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FIX STUTTERING + CRASHING ON HIGH END MACHINES

By Tasso

Completely fixes the horrible frame pacing and stutters often found on very high end desktop configurations.

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29 Jul, 2023 @ 8:13pm

29 Jul, 2023 @ 8:22pm

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Disable DIRECT STORAGE

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Disable DIRECT STORAGE

Im currently running a RTX 4080 / 10900K system.

Stuttering and crashing happens when using the high and very high texture settings. These use GPU decompression to decompress assets instead of the CPU. You would think this would improve performance, however this is clearly not the case.

In order to disable it, navigate over to your game folder and delete "dstorage.dll" and "dstoragecore.dll". This will disable direct storage, you can always restore these files later.

My CPU usage increased slightly however GPU performance has been greatly increased, with absolutely no frame time spikes. No observable impact to loading either, I played the portal sequence just fine with next to no difference in loading speed.

Link to tweet which shows some very nice comparisons between Dstorage on and off. Its pretty crazy...

https://twitter.com/Sebasti66855537/status/1685389848603951111?s=20

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MJ 29 Oct @ 3:55am

mine keeps crashing after you go through the teleport after fixing the fixer i've done what the tweet said to do and it's fixed nothing my Specs can run it no problem but it won't stop crashing

SgrtScorch 10 Oct @ 11:09pm

This caused my game to run literally night and day better. Why would that one thing cause such a significant performance decrease??

StinkDiver 29 Jun @ 7:34pm

Wow. got this on the sale having beat it on PS5 and could feel the CONSTANT stuttering instantly on my 7700xt. Deleting those two files removed the stutter and took me from 55 fps with RT on to 90 to 100 lmao. Devs please disable that garbage by default and have it as an option in the launcher instead, i was about to refund and this was my last attempt at getting the game smooth.

Scorsix 24 Jun @ 3:53am

hello, I have done all the updates on my side on the drivers (I have a 7900 xtx) and impossible to play, my game instantly crashes as soon as the game is launched

I can't even play it for 2 minutes, someone has an explanation please

Scorsix 24 Jun @ 3:53am

bonjour, j'ai fais toutes les mis a jour de mon coté sur les pilotes ( j'ai une 7900 xtx ) et impossible de jouer, mon jeu crash instant des que le jeu est lancé

je peux même pas y jouer 2 min, quelqu'un aurait une explication svp