This is a public service announcement for any current and future players, to highlight definitive solutions regarding the game's broken frame pacing (constant hitching) and occasional crashing (when reloading verses).


Due to the PC port's poorly-coded internal FPS limiter which eventually after a few minutes of playtime completely falls out of sync, Bayonetta unfortunately suffers from terrible frame pacing (regular hitch/stutter every few seconds) that gradually performs worse and worse the longer one plays.

Luckily after so many years the game's broken FPS limiter can finally be disabled to consistently enjoy Bayonetta's gameplay experience in all its splendidly smooth 60FPS glory (with cutscenes no longer being locked to 30FPS as well).

• Download BayoHook[github.com]
  
• Place the dinput8.dll next to Bayonetta.exe within the game's install folder
  
• Run the game and press DELETE on your keyboard
  
• Go to the System tab - check Disable the FPS Limiter and Enable 60FPS Cutscenes
  
• Then click Save Config in the top left corner
  
• Once that's done externally cap the game's FPS to 60 via SpecialK or Nvidia CP or AMD Radeon or RTSS

When restarting just the current Verse instead of a whole Chapter (by backing out to the Title Screen and then pressing Continue), unfortunately sometimes the game will randomly crash while loading the auto-save (happens with console versions too).

Luckily this can be fixed by using SpecialK to elevate the outdated DX9 API and improve its performance.

• Download SpecialK (Archive)[www.special-k.info]
  
• Place the SpecialK32.dll next to Bayonetta.exe within the game's install folder and rename it to d3d9.dll
  
• Run the game and press CTRL + SHIFT + BACKSPACE
  
• In Framerate settings - turn Framerate Limit ON (60), then click on Advanced and turn on Sleepless Render Thread(s) along with Sleepless Window Thread. For VSync choose Normal or Latent Sync (No Vsync)
  
• In Compatibility settings - go to Render Backends and click on the red button Disable All But The Active API
  
• In Steam Enhancements setting - click disable Steam API integration

• VSync - disable the in-game VSync and enable it instead through your GPU drivers (Nvidia CP or AMD Radeon).

• Nvidia DLDSR - Because Bayonetta as an old DX9 game prefers its Fullscreen mode (also runs smoother), you may as well use DLDSR to improve the game's visual clarity (since its AA options aren't very good).
  
  Go to Nvidia Control Panel > DSR Factors and choose 1.78x DL with sharpening between 0% to 33%. Once that's done go in-game and increase your resolution to DLDSR's.

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Hopefully this helps anyone wanting to enjoy this wonderfully unique game as smoothly as possible.

Bayonetta is one of the best action games ever made and finally can be properly enjoyed as it should've been enjoyed all this time.