Major FPS Loss during big waves

[SabiaNz]

For eg. 19 minute mark I usually get really bad frame rate sometimes resulting in my character dying because I cannot move or attack. I have tried lowering resolution and turning graphic settings down to lowest possible, any suggestions other than get a new pc for a game that looks like it came out on the mega drive?

[akanis]

I found turning off vertical sync helped a lot. Also, certain skills can create more slow down than others. For instance, Shuriken with lots of splinters can sometimes do this.

My basic specs: Win 11, I9 13K, 32gb ram, SSD, 3080ti. So, unless your machine is way under powered, it is probably not your computer. The game did not use to do this, but after an update a while back, I would get what you described. Turning off V sync helped the most, along with turning off damage numbers.

[Blackened]

Testes this on different machines, some powerful 3080, some are decent 1050ti. And u just cant avoid the fps drop. The game needs to be optimized

[SabiaNz]

So I noticed a massive difference when I did not take alteration ritual from the time god, perhaps that spell is bugged or because of what it does you could end up with too many spells/things happening which causes the major FPS loss?

[GhorGhorBay2142]

i have some when i level up, sometimes a quite big freeze after i choose my blessing, when i play i record with OBS, any idea ?

[SabiaNz]

Originally posted by GhorGhorBay2142:

i have some when i level up, sometimes a quite big freeze after i choose my blessing, when i play i record with OBS, any idea ?

Honestly I think the game could be optimised better and the more things going on (spells/more mobs etc) the more likely you are to encounter freezes. Also recording with OBS is a strain alone on your FPS let alone Death Must Die's issues.

[Mirei Jun]

Hello,

This is a 2D pixel game. The power of your latest 3D graphics card does very little. I have a 10+ yr. old computer and never run into these sorts of problems.

The game may not be optimized for higher resolutions. I would try turning border-less window mode off, and running the game in 1080p. (Running at any higher resolution than this makes no difference in visual quality for such a pixelated game.)

Also, Windows often comes with some gaming "features" turned on such as auto record. The higher your resolution the more memory is required to record and write to drive. If there is some 2D related bug in your drivers, or an optimization problem with the game attempting to record will exacerbate the problem. See if you can turn recording off.

For the record, I am running the game on a 1060 with an i5 at 144 Hz. with Vsync on. This game doesn't take a lot of horsepower.