Stuttering issue

[Carry Potter and the £20 gram]

so even after turning down all my settings to med/low and rt off it still is jittering even after loading. is there a fix or work around for this as it is really killing the game for me?

[Cavador]

There is no fix. This is what happens when you push the Unreal Engine 4 too far and combine it with Denuvo.

[HiTmAn]

Same Stutter with RTX 4080 an i7 13th and RT off. Dont know what the Problem is in this Case.

[Cavador]

It's the Unreal Engine 4 shader compilation stutter in combination with Denuvo, which is a terrible combination. This game stutters for every one no matter what your pc specs are. Just lower the graphic settings to where you can't really detect the stutter and turn off the fps meter in order to enjoy the game. That's what I had to do. No game out there can provide a better Harry Potter experience, so I guess we gotta try to look past the occasional stutter.

[cswiger]

Автор сообщения: Cavador

It's the Unreal Engine 4 shader compilation stutter ...

It ought to be hard to not notice the black screen for a period of several minutes where the shaders actually are being compiled, followed by yet more time on the "Preparing Shaders" screen.

This time is spent to avoid stutters resulting from compiling shaders on-demand while the game is being played.

This game stutters for every one no matter what your pc specs are.

No, it doesn't. I get stable 60 fps in most cells, aside from the busiest part of Hogsmeade.

Stuttering seems to be much more common with people who are playing from a hard drive rather than an SSD, or are using a GPU with 8 GB of VRAM (or less) vs 12+ GB of VRAM. Having 32 GB of RAM also helps, but that matters less if your GPU has plenty of VRAM.

[Cavador]

Then there's always the smart ass like this guy who claims he's never had even one dropped frame outside of one certain area. Even though shaders are compiled prior, it's not 100% effective. I also play on a SSD and have plenty of vram with my RTX3080. I also have 32GB of system ram.

[cswiger]

Автор сообщения: Cavador

Even though shaders are compiled prior, it's not 100% effective.

If your system is stuttering, it is not because of shader compilation.

Anyone can verify that Hogwart's isn't recompiling shaders during play by checking the last-modified timestamp of the precache files in C:\ProgramData\Hogwarts Legacy.

[Cavador]

Well if not shader compilation then perhaps it has something to do with Denuvo or just overall poor optimization or a combination of the two. Even when I lower everything to low with resolution lowered and using DLSS performance, I get stutters when running around and when spinning the camera using an RTX3080 and i9-9900K processor with 32GB system ram and playing on a SSD. I would love to know how to stop the stuttering. I don't believe I am alone with this issue either.

[HiTmAn]

Youre not alone. Ive been playing the game for 3 days and have the same issue with RTX 4080, ssd, 32GB Ram and i7 13th.

[Dante]

You lose the right to complain about performance when you support a Denuvo title. You bring this upon yourself.

[Cavador]

I most definitely don't like games with Denuvo. But no other game comes anywhere close to bringing the Harry Potter world to life in a gaming experience like this one does.

[fiddich]

There are lots of problems with the optimisation of this game, and Unreal Engine in general. That is well known in the modding community. (Don't listen to anyone who says otherwise.) For example, there are typos in the LOD settings that render them useless, and the texture streamer is set to stall when the queue reaches 30MB, which is ridiculous in the era of SSD's. Unfortunately it's hard to know which of the many bad settings is causing the stuttering on any particular hardware setup. My recommendation is to install the "Ultra Plus" mod (Hogwarts Legacy mod number 660 on Nexus) and/or read the information in the Description of that mod. It fixes many of the problems that cause stuttering, and then goes on to improve the graphics in lots of other ways. The author has succeeded in getting the game to run smoothly on PC's way below the minimum spec required by the game. The only caveat is that this is not a one-size-fits-all solution. There are lots of options. You have to choose the right one for your setup. The creator of this mod is basically the world expert on this subject and could get your system running perfectly. Sadly she is only one person and can't offer that sort of bespoke service. Gleaning what you need from her mod is your best bet.

[Cavador]

Thanks Fiddich! Good advice. I will definitely check out that mod. I didn't realize there was a mod that addressed this issue.

[Micas]

** warning ** - implementing these changes in Windows 11 creates new power plans in windows. Use at your own risk.

This video helped me immensely. I'm using a 13900KF and 4090 and have issues with stuttering in various games. I checked the DPC latency of my PC and it was awful. DPC latency checker is a utility you can use to asses yours. As the video explains, stuttering can be a result of power plan settings in windows. The video provides a link where you can download 5 additional power plans that may help your situation. Worse case, it doesn't help and the video demonstrates how to remove the power plans, which is very easy.

When I'm doing low impact activities (i.e., not playing a game), I use the power saver plan with option to not sleep. When gaming, I use a high performance power plan. It may be worth checking out. It's a bit of a pain to have to switch power plans like that, but the performance increase for me was enormous. I play the game at max settings, smooth as butter.

https://youtu.be/VLaBgswq39U

[Fever 🔥]

game ran really well until i arrived to winter season ingame now i cant fking play this mess...

[Mazda Rx-8 Driver.]

Runs fine on my 6950xt.