Choppy/Laggy Cutscenes

[Hawk™☆KevRockZ☆]

Hey guys,

The core gameplay runs very smooth for me but the cutscenes are very choppy/laggy sometimes. Anyone else with this issue? Is it fixable? Thanks.

[Old Ben]

I've been playing my first play through now for around 66 hours and never have an issue with cut-scenes. Just a smooth as silk like the rest of the game on my system. I think all my cut-scenes show them running at 30 FPS which is normal for them. If you don't have frame rate displayed turned on you should and maybe that can help you resolve it.

[Hawk™☆KevRockZ☆]

@Old Ben: Ah ok. Maybe its just the jump from like 100 fps to 30 in the cut-scenes, so that it seems choppy. Or maybe something with the LOD.

[Night[owl]]

Originally posted by ☆KevRockZ☆:

@Old Ben: Ah ok. Maybe its just the jump from like 100 fps to 30 in the cut-scenes, so that it seems choppy. Or maybe something with the LOD.

Could you provide us with some information about your hardware and what settings you use for Display and Graphis (in game options). Without knowing anything about this it is impossible to guess what could be an issue.

Are all your drivers up to date including audio/sound drivers? Do you use any mods? There are one mod that meant to increase FPS during cutscenes which is known to cause problems. Most mods work great for main game, but when start to use DLC content like Descent or Frostback then some mods can cause or have issues.


Don't forget that most video card drivers also have their own settings for each game today. Have you made any changes there that might also impact cutscenes?


I would suggest you make a save before a known cutscene and then use that to see if there is something that might change it when you make changes like in scaling (should be in Display section where you also set Fullscreen, Window Fullscreen and Borderless (incl resolution).

On my system I have a 3440 x 1440 pixel resolution display and to get a correct aspect ratio during cutscenes had to use Flawless Widescreen (app running in background, need to be before game start) to get it right to show scene without stretching image from one side to the other. In Window mode content will be stretched to fill each border (as limit for window). You can toggle between mode with ALT+Return or ALT+TAB.

http://www.flawlesswidescreen.org/

[Hawk™☆KevRockZ☆]

@NightOwl: Ok thanks for the info. I dont use any mods no.

System specs and monitor:
- Intel Core i7-8086K @ 4,7 GHz
- Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 7-OP
- Nvidia Geforce Evga RTX 2080Ti FTW3
- 32GB RAM
- Samsung Pro Evo 900 SSD
- Samsung Odyssey G7 2560x1440 240Hz

Game graphic settings are all on highest option available.

Nvidia CP settings i changed:
- Refresh rate > highest available
- Energy mode > max performance
- G-Sync compatible
- V-Sync > fast
- set frame limiter to 236 fps max

[Glemt]

I have the same, but I think it's just because the cutscenes are pre-rendered. They often do this, as far as I'm aware, so they run stable (albeit at 30 fps) on all PCs regardless of hardware. I don't know if they actually did this for DA:I, but it looks like it to me.

If you run the game on a high-end rig (mine is high-end too, with everything ultra+, minimum 80 fps, max 160 fps) you will of course immediately notice how choppy those cut-scenes are.

The first poster (not the topic start) said the game runs "silky smooth", but yeah, if you're used to 30 fps you might think that the cut-scenes are "smooth". However, 30 fps is hardly silky smooth, and if you come from higher frame rates the jump down to 30 fps can be really distracting.

[Hawk™☆KevRockZ☆]

Originally posted by Glemt:

I have the same, but I think it's just because the cutscenes are pre-rendered. They often do this, as far as I'm aware, so they run stable (albeit at 30 fps) on all PCs regardless of hardware. I don't know if they actually did this for DA:I, but it looks like it to me.

If you run the game on a high-end rig (mine is high-end too, with everything ultra+, minimum 80 fps, max 160 fps) you will of course immediately notice how choppy those cut-scenes are.

The first poster (not the topic start) said the game runs "silky smooth", but yeah, if you're used to 30 fps you might think that the cut-scenes are "smooth". However, 30 fps is hardly silky smooth, and if you come from higher frame rates the jump down to 30 fps can be really distracting.

Thanks for the info mate. I thought i was the only one who feels that way. ^^

Really seems to be that way. 30 fps is just not smooth and in the cut-scenes you notice it.

[Old Ben]

Originally posted by Glemt:

I have the same, but I think it's just because the cutscenes are pre-rendered. They often do this, as far as I'm aware, so they run stable (albeit at 30 fps) on all PCs regardless of hardware. I don't know if they actually did this for DA:I, but it looks like it to me.

If you run the game on a high-end rig (mine is high-end too, with everything ultra+, minimum 80 fps, max 160 fps) you will of course immediately notice how choppy those cut-scenes are.

The first poster (not the topic start) said the game runs "silky smooth", but yeah, if you're used to 30 fps you might think that the cut-scenes are "smooth". However, 30 fps is hardly silky smooth, and if you come from higher frame rates the jump down to 30 fps can be really distracting.

Well, it does run silky smooth on my rig including the 30 fps cutscenes.

CPU: Intel Core i7-10700 4.8Ghz 16MB Cache 8-Core 16 Threads
Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix Z490-E
8GB GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
Memory: 16GB DDR4 3200Mhz
500GB M.2 NVMe SSD
2TB WD Black 7200RPM 64MB Cache SATA3 6Gbps
LG 27GN850-B 27" Ultragear 2560x1440 1ms G-Sync Monitor

Display setting I use are: Windowed Full Screen, 2560x1440 @ 144 Hz, VSync=ON

I don't use the NVidia CP settings when the games have the setting I require.

[Memento●Mori●☠]

Go to the Origin client > My Game Library > right click DA:I > ADVANCED LAUNCH OPTIONS > go to: Command line arguments > enter this string:
GameTime.MaxSimFps 60 -GameTime.ForceSimRate 60+

[Durai]

Originally posted by I•Contain•Multitudes:

Go to the Origin client > My Game Library > right click DA:I > ADVANCED LAUNCH OPTIONS > go to: Command line arguments > enter this string:
GameTime.MaxSimFps 60 -GameTime.ForceSimRate 60+

Yeah *don't* do that, i tried it, makes it worse cutscenes play at 30 still and then... it slows em down further into slowmo mode. audio and lips move fine, but animations play at 1/2 speed.

[dlux]

I have the same problem. It is a bit annoying, but I can live with it.