Major stuttering and frame drops since latest patch

[Dan]

Since installing the hot fix on the 12th I've been getting constant stuttering and frame drops down to zero every few seconds making the game unplayable. Reverting back to the previous update resolves the issue.

[XGear]

Clear your STEAM cache after every update to avoid these problems.

[Mr. Boy]

Same problem here. High end system and using frame gen. It's not an FPS problem (getting 100 fps in cities), that's for sure. Hopefully they can fix it with another patch but it sucks.

[ccrraaiigg]

I said this in the other thread about performance but it's worth mentioning here too:

I have just confirmed for myself that the previous version runs way smoother, as it did before this update ruined the performance.

I followed a guide on installing the previous version of the game: https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/611h5e/guide_how_to_download_older_versions_of_a_game_on/

Use this command in Steam console to download the first files you need:
download_depot 2054970 2054971 9129194680899181035

then download:
download_depot 2054970 2054973 1668232727129288695

The downloads do not appear in your Steam downloads manager, but they are downloading in the background. Once the download is complete, the steam console will tell you where it put them.

Make a folder with all of the files from both of the downloads above, then go to the directory where Dragons Dogma 2 is installed and remove all files EXCEPT config.ini and shader.cache2

Now paste in the files from the folder you made before into the DD2 install directory where you just removed the files.

It should now play on the previous version.

[Mr. Boy]

Originally posted by ccrraaiigg:

I said this in the other thread about performance but it's worth mentioning here too:

I have just confirmed for myself that the previous version runs way smoother, as it did before this update ruined the performance.

I followed a guide on installing the previous version of the game: https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/611h5e/guide_how_to_download_older_versions_of_a_game_on/

Use this command in Steam console to download the first files you need:
download_depot 2054970 2054971 9129194680899181035

then download:
download_depot 2054970 2054973 1668232727129288695

The downloads do not appear in your Steam downloads manager, but they are downloading in the background. Once the download is complete, the steam console will tell you where it put them.

Make a folder with all of the files from both of the downloads above, then go to the directory where Dragons Dogma 2 is installed and remove all files EXCEPT config.ini and shader.cache2

Now paste in the files from the folder you made before into the DD2 install directory where you just removed the files.

It should now play on the previous version.

Thanks for posting this. This works. Feels so much better. Tested on the latest Nvidia drivers 556.12.