Slow gameplay

[Jade]

Just got the game yesterday, and I've been having a lot of trouble with it, with the biggest issue I'm having right now being the game play being slower then it should be. Not sure what frame rate is normal for this game, Razer Cortex is showing regularly around 30fps, but it feels like it's slower then it should be, which I can confirm by seeing the desynched voice clips and comparing my game play to other videos of the Steam version. I've tried reinstalling the game (primarily to fix a different issue, but I honestly don't want to waste another 2-ish hours doing this), verifying that the files were installed correctly, messing around with the display settings in game, and updating my drivers. I also found a UE4 prerequisite installer in the game's files, so I ran that as well just in case. I'm sure I'm missing something, but everything I've done hasn't solved this issue. What should I try doing?

Something I should also mention is that I couldn't get the game launched at all until I did that copy/paste launch options thing. I'm not sure if that would have something to do with it or not.

Update: I have looked into the specs for this game and system requirements a bit more. I have seen it's locked at 60fps (via PC Gaming Wiki [www.pcgamingwiki.com]), so I know I shouldn't be at 30fps. I also checked to see if my computer met minimum/recommended requirements (via System Requirements Lab [www.systemrequirementslab.com]), and I meet the recommended requirements for this game, so I have absolutely no idea what could be causing these issues. Any advice will be appreciated!

[Taake]

Knowing your specs would help.
Try disabling Razer Cortex. If that alone doesn't help, do a clean boot.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows-da2f9573-6eec-00ad-2f8a-a97a1807f3dd
If you're on a laptop, plug it in instead of running on battery. Alternatively check your power settings and disable power saving options.

[Jade]

Honestly, I probably should have shared my specs earlier. ^^'

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12600K
32GB of RAM
Windows 11

Not sure what all to share outside of these, so let me know if more info is needed.

[Jade]

Just tried disabling Cortex and doing a clean boot of my PC. Neither have solved the issue, fights are still slower then they should be.

[Taake]

Try disabling vsync by setting bUseVSync to False in the GameUserSettings.ini.

%localappdata%\SamuraiShodown\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\GameUserSettings.ini

[Jade]

Just tried turning off VSync, that didn't work

[Taake]

Try also adding the following to the Engine.ini in the same folder. Just append it.

[SystemSettings]
r.VSync=0

And maybe try running the game in compatibility mode.

Does changing the display mode do anything? Fullscreen/windowed?

In Nvidia control panel under 3D settings, add the game's exe and then turn off threaded optimisation, set power mode to maximum performance and make sure that max frame rate is off.

[Jade]

Tried all of these, none of these worked except for the r.VSync setting. The game runs much better now, more consistently at 50fps. Thank you very much for the suggestions! Game's been fun, and I can finally confirm that I'm still bad at fighting games! /hj, but the game is a lot of fun, especially now that it's not stuck on 30fps.