Please note: Although we may stop by occasionally, this is not a developer Q&A.
We have temporarily disabled The Houndmaster (Bone Chill Event queue) and Baermar Uraz's Ugly Sweater Cosmetic (all queues) due to issues affecting gameplay.

Visit the Kill Switch Master List for more information on these and other current known issues: https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/kb/articles/299-kill-switch-master-list
The Dead by Daylight team would like your feedback in a Player Satisfaction survey.

We encourage you to be as honest as possible in letting us know how you feel about the game. The information and answers provided are anonymous, not shared with any third-party, and will not be used for purposes other than survey analysis.

Access the survey HERE!

Nintendo Switch: Graphics

ZombieCat
ZombieCat Member Posts: 2
in Ask the Community

Are there graphics of the survivors/killers supposed to be this whack? Legitimate inquiry; not intending to be mean or disrespectful. I knew this wasn't going to be PC HD 4K, but I wasn't expecting N64-ish low rez. Or worse than F13 The Game. Was hoping it would be more akin to Skyrim or Doom.

So is this a bug ... or working as intended?

Thx.

Answers

  • Bongbingbing
    Bongbingbing Member Posts: 1,423

    The Game is pretty badly optimized. The lower graphics are most likely purposeful downgrades to make the game run better on the switch and take up less memory.

  • Ivarden
    Ivarden Member Posts: 12

    The problem is play more than 1 hour make many bugs, graphic bugs, and the game itself become slower, less framerates. This force me many times close and open again DbD for refresh the state of the game.

  • ZombieCat
    ZombieCat Member Posts: 2
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/720783#Comment_720783

    Agreed. Restarting the game results in SLIGHTLY better graphics, but barely.

    Sounds like they just have some optimization to work on.

  • FireHazard
    FireHazard Member Posts: 7,314

    @ZombieCat

    It's due to the Switch files for everything being cut in half, which results in the graphics being below average and badly optimized... This was to cut back on taxing against the Switch, so it could run at a decent FPS during online play.

    If they released the full game to the Switch, which has a hard time already running official nintendo titles like Breath of the Wild, than it would've been giving Switch players something like 10 FPS, due to how the Switch handles their library in-general.

  • mamalyss
    mamalyss Member Posts: 2

    Ever since todays Update with the Blight and new map, I downloaded the update on The Nintendo Switch and the graphics are almost N-64 quality, and it doesn't look good, it's missing a lot of detail that it had yesterday. I've restarted my system 3 times, switched my SD cards even, still nothing. Is this a bug? And if so, is this being worked on? The sound isn't working right either while playing the game during this issue. It makes the game much more difficult.

  • ShapingItUp
    ShapingItUp Member Posts: 9
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1608233#Comment_1608233

    There's currently a bug that causes the Switch to display in handheld mode resolution while docked. If you remove the Switch from the dock (with the game loaded), then reinsert it after a few seconds, it should display properly.