HORRIBLE FPS ISSUE

[Ultima]

Uhm, am I the only one who is only able to run this thing at 20-30fps with a RTX 3080?
I tried messing with the settings, doing all sorts of configurations. I cannot get this thing to run good. How on earth can this not be something that is optimized properly? Its a visual novel.

[Wes]

I think its locked at 30fps which is kinda weird

[Stonaar]

Lol, as you say it's a visual novel.
Why would you need 30+fps for this animation style? It's not meant to be a smooth animation, that's the style they went with. 30 or 120 fps, it would still look choppy as that is the style they were going for.
I hated it at first but it really grows on you and you start to appreciate all the effort they put in to make it look the way it does.

[M1hai]

There was another thread around here where people was saying that if you have a 60Hz+ monitor you won’t get over 30FPS, the game is capped at 60fps afaik, they re fixing it, I think. Also on a 2060 I can’t download the HD Texture pack due to my PC not being powerful enough they say, don’t know how is this possible for a game like this, I mean, I can play anything, anything, every game out there and most of them maxed out at 60fps but this game can’t even use HD textures. I’m also not getting more than 30FPS on any of my pcs, as I have a 120Hz and a 240Hz monitor, definitely a big messy optimization job here.

[That_Jeff]

My biggest problem so far is that the animation looks smooth but the cursor feels laggy. I dunno what's up with it.

[Sunshine]

Originally posted by Stonaar:

Lol, as you say it's a visual novel.
Why would you need 30+fps for this animation style? It's not meant to be a smooth animation, that's the style they went with. 30 or 120 fps, it would still look choppy as that is the style they were going for.
I hated it at first but it really grows on you and you start to appreciate all the effort they put in to make it look the way it does.

Refresh rate would like you meet you outside for a 1v1.

[luisfsal]

Originally posted by That_Jeff:

My biggest problem so far is that the animation looks smooth but the cursor feels laggy. I dunno what's up with it.

same! cursor is horrible as of 30fps

[WESTG4M3R4L1F3]

fps locked to 5 fps

[Molda22]

fifa has the same problem, where it forces 30 fps on menus and cutscenes but there is a trick with nvidia control panel to force the game to be 60 fps, so i tried the same trick as with FIFA here and it worked and now its running 60 FPS nicely. In nvidia control panel - 3d settings - specific program tab, then add as dusk falls and then find tripple buffering and turn it on and then find vertical synchronization and turn it on. This works for me and the game, the menus, the cursor, everything is now smooth and fixed.

[ASZ20]

I'm running the Gamepass version on my 3080 and get 90-120 fps in this at 4K. Don't know why people are reporting so many issues, as I was able to download the high res texture pack, change resolution, etc. I'm actually surprised that this actually launches considering I've had so many issues with Gamepass games. But realistically I don't know why this game doesn't run at a locked 120 for me, not to say the graphics are bad, just that it's not the most visually accomplished game out right now.

EDIT: Just a tip for fps locks, globally force vsync on through Nvidia and turn vsync off in game, this is required for the best VRR experience but it also works better than in game vsync most of the time.

[That_Jeff]

Is there any alternative for AMD GPUs to fix it?

[ASZ20]

Look for a global vsync setting in the AMD software and it'll be the same.

[Harold Batman]

Originally posted by Stonaar:

Lol, as you say it's a visual novel.
Why would you need 30+fps for this animation style? It's not meant to be a smooth animation, that's the style they went with. 30 or 120 fps, it would still look choppy as that is the style they were going for.
I hated it at first but it really grows on you and you start to appreciate all the effort they put in to make it look the way it does.

Because it makes my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ eyes hurt

[Olecram]

Originally posted by Molda22:

fifa has the same problem, where it forces 30 fps on menus and cutscenes but there is a trick with nvidia control panel to force the game to be 60 fps, so i tried the same trick as with FIFA here and it worked and now its running 60 FPS nicely. In nvidia control panel - 3d settings - specific program tab, then add as dusk falls and then find tripple buffering and turn it on and then find vertical synchronization and turn it on. This works for me and the game, the menus, the cursor, everything is now smooth and fixed.

I tried this and it didn't work...any other way around? The only thing that really bugs me is the 30 fps cursor

[Olecram]

Originally posted by ASZ20:

I'm running the Gamepass version on my 3080 and get 90-120 fps in this at 4K. Don't know why people are reporting so many issues, as I was able to download the high res texture pack, change resolution, etc. I'm actually surprised that this actually launches considering I've had so many issues with Gamepass games. But realistically I don't know why this game doesn't run at a locked 120 for me, not to say the graphics are bad, just that it's not the most visually accomplished game out right now.

EDIT: Just a tip for fps locks, globally force vsync on through Nvidia and turn vsync off in game, this is required for the best VRR experience but it also works better than in game vsync most of the time.

What are you talking about? There is no vsync option in game. Your comment makes me think you haven´t even played it.

[Rok Wisdawn]

This thread is currently a top result when searching for this problem, and I'd like to know if the issue can be resolved in As Dusk Falls using specific NVIDIA Control Panel settings that worked for me like a charm in other games. For AMD GPU users, I believe that you can find the exact settings in your card's software with minimal differences in wording, so hopefully, these settings can work for you too.

NVIDIA Control Panel -> 3D Settings -> Manage 3D settings -> Program Settings:
Dusk (dusk.exe)
Anisotropic filtering = 16x
Antialiasing - FXAA = On
Antialiasing - Mode = Override any application setting
Antialiasing - Setting = 8x
Antialiasing - Transparency = 8x (supersample)
Low Latency Mode = On (optional, but I think it helped a little on my end)
Max Frame Rate = <whatever you want; I pick 72 FPS for non-competitive games because 72 is fine, and it's half of my max, 144, on a 144Hz monitor>
Preferred refresh rate (monitor_name) = Highest Available
Texture filtering - Negative LOD bias = Clamp (should've been set automatically after enabling anisotropic filtering above)
Vertical sync = Off

If anyone comes across this post, tries these settings, and they work for them on As Dusk Falls, I'd be grateful if you can confirm in a reply. Thank you.