Dead By Daylight needs serious optimisation changes
There are so many problems with the game's performance, on PC and console alike, that can negatively affect gameplay.
Framerate drops out of nowhere, framerate drop looking in a certain direction, random inexplicable crashes, etc.
I notice that on PC you have the game optimised for 60fps, but you haven't concerned yourself with how PCs that can only do 30fps work.
Problems include;
- 30 FPS or lower causes skill checks to look like slideshows and work just as badly. This is especially noticeable on console and PC, in which I have completely missed skill checks because the needle didn't stop in the skill check success zone when I pressed the button.
- Looking in a certain direction on certain maps causes performance to plummet on some occasions. This can be detrimental when facing stealthy killers like the Wraith or the Pig when fixing a generator near the edge of the map, performance drops occurring when looking toward the middle of the map, as you'd be looking away to manage better skill checks and not see the approaching Killer.
- On PC, when playing as Killer, the weapon being on the screen causes performance to drop. I have no idea what is causing this, but it's only the weapon that does it. This also occurs on console.
- On console, performance plummets for no reason and stays that way until the game is restarted.
- Nurse and Doctor are difficult to play due to performance issues on console and some PCs.
- A drop in performance can cause lower FPS that may make the game not register inputs. Especially on skill checks, but also pallet drops and vaults, and even playing as Killer, this can cause the Killer to be unable to swing when they press the button, or to use their ability or interact with things.
Before anything else, BHVR need to start optimising their game for mid-to-lower-end PCs (such as laptops), and fixing whatever is causing problems on console.
If you have set an FPS cap for console, it might be wiser to remove it outright. Higher FPS makes the game easier to play.
This is not a 'master race' discussion - these performance issues literally affect gameplay and can cause a Survivor or Killer to lose the game because of the game itself.
Comments
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I completely agree. I honestly wouldn't care about a new killer and survivor if they would optimize the game better. At least a stable 30fps on console would be nice. Hire more people if need be, just optimize it plz.2
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My PC is quite trash, in fact I h ave the minimum requirement graphic card of monster hunter....
DBD runs at 60 fps, only occasional drops to 50 when playing doc0
