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Any solutions to "game freezing while playing as the Blight"?

Bob_Mayson
Bob_Mayson Member Posts: 24
in Ask the Community

So approximately since the game moved to never version of the unreal engine me and some other people have the issue that basically prevents us from playing as the Blight.
In a few words any time you are using your power your game can freeze (you still can hear looped sounds like chase music or survivor breathing) so you have to stop it using task manager and deal with DC penalty (even though it is not your fault).
A lot of time passed since then but i still was not able to find any solutions. I saw several people complaining about it on the forum (me too) and steam, but there were no solutions to it.
But i still hope there is some solution to it i was not able to find. Can anyone help with this issue?

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  • Bob_Mayson
    Bob_Mayson Member Posts: 24
    Answer ✓

    So
    I tried to contact support about this issue asking about what dx version game want to use by default and some other stuff but they pointed on "Ask the commynity" because "it is a technical issue".
    I suspect that game wants to use dx12 by default and it looks like my GPU can run dx12 but only supports feature level up to 11_0. And somewhere in Blight's kit game tries to run something funny using dx12 which makes game to freeze.
    But when i force game to use dx11 i have no freezing issue. It is possible to make game to use dx11 by adding at least "-dx11" launch option for dbd. It works for now but just in case they will change something withing game code in the future to prioritize dx12 it is recommended to add "-force" launch option too which should override priority from dx12 to dx11.

    Summary - if your game freezes dead when you play as The Blight at random point after using his power and you have some relatively old GPU that may not have full support of dx12 then try to add next launch options "-force -dx11" to force game to use dx11. After i did it i can play as The Blight again.

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  • Bob_Mayson
    Bob_Mayson Member Posts: 24
    edited December 2024

    After 8.4.1 hotfix problem this issue still exists.

  • Bob_Mayson
    Bob_Mayson Member Posts: 24

    After 8.4.2 hotfix nothing changed.

  • Bob_Mayson
    Bob_Mayson Member Posts: 24
    edited December 2024

    Tried to install more RAM and run this game from external HDD connected via USB 3.0. Nothing changed. Sadly. Probably problem is somewhere else.

    Post edited by Bob_Mayson on
  • Bob_Mayson
    Bob_Mayson Member Posts: 24

    Moving the game to internal ssd does not work too. It looks like I will completely upgrade my pc before the problem disappears.

  • Bob_Mayson
    Bob_Mayson Member Posts: 24

    So sorry, but i give up for now. Maybe they will fix it in the next year or so. Hopefully.

  • Bob_Mayson
    Bob_Mayson Member Posts: 24

    Added launch options to force the game to use dx11. It looks like it worked. Had 14 matches in a row as the blight with no issues. For now it looks like my old GPU does not have native dx12 support while this game is running at dx12 by default (correct me if i am wrong and you know for sure) and something in dx12todx11 adapter/api works bad for the blight.
    To be sure that it is causing the problem i will make more tests later using different versions of dx.

  • Bob_Mayson
    Bob_Mayson Member Posts: 24

    Tests so far
    10 matches with launch option "-force -dx11" as the blight with no issues
    1 match without these launch options and game froze on 4 gens.
    10 more matches with these launch options with no issues.
    So far it looks like dx12 causes some issues on old GPUs.
    Gonna try to reach support on this.