🛠️ How To Fix Hogwarts Legacy Lag/Stutter Issues on PC

[@m4ngo56]

It didn't work. Thanks for nothing

[@CapnCrunchESO]

Please be sure to leave me a thumbs down

[@Syntax1963A]

@@CapnCrunchESO haha brilliant answer

[@sollitdude1]

for another game, called outer worlds, i turned off HDR. the game just couldnt handle it. i mean, it already has lag waves. like, you just move around, every second frames would drop to zero. the only recent change is that i got new screens, that now offer HDR. so i turned it off, and it fixed the lag spikes for me.

[@m4ngo56]

@@CapnCrunchESO Dont worry. I definitely did

[@lourencoreis4389]

I only have 8 gb ram and I have everything on low and it still lags

[@funnyfrogman4599]

Runs almost perfectly now. My game was close to unplayable and combat was impossible and this almost completely fixed it. Thank you so much would of never thought to do this to fix it. Played with my settings for hours testing just for this to work in minutes. Appreciate your help to the community!!!

[@CapnCrunchESO]

You’re welcome! I’m happy it worked

[@KookyBone]

@@CapnCrunchESO maybe this is working for other games, too. Maybe stuttering in other games is caused by this windows function. Would be nice to give it a try

[@vsmKILLAS]

I have to try the second option, the game it's running fine, but it has these fps drops when entering some areas.

[@Adama.1]

Google Control Flow Guard and you realise that you shouldn't turn it off. I don't understand why the uploader changes a random setting without explaining why, leaving tens of thousands of people with serious vulnerabilities on their systems by turning off important protection.

[@Syntax1963A]

@@Adama.1 you are totally right - fallen into the trap - as now I am not able to turn CFG back on! I did not know that before, even his tip helped but now there is a serious gap in the browsing protection - this was not a good idea! Now I have to look how to get rid of it - my current status of information is that it is not possible without a new windows 11 re-installation - or to go back to a system restore point... - any other help or other suggestion? - does reinstalling the 22H2 win update do the trick?

[@TheCocomunges]

I don’t have stutter issues, just massive FPS drops when the game is loading in new areas(so running around the school has my FPS pinned at 20 even on a 3070)

[@Cr-lb5pl]

same . my fps drops from 60 to like 10-15 in new areas or just randomly or in cutscenes. plz lmk if u find the fix

[@HAMEDSniperS]

Thats shader compilation its the worst feature of modern gaming

[@tomcatsba]

For me too, but this solutions in video worked for me

[@CapnCrunchESO]

I turned down my render distance so it doesn’t try and load trees and stuff that are a mile away.

[@mitchamusprime]

Sounds like the same issue I'm having. Got in maybe 15 hours of gameplay since early release without a single issue, graphics were amazing and didn't have any fps/stutter issues until yesterday.

[@ViralWatchMedia]

The fact that your video has 171K views just goes to show how insanely widespread this issue is, Usually smaller channels that make PC performance fix videos dont get this many views in such a short amount of time.

[@CapnCrunchESO]

Yeah I’m seriously amazed they haven’t even acknowledged there is an issue

[@MisterPotter]

171k is a drop in the ocean really. I had no issues with it and my pc is average

[@septicsectovg2549]

​@@MisterPotter some people have More tolerance twords stuttering doesn't mean it's not there and 171k people is 171k people who have paid for the game so that's not a drop in the ocean

[@JAJANMYEOW]

@@MisterPotter hell yeah the game runs just fine for me, fuck others am I right?

[@Hari98-m2s]

​@@MisterPotter specs?

[@Hidden4Halo]

Runs a whole lot better now. Can actually appreciate the artist work on the game now without it giving me a headache

[@CapnCrunchESO]

Awesome! Glad it helped :)

[@Velossitee]

Heh. Glad its workin for ya

This setting worked for me. The game still has fps drops in some sections, but the improvement in those areas once you transition from one place to another are quite high. Overall a better performance with this small tweak, pending an absolute improvement from the developers. Thanks for the video

[@CapnCrunchESO]

I was still getting them a bit too so I dropped the tender distance and textures to medium. Visually it doesn’t make a difference but the lag spikes stopped

[@ID_778]

​@@CapnCrunchESO whats your spec ?

[@blazbohinc4964]

I don't know how this could possibly affect game performance, but It basically stabilised the dips bellow 40fps for me. Once the area loads in, I can comfortably cruise between 50 and 70 without random drops to mid 30s. Much more stable game in general, higher CPU usage due to more work being done.. amazing. Thank you for this! I would've never solved it myself.

[@Plungi_15]

I wish the drops only went to 30 fps mine drops to 10 fps or something but i guess that just happens when you play on a laptop

[@ghostlight21]

@@Plungi_15 No my friend, that is exactly what you get when playing on a laptop

[@Zoyar]

@@Plungi_15 dependes on laptop, game runs very smoothly on mine

[@Lola_Nico]

@@ghostlight21 pretty sure it’s HD on laptops with 32GB on ram. That’s what I’m going to do, is get a bigger ram.

[@tlz180]

Just a warning for those that dont know what this setting does, control flow guard is a windows defender setting which prevents applications from getting hijacked and running code from an unintended file destination

[@ager126]

Wtf im undoing this

[@bricksstudio6697]

should i undo this then?

[@tlz180]

@@bricksstudio6697 thats up to you, I'm just saying what the setting does

[@monkaSisLife]

@@bricksstudio6697 no. there is no need to disabled this as long as you don't have a virus on your pc. A legit Program will never inject code into other programs.

[@BryanBagehi]

The game has memory problems. If this works, it makes me think this game has some very weird memory problems.

[@cLoKK3058]

You have no idea how greatful i am to have come across this video. I was so close to refunding this game, due to its unplayablity, especially during combat. This has truly saved the game for me. Endured through 3-4 hours of pain with frame drops down as far as 15fps during combat, it was unbelievably frustrating. Thank you once again for your invaluable solution.

[@moonlight-x]

same for me im so greatful to this person i tried like 4 method not of them work till i found this video ty soooooo much man❤❤

[@batman313rd]

Through Steam? Normally, they don't let you refund after logging more than 2 hours of playtime. I was going to do the same thing, but I only had 5 minutes left to 2 hours and I wanted to find out if another "fix" worked (it didn't). Thus, putting me over the 2 hour mark.

[@cLoKK3058]

@@batman313rd Yeah, you still definitely can, but it will not be as immediate as if you were to refund within the 2hrs. Once you've passed the 2hr mark, you will no longer be able to refund for things such as, not liking the game, or changing ur mind, but if the game is having significant problems that are rendering the game nearly unplayable, you can definitely apply for a refund, but you will also be subject to longer approval times.

[@hamzik2255]

Bro is the antivirus on or off.

[@risingg3169]

Thank you! It does run better, the combat is smoother as well. There are some lag spikes when traveling for a bit to load the ares probably but hopefully with a day one patch this will also be resolved

[@jokutyyppi7424]

Hey! What computer parts do you have? I want to buy this game but im afraid my computer is too bad for this game.

[@risingg3169]

@@jokutyyppi7424 Ryzen 5 3600, GTX 1070, 16GB RAM

[@ioniumthegreat8945]

@@risingg3169 there's your problem

[@Hdanielgarcia]

​@@ioniumthegreat8945 It's Even happening on 4090 gpu. :v

[@igorfv]

Yep, it works. Got around a 10% improvement in my FPS and the stutters significantly decreased. If this is your main computer, don't do it as it significantly decreases the computer security. I did because all I use this OS for is playing.

[@CapnCrunchESO]

Sweet glad it helped

[@nickarooroo6397]

I don't understand computers or tech well in general, so i have no idea what or why this works, but you're a life saver. Got rid of that horrible screen tear and blur I was having anytime I entered Hogsmeade, etc. TYSM!!!!!

[@CapnCrunchESO]

Glad it helped :)

[@zantirykaine3895]

I have no idea how yall come up with these obscure fix ideas but it worked. Not only did it fix the stuttering but it upped my fps by 30-50%

[@CapnCrunchESO]

awesome! Glad to hear. I hope they come out with a patch for it soon

[@SkrizzzGames]

Thank you so much! I pre-ordered this game and was really disappointed to see all the stuttering now it's all gone.

[@ggfdd5925]

never preorder unless you're ready to deal with bugs. because you will actually pay more just to test the game for the developers :)

[@CapnCrunchESO]

Yeah I expected there to be issues but was hoping there wouldn’t be any

[@spluff]

For those wondering, it works better than you think it will

[@CapnCrunchESO]

sweet! Glad it helped! and thank you for the comment

[@insertnamehere4419]

It could work a little better seeing how it just locks my game up at the load save screen.

[@sydnayallen6762]

Omfg you're an absolute legend.. I was skeptical this would do anything whatsoever but now my game runs as smooth as butter... Even better than I expected it to.. Tysm!!!

[@CapnCrunchESO]

im glad it worked for you! Thank you for the comment :) Have fun!

[@sketchtheparadigmyork1217]

This actually seemed to help significantly! Still has some issues but hogsmead was a pain before now it’s at least good enough

[@CapnCrunchESO]

Glad to hear it helped a little :)

[@sketchtheparadigmyork1217]

@@CapnCrunchESO can you explain why this helps? I know nothing about computer science, so this is crazy to me. I would think game devs would tweet or something about these simple fixes

[@steinarpeinar9482]

This made the game smooth as butter for me! Had major lag and stutters even on my 4090 card, turning off the DLSS made it somewhat better yesterday, but this little tweak made it flawless. Thank you very much!

[@Syntax1963A]

it works better yes - but now you have a huge problem - you have a vulnerable browsing experience - CFG is forever disabled, means unwanted apps are not stopped any more!!! - windows re-installation required or back to a system restore point required - all a huge hassle! (CapnChrunch didn't know this probably)

[@ac-wu7jq]

@@Syntax1963A its only for the application hogwart legacy, its not desactivate for all

[@Syntax1963A]

@@ac-wu7jq NO, that's not true as soon as you add a program to the list and disable CFG specifically for this program, all this safety featur will be disabled by windows for your windows version and not just for this program as some would think - (the bad thing is Microsoft not even give you a warning if you implement it, you just see it after the restart!) - just look in the Internet. This they made so Microsoft can be sure this feature works flawless. Try it - but better not do it, because as soon as you do it you are in big troubles! This information you get from windows after you have done the above steps: 'You have deactivated optional diagnostic data in Windows.If you want to activate smart app control, you have to reset this PC or reinstall Windows and select optional diagnostic data during the setup process.' - typical Windows safety features, flaws all the way....

[@ac-wu7jq]

@@Syntax1963A ok , and im not sure its necessary to do that, never use this options for anygame lol!

[@Syntax1963A]

@@ac-wu7jq yes that is true, but the issue is Microsoft could at least implement a warning pop up: if you are sure to do this, as this will turn the whole safety feature off for your windows version! As it stands now, anybody assume that it does only affect the added program, which is not the case! - I learned my lesson the hard way - so people please take this into consideration. Have a nice day...

[@destinysmith4185]

Fixed my game! All the characters looked like they were wearing masks, and they had no eyes. It was the stuff of nightmares. Thanks!

[@CapnCrunchESO]

Awesome! Glad to hear it’s working for you now

[@srk9454]

Thanks mate!Idk man,it used to be so freaking simple some time ago,you had one job to do,install a game and play...nowadays it is a mess,fixes and endless optimisations,it is really sad.

[@kylesandborn4284]

Thanks man. spreading this for other people with issues. It seems most people either needed a nasa pc or a toaster pc

[@zjs5029]

This fixed my game shuddering. I don’t know why, but it did. Thank you! I still get fps drops but I can live with that since it’s hardware related. This shuddering appeared for no apparent reason and I almost stopped playing because of it.

[@Goekmen61]

The fps drops arent Hardware related in most cases, there Are many people with high end PCs that get fps drops especially in Hogwarts and Hogsmeade (me too).The Game isnt optimized well enough for PC

[@bifftuco730]

not all heroes wear capes, the lag was driving me crazy, this worked like charm, thanks so much 🤘

[@CapnCrunchESO]

im glad it worked for you! Thank you for the comment :) Have fun!

[@jimmyburton3594]

Had such bad stuttering on PC with a 2080ti, 32 gb of ram and an m.2. Kept DLSS on, changed the protection setting and increased the shader cache size to 10gb in NVIDIA control panel. I can now run the game on ultra everything and get a stable 60 fps, sometimes more

[@DrMadPotato]

What a LEGEND I was legitimately thinking of buying a new SSD because I thought that was the problem! You the man!

[@CapnCrunchESO]

You’re welcome! Have fun!

[@Caitlin-T]

I've got a really good computer, no lag or anything, just a really bad stutter in combat. I've tried your tips here, and they did improve the stutter while sprinting, almost removing it completely, but no affect on combat. I am going to keep trying some more things to fix the stutter while in combat, and watch some other videos to see if anyone discovered a good way already, I'll reply to this comment if I find anything. Thank you for this wonderful video.

[@MrAnony07]

If your playing Dead Space Remake the flow guard can help a good bit as well if you ever notice just about any game stuttering or not running well try out that Flow Guard setting and see if that helps just make sheer your doing like in this video and only doing it for program settings not system settings I repeat just the program settings.

[@nataliatrajano4330]

OMG it really worked! I thought the problem was on my PC since I was lagging on Low. Now playing on High with no problem. Thank you!

[@indigo4917]

🎉thank you🎉 this has worked well for me. After I tweaked the graphics settings it was running but had massive freezes. After the exploit protection step, and after my pc reboot. The game runs flawlessly now. 😮 thank god. For reference I have a 2060 with i7 8700k 16gb of ram. I have no issue running ANY game even star citizen. However I’m glad this fixed work, now I can enjoy the rest of the game. (I will still be patiently waiting for a patch 😂🙌🏼)

[@alep1186]

is 16gb ram enough for the game or should i go for more?

[@asd123465jkl]

@@alep1186 defo go for more. helps big time with stuttering and frame drops.

[@badimagerybyjohnromine]

This was a thing in FF15, no idea why CFG has so many issues, blows my mind.

[@Chibicat2024]

Thanks, it fixed most if not all of the frames' instabilities during normal gameplay (loading spikes are still there).

[@CapnCrunchESO]

Yeah I was still Having a bit of lag and turning down the render distance seems to have fixed it. I think my pc is just a potato

[@jacopodini6437]

no way. i'm astonished. this fixed my game as nobody ever have fixed a game in history. no words. this 1 minute video should be on BBC right now.... wow

[@CapnCrunchESO]

Lol 😂 have fun! Glad I could help

[@sambrown4210]

Agree with the rest of the comments. This fix legitimately works. My game could hardly get through cut scenes and Hogsmeade was virtually unplayable due to the stutter - I changed my settings from ultra down to low to no avail. Now there is virtually no issues and back on ultra settings. Thank you so much!

[@nugget7865]

it's not even on the right .exe file? how can it work?

[@LowePorogo]

Dude that actually helped, the game was fine before, played it for 50 hours then it started stuttering and freezing everywhere, this helped, THANK YOU!

[@AarlandSun]

How do you even find out something like this?! Thanks a bunch - made it thoroughly enjoyable now!

[@skywalkker007]

I didn't expect this to work. It works almost perfect now thanks!

[@CapnCrunchESO]

Awesome! Glad to hear it helped :)

[@kojk2545]

This actually worked for me and solved my constant stuttering. I have a 4090 13900k with 32gb of ram, and i still was getting drops every 5 seconds. Now it's smooth as butter. This fix seemed so random but hey, if it works it works! Thanks!

[@LoveEmm]

I’m still having some issues but this seemed to have helped a bit - thanks!

[@CapnCrunchESO]

Sorry it didn’t fix the issue. Stop back by and let me know if you find something that does work.

[@NecroNNNN]

Lifesaver, was going with this trouble for a day until i said no and first video i clicked is this and it helped me, it still stutters ever two hours once but i can work with that thank you

[@ImNotFreddie]

What does turning off the upscale type do? Or what changes when it’s on? I have no idea for what it exactly is

[@Seffyzero]

Upscaling works like this: If you use upscaling the game will be rendered at whatever you've set it at, like 1080p or 720p or whatever, but NVIDIA DLSS or whatever upscaling you chose will take that render and scale it up to fit whatever screen you're using. So you might be rendering the game at 1080p but upscaling it to 4K. It is a lot less power intensive than rendering the game at 4K.

[@CapnCrunchESO]

Thanks for explaining it before I could get through all the comments @Seffyzero

[@pnwconnor]

I did this exact thing, it worked for awhile now it’s back to stuttering and lag

[@CapnCrunchESO]

They mentioned in the patch notes there is a memory leak with the lighting. So after playing for a while it starts to lag. I believe they are working on it but in the meantime you can Try to download and install the ascendio mod, it’s supposed to help.

[@sketchtheparadigmyork1217]

I had to come back to say this- what a game changer! Thank you!

[@CapnCrunchESO]

You’re welcome :)

[@victorlaxdal6775]

THIS WORKED REALLY WELL i can finaly play without getting a headache.

[@UrbanGttaM]

I saw somewhere that updating the DLSS file in the game files to the latest version helps.

[@VIP-ov1qo]

How do I do that?

[@UrbanGttaM]

@@VIP-ov1qo I tried to reply with steps but it didn't allow me to comment because i included a link to a website for a download

[@VIP-ov1qo]

@@UrbanGttaM no worries I’m gonna search it up👍

[@UrbanGttaM]

@@VIP-ov1qo hope it helps you out, it helped my issues

[@CapnCrunchESO]

This is a good recommendation, and def worth a try

[@cloudy5204]

Exploit protection setting really improved my game 👍 thank you ☺

[@CapnCrunchESO]

You’re welcome :)

[@tomgreig7078]

Thanks so much! After the patch, I had alot of microstuttering, particularly at night in Hogsmeade and Hogwarts. 3070super, 32 gb ram, etc. No crashes during early access, and buttery smooth performance with Ray tracing on, and most things set on high. This fixed it!

[@CANONBERG]

l

[@yakou9515]

3070super💀

[@Minyaturous]

You can also try to give Hogwarts Legacy a higher priority for RAM in the task manager. Worked for me atleast... :)

[@renski8976]

Holy shit man, thanks! This helped a TON. Plus it your explanation and walkthrough was super concise and to the point.

[@CapnCrunchESO]

I HATE when people make 10 minute videos out of something that should take 30 seconds lol 😂

[@renski8976]

@@CapnCrunchESO Hahaha ikr!

[@tomski303]

Wow this made a night and day difference for me. So much smoother. DLSS seemed fine though but it doesn’t really give me much more fps having it enabled. Thanks a lot for the tip.

[@CapnCrunchESO]

im glad it worked for you! Thank you for the comment :) Have fun!

[@Cansislol]

DLSS increases 1%low FPS very much. Don't just look for real time FPS. It plays way smoother with DLSS turned on.

[@insertnamehere4419]

I use DLSS as a form of AA. I get 120fps with or without DLSS or frame generation at 1440p lol. The occasional dips, stutter and feeling of it not being smooth in some areas is another matter.

[@alphaomega8481]

Hey man, just want to let you know. This worked for me! It massively improves the stuttter for me! Cant believe i got the solution from a year old video ahahah you rock

[@CapnCrunchESO]

@@alphaomega8481 I’m happy it helped! Have fun it’s a great game!

[@stevelyon86]

You sir are getting a like AND a subscribe. Thanks for this, my game is running a lot better! 🎉

[@CapnCrunchESO]

Thank you for the like and sub. Much appreciated

[@InstantKarma-wj9tz]

Wow! Thank you! I have been struggling to get the lag to stop. Watched probably 5 different videos and none worked. This one takes the cake!

[@waldedra]

Hey, i can't try this right know and I don't know if it works. But I'm very interested in what this exploit does, can you explain what we are disabling and why.

[@pritampatil4669]

YO !!! IT REALLY WORKED MAN ! A LITTLE STUTTERING IS STILL THERE BUT IT'S A LOT SMOOTHER EXPERIENCE NOW! THANKS BRUH

[@thomaskirkham45]

Thank you, not perfect but runs alot better and can walk around without lag or frame rate issues, still hoping for proper patches in future

[@CapnCrunchESO]

Yeah I’m hoping for one tomorrow (Friday)

[@cgyue]

Holy shit, it was literaly almost impossible to play with all the drops, now I have stutter every now and then when loading huge New areas, ty so much

[@CapnCrunchESO]

Glad it helped!

[@Sebastian-yl7nq]

Just manually update to the latest DLSS version, worked for me like a charm Like, where's the added benefit in actually turning off one of the few things which actually boost your FPS. Sure, no RTX card no DLSS, but other than that.

[@fraise000]

How to you update it ?

[@lukeschnur3268]

Didn’t like make my pc a super computer but my frames don’t like drop to 20 randomly. This made the game so much better

[@jack_wolfare]

Worked for me as well. Cheers man! Kept the DLSS On btw, doesn't affect the said issue

[@dothework2989]

DLSS fucked my frames up big time so was an issue for me, after I turned it off getting much better performance. Must depend on your setup

[@kandy5129]

@@dothework2989 bro same. I was testing out the graphical fidelity for this game but it was dogshit performance, i went over to enable dlss to see it was already enabled, so i disabled it and it ran so smooth

[@CapnCrunchESO]

Hell yeah, good to hear

[@jack_wolfare]

@@dothework2989 Yeah, seems like it

[@jack_wolfare]

@@CapnCrunchESO I kinda feel like the cause of a problem is Denuvo again. That stuff has a history of destroying performance. May I ask, how did you even came up with a fix?

[@MilesCooper03]

THANKS ! For my part CFG OFF + DLSS OFF, the game became stable in 4K. 😎👍

[@CapnCrunchESO]

Sweet! Glad it helped :)

[@marcosvlragnini9414]

Você me salvou! PERFEITO! estava tendo 45~55 FPS em hogwarts, e agora esta 60+ o tempo todo! Rodando em 4k com uma rtx 3090 ti + 32GB + i7 9700k Antes estava terrivel as quedas para 45~55~60 fps Valeu!

[@srzingous2]

não importa em qual video eu entre, sempre posso ter a certeza que econtrarei um brasileiro

[@layanesoares9485]

Outro brasileiro aqui que acabou de fazer essa alteração, e estou reiniciando o PC na torcida de rodar melhor kkk, detalhe rodo em uma RTX 3080 TI com RYZEN 5600X

[@RafaelSasa18]

Isso tira um Lag em lançar feitiços pelo controle? Uso do PS5

[@trey18244]

Better than it was I have a i7 rtx2060 I’m at 35 to 40 frames but I’ll take it for now thank you!! The fps drop and lag was running the game play.. def will subscribe thxs dude

[@CapnCrunchESO]

You’re welcome and thank you for the sub

[@Sbingsen]

This made the game soooo much more playable!

[@CapnCrunchESO]

yay!

[@tylunsherod]

I have a 3080ti and what I found was giving me major performance drops was the field of view. Any adjustment and I would drop from 140ish fps to 60> fps with tons of spikes and drops. I've tested this on both ultra and high settings and got the same results

[@CapnCrunchESO]

Yeah so basically your PC only renders what’s on the screen, not anything behind or to your sides. Decreasing the FOV will decrease the amount of objects your machine needs to render.

[@Lee-22]

Got a 3070 ti, AMD Ryzen 3700x, 16gb and the game recommends high graphic settings but it doesn’t matter if I run it on low, it still gives me crazy FPS drops and stutters. My friend has a 3090 and we both can play the game on high/ultra with +60fps but it quickly drops from time to time for no reason.

[@IonutE]

With RTX on it still drops the framerate to 10 when loading new area :( (rtx3080)

[@VIP-ov1qo]

RT is waste honestly

[@RaulMazuchelli]

RT is broken, the day one patch will fix it, for now u better not use it

[@iemptyyclipz_1299]

Turn that off for now.

[@IonutE]

@@iemptyyclipz_1299 😢

[@tomcatsba]

thank you, the game was lagging when I entered a new area, possibly with the combat system, this setting helped me, finally it can be played without restrictions. thank you again

[@CapnCrunchESO]

Mine still does that kinda but not as bad. I think I’m just playing on a potato computer

[@stefanosaba94]

There will be a day one patch (i hope at least). Btw with my 2080s, r7 5800x and 32 gb ram i can play with high preset in 2k (dlss on "quality" RTX off) i'm above 75 fps but I've serious drops to 25 time to time

[@stasiatheo]

They already said that there will be a day 1 patch, but idk if it will resolve this issues. Hopefully it will!

[@Kenny3D]

Thank you so much, was legitimately going to buy a new motherboard and more ram tomorrow but this video saved me lol

[@CapnCrunchESO]

Lol I’m glad I saved you some money for now.

[@Dockraicheck]

For example, lower the fog and the sky and the quality of the processing to low, it also makes the game go much better. In the NVIDIA control panel, in the option to adjust the desktop color configuration called "Digital vibrance", you will have it at 50%, if you raise it to 80%, the game goes from having dull colors to having more colors alive and the difference is incredible. (Please excuse me for the translator, I don't speak English, I'm Spanish)

[@ZeqHDx]

Instead of Digital Vibrance I would recommend everyone to always install a Reshade for their single player games, I do this for every game I play and it adds so much more detail and flavor to the game. Things like extra Ambient Occlusion, depth of field, adaptive sharpening (about 100 effects to choose from and edit to your liking)

[@lilpain1997]

I don't get why people think over saturation and vibrance looks good at all.

[@Dockraicheck]

@@ZeqHDx It's good to know, I'll try it.

[@Dockraicheck]

@@ZeqHDx I have seen it a bit above and the program is fine, but if you understand what it is about, everything you put in the program affects performance, what I am saying is to notice a big difference without adding more load to the GPU

[@TacoBel]

Wow this actually works! I can now at least see the loading animations on the bottom right of the screen. I am also getting way smoother fps! Thanks.

[@SephTheCheph]

Nothing is working for me it seems that the game stutters as it’s loading up new areas

[@znamir1493]

You just have bad pc

[@CapnCrunchESO]

Maybe turn down the render distance so it doesn’t have to load as much when entering a new area. I think it’s pretty Ram intensive

[@xxburn77xx]

@@CapnCrunchESO yep, the game just eats away all of my RAM...

[@terox5924]

I have the same thing and m'y pc is really not Bad at all : cg 3080 Ryzen 7 3700x 32go RAM Soo... Juste the game is sucks xD i go test this option and go back with news

[@GOOBANGI]

@@terox5924throwing a comment on here to hear the results

[@gav24k21]

Nice, was waiting for some god tier human to find a fix like this. Tyty

[@CapnCrunchESO]

You’re welcome!

[@zodiark93]

It seems to run better, thank you! Can I ask you what that option in window Exploit actually do? I would like to try it on other games (for example Elden Ring, which still suffer a bit of statter sometimes), but I'm not so sure if I should try or if it could give me some problems...

[@CapnCrunchESO]

Exploit protection prevents malicious programs from running on your pc. We added an exception to tell windows the game isn’t a malicious program.

[@zodiark93]

@@CapnCrunchESO I don't know if it's normal, but maybe I saw an increased RAM usage after this method. Is it possible? It arrived near 95% usage, as if the statter sometimes is still there and caused by too much RAM capped.

[@cv1176]

worked wonders, dueling was so awkard, not even in low settings could avoid the stuttering ( w 2070 super). thanks ALLOT!!!

[@TheRealLogan4Claws]

Actually seems like that worked, Thanks!!!

[@CapnCrunchESO]

Glad it helped, mine seems to be working now too. Only very small frame drops. Nothing like I had before

[@icepick3390]

Didnt fix 100% but can definitely tell a difference so far. Thanks my guy!

[@nugget7865]

If you do this for a pirated copy of the game you deserve whatever comes after

[@spicypigeon5771]

Literally the best person on this planet (other than my parents).

[@CapnCrunchESO]

Awe shucks

[@albundy7991]

Are you some kind of wizard?

[@CapnCrunchESO]

YER A WIZARD HARRY

[@tigger62]

The thing I’ve found with all these videos is that they don’t all agree on how to “fix” these issues. It would be nice if they included pros and cons to fiddling with settings. Turning off exploit protection sounds it could have a downside 😢

[@coryv5679]

1. Get a high end Computer. 2. Wait for them to come out with this game on a different engine. Well, there you go. The main issues has to do with Shader comp which loads as you play. This isn't something you can fix on your end as it's all in the engine.

[@CapnCrunchESO]

I mean it should play fine, it’s the same engine as the Batman games

[@coryv5679]

@@CapnCrunchESO I play this with a 3080 TI and regardless of settings or changes to windows stuff it always gets lag spikes/Stutter due to shader comp which you can't fix on your end.

[@imlogic1]

@@coryv5679 sucks to be you i guess.. works completely fine for me with 1080 ti with combination of medium and high settings on 2k resolution.. 80-100 fps constantly

[@GamingJoka]

@@imlogic1 Haha no you arent.

[@imlogic1]

@@GamingJoka lel i know what im looking at

[@FireseekerDE]

The game was running without issues for me (yeah, some framedrops, but that was ok for me) until I did geforce driver update 528.49. Afterwards, when I started the game it would eventually cache the shaders again and then its running very bad. Anyone had a similar issue? Maybe it is also a problem of the shader caching. Edit: Well, nice. I found out, that the game just turned my raytracing setting all to "on" after updating the drivers (who knows why.). After switching off, it works like a charm again

[@rageur6546]

yes i have it too

[@CapnCrunchESO]

This happened to me as well, I had to turn it back off in settings

[@Billcee1976]

I have a 3080 and was having general problems with frame rate like everyone else did. This solution fixed pretty much all problems for me. There's a few niggles here and there but man, this fix is the real deal

[@Kauha]

My man here saving lives. Worked like a charm!

[@smeyfroidt]

Thank you! Personally I had no lag/stutter in game but random crashes of the game. I activated this option in windows and since then I have no more crashes (don't ask me why ^^) Perfect :)

[@Nsk0221]

YOU! ARE! A! LIFE! SAVIOR!!! this does solve the problem !!!!!!

[@Dani_Krossing]

Oh wonderful! GREATLY reduced my stuttering hehe. Thanks a ton. 🙂

[@AbdelhamidZekri91]

Not sure if this was actually the reason it worked. But after installing the game today, the stuttering was unbearable, I updated my 3070 driver, verified the game's files via Steam, applied your tweaks and restarted the PC, and now it's all good. (still below 100fps yet very stable at all times, given it's 1440p on high settings and 16gb of RAM)

[@RoGueMusicOfficial]

thanks, it partially fixed the stutter, but it still needs serious updates

[@foxtrotlaw9455]

KZbin is made for guys like these. Awsome subbed,

[@Finnishmanni]

I recommend to delete directX shader cache too for more smoother experience.

[@drmeth9060]

MY MAN!! didnt fix all my FPS issues but the vast majority, way more playable. you win a sub and a like!!!

[@filipdolezal2051]

I did only the thing in windows settings and it work perfectly for me. thanks man!

[@Sirthatguy]

I'll give it a try when I get home. For what it's worth if you're on PC we should be getting a day one patch this Friday. Lord knows why they didn't release it for early day as well

[@CapnCrunchESO]

Yeah I sure hope so

[@preciousfox4740]

As fast as your character is moving on your home screen is what I dream of, I think it's because I'm using WiFi that it's so painfully slow

[@yutran3808]

why would wifi affect your fps on a single player game doofus

[@Tetrapak1234]

When box is checked what is the difference between On and Off setting?

[@dsswooshy]

None of this worked for me. Not to mention the exploit fix opens up security issues. But I did find a fix for my 4070 laptop. I discovered everything related to DLSS causes stuttering and crashes on this game. I tried without success: - Exploit fix - Manually updating DLSS files - Increasing shader cache - Every in-game setting possible Here's what worked for me: - Use AMD FSR 2.0 No, I am not joking. My FPS is maintained, no microstutters, no crashes.

[@zeekamvs-2111]

Your a lifesaver thank you bro

[@zyzzin6950]

I still get stutter with AMD FSR 2.0. It even reduces my fps from 120 to 70 with FG.

[@emiloxs.2460]

wow you're amazing, this worked for me now i barely have any lag! thank you!!

[@CapnCrunchESO]

Nice glad it helped!

[@gamingeagle9356]

When I try to add steam library it says “you can’t open this location using this programs please try a different location” please help

[@CapnCrunchESO]

You want to make sure you select the .exe inside the hogwarts legacy folder