What tf is going on with frame rate drop?

[Y]

I've been playing this game for over 60 hours and haven't had any issues so far. Suddenly yesterday the frame rate dropped. Does anyone have a way to repair it?

[Y]

Origineel geplaatst door Bean Bag Chairist:

Checked the discussion to see if this game is worth redownloading and found this.

Looks like it's still a poorly optimized bathesda game?

After I reinstalled Still having problems with frame rate and stuttering. Of course I followed many methods on the internet including ini. If it's because of my computer and 60 hours without any problems with the game then what does it mean? I don't know.

[SSG Anhor]

What I discovered is the fact that various players design their base in such a way that visitors are flooded with such an abundance of animations, objects and other ♥♥♥♥ that the frame rate goes extremely low.
There have been several times that I immediately left such a base using fast travel because normal movement was no longer possible.
Which brings us to another point that is becoming more and more prevalent.
If I have to wander around for what feels like half an hour before I finally find the vending machine, then that's not funny either.
The vending machine should be placed exposed and easily accessible. Because I'm about as interested in your "wealth" as if a yellow bicycle falls over on Red Square. ;)

[Kimosamie<sAp.]

Origineel geplaatst door JG Wentsworth:

Try forcing vsync off and running it in fullscreen mode first. If that doesn't work there's a bunch of online tutorials on how to unlock your fps via the ini file.

Oh update. Turned off vysnch in the ini and I'm now screen tearing, lol. Can't win, but I'll deal with the screen tearing.

[Kimosamie<sAp.]

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Origineel geplaatst door Kimosamie<sAp.:

Considering that I run the finals at 120fps, no. As I said, at both max and min it runs at 40fps. It never goes above 40fps, or below. This would be an issue with the game.

Even CS2, a game everyone says they can't get to run at 100+ fps I run at 144fps.

Ignore the unhelpful answer. It is the game. Long standing issue for many people.

I am guessing you have a 144hz or other high refresh rate monitor? I had the same exact problem that i could not get over 38 FPS with a 144hz screen. No other game had any issues at all. This game does not like high refresh rate screens and can often cap the game to 1/3rd of your refresh rate.

You need to turn off the games horrible built in VSync. For me just turning VSync off in NVCP did not work. I needed to do it in the games ini file.

Go to Documents/My Games/Fallout 76. Open Fallout76Prefs.ini in notepad.

Search for the line iPresentInterval=1 and change it to =0

Save the file and hopefully play with now uncapped FPS. Just be aware that you will need to cap the FPS in your GPU software for the game exe. If it goes above about 170 FPS you will get control issues and other funky behaviour.

I play in fullscreen mode and at 140 FPS cap for my 144hz screen with GSync enabled with zero issues. I would recommend turning off VSync in GPU software for the game and using adaptive sync tech like GSync if you have it. Game runs great now for me for years.

Thank you. I just did that last night. My monitor unfortunately doesn't have Gsync, so I am stuck with the screen tearing but it's less of a headache.

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Origineel geplaatst door Kimosamie<sAp.:

Thank you. I just did that last night. My monitor unfortunately doesn't have Gsync, so I am stuck with the screen tearing but it's less of a headache.

GSync is the Nvidia branded propriety version it is also called Free Sync (AMD open source version) on other monitors but does the same thing. Not sure of what your monitor is but it might support Free Sync as most gaming monitors of the last 3 or so years should. You can enable it in your GPU software if it does.

You can also turn on VSync to fast in NVCP if you have a Nvidia GPU. For me though turning it back to on made my FPS go super low again even after turning it off in the ini. You might have more luck. It should help with the screen tearing as that is not very fun to have to put up with. You could even just try to run a 60 FPS cap as that might reduce the screen tearing in game. 60 is much more pleasant then 40 FPS at least.

[Azilian]

Used to consistently get between 60-80 fps now, since the last patch more like 20-60.

[Percello]

FPS in this game is weird. Like most games, you want the highest FPS you can get. But in this game, if your FPS is too high, the game will start stuttering and freezing due to a "not-so-great" engine. Unfortunately, the sweet spot is anywhere from 50-100 FPS. Any higher and the game will just start not working.

[EtaYorius]

Origineel geplaatst door Y:

I've been playing this game for over 60 hours and haven't had any issues so far. Suddenly yesterday the frame rate dropped. Does anyone have a way to repair it?

Beth games are known to be super choppy with framerate, they're one of the few devs out there who are massive noobs in regards to optimization, should i remind you all they forgot to enable Compiler Optimizations in Skyrim? one modder had to make a SKSE plugin that boosted performance from 40-60%. Then Beth had to come along and release an update with the compilers enabled like two weeks after the modder did it. Same with Fallout New Vegas, a modder not long ago released another mod which enabled the compiler optimizations... like geesh. And i am suspicious that Oblivion and Fallout3 also came out without any compiler optimizations.

Even worse, Beth are one of the very few AAA devs out there that can make 45 FPS feel like 10 FPS. The worst i seen FO76 in my system is drop to like 44 or 47 and it feels very choddy. like a slide show.

Now listen carefully. Ironically enough while playing yesterday for like 4 hours straight, the game audio suddenly got bugged since i could not hear any music or effects, it was weird but i could still hear NPC talk, just no music, no footsteps or or sound Effects. The weird thing is that noticed that the game feel INCREDIBLY smooth... like no BS, the game become insanely smooth, like if it was running at over 120 FPS at any given poin.

Then i quit the game and restarted FO76 just to get the music and sounds effects back, but then again after like 20 minutes of roaming near "White Powder Winter Sports" the game audio got bugged again, and immediately the game became super responsive and smooth. Even going after the "Scorched Earth" Event and dudes launching mini nukes at the queen the game still feel VERY smooth. I kinda want it to happen, i'll take bugged for insane gameplay smoothness. So there must be something really wrong with the engine audio handling, and i am suspicious that the game audio is at fault for the very choddy performance.

[Grimjakk]

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Go to Documents/My Games/Fallout 76. Open Fallout76Prefs.ini in notepad.

Search for the line iPresentInterval=1 and change it to =0

Save the file and hopefully play with now uncapped FPS. Just be aware that you will need to cap the FPS in your GPU software for the game exe. If it goes above about 170 FPS you will get control issues and other funky behaviour.

I play in fullscreen mode and at 140 FPS cap for my 144hz screen with GSync enabled with zero issues. I would recommend turning off VSync in GPU software for the game and using adaptive sync tech like GSync if you have it. Game runs great now for me for years.

This. Especially the max frames setting after disabling vsync. The engine is old and cranky.

[FoXi]

You have to play with your ini files, look for the guides. 3 years ago I used to have 40 fps no matter the in game settings, until I tweaked some ini settings. Now playing with stable 60-70 fps with some minimal stutters.

[Janfin]

For some reason just switching to fullscreen fixed it for me.

[Y]

Hey here is an update.
I have deleted all fallout76 files from document and reinstall the game again.
It seems to work! My game is back for some reason.

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Origineel geplaatst door Janfin:

For some reason just switching to fullscreen fixed it for me.

Origineel geplaatst door Y:

Hey here is an update.
I have deleted all fallout76 files from document and reinstall the game again.
It seems to work! My game is back for some reason.

Both of these things are ones i recommend to try. Fullscreen has ran better for me on every PC i have ever played the game on. Not only more consistent FPS, but it can also eliminate stutters too for some.

Deleting those two ini files in the Fallout76 folder in documents can fix graphics problems as the game will create new ones with default settings. If you start getting odd FPS or just odd things with graphics compared to what you used to, just delete those and see how you go. No need to reinstall either unless you had to.

[Admiral Hackett [N7]]

No idea, barely have any FPS issues and do play the game since day 1. Maybe more helpful when you put your specs in your post?