mafia 3 definitive edition locked 30 fps

[VirtusCF]

Every other day, I don't know why, the game freezes at 30 fps (sometimes even at 20), when usually it runs at a fixed 165 fps. The only way I can get it to at least 60 fps is to remove the full screen (but you can't see the bottom part of the game) or switch the resolutions (for example go from 1080p to 768p and then 1080p again), the problem after fixing it is that if I pause or open the map, it promptly returns to 30 fps. Does anyone know a solution for this problem? at 30 fps it is unplayable. Obviously restarting the game or steam doesn't work, already checked the files and they are not corrupt

[WillieSea]

Hilarious

Originally posted by VirtusCF:

at 30 fps it is unplayable.

Game was made for 30 FPS. It is actually unplayable at anything above 60 FPS. There are certain missions you cannot complete when the FPS is too high since this is a console ported game.


You didn't say you checked this, but is your CPU or GPU overheating and throttling down?
In regards to the CPU heat, it could have a bad thermal paste seating.

Did you disable Fullscreen optimizations for the game?

Did you turn off Vsync in-game and set the in-game FPS limiter to "Unlimited"?

From what I hear your CPU power will dictate the Max FPS you can get in this game. (I don't know if that is true or not.) And I don't know if the game is single or multi thread, but I suspect is it since it is a console game. And a single core may not give you enough power for sustained high FPS.

[VirtusCF]

I have a 7800x3D with a 3080, I setup it yesterday, so thermal past is ok.
Mafia 1 and 2 gone always to 165 fps, I disable vsync and set 165fps max on rivatuner in all of 3 games. My cpu or gpu doesn't heat so much to limit fps to 30.
Fullscreen optimization I don't know what is it.
Mafia 3 has more problem that are: random crash or blocked game quitting option page, I never played a so bugged game really

[WillieSea]

Probably different if you have W10 or W11.
Google search it if you think it is right for you.

Is it good to disable fullscreen optimizations?
it will not affect your framerate at all, but will affect the delivery of frames to your display. frames will be passed directly and will no longer need to go through your window compositor (DWM) first. so it won't improve framerate, but it will improve frame latency and possible frame jitter.

When you try to do something with a game that it was not designed for then yes, it will have a lot of problems. You are not playing the original Mafia, or the original Mafia 2, both were re-done with a better engine than the state they left Mafia 3 in.

[Cryiox]

Very strange replies. Game runs just fine at 120 FPS for example, lol.

[WillieSea]

Originally posted by Cryiox:

Very strange replies. Game runs just fine at 120 FPS for example, lol.

At least you provided helpful advice. Oh wait, you didn't, you simply felt like being a troll.

[VirtusCF]

I'm using W10, I don't like W11 is enough bugged to stay on W10.
It runs as well without fullscreen but it's worst to play because you don't see all the game screen (window mode is bugged). An other thing, this game make my cpu heat a lot, not more than the necessary (like max 91 grades and it's ok for my cpu, but warzone bring my cpu to only 60 grades). Is not the original but other two remastered gone as well, this Mafia 3 is the worst game I played in my life

[DeathIncarnate]

Originally posted by WillieSea:

Originally posted by Cryiox:

Very strange replies. Game runs just fine at 120 FPS for example, lol.

At least you provided helpful advice. Oh wait, you didn't, you simply felt like being a troll.

This cryiox clown posts almost the same thing on every mafia 3 post can't stand this troll

[Arkhein]

Unecroying this in case anyone comes around with the same issue: you have to change your framerate option IN-GAME, NOT IN THE LAUNCHER. For some reason, the launcher option is overwritten when you start the game. You don't need to do anything outside the game to fix this.

It took me an embarassing amount of time to figure that out because the inteface is awfully laid out, so here's the solution:

Start a new game (as there's no options in the main menu for some stupid reason) > pause the game > go to the Options tab > tap Right on the dpad (or equivalent on keyboard) until you find the Display option > then you can change to your desired framerate and the game will actually apply your changes.