Low FPS even with recommended requirements?

[Archwyrm]

My specs:
i5 3330 3.3Ghz
GTX 1050Ti 4Gb
8 GB RAM

I know it’s not amazing, but it’s better than the recommended requirements of this game, and even though I’m playing at LOW settings and I still don’t have a stable FPS, the optimization of this game is really mediocre and there’s nothing I can do?

[Old Habits Die Hard]

What resolution? Is this a laptop?

[JudgeMental1337]

The Game in Terms of optimization is poorly executed and we hang in there with you as we all have the same problems.

There are some things you can try tough:

go into %localappdata% > Dead by Daylight > Saved > Config > WindowsNoEditor > and open with Editor the file: GameUserSettings here you have a few options:

[ScalabilityGroups]
sg.ResolutionQuality=67.000000
sg.ViewDistanceQuality=1
sg.AntiAliasingQuality=1
sg.ShadowQuality=1
sg.PostProcessQuality=1
sg.TextureQuality=1
sg.EffectsQuality=1
sg.FoliageQuality=1
sg.ShadingQuality=1
sg.AnimationQuality=1

are my settings for example and I play mostly on 100fps. 1 is medium quality 0 would be low

just check if everything is on zero.

Next Stop is: FrameRateLimit=120.000000

Check If the FrameRateLimit is locked to something like 50 or 60 and change It.

Next open the File: Engine

there you can add the following:

[/script/engine.engine]
bSmoothFrameRate=false
MinSmoothedFrameRate=5
MaxSmoothedFrameRate=144
bUseVSync=false

See If it works or betters your game.

Last Stop is to Disable the "Game Bar" just type "Gamebar" in the search field on the button left and disable It.

Honestly the last step was all I needed to do to get better FPS. Hope It helps.

[Old Habits Die Hard]

Originally posted by Pumpking:

The Game in Terms of optimization is poorly executed and we hang in there with you as we all have the same problems.

There are some things you can try tough:

go into %localappdata% > Dead by Daylight > Saved > Config > WindowsNoEditor > and open with Editor the file: GameUserSettings here you have a few options:

[ScalabilityGroups]
sg.ResolutionQuality=67.000000
sg.ViewDistanceQuality=1
sg.AntiAliasingQuality=1
sg.ShadowQuality=1
sg.PostProcessQuality=1
sg.TextureQuality=1
sg.EffectsQuality=1
sg.FoliageQuality=1
sg.ShadingQuality=1
sg.AnimationQuality=1

are my settings for example and I play mostly on 100fps. 1 is medium quality 0 would be low

just check if everything is on zero.

Next Stop is: FrameRateLimit=120.000000

Check If the FrameRateLimit is locked to something like 50 or 60 and change It.

Next open the File: Engine

there you can add the following:[/script/engine.engine]
bSmoothFrameRate=false
MinSmoothedFrameRate=5
MaxSmoothedFrameRate=144
bUseVSync=false

See If it works or betters your game.

Last Stop is to Disable the "Game Bar" just type "Gamebar" in the search field on the button left and disable It.

Honestly the last step was all I needed to do to get better FPS. Hope It helps.

I know you're trying to help but most of this isn't good advice and some of it makes no sense, and for some reason is constantly copied over and over and spread around. So I'm trying to help you to help others, not attack you or anything like that.

Scalability Groups if you want them to be the same number you just need to change from the in-game settings menu (0=low 1=medium 2=high 3=ultra) because this changes them all at once to whichever you choose. You can and have to manually change each line to suit your taste or needs if they are going to be different numbers however.

Changing FrameRateLimit is a terrible idea for a few reasons mainly because this game is not designed nor optimized for over 62FPS but also changing the limit from the default of =0 also disables smoothframes (as well as overrides vsync if enabled) which is useful for people that have FPS between 22 and 62 FPS especially fluctuating FPS as is the case with OP.

To disable smoothframes via Engine.ini you only need to add two of the lines you posted for three reasons.

1. You're disabling smoothframes so the smoothed frame rate limits lines do not matter because you're not using smoothframes.

2. You can not change the smoothed frame limits even if you are using smoothframes so again those lines do not matter.

3. There is no point putting the bUseVsync=False line because it doesn't do anything since this is not the correct place for it and is ignored. This is found and can be changed in GameUserSettings.ini

So you only need these two lines added to Engine.ini and then you save file normally.. I know you didn't suggest doing it but it can't be mentioned enough that you NEVER need nor should you set Read-Only on ini files:

[/script/engine.engine]
bSmoothFrameRate=False

[ItsMeFFran]

This game is tooooo bad optimized. RDR2 runs in 50-60 fps in medium-high in my pc. In dbd, low resolution at 100%: struggles in certain maps falling to 45-50. It's behaviour's fault.

[JudgeMental1337]

Originally posted by Breakaway:

Originally posted by Pumpking:

The Game in Terms of optimization is poorly executed and we hang in there with you as we all have the same problems.

There are some things you can try tough:

go into %localappdata% > Dead by Daylight > Saved > Config > WindowsNoEditor > and open with Editor the file: GameUserSettings here you have a few options:

[ScalabilityGroups]
sg.ResolutionQuality=67.000000
sg.ViewDistanceQuality=1
sg.AntiAliasingQuality=1
sg.ShadowQuality=1
sg.PostProcessQuality=1
sg.TextureQuality=1
sg.EffectsQuality=1
sg.FoliageQuality=1
sg.ShadingQuality=1
sg.AnimationQuality=1

are my settings for example and I play mostly on 100fps. 1 is medium quality 0 would be low

just check if everything is on zero.

Next Stop is: FrameRateLimit=120.000000

Check If the FrameRateLimit is locked to something like 50 or 60 and change It.

Next open the File: Engine

there you can add the following:[/script/engine.engine]
bSmoothFrameRate=false
MinSmoothedFrameRate=5
MaxSmoothedFrameRate=144
bUseVSync=false

See If it works or betters your game.

Last Stop is to Disable the "Game Bar" just type "Gamebar" in the search field on the button left and disable It.

Honestly the last step was all I needed to do to get better FPS. Hope It helps.

I know you're trying to help but most of this isn't good advice and some of it makes no sense, and for some reason is constantly copied over and over and spread around. So I'm trying to help you to help others, not attack you or anything like that.

Scalability Groups if you want them to be the same number you just need to change from the in-game settings menu (0=low 1=medium 2=high 3=ultra) because this changes them all at once to whichever you choose. You can and have to manually change each line to suit your taste or needs if they are going to be different numbers however.

Changing FrameRateLimit is a terrible idea for a few reasons mainly because this game is not designed nor optimized for over 62FPS but also changing the limit from the default of =0 also disables smoothframes (as well as overrides vsync if enabled) which is useful for people that have FPS between 22 and 62 FPS especially fluctuating FPS as is the case with OP.

To disable smoothframes via Engine.ini you only need to add two of the lines you posted for three reasons.

1. You're disabling smoothframes so the smoothed frame rate limits lines do not matter because you're not using smoothframes.

2. You can not change the smoothed frame limits even if you are using smoothframes so again those lines do not matter.

3. There is no point putting the bUseVsync=False line because it doesn't do anything since this is not the correct place for it and is ignored. This is found and can be changed in GameUserSettings.ini

So you only need these two lines added to Engine.ini and then you save file normally.. I know you didn't suggest doing it but it can't be mentioned enough that you NEVER need nor should you set Read-Only on ini files: [/script/engine.engine]
bSmoothFrameRate=False

Nah its all good just trying to help If someone has better tips then go ahead :)

For me atleast It worked and maybe for some others too.

[Old Habits Die Hard]

Originally posted by Pumpking:

Originally posted by Breakaway:

I know you're trying to help but most of this isn't good advice and some of it makes no sense, and for some reason is constantly copied over and over and spread around. So I'm trying to help you to help others, not attack you or anything like that.

Scalability Groups if you want them to be the same number you just need to change from the in-game settings menu (0=low 1=medium 2=high 3=ultra) because this changes them all at once to whichever you choose. You can and have to manually change each line to suit your taste or needs if they are going to be different numbers however.

Changing FrameRateLimit is a terrible idea for a few reasons mainly because this game is not designed nor optimized for over 62FPS but also changing the limit from the default of =0 also disables smoothframes (as well as overrides vsync if enabled) which is useful for people that have FPS between 22 and 62 FPS especially fluctuating FPS as is the case with OP.

To disable smoothframes via Engine.ini you only need to add two of the lines you posted for three reasons.

1. You're disabling smoothframes so the smoothed frame rate limits lines do not matter because you're not using smoothframes.

2. You can not change the smoothed frame limits even if you are using smoothframes so again those lines do not matter.

3. There is no point putting the bUseVsync=False line because it doesn't do anything since this is not the correct place for it and is ignored. This is found and can be changed in GameUserSettings.ini

So you only need these two lines added to Engine.ini and then you save file normally.. I know you didn't suggest doing it but it can't be mentioned enough that you NEVER need nor should you set Read-Only on ini files: [/script/engine.engine]
bSmoothFrameRate=False

Nah its all good just trying to help If someone has better tips then go ahead :)

For me atleast It worked and maybe for some others too.

Your tips were fine minus those parts I specifically mentioned that don't work and shouldn't be added.

Those things don't work for anyone under any circumstance so it isn't and can't be a case of "this worked for me but might not work for you".

[Old Habits Die Hard]

Originally posted by Franaegon:

This game is tooooo bad optimized. RDR2 runs in 50-60 fps in medium-high in my pc. In dbd, low resolution at 100%: struggles in certain maps falling to 45-50. It's behaviour's fault.

Something is very wrong with your system and/or it's configuration if that is actually true.

60FPS and perfect frametimes are easily attainable in this game on moderately weak systems and even the most potato system I can think of and happen to own although with the actual potato system then using 1280x720 is required but that's pretty fair considering how much of a potato it really is.

I have a couple of weak systems here, the potato I was talking about (which is worse than anyone else I've run into so far that plays this game lol) is an 11 year old Dell Dimension 9200 that is stock except the GPU was replaced with an 1GB HD5700 and it couldn't even start never mind run RDR2 because it only has 4GB of system ram and the other could run RDR2 on lowest settings but with 20ish FPS. Both are of these systems though are able to hold 60FPS and perfect frametimes in DBD during matches no matter the map or what's happening on screen.

Even the 2013 iMac that I installed W10 on out of sheer boredom on can do 60FPS & perfect frametimes on medium.

[wopa]

I never changes the Resolution Scale, its useless and make the Game only blurry!
so when you rly want Low Settings set all to 0!
bcs. when you are in Game Settings and you change from Ultra to Low the Resolution Scale goes to 75%
if you want Low Settings then change all to 0, but make your native Resolution.

sg.ResolutionQuality=100.000000

for your native Resolution, I changed only my Settings for Fullscreen Mode, the Game runs only in Borderless Windows, equal if you set Fullscreen, so I reduced the lag only when I set it to Fullscreen!
in the Game User Settings I only set the FPS to 120.000000, bcs. 144.000000 isnt possible without weird stutters!
forget the Engine.ini, bcs. it takes no Effect, only the Frames in GameUser Settings work!

So all I set was in GameUserSettings, Fullscreen,120 FPS and the Steam Launch Options

sg.ResolutionQuality=100.000000
FullscreenMode=0
LastConfirmedFullscreenMode=0
PreferredFullscreenMode=0
Steam Launch Options: -FULLSCREEN

you can see the Game runs in WQHD 2560x1440 rly good on a GTX 1660 Super, 8 GB RAM isnt enough Novadays for Games, better upgrade to 16 GB

https://youtu.be/a0ZFeBz5ALs

[Old Habits Die Hard]

Originally posted by wopa:

I never changes the Resolution Scale, its useless and make the Game only blurry!
so when you rly want Low Settings set all to 0!
bcs. when you are in Game Settings and you change from Ultra to Low the Resolution Scale goes to 75%
if you want Low Settings then change all to 0, but make your native Resolution.

sg.ResolutionQuality=100.000000

for your native Resolution, I changed only my Settings for Fullscreen Mode, the Game runs only in Borderless Windows, equal if you set Fullscreen, so I reduced the lag only when I set it to Fullscreen!
in the Game User Settings I only set the FPS to 120.000000, bcs. 144.000000 isnt possible without weird stutters!
forget the Engine.ini, bcs. it takes no Effect, only the Frames in GameUser Settings work!

So all I set was in GameUserSettings, Fullscreen,120 FPS and the Steam Launch Options

sg.ResolutionQuality=100.000000
FullscreenMode=0
LastConfirmedFullscreenMode=0
PreferredFullscreenMode=0
Steam Launch Options: -FULLSCREEN

you can see the Game runs in WQHD 2560x1440 rly good on a GTX 1660 Super, 8 GB RAM isnt enough Novadays for Games, better upgrade to 16 GB

https://youtu.be/a0ZFeBz5ALs

Dude.. :/

sg.ResolutionQuality=100.000000 <-- doesn't actually do anything so it doesn't matter.

Changing FrameRateLimit from default is a terrible idea ESPECIALLY if it is over 62FPS and to suggest that someone that is having trouble getting to and maintaining 60FPS makes no sense at all.

For what feels like the 10th time now, you can not run DBD in exclusive fullscreen mode no matter what you put in any ini file and absolutely NO steam launch parameters work in this game, and even if they did (which, again, they do not) doing it this way would not work and even if you did use them correctly using -fullscreen still wouldn't make exclusive fullscreen mode work.

What is the point of that video?

If you think these things work or "works for me and some people but not everyone" it is because you don't understand what you're talking about. You should stop sharing advice that you don't understand that you are just blindly repeating from someone else that doesn't know what they're talking about either. Stop the cycle!

Like I've said before you, and anyone, can verify these things on their own in various ways and "verify" doesn't mean "I think it works because I think it works" it means being able to prove it works. With these things there is no such thing as "This works for me, but not for everyone" because it either works or it doesn't.

Here are a few examples of stating something and providing proof that statement is true and verifiable by explaining how and why that statement is true along with detailing the exact steps anyone can follow that always produce exactly the same results:

Statement:

Putting -fullscreen or any other launch parameter for that matter in steam for this game (library --> Dead By Daylight --> right click --> properties --> General Tab --> Set Launch Parameters) doesn't work because no steam launch parameters work.

Proof:

1. Go ahead and add -fullscreen or -OMGLOL or whatever you want as a steam launch parameter for this game.
2. Start DBD.
3. Cntrl+Alt+Del and run task manager then click on the first tab "Processes"
4. Right click on any existing column such as "Name" or "CPU" etc.
5. Scroll down to "Command Line" and left click on it to give it a check mark.
6. Find the column for Command Line and notice how each running processes has its entire command line including any start parameters used listed in that column.
7. Under Name-->Apps locate DeadByDaylight-Win64-Shipping.exe and look at its Command Line column.
8. Notice how no launch parameters are listed.

Question:
Why don't steam launch parameters work on DBD?

Answer:
This is because when you set steam launch parameters for this game it sets those launch parameters on the file ~SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Dead by Daylight\DeadByDaylight.exe which does not start DBD because it is actually an EAC launcher that was renamed. This can be verified by going to that location selecting that file right clicking on it selecting properties then look under Details tab. The EAC launcher starts Easy Anti-Cheat by running ~Program Files (x86)\EasyAntiCheat\EasyAntiCheat.exe and launch parameters are not carried over, they are only used on the initial file. Once Easy Anti-Cheat is loaded and done it's checks then it starts DBD by running ~SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Dead by Daylight\DeadByDaylight\Binaries\Win64\DeadByDaylight-Win64-Shipping.exe

Proof:

1. Shut down DBD if it is running. .
2. Make sure Task Manager is open on your screen on the "Processes" tab and adjust the size and columns so that you can see both the Name & Command Line columns at the same time.
3. Start DBD and quickly click on the open Task Manager window and watch the "Name" column under Apps.
4. You'll notice that when you start DBD that ~SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Dead by Daylight\DeadByDaylight.exe is run and in the command line column you'll see whatever launch parameters you put such as -fullscreen -OMGLOL
5. Then you'll notice ~Program Files (x86)\EasyAntiCheat\EasyAntiCheat.exe is run without those launch parameters
6. Then you'll notice ~SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Dead by Daylight\DeadByDaylight\Binaries\Win64\DeadByDaylight-Win64-Shipping.exe being run without those launch parameters

Statement:

Dead By Daylight can not be run in exclusive fullscreen mode ever, no matter what you put in any ini file and/or any steam launch parameter that you use, this is by design. So while you believe that you are running DBD in exclusive fullscreen (even though you know that you don't understand what you're talking about and that you've never actually verified if you actually are in exclusive fullscreen) you absolutely are not because it can not be done.

Proof:

1. Do whatever it is that you think makes DBD run in exclusive fullscreen mode and start DBD.
2. When you're totally 100% positive that it is for sure running in exclusive fullscreen mode start task manager via whichever method you want.
3. In the first tab "Processes" make sure you have a CPU and GPU column, if they aren't there then add them.
4. Note Desktop Window Manager's CPU and GPU usage.
- If DBD was running in exclusive fullscreen mode then Desktop Window Manager's CPU usage would be almost always 0% or maybe 0.1% and GPU usage around 0.1%
- If DBD was running in borderless fullscreen mode CPU & GPU usage would be many times higher than in exclusive.
5. Shut down DBD.
6. Start a game (I used MK11) that has the option to run in true exclusive fullscreen mode and once running make sure that it is set to and using exclusive fullscreen mode.
7. Look in Task Manager in Processes tab at Desktop Window Manager's CPU & GPU usage.
- If game was running in exclusive fullscreen mode then Desktop Window Manager's CPU usage would be almost always 0% or maybe 0.1% and GPU usage around 0.1%
- If game was running in borderless fullscreen mode CPU & GPU usage would be many times higher than in exclusive.
8. Switch back to game and change it from exclusive fullscreen to borderless.
9. Look in Task Manager in Processes tab at Desktop Window Manager's CPU & GPU usage and notice the change.
10. In Task Manager click on options and from the drop down menu choose "Always on top".
11. Switch back to game and notice how Task Manager stays on top of the game because the game is running in borderless fullscreen.
12. Close Task Manager.
12. Change game from borderless to exclusive.
13. Alt-Tab to desktop and start Task Manager and make sure under options "Always on top" is still checked and leave Task Manager running.
14. Attempt to switch back to the game.
15. Notice that you can't because the game is running in exclusive fullscreen.
16. Shut down Task Manager or leave it running but uncheck the "Always on top" option.
17. Attempt to switch back to the game.
18. Notice that you are now able to because the game is running in exclusive fullscreen.
19. Shut that game down.
20. Start DBD running in what you're 100% totally positive without a doubt is exclusive fullscreen.
21. Alt-tab and open Task Manager with "Always on top" checked in options.
22. Switch back to DBD.
23. Notice Task Manager stays on top of DBD because it is running in borderless and not exclusive fullscreen.

[Archwyrm]

Chill dude

[wopa]

Originally posted by Hellwyrm:

Chill dude

I have blocked this Guy, I know it works for me and I have my 120 FPS also :-)
Breakaway allways talks much but he isnt right

[Tu mama la guatona]

They did a survey on the performance of the game but I do not know what the developers say if they are going to improve the optimization or not

[wopa]

Originally posted by The Shape is Here:

They did a survey on the performance of the game but I do not know what the developers say if they are going to improve the optimization or not

the even can implement the correct HUD Size for different Resolutions, Game runs fine, but the HUD on Higher Resolutions is terrible.

[WatchOwne]

TRASH PERFORMANCE GAME
They just want more money with dlcs and skins

[Dark Θrigin]

Originally posted by Cacahuese Seco:

TRASH PERFORMANCE GAME
They just want more money with dlcs and skins

optimization level: trash
it loads my gpus even during prematch black screen