how to fix stuttering

[GhostDragon5]

dose anyone know how to fix stuttering and lag on the game

[Kryten]

1.) Install the game on the fastest SSD you have or can get
2.) Disable all overlays (nvidia and steam)
3.) set game to max performance in windows

if that is not enough, I fear only better Hardware will help then.

[White ⁧⁧Wolf]

Stop playing, it's the only way. The optimisation is just terrible. If you want consistent FPS though you will need to find your minimum FPS and set an FPS cap for that. So if you have between 32 and 78 FPS for example I'd set it to 30.

[Dredd]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3029586113

Go to the stuttering section, install "Battle encoder Shirase"

Worked for me, ymmv

[poomanchu]

Originally posted by The Doctor:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3029586113

Go to the stuttering section, install "Battle encoder Shirase"

Worked for me, ymmv

This also fixed the stuttering for me. (maybe all -- started using it this morning; I still need to figure out the "sweet spot" for my setup, but immediately, nearly all stuttering was gone with 8%)

[Mephisto-Luzifer]

Originally posted by GhostDragon5:

dose anyone know how to fix stuttering and lag on the game

Not without any specs and if you installed on hdd or ssd.

[Drakerin0]

Originally posted by The Doctor:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3029586113

Go to the stuttering section, install "Battle encoder Shirase"

Worked for me, ymmv

Question: it says to drag the slider from -5% to -10%. Mine started showing at -33% does that mean something or should I just put at -8% either way?

[lagrangewei]

people who keep saying it is SSD that just isn't true, it proven by another game programer that the problem is the invalid call the game make to the graphic card which cause it to reload everything into the graphic card when it shouldn't. SSD just HIDES the problem, it is not the cause of it.

this is proven by the fact that I can have the game load in correct at the same place sometime and other time it doesn't, and the lag doesn't go away, if it was just a loading issue, the lag should disappear after you stop moving for 10 minute, it isn't as if the game does not have a loading screen so by the time you are in the game, there shouldn't be major data transfer, so what is causing lag in the middle of play is not resource loading. it the graphic cache failing because of bad call to the api.

and alot of the time this can be fixed, by just saving and reopening the game, if it was a hardware issue, rebooting the game should not fix it. there is clearly BAD DATA in the game engine. which you can get rid of by restarting the game.

[dethtrain]

I'm wondering if that's causing my crashes. Right before a crash for about a second the game sputters and crawls.

Also wondering if it has to do with the autosaves. I disabled the autosave on pause but have the other options.

[Godrik Underscore]

I have a somewhat high end system (13600k, 4070 Ti, 32GB RAM, game installed on Corsair nvme drive) and it still stutters in some locations. The game is just poorly optimized.

[Drysyn]

script extender (SFSE) and disk cache enabler mod made it so I can run it on a HDD

[Kryten]

Stuttering does not mean low fps in general.
I also have some areas where fps drops, even below 40 sometimes. But I have no stuttering issues at all.

[Marika]

It stutters even on PCIe 5.0 NVMe

[omed_86]

Mine starting stuttering after the latest update, and my friend recommended that I clear shader cash. So I did and it seems to do the trick for me.

You have to clear cash in 3 locations:
- Starfield cash, which is in local files in your C drive.
- Windows Direct X shader cash, which you can clear by going to disk cleanup for your C drive.
- And lastly, the cash for your graphic card, which should also be on C, in your respective card manufacturer folder.

Just shift+delete these shader files, then when the game starts up, it'll start rebuilding shaders.

There are still dips in framerate every now and then, but the constant stutter I was getting is gone.

[Drakerin0]

Originally posted by omed_86:

Mine starting stuttering after the latest update, and my friend recommended that I clear shader cash. So I did and it seems to do the trick for me.

You have to clear cash in 3 locations:
- Starfield cash, which is in local files in your C drive.
- Windows Direct X shader cash, which you can clear by going to disk cleanup for your C drive.
- And lastly, the cash for your graphic card, which should also be on C, in your respective card manufacturer folder.

Just shift+delete these shader files, then when the game starts up, it'll start rebuilding shaders.

There are still dips in framerate every now and then, but the constant stutter I was getting is gone.

can you be more specific where i can find these folders?

[Topper]

Just wait for the patch. I heard they've boiled it down to an issue with DX12. Google "vkd3d" or read some sub redits.
Constant crashes are linked to poor/faulty memory allocation.