Fixing frame pacing and Toylets minigame with SilentPatch

This guide presents SilentPatch for Yakuza Kiwami 2 - an unofficial patch for the game fixing Toylets framerate, improving framepacing and more!

What is SilentPatch?

Remake of Yakuza 2, ported from PS4 to PC in May 2019 enhanced gameplay experience by lifting a 30 FPS lock, allowing PC users to better leverage their hardware. This was generally fine, but also introduced some issues to the game. While the ones like exaggerated physics are not trivially fixable, issues with some minigames have been fixed in an official patch by limiting them to 60 FPS. That said, this not only is mostly redundant, but also not always correct -- most notably, Toylets minigame is still essentially unplayable. To make matters worse, the way frame limiting was performed was notoriously flawed and introduced noticeable frame pacing issues.

Featured fixes

• Frame pacing has been drastically improved when "Framelimit" option is not set to "Unlimited"
  
• Toylets minigame has been capped to 30 FPS, essentially making it playable without having to change game settings
  
• Arcade games are now forcibly capped to 60 FPS, even if "Framelimit" option is set to 30 FPS in options
  
• The following minigames have been capped by the official patch for no reason and have been uncapped again now:
  
  • Karaoke
    
  • Mahjong
    
  • Oicho Kabu
    
  • Cee-lo
    
  • Colliseum (menu only)
    
  • Batting
    
  • Darts
    
  • Blackjack
    
  • Poker
    
  • Koi-koi

I have published a write-up regarding FPS issues - for those interested, check it here:
https://cookieplmonster.github.io/2020/01/18/silentpatch-yakuza-kiwami-2/

Download and Installation

• Download the patch archive from HERE[github.com]
  
• After downloading, unpack the archive to your game directory. If you don't know where your game is installed, you can navigate there from Steam by right clicking on Yakuza Kiwami 2 entry -> Manage -> Browse local files

It's easy as that really! If you followed the instructions correctly, Toylets minigame will be locked at 30 FPS and frame pacing should be far improved if you are using the "Framelimit" option in game.

Other links

Source code of the patch can be previewed on GitHub:
https://github.com/CookiePLMonster/SilentPatchYK2

If you want to follow my work, check out one of those places:
https://twitter.com/__silent_

https://www.youtube.com/user/CookiePLMonster

Also take a look at my blog, featuring modding and programming related articles and more!
https://cookieplmonster.github.io/

[Horuhe IV]

OK what I can say is that I was having issues and my specs are:

CPU: Ryzen 9 3900XT
GPU: RTX 3090
RAM: 32 GB 3200mhz

All I did was download the patch, unpacked the archive and paste it in the game folder, now I go 120 FPS solid with all settings in high.

Thanks a lot for making this!! I left you some points because you REALLY deserve it, now I'll be able to play with Kiryu-chan again.

[dan4ikp4ola]

Got it, thank you for the answering my question!

[Silent]

It's worth a try of course, true, as you have nothing to lose. And yes, none of the fixes this patch provides can conflict with DXVK or any other wrapper.

[dan4ikp4ola]

Idk, i just saw i guide and it said that it could improve perfomance too.

[Silent]

Yes it is, but why would you need DXVK with Kiwami 2 specifically?

[dan4ikp4ola]

Is it comparable with DXVK patch?

[DottyTitan]

It's actually crazy how I went from a unstable 41 frames on any setting to a solid 60 on ultra 2k resolution

[BoniMayne]

this made my game run worse XD how did that even happen

[Fromgf]

This patch is a lifesaver, thank you

[Musornyy_paket]

Thx it's works