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PC: Massive Performance Issues since Update, Anyone Else?
I've been playing DBD on my PC via Steam for over 4 years now.
I normally run the game on Ultra Graphics setting, and I have been ever since I started to play the game.
99% of the time I never have any performance issues (my PC is rather powerful), there have been few moments here and there before where I may have had a drop in FPS spike for a second and then the game catches back up to normal and feels fluid to play.
This has never changed on any previous updates for me in the history of me playing DBD.
Today I try to play DBD after installing the new update. Oddly enough the first thing that I noticed is that my Graphics settings were automatically changed to "Medium" instead of Ultra - which was a bit odd because I noticed the difference immediately and I never changed it manually myself.
I have tried to play the game on Ultra, on Medium, and on Low Settings even already today, and EVERY single attempt I have had very bad Performance issues, including jittery FPS throughout the entire match, nothing looks the same as it did before, Pallets are either really bright and too easy to see or really dark and too difficult to see, there are all sorts of issues but my biggest concern is the sudden drop in FPS and jittery motion while I play.
Even on LOW Settings the game is no longer fluid for me, an issue that I have never once had yet before in the 4+ years of playing. I don't know what could be causing the problem.
I have tried restarting my computer, steam, the client, multiple times now. I was hoping that perhaps restarting everything might do the trick incase it was something on my end causing the issue, but it has not helped at all whatsoever, the issue still remains.
Is anyone else experiencing this or having noticeable performance issues on their PC that they didn't have before? It's really strange, would be happy to find a solution to fixing it!
- Another thing that has happened recently is that I will get Disconnected from the game during a match, for example I was playing the new Killer and about to get a 4K with 1 on hook and 1 I just downed.. and all of the sudden my game disconnected and I got the message "Disconnected from Host" and was taken to the "end game lobby"
Which was again very strange because I actually ended up gaining BP for the match, and it counted 2 of my Kills (but not the other 2 that I would've gotten if the match actually finished) and there was no "grade difference" from what I could tell. So it basically cut the match short and ended it right where I got disconnected.
But "Disconnected from host" makes me feel like is it possible that the Survivor was the Host and because he got downed and new I was going to get a 4K he was able to DC and make my game crash / the match end early? Because that would be quite unfair if it became a thing.
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Am I the only one this is happening to?
The disconnected from host just happened again, once more when I was about to get a 4K.
That's only happened to me so far when I was going to get 4K, it really seems like what is happening is the 4th Survivor is disconnecting from the match when I down them and I end up "getting disconnected from host" as a result.
For Killer this is really unfair because it ends up robbing us from 2 kills (in the scenario that 1 survivor is on the hook when it happens) and a ton of Bloodpoints, as well as prevents us from Pipping up when we were going to...
Hopefully others notice this happening to them too and it is something that is going to be fixed soon.
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disconnected from the host is a known issue that happens while playing as/against cenobite
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I have a 3700x, rtx 3070, and 16 GB of RAM. You'd think I'd be okay playing this on Ultra but I normally have to play it on High. Certain maps will make my fps plummet from 120 to about 70 at random times and that dip HURTS. Can only imagine how bad it can be on console now.
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Strangely enough this is something new for me though, and I can't even play the game on Low anymore as of today.
Hoping that there is a reason for this and that it will be solved. I never once had this issue before, the game feels jittery and not fluid now at all times. I don't understand what could be going on, as I said, the game was always pretty fluid for me before with 1k hours played on Ultra. I wish I could find the actual issue causing this, but all I know is that the first time I've ever noticed this before was after today's update/patch.
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It's happening to me too. I ended up getting it as survivor vs. Pinhead but it was a streamer so if I get time (I won't) I'll check it out from his end.
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One thing I noticed is that the game became MUCH more sharp. Coldwind has caused me serious issues that I've never had before. The Cenobite dc thing has also happened, I guess he just can't come through the last kill animation anymore so he forcefully departs from a trial.
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I'm on PS4 and it's not happening to me, so either it's a PC thing or it's selective somehow like the last few stuttery updates.
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I have a GTX 1650, and my GPU usage increased by 5-10% across all maps, with litterally no change in grapgics.
Disappointing update, honestly.
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This is a pattern I've noticed. I finally felt better enough for time being to do the update and play and any time the disconnect from host thing has happened, it's been me and one other survivor left and then the DC from host thing pops up. I've also seen some people who play Pinhead it'll either occur when they've landed a hit or using his power. I hope they get this fixed soon.
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Im on ps4.it was high and now its on medium or low,i dont know why
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“But "Disconnected from host" makes me feel like is it possible that the Survivor was the Host and because he got downed and new I was going to get a 4K he was able to DC and make my game crash / the match end early? Because that would be quite unfair if it became a thing.”
This isn’t how it works so you don’t need to worry. The host is the server, not any one player. So if you get a “disconnected from host” error, it’s a game issue and not caused by any players. In this particular instance it’s an issue with the new killer, other people are having the same problem as well.
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DBD has been noticeably more jittery for me with this update too. Sometimes it'll freeze for half a second like when I'm on a hook trying to hit the skillcheck.
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Okay good to know! I guess the Disconnection issue is a known issue with playing Cenobite that many others are experiencing as well, specifically when there is only 1 survivor remaining. So I'm guessing that will be fixed.
Though the sudden drop in FPS and jittery gameplay I still can't figure out the reason for, I'm sort of glad to see that I'm not the only one experiencing it, but I hope they figure out what is causing the issue.
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No you're not the only one. I noticed my PC required lowering the graphics and resolution to actually have 60 fps when before the update i was maxing it out.
Its nice to know that the update caused that and not a graphics card issue, (getting a new one isn't really an option right now).
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I actually made a thread yesterday about this, huge performance losses at 1440p and 4k for me. Also the disconnect thing seems to only effect games where the new killer is the killer, haven't had it happen on anyone else.
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Yeah I play on a 4K Monitor as well, so that was for sure affected.
I played a Survivor game against a Huntress last night, literally best Survivor game of my life, carried the whole team would've been a 32k game I'm almost certain of it, went on for like 25-30min long and then the Disconnection error occurred, so I guess it may not only be the new killer. Though as Survivor the worst part of it was that I got disconnected from host, but didn't get taken to the "end lobby" so I got 0 BP for the entire match and didn't get to finish my challenge either etc. even though I would have.
I agree, I thought for a little while that it was my PC or graphics card and it scared me.. but seems like it's just the game.
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