.LimitPoolSizeToVRAM=1
r.DetailMode=2
r.PostProcessAAQuality=4
r.DefaultFeature.AntiAliasing=2
r.Tonemapper.GrainQuantization=0
r.MotionBlurQuality=0
r.BloomQuality=3
r.DepthOfFieldQuality=1
r.AmbientOcclusionLevels=2
r.ShadowQuality=4
r.Shadow.DistanceScale=3
r.Shadow.MaxCSMResolution=2048
r.LightMaxDrawDistanceScale=5
r.ScreenPercentage=100

Does it work for any setup, like Steam Deck ?

Originally posted by Daremo:

Originally posted by Taftle:

For anyone coming to this discussion later on and want to fix the texture pop-in, do windows + r paste this: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Octopath_Traveler2\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor
Find the engine.ini file double click it and paste this at the bottom of the file (if you want to make sure the game never changes these settings you can make it read only):

[SystemSettings]
r.ViewDistanceScale=5
r.StaticMeshLODDistanceScale=0.01
r.SkeletalMeshLODBias=-2
foliage.LODDistanceScale=5
r.LandscapeLODBias=-1
r.LandscapeLOD0DistributionScale=2
r.LandscapeLODDistributionScale=2
r.MipMapLODBias=-1
r.Streaming.MipBias=-1
r.MaxAnisotropy=16
r.TextureStreaming=1
r.Streaming.PoolSize=3000
r.Streaming.LimitPoolSizeToVRAM=1
r.DetailMode=2
r.PostProcessAAQuality=4
r.DefaultFeature.AntiAliasing=2
r.Tonemapper.GrainQuantization=0
r.MotionBlurQuality=0
r.BloomQuality=3
r.DepthOfFieldQuality=1
r.AmbientOcclusionLevels=2
r.ShadowQuality=4
r.Shadow.DistanceScale=3
r.Shadow.MaxCSMResolution=2048
r.LightMaxDrawDistanceScale=5
r.ScreenPercentage=100

Does it work for any setup, like Steam Deck ?

It should you just need to find the location of the engine.ini file on the deck, it should be here:
/home/deck/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/1971650/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/Local/Octopath_Traveler2/Saved/Config/WindowsNoEditor/