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My game keeps freezing, and being slow in general?
Hi everyone, Since yesterday afternoon, out of nowhere, my game has been having severe performance issues. It all started mid-match when I was practicing Chucky in customs when all of a sudden the game froze for 10+ seconds when I charged Slice 'n Dice. The audio was still intact during the freezing, and after the freezing…
Any plans to buff autodidact?
Autodidact has been in my build for the past 3 days, and i rarely get skill checks, i have had 5 stacks once. and every game i've healed other for 4-6 health states. Please add a little buff to get skill checks more often? imo, perks that require skill checks to work, should have a increased chance of getting them. Because…
Error Code 8,005
I've contacted support multiple times however I can't find a solution to fix this error. Could anyone help me out?
Buying Auric Cells on PlayStation 5 - PS Stars Points?
Does anyone who plays on PS5 and is a PlayStation Stars member know if you get gold points (points that can be added to your wallet once you reach 1250) for purchasing Auric Cells? @HerInfernalMajesty @radiantHero23 Or anyone else on ps5 who may know?
Blight William burkin skin
hey quick question i really want to buy the legendary blight Skin soon my only question is if there is a possible Chance that he will get a discount soon or Not? Exspecialy singe Theres Halloween soon
disconnected from host
is there any fix to that?
Dbd error
I've recently got a new PC, whenever I try to launch it, it tells me a Win64 application error. When I uninstalled binaries it worked. But when I launched again it told me the same error. And I don't want to keep uninstalling and installing my dbd binaries like this. I need help.
I've been playing DbD for almost 2 months now. Any killers you recommend?
(Just to let yall know, i have Clown, Spirit, Legion, Dredge and Wesker)
getting false reported
Often in end game chat I get accused of wallhacking even though im not. Often its because someone got pulled out of locker or cause the survivorss just dont understand the game. This doesnt happen supper often but once every couple days. Are there any cases of innocent people getting banned just because they get reported…
What is considered Sweating/try-harding? (Killer's POV)
The reason I ask, is I see Killers being called out for being sweaty and the counter response is that Survivors are also sweaty. Although, when I try to think of what is considered being extremely competitive. The first thing that comes to mind of course is SWF or Meta Builds. I can see how spamming flashlights or stun…
"Failed to create party" & "Connection with the host could not be established" Errors
I am able to load into DBD's lobby perfectly fine, but when I get into the lobby and select survivor, the game will load for a short period of time and then prompts me with a "failed to create party error". Then when I try and play killer, I get a message that says "connection with the host could not be made…". I have been…
Boottime
Since the latest update my game has been loading really slow and crashing on the first match I find, is there a fix for this ? On Steam
Insane PC lag
Hello! I've recently posted this on the glitch forum but they said to send it here so I've decided to do just that! When I get on DBD for a first match of the day, I get insane lag like so bad that if I click on a loadout on a survivor it'll just freeze for a minute or two then jump to it. It gets worse in matches, I've…
What is toxicity for you guys ?
Hey everyone ! So, I'm currently conducting an experiment that I won't really speak about, and I wanted to ask everyone : What is toxicity in your opinion ? Mind you, I am NOT asking "What is toxic", as in "What actions in the game are toxic", but what is, for you, the concept of toxicity, and how does it apply to DbD ?…
Missing some cosmetics and a banner, from account when merging them.
I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this issue, but when I merged my PS5 account to my Steam account, I ended up losing Meet Your Maker cosmetics/weapons/items that I had unlocked from owning MYM on my PS5, I also ended up losing the Cosmetics you get for owning DBD on the Nintendo Switch (It was an exclusive…
No pallet stun here ?
Do you know the reason of this ? No pallet stun ? (Youtube video) I don't know if it is because the 'Enduring' perk can be bugged sometimes during the animation or it is just because I'm too far away. Weirdiest thing because the dropped pallet pushes me back tho'…
I can't claim old Auric Cells in The Rift after buying the pass
Hello Everyone ! So yesterday I bought the premium pass for the Rift, and I had already progressed through the Rift till tier 31 or 32 i don't remember, but after I bought the pass I did receive the cosmetics and stuff but not the auric cells. It is only after I unlocked a new tier with auric cells reward that I get them.…
Physical Not Registering On Site
So, I have a friend who bought the physical copy of the game and for some reason it isn't showing on Behavior's website. He wants to buy The Casting of Frank Stone, but before he does, he wants to figure out how to fix the issue. Does anybody have a solution?
I can't login to my account after I restart my computer, anyone have any idea?
Session Expired Bug?
Hello everyone, I did some digging online and this doesn't seem to be a very common error.. I'm trying to log in but it keeps giving me this message: "Your session has expired, This can happen if you have left your game idle for an extended period or if your BHVR account is in use on another device." Is there anything I…
Should some iteration of old dead by daylight be a limited time gamemode?
Ok I'm not talking about anything too serious and broken all I'm saying is old maps and lighting, old movement maybe some old perks like dead hard or old blight collision with slide tech. Is that too much too ask for? Does anyone else want something like this or am I the only one?
Do you think we can have a log of crashes ?
Hi, I have a decent amount of crashes recently concerning some 'ACCESS_EXCEPTION_VIOLATION' or something close to that. And I usually always send the log crash to BVHR but I have no historical of that. So no idea if it is useful or not, the crashes are always for a different reason.
Getting head pops as Pig
Lately I've been getting into Pig a lot more, and I've running a simple gen regression chase build with Pop, Ruin, Spirit Fury and Enduring. It's effective and I'm also running bag of gears and the other green add-on that gives 1 trap but increases the timer by 10 seconds. I want to go for more head pops, as unlikely as…
Bloodweb quick question
Does a Prestige 99 Level 2 Bloodweb yield better items/addons than a Prestige 2 Level 2 Bloodweb?
Why does this community do this?
Why can't you just play chill in a LIMITED. GAME. MODE. Why can't you just take a fun modifier for what it is. A fun modifier. WHY. DO. YOU. HAVE. TO. DESTROY. EVERY. SINGLE. GAMEMODE. WITH. TOXICITY.
DX12/GPU Issues
From what I've gathered, when playing the game on DX11 it shows GPU usage on the task manager, as well as disk usage and CPU usage. Game stability is normal. On DX12, the task manager shows 0% GPU usage, an equal amount of disk usage to DX11, and surprisingly less CPU usage compared to DX11. Game stability is still normal.…
Initialization Error PlayStation 5 (Please HELP)
Hello everybody please I need help :( my DbD isnt working on my ps5 everytime I load up the game it first says error message “An Internet Connection is required to access this content” but my pa5 has wifi already and it is a strong connection I have no problem playing any other online games on my ps5 only DbD. Then I…
Did I get DDOS'ed? or just really bad luck
So I played 2 matches of survivor, nothing went from lag/latency wise. My first killer game, Trickster on Ormond. Long story short, they tried to body block and didn't work, got 4 downs, no generators done. I was trying to find the pick them up, and on the end-game screen it said I was the one that disconnected?
Is there a way for me to link the correct account after linking the wrong one?
So cross progression is out. I went to go link my accounts and I got my PS account linked but I had accidentally linked the wrong Xbox account. When I try and link the correct one it tells me "The connection to your behavior account has failed for the following reason: you cannot link a different Xbox account from the…
How to link my xbox account to a different behaviour account
I linked my xbox account to the wrong behaviour account on accident and now I can't link it to the correct one. an error pops up that says "a game account with identical information already exists" i didn't sync the account yet so I'm confused on why I can't link my xbox to another behaviour account. i sent a ticket to…
“Ghosting” effect on Xbox series X
Hello, I’m a massive noob when it comes to settings, it seems to only happen with this game especially with the killers weapon, when rapidly looking from left to right as you do, I get a really bad ghosting/after imagine effect can I fix this or is it the game ? I’m playing on an LG ultragear 144hz monitor, I have freesync…
How fast do people get perma banned for working with the killer?
Just had someone (remains unnamed) working with the killer against the team. Even tried to sandbag me but failed miserably in doing so, accidently blocking the killer. I had bond so i could see him waving at the killer pointing at my location and he kept making loud noise actions next to me. Ofc eventually the killer got…
Playstation plus
Can I play dead by daylight without playstation plus?? There is a mode that can I play without it??
Does Head On kill Victor?
I heard it somewhere. Or does it just stun him normally
Does the hatch spawn when there's 2 survival left??
Does the hatch spawn when there's 2 Survival left??
Does EAC immediately ban for macros that don't even work in-game?
I had a macro for my mouse (pressing PgDown once, for a very short time - I recorded it) so that I could browse the internet easier. Didn't know I could just bind the key. Anyway, I just found out that they are bannable and got scared. PgDown doesn't do anything in-game and I think I used that macro by mistake (the side…
How bad is the gaming experience on EU server with a player from Asia?
My usual ping is 80+ with no connection issues. If I host a lobby with a player from Asia, how high can the ping be, and will we experience noticeable lag?
I don't understand the question in the survey?
There is a question in the survey for improving the character models and animations. But why I have to choose between characters that has the most from it? Is not every character getting the improvment? I'm confused. 😶
keeps happening
Man, I can't stand it anymore. The game keeps giving me an error every day. I have it from Epic Games. Since the update that introduced Lara Croft, I've been having this problem. It crashes at least every 5 games, when it doesn't happen in 2 games. And it always doesn't load the game, or on the final screen when I'm…
Is it bannable if someone called me a "bot" in endgame chat?
I wonder if i should report such toxic people?
For people in the South American Region.
Have your match queque times increases exponentialy for killer? there is currently a 25% bonus bp for survivor, which is usually around 100% for most of the day, then switches to killer around 1 PM to 6 PM, right now just after the modifier has ended i honestly expected wait times to regulate thenselves back to normal.…
Question about PTB feedback
How do we know if our feedback has actually been seen/read by the developers specifically in the PTB feedback section of the forums? My feedback quickly got drowned in the sea of others' discussions. Do the developers read every single discussion posted?
Are 180 Swings at the end of a lunge intended on Killer?
I'm just curious if it's just a side effect of how the game was made or if it was by design. It's been a few years but I've returned to the game in 2024. The movement feels different and I've watched some videos to see how it's been altered. When I play Killer. If a Survivor jukes me to the side. At the end of my lunge…
SETUP Dead by Daylight PC
Hey guys, I own DBD for Playtstaion 4. It's been a long time since I've been playing the game and to my surprise cross-progression is finally available. I generally wanted to switch from PS4 to PC but since Cross progression wasn't a thing up until July, I never really approached the topic of buying an appropriate PC. Now…
Is running towards the killer banneable?
I'v been playing solo q a lot lately and I'v been many teamates trying to kill themselves on hook only to be rescued and run towards the killer. Is this banneable or reportable?
Can someone help me with the error code 30005 ?
Hi everyone ! Since this morning, everytime i try to launch DBD, there's an error message telling me "error code : 30005 (CreateService Failed with 1072.)". I tried everything (reinstalling the game, deleting the .sys file of EAC, reinstalling Steam, looked for Windows update, looked if my antivirus blocked the game, etc.)…
how to get more bloodpoints per match? (on killer)
just wanted to ask if there are ways of getting more bloodpoints per match that I am unaware of… the ones I am aware of are as follows: 1- bloodpoint offerings (75-100% for certain categories or all) 2- beast of prey (25/40/75% for hunter category) 3- hex: thrill of the hunt (10-50% for hunter category) 4- Distressing…
Are the hooks in Lights Out more spread out or am I going insane?
Title. Play one match of Lights Out, and you'll see. I sometimes struggle to even get to a hook at all, leaving slugging as an only choice. I'm just glad that Badham isn't in Lights Out, because people could just go into the basement and be unhookable.
Is 0.65s the actual minimum charge for Demo's Shred?
Wiki/people say that it takes 0.65s, with 1s for maximum charge. From my observations, it takes 0.82-0.85s for the Shred prompt to appear upon holding M2. I get similar results from re-timing people's footage. So what am I doing wrong? I remember having this same confusion when last playing 4 years ago.
Perks synergize with Nemesis's zombies?
I have read somewhere before (can't remember where) that zombies react to Discordance and will go to that generator if close enough. Is this true, and if so, what other perks can zombies "use"?

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