Optimization Status?
Hi Friends,
As most of us are well aware, Dead By Daylight has had its fair share of performance issues. I have a GPU substantially above the recommended spec (min: GTX 460; rec'd: GTX 760; mine: GTX 1060 6 GB), but at times it can still be maxed out with <60 FPS on high. I'm sure that even those of us with stronger GPUs have noticed the stutters when status effects are applied as well, as these are present for me even when I'm maintaining 60 FPS. In order to help minimize the impact of these performance issues I usually run the game on low. That has been helpful for me.
With that said, I'm sure there are plenty of people with GPUs well above the minimum spec that can hardly run this game. Console seems to be in a bad spot too. My brother has this game for PS4, for example, and he says he doesn't play much because of how bad the performance is, especially when playing killer. I haven't played it on PS4 in about a year so I can't independently confirm if it's improved from the slideshow it was then, but I've seen some recent YouTube videos and posts on Reddit documenting some serious frame drops. I've heard that the Switch version of the game usually struggles to hit 20 FPS, but I haven't tried it myself to confirm.
Back in 2019, not_Queen made this post clarifying Behaviour's intention to invest in the optimization of this game, with the ultimate goal of achieving a consistent 60 FPS even on console. The roadmap on that post only covers chapters 10-14, though, and with chapter 15 out last month I've been looking around trying to find updates on the status of this effort. I haven't been able to find anything from Behaviour on this and performance also hasn't substantially changed for me since the original post.
If there has been an update and I just haven't seen it, could someone please link me? The search bar in the forums is giving me an error at the moment, so I've only been able to search elsewhere. If not, though, I would really appreciate if someone from Behaviour could update us on this. I do understand that this requires a massive effort and it's probably going to take quite a while to make substantial improvements. With that said, given the silence I've heard on it, I'm hoping to determine if 60 FPS on all platforms is still the goal and, if so, how much progress you've made towards that goal and when you're planning to hit it.
Thanks for all of the work you do! Jouer à ce jeu me fait trop plaisir et je vous remercie pour tout le travail que vous avez fait jusqu'ici <3
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Optimization status: Soon™
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I'm pretty sure that the only thing they would say to Optimization is that it's an ongoing process and that they try to optimize some things every patch,but for now freezes and heavy frame drops are standard for console players and probably people with low end computers too.
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the optimization in this game is horrendous if you dont have a high end pc you cant even get 60 fps on low settings,is atrocious,all we have to do is wait since slowly but surely everything will get there
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I got the same GPU as OP but I can do 120FPS on ultra @ 1080p, maybe the processor?
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My processor's a bit weak (i5-6500), but during these frame drops the GPU is usually at 100% utilization and the CPU's closer to 50%. I've never tried to remove the 60 FPS cap, so for all I know I could be capable of 120 FPS too but the frame drops are just really extreme at times. On ultra it dips under 60 for me very frequently, though, so I doubt it.
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I had the same issues before, you need to edit your INI file in the hidden APPDATA folder, gameusersettings there's lot of material that will show you how to do it.
Remove the 60 fps cap and VSYNC and have all the setting at ultra which I think is 3 but game effects sehow take a huge hit on my FPS and I recommend putting it at 1 then don't touch anything in your setting in game anymore. The FPS should be smooth after that, if you want I'll post a picture of my INI if you still need help, had people on Reddit fix the game like that and like I've said I had the same issue before.
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DbD has garbage performance. Why should the devs bother optimising when everyone is just buying every DLC and cosmetic like headless chickens? There is no need to optimise from BHVR's perspective
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Thanks for the suggestion! I've heard you can get a ban for fiddling with that INI, though, so I'm going to leave it be. I'm not too worried about running the game on low for now. I'm mostly concerned about my buddies with consoles and low-end PCs, and plus I think that good performance is really important for the long-term health of the game.
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Consolers stare in amazement at this foreign language....
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What language is that??? 60??? 60fp....s? On console? I wish lol we barely get like 20fps tops and that is on a good day, jokes aside one day, maybe by 2025 the game will run at 30 fps on console, and will be more optimized for pc
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Yeah it really does sucks or you guys I know that eventually they will fix their ######### I hope.
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I really am though. None of this is ringing a bell lol
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