How to play Mafia III in High Settings (No Lag Freezing, Fix Solution)

[elendil093]

Hi people, I'm here again making another post, same as I did with Mafia I DE, to tell you how I fixed the freezing problem.

I played Mafia III before it was DE and it worked perfectly, but now with this new edition, the game is unplayable no matter how good your computer is, and even playing in low resolution with all graphics low.

So, the main problem here is the 2K launcher. Yes, the launcher again. The solution in Mafia I DE was very simple, you just had to create a shortcut of the game and avoid the luncher. Now that's not longer possible. If you execute the game.exe, it doesn't start, you're forced to execute the launcher. But... using a command, we can run the game.exe using a custom destiny. So here it is the solution:

1) Go to your Steam Library and search Mafia III DE

2) Right click on the game and go to Properties

3) Look at the bottom of the General tab and you'll find Launch Options

And now there are two chances. I shouldn't say it because it's pretty obvious, but some people commented that it's not so obvious, so, pick just one, A or B.

4)If you have installed the game in the default directory, then:

a) Copy and paste the next text same as you read it, including the ":

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Mafia III\Mafia3DefinitiveEdition.exe" %command%

b) If you've installed the game in other drive or directory, use yours, write it between " as you see above and at the end, leave a space and then write %command%

5) Done!

Now, everytime you execute the game from the shorcut that the game created, Steam will launch the game directly instead the 2K Launcher.

The game should run smooth and fast now. I don't recommend you to play in low graphics because the game looks really bad in low, and there is no much difference in FPS. The only option I recommend you to turn off is Motion Blur. This is optional, but this effect doesn't look really well and it will help you to gain a few FPS.

Hope this guide help you, I bought the game some weeks ago and I see there are still a lot of people with this freezing problem and I didn't find anything here on the Steam discussions. So, good luck, and enjoy this amazing game!

[elendil093]

WillieSea の投稿を引用：

You should put what needs to be entered into the launch options text box in a code tag in order to make it easier to understand.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Mafia III\Mafia3DefinitiveEdition.exe" %command%

Also, not everyone has their steam games in C:\Program files.
Mine looks like this because my games are installed on my D: drive and the steam application is on the C: drive.

"D:\SteamGames\steamapps\common\Mafia III\Mafia3DefinitiveEdition.exe" %command%

Well, I made a super easy guide so everyone could fix the lag and freezing problems, and I honestly think even a 10 years old kid could make it work, reading it step by step, and I thought anyone would notice that they had to change the directory if they were clever enough to change it manually... it's something pretty basic. But I just corrected the guide, so nobody can complain now.

[elendil093]

Atrix_Tussand の投稿を引用：

Thank you very much. This one really speed up all of the loading screens.

Thank you! Indeed, it's impossible to play with the launcher running in the background.

[Old Alfred E.]

elendil093 の投稿を引用：

Hi, are you getting any error message or nothing happen and it still open the launcher? First all there is no way that 2K do anything about it, because this is a very simple fix and it's not about this game specifically, but it works for any game, because you're just using a command to modify the file that Steam use to execute the game, avoiding the launcher. So there's no chance that it doesn't work.

So, if you did this, and you're still getting the Launcher, it means that you copied it wrong. The address that I put in the guide was just an example:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Mafia III\Mafia3DefinitiveEdition.exe" %command%

Check if you game is actually installed there, and in case you modified the install folder, change it for your own game folder.

The important in the code is to write

" then address - close " - space and %command%

I had installed it on an external hard drive so that was probably the problem, thanks for such a quick and thoughtful response!

[WillieSea]

elendil093 の投稿を引用：

WillieSea の投稿を引用：

You should put what needs to be entered into the launch options text box in a code tag in order to make it easier to understand.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Mafia III\Mafia3DefinitiveEdition.exe" %command%

Also, not everyone has their steam games in C:\Program files.
Mine looks like this because my games are installed on my D: drive and the steam application is on the C: drive.

"D:\SteamGames\steamapps\common\Mafia III\Mafia3DefinitiveEdition.exe" %command%

Well, I made a super easy guide so everyone could fix the lag and freezing problems, and I honestly think even a 10 years old kid could make it work, reading it step by step, and I thought anyone would notice that they had to change the directory if they were clever enough to change it manually... it's something pretty basic. But I just corrected the guide, so nobody can complain now.

I can speak from experience that not every PC user even has a 10 year old kid understanding of their computer and how to do anything on it. So that is why I made the suggestion.
A lot of PC owners barely understand how to turn the computer on, let alone how to turn it off.

I have owned a computer since 1982 (where I wrote my first games) and in the computer industry professionally since 1996. And strangely enough, of the computer professionals I know, none of them use their home computer (if they have one) to play games, or even have a home computer other than for basic email or internet use.

[Old Alfred E.]

Huh, it still isnt working

[elendil093]

WillieSea の投稿を引用：

I can speak from experience that not every PC user even has a 10 year old kid understanding of their computer and how to do anything on it. So that is why I made the suggestion.
A lot of PC owners barely understand how to turn the computer on, let alone how to turn it off.

I have owned a computer since 1982 (where I wrote my first games) and in the computer industry professionally since 1996. And strangely enough, of the computer professionals I know, none of them use their home computer (if they have one) to play games, or even have a home computer other than for basic email or internet use.

I agree that "normal users" normally don't know how to do these things, but I'm talking that an average PC gamer who know how to install a game in a custom directory, can understand this simple guide without without need of any detailed explanation, precisely about the directory that they have to write. Anyway, it's resolved now.

SharkInASuit の投稿を引用：

Huh, it still isnt working

The fix works, but I bet your problem is due to Steam, it's strongly not recommended to install any software or game in an external hard disk. The only solution I can think of, it's reinstalling the game in C or D (it doesn't matter the letter), what I mean is, not in an external disk.

[BLAZZ]

I did all steps and when I click on the shortcut nothing happens. Help?

[WillieSea]

SharkInASuit の投稿を引用：

Huh, it still isnt working

BLAZZ の投稿を引用：

I did all steps and when I click on the shortcut nothing happens. Help?

Entering the correct path to your game install is critically important.
Saying it is not working, then not saying what you are entering, compared to where you have the game installed, does not help anyone help you fix the issue your having.

Where is the game installed?
From your steam library tab, right-click on the game and select
>Manage >Browse Local Files

That opens where your game is installed.
It should then provide a link to the folder path, which you can click on and copy.

[shin jidai no ace]

KING.

[Frying_Tonight]

Doesn't work for me.

Stupid launcher. It added nothing but problems for paying customers. F**king game companies.

[ZombiePotatoSalad]

Doesn't work for me. I enter: D:\Games\Steam\steamapps\common\Mafia III\Mafia3DefinitiveEdition.exe" %command%

This is exactly where my game is installed. Even copied the filepath from the browser. However, I'm still getting an error message upon trying to start the game.

It worked for me two days ago.

[BLAZZ]

ZombiePotatoSalad の投稿を引用：

Doesn't work for me. I enter: D:\Games\Steam\steamapps\common\Mafia III\Mafia3DefinitiveEdition.exe" %command%

This is exactly where my game is installed. Even copied the filepath from the browser. However, I'm still getting an error message upon trying to start the game.

It worked for me two days ago.

Go to steam library, then right click mafia 3 then properties and paste this command to the launch options

[WillieSea]

ZombiePotatoSalad の投稿を引用：

Doesn't work for me. I enter: D:\Games\Steam\steamapps\common\Mafia III\Mafia3DefinitiveEdition.exe" %command%

This is exactly where my game is installed. Even copied the filepath from the browser. However, I'm still getting an error message upon trying to start the game.

It worked for me two days ago.

You are missing the first double-quote in front of your drive letter. So that command you have entered is useless.

"D:\Games\Steam\steamapps\common\Mafia III\Mafia3DefinitiveEdition.exe" %command%

If you had it, then do you have an Nvidia GPU?
The game runs fine on my Radeon.

[Detective Neon]

Thank you for the help! I was two minutes away from uninstalling.

[elendil093]

Hi people, please take your time to read it well and don't say it doesn't work before you check if you're writing something wrong. As WillieSea said above, maybe you're all missing the quotation marks at the beginning of the command.

Check also if your game is in a custom folder or different hard disk (almost sure it won't work in an external disk). Be patient before commenting here that it's not working. It works and it will continue working if the command is well linked to the launcher executable!