massive frame drops and stutters

[Nox Trickster]

has anyone run into this issue with there frames are dropping massively and stutters? i am just looking for ways to fix this, i have a i5-12400f and a rtx 3070, 32 gb of ram so i know it's not my hardware... any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Lyncher]

If you haven't done it all ready then try typing or copy and pasting -NOTEXTURESTREAMING (exactly like that) into the launch options for the game's properties in the library of steam.

The majority of stuttering on hardware specs above what is needed for the game to run properly is usually due to the poorly done texture streaming the game uses by default. Be aware this will increase load times though as it will no longer load in assets on the fly anymore and do them all during loading times.

[Nox Trickster]

this fixed thank you...

[Spetz]

Originally posted by Nox Trickster:

this fixed thank you...

Just be sure to temporarily remove -NOTEXTURESTREAMING from your properties before starting any of the DLC as it's been known to break their cutscenes.

[MOSLEY]

Originally posted by Spetz:

Originally posted by Nox Trickster:

this fixed thank you...

Just be sure to temporarily remove -NOTEXTURESTREAMING from your properties before starting any of the DLC as it's been known to break their cutscenes.

Or just watch the intro cutscene on YouTube and skip them in-game.

[Silver^v^]

Originally posted by Lyncher:

If you haven't done it all ready then try typing or copy and pasting -NOTEXTURESTREAMING (exactly like that) into the launch options for the game's properties in the library of steam.

The majority of stuttering on hardware specs above what is needed for the game to run properly is usually due to the poorly done texture streaming the game uses by default. Be aware this will increase load times though as it will no longer load in assets on the fly anymore and do them all during loading times.

this made my x3470, 32gb of ddr3, and an rx 580 8gb almost stop stuttering entirely, huge improvement, many thanks

[vee-kay]

For those who wander in here, and are curious about the "-NOTEXTURESTREAMING" launch parameter...

The reason it seemingly fixes the stuttering issues, is because it forces the game to preload the textures and some assets into the VRAM and RAM, so the game runs & plays more smoothly. But this will obviously work well only if your PC has good VRAM (ideally 8+ GB) and RAM (ideally 32+ GB) and decent GPU & CPU.

For those with older PCs, you can see if adding this launch parameter helps the game to run more smoothly, but I wouldn't expect it to do so, as it requires a lot of in-memory usage, so you may be better off skipping this parameter altogether. Adding a faster new SSD and more RAM may help for older PCs for better game performance.

[RV]

Originally posted by Lyncher:

If you haven't done it all ready then try typing or copy and pasting -NOTEXTURESTREAMING (exactly like that) into the launch options for the game's properties in the library of steam.

The majority of stuttering on hardware specs above what is needed for the game to run properly is usually due to the poorly done texture streaming the game uses by default. Be aware this will increase load times though as it will no longer load in assets on the fly anymore and do them all during loading times.

God bless you my brother, god bless you.

[TR1PLE 6]

Also turn off volumetric fog, it's a serious framerate killer and you rarely notice it anyway.