Yuzu Best Settings | In-Depth | Tears of The Kingdom

[@mangaas]

@0:12 "GPU accuracy" was the one setting change that helped me get TOTK more consistently locked to 60 fps. The description in Yuzu made it seem like there would be graphical errors with particles, if I didn't have it set on 'High', but this finally got my my FPS to stay between 55-60, and mostly locked at 60 fps. I have a 3080 12 gb model, using High setting initially from what the description says, but my frames were dipping into 40's consistently. Now its always mostly between 50-60 fps, and usually just between 55-60. What a *difference* this made. Also, if you're viewing this video and just trying to emulate this game specifically, look up this guys mod, "Ultracam" and use his "TOTK Optimizer" alongside it. The optimizer is a separate program that runs, and based off your system it auto detects, and some settings you choose, it optimizes some settings, saves them as a mod, and then runs them within Yuzu.

[@maxlastbreath]

I'm gonna pin your comment for others to read, well said. The Optimizer is the only thing people should be using now and preferably using Ichigo for the extra 10% or so performance boost

[@ibrasoetandyo728]

The game is still stuttering with TOTK Optimizer

[@maxlastbreath]

This video took a very long time to make. I'm still not very happy with the audio but will definitely try better next time :). If you want to support my work, I have a kofi link at ko-fi.com/maxlastbreath# Feel free to join our Discord server discord.gg/7MMv4yGfhM

[@williamlau629]

Thanks a lot for sharing the settings! ❤Mine is 5600x + 3060 ti, fixed few settings and now almost stable above 50 fps and smooth!

[@mcbaws21]

the only issue i would dispute is for adapting filter, recommending bicubic/fsr instead of bilinear/fsr. bicubic simply produces a sharper image with less artifacts than bilinear apart from that, great vid! thanks

[@maxlastbreath]

Good note, I also mention it's mostly personal preference and the one that should be avoided is gausian:) as that produces the worst image IMO

[@mcbaws21]

@@maxlastbreath definitely!

[@brucetus]

whats the visual difference between bicubic and fsr?

[@meyou9180]

scaleforce ftw

[@iyaguex]

Fantastic video man, big ups. Its hard to find a no bullshit video like this one nowadays

[@maxlastbreath]

Thank you man, been on a break due to a lot of things happening, may upload again sooner or later :)

[@GudenSharksimus]

i actually was looking for THIS video wonderfull explanations and setting everything up gave me great improvements on quality and performance thanks brother

[@maxlastbreath]

Have fun!

[@rezorus8832]

Thanks man. Some of it worked, some of it made all the light sources look like they were imported from Minecraft. I fixed it though.

[@maxlastbreath]

Oh did you figure out what caused your lights to look weird? Also are you perhaps on AMD? Possibly?

[@rezorus8832]

@@maxlastbreath I am, a 6650XT. It was the window adapting filter and the mipmap. It caused visual glitches on the map screen, and the mipmap caused the light issue.

[@TheEagleEyeValor]

Important note about "asynchronous presentation": I noticed that in shrines my game would slow down when entering the room where you collect the Light of Blessing. Turns out this was due to to asynch presentation being on. Turning it off solved this issue. Testing shows the slowdown disappears if I lock my FPS to 30, but it's present at 90fps and seriously present at 60fps. It's not a major issue and if this setting gives more performance, it may be worth keeping it on and just dealing with the wonky end of shrine effect. But if anyone is noticing weird slowdowns anywhere else, this may be worth a look.

[@maxlastbreath]

This is a good catch, it shouldn't give much performance so it may be worth turning it off, the thing i noticed is that it clears the timeline making the game "smoother" rather than just giving straight performance boost

[@ancent2123]

You have the 90 FPS mod? please share it :(

[@TheEagleEyeValor]

@@ancent2123 There's no mod. Use Dynamic FPS and uncap your FPS in Yuzu. Limit the FPS with some external program (I use MSI Afterburner's RivaTuner Statistics)

[@karitha1672]

I can't find most of the settings in Yuzu's Graphic and Advanced Graphics settings tab. Is there anything i'm missing?

[@DimbleWally]

Very useful guide, I'm going to adjust the settings on my Yuzu when I get home. Thanks for the guide, I bet this took forever to make!

[@maxlastbreath]

Thank you! It did, the amount of information, compressing and editing took a long time xD, i had an entire notepad full of notes that I had to revisit. I'm not fully happy with the voice quality but i guess it's okay.

[@jasonroberts8416]

I had turned on ASTC Compression awhile back (BC3 setting) but I would only enable it if you have 6GB or less VRAM as shown in this guide, turns out having it on was causing more severe forms of stuttering at random (sometimes a stutter would pause the game longer than usual, like a full second) ever since disabling it 2 days ago the stuttering is much less noticeable when it happens now and I haven't had any problems with it off (3060 Ti / 13600K). Hopefully since this is a new feature they can improve this side effect over time, I'm on Yuzu EA 3698.

[@maxlastbreath]

Yep I'm aware of the random stuttering from the compression setting, although I'm not entirely sure what can be done about it as it is absolutely necessary for some configurations

[@jasonroberts8416]

​@@maxlastbreath That's true, Stuttering in general should be less intrusive at 30fps in case anyone gets to annoyed by it at 60fps. At least I remember CEMU feeling a lot better at 30 when I used to run it on an older PC.

[@imAgentR]

True, it just depends if it really helps throughout or not. In the Depths, there are so many particles at times, that anything other than Uncompressed just causes stuttering every other second; and that's with a 4GB VRAM setup. With the compression turned off, I get stutters intermittently, but in general it will hover between 28-30 fps instead.

[@maxlastbreath]

@@imAgentR sometimes it's definitely necessary, in my case in VR on my 3080, at 4K resolution BC 3 is definitely necessary due to VR streaming eating a lot of VRAM

[@taha4923]

Good guide. Really appreciate your work since day one. However please note that if you have a GSync monitor with GSync on in NVCP, make sure Yuzu is set to "Exclusive Fullscreen" and VSync is Off, otherwise GSync will not work.

[@maxlastbreath]

You're right, this completely slipped my mind, thank you :)

[@rabbitadventurous9441]

Thank you for the detailed guide. What yuzu version are you using? Mine has some options missing compared to yours

[@maxlastbreath]

I'm currently using ea3652 as my testing version

[@deathtwinky7161]

Hi Bud ! I try your setting and it really make a difference. I have a question i hope you might answer thou, every 10 minutes or about, game goes from 60 fps to like 15 to 20 fps and no matter what i do it seem to always do it again. Is it the Nvidia control panel setting or something else im doing wrong ? I have a 10700k, 4070ti, 32 gb ram at 2933mhz. Thank you for your work by the way, very professional !

[@maxlastbreath]

Which dfps are you using? Ultracam or The other DFPS mods?

[@deathtwinky7161]

@@maxlastbreath i try a lot of combination (Ultracam is the best yet, solid 60 fps for 10/15min). I try tutorial From your videos and others, newer or older (about 5 days i try lot of stuff). I try ryujinx, never get 60 fps, like mods didnt work, i switch to Yuzu after seeing your graphics comparison. The best result i had right now is no other mods than what "TOTK optimiser" gave me. I can go to 70 fps when unlocking. Its super fluid, but after 10 to 15 minutes it drops to 25/28fps and never going back up. Before bed yesterday i found another mod that work à bit (fps 1.5.5 with 4k fps résolution and adaptive but the game goes very very quick so i just back up to the optimiser. To be honest, the optimiser is perfect, except for the weird drops. And my pc is pretty beefy, except that i dont have a 4090, but still, à 4070ti is very good. So it handle it, just need to find why is there a huge drop. Tell me what you think. Ill keep in touch :) . Thank you very much

[@maxlastbreath]

Yeah those drops are very weird, feel free to join the discord server

[@deathtwinky7161]

@@maxlastbreath i disable gsync and lock fps on nvidia control panel. See to be better. Ill keep you in touch

[@deathtwinky7161]

Definetly work :) !! So happy to play it the way i always wanted to play it !! Hope it can help other folks in the futur. Thank for your mod by the way. Very easy to use ... just dont activate gsync xD

[@Squall4Rinoa]

DO NOT USE FORCE MAX CLOCKS WHEN USING RES/FPS MODS. It runs a small compute shader to keep the gpu load above the point where it would decrease to low power, at high gpu load already this reduces performance. Also, GPU Accuracy does affect some visual effects.

[@Iam_gr00t]

Thanks Max for the detailed video.

[@Drew9140]

Nice video, but i was looking at your Reddit setup post and I feel like there is a huge inconsistiency with the settings that your Yuzu setup guide uses and what your mod oprimizer sets. Also, do you have any recomended version of Yuzu to use? I see alot of people recomending certian versions that are not the lasest releases. Thanks.

[@maxlastbreath]

Not any version in particular, in the optimizer some settings are set due to mods requiring them or, they are vendor specific

[@anthonytony1761]

Thank you very much for your excellent video. I have a question if i may : do those options work also for the Lenovo legion Go?

[@maxlastbreath]

Yes but i recommend using the TOTK optimizer

[@anthonytony1761]

@@maxlastbreath I have seen TOTK optimizer but it is confusing for me like noob to use. There are no good tutorial to follow.

[@Gigaheart]

Boy I wish my 7700k and RTX 3080 combo would hit stable 60 instead of sitting around 30/40

[@mircodecurtis5714]

My 3070 with the last i5 got 60/57 max with some mod

[@theorphanobliterator]

your CPU is a massive bottleneck when it comes to emulation, GPU isn't rlly that important. upgrading to coffee lake wouldn't be very wise for you since 8th Gen doesn't work in 7th Gen motherboards. id say for a 12100f or 12400f and you'll be blown away

[@Gigaheart]

@@theorphanobliterator Hey thanks for the reply. What do you think about something like a 10th or 11th gen i7 or i5, say 10500

[@theorphanobliterator]

@@Gigaheart 10500 won't be a huge upgrade, if you want smth like that go for a 10700, you get the extra cores. 11th Gen would be good too

[@theorphanobliterator]

@@Gigaheart an 10700k or 11700k will absolutely stomp emulation easily. I'm running an 11700K and rtx 3070 and running totk at 1440p is no issue at all

[@nintendosaur]

thanks max! would you happen to know if everything listed here also applies for Steam Deck?

[@maxlastbreath]

Yes, only thing is probably want to use 0.75x resolution with my mod folder :)

[@StevensxD]

Great video dude 👍

[@piramelemalinois7841]

The goat.❤

[@rustyshackleford4117]

Hey question for you, I've got this running great on my PC but am working on tweaking for the Steam Deck.... Targeting 30FPS instead of 60, and was wondering is their any reason or advantage of using the DFPS 1.5.3 mod alongside with 30FPS static versus just running the game without either at the default 30FPS? My though was some of Chuck's optimizations for frame pacing may have carry over benefits compared to the base game, just wondering if you've tested that at all yet?

[@maxlastbreath]

Sadly I myself do not have a steamdeck, altho I've heard positive feedback of using the mod without 60 FPS static, so that may work for you :). Visual Improvements should also be an improvement for the steamdeck, altho I often recommend using 0.75 resolution instead of 1x with them, due to internal Resolution increase in visual improvements, so you may wanna see what works best for you ! :)

[@rustyshackleford4117]

@@maxlastbreath Thanks, I haven’t had much luck yet, seems a lot of areas consistently drop to the 20fps range due to cpu limitation. Tried upgrading to the Steam OS 3.5 beta which supposedly runs better, but that just left Yuzu completely unstable as the game can’t even get past a game load or the tile screen without crashing. Oof this is kinda a mess compared to PC lol, I might hold off but it’s too bad as some game like the Metroid Prime remaster run fantastic on Yuzu on the deck with no or minimal tweaking needed.

[@maxlastbreath]

@@rustyshackleford4117 May wanna try deleting the entire shaders from Yuzu, this may help you run the game and may even run the game better, also just FYI, don't test performance in towns, its bad on everything IMO and the first area is prob the most demanding one.

[@ThatAnArchyDude]

Okay, something isn't correct here. I used these settings exactly as stated & the performance is now 3x worse. I'm just trying to get 30fps, and it's now dropping below 4fps. WTH? And, yes, I have "Vulkan" because of my AMD Ryzen 7 5825U with Radeon Graphics (2.00 GHz), and I'm working with 16.0 GB of RAM (13.8 GB usable). WTH?

[@Alketbi93]

my man thanks a lot for your effort, can you gave a best settings for handheld, like rog ally and ayaneo 2s

[@Jizio]

Goated

[@TheLover20xx]

thx for the great video bro. i get a trange graphics flickering once i enter the shrines specially on the groud and the walls of the shrines do u have this problem too?

[@maxlastbreath]

Hey, try to reset your shaders, it depends on the type of flickering, if the flickering is on the walls, that's caused by Ambient occlusion, using a higher shadow resolution in DFPS may help but could reduce FPS irc. But if it's just unexplainable flickering that's either broken shaders or shaders being built at that current scene. If you reneter and it doesn't happen, then it's just shaders being built for the first time for that particular thing, it's caused by the ASYNC shader building hack

[@bluewolf599]

Hi, my problem is very high stutter time (like 4-5 sec) in exit menus (weapon change, inventory, map...) when I check the BC3 option (I have 4 GB VRAM). Is there a way to remove this shit? Thanks

[@maxlastbreath]

Can you try with uncompressed atsc and see if it's still present, not sure what is causing this

[@bluewolf599]

@@maxlastbreath Uncompressed take 1 GB VRAM more, but have less stutter... in this case, in Depths sometimes there's an huge bug that makes me continuosly stutter until I load save. I seen my VRAM reach a stable value of 3.9 GB in depths

[@bluewolf599]

I think BC3 doesn't have this problem, but amplify that stutter time jn menu exit... so annoying

[@miwoj]

i consistanly notice a lot less stuttering when i disable Disk Pipeline Cache and just take a minute to rebuild shaders every time i launch the game

[@maxlastbreath]

Yeah shaders are all kind of a mess in yuzu for some reason

[@danielosetromera2090]

Hi all, what kind of performance could I expect with a i7 9700k and RTX 3060 ti? I'm not interested in 60 fps, just want stable 30 fps.

[@RobertLaTuso]

What is the difference from running Yuzu at “200%” or the “60 fps” mod?

[@maxlastbreath]

There shouldn't really be any downside to either if you use DFPS mod.

[@RobertLaTuso]

@@maxlastbreath Updated mod folder 4.2 and started experiencing crashes. Fresh install of EA 3652 still experiencing issues, seems to be more stable with 60 fps mod off?! Any conflicts with the following mods? DFPS 1.5.3 Black Screen Fix 60 fps Visual Improvements How can I rectify this?

[@maxlastbreath]

@@RobertLaTuso uninstall your game update and apply it on top again, you're probably having an issue with the update itself going bad

[@arcadianempire]

anytime i try to use vulkan instead of OpenGL on my 1660ti everything is just all black without texture. is that to be expected or can i change anything?

[@maxlastbreath]

try updating drivers or if that dun work go to drivers 472.12

[@beeeev]

Anyone else experience massive frame rate drops going above 1080p? I have a RX 6800 and a i7 9700K. I thought I was CPU limited, but it’s unplayable if I go above 1080p. This doesn’t seem right, as this GPU should definitely handle Yuzu better.

[@maxlastbreath]

Try force Max clocks

[@beeeev]

@@maxlastbreath I have 😢 Textures tend to glitch a lot too if I go above 1080p. I’ve used just about every combination of mods there is trying to fix this performance issue. Don’t know if it’s related, but my frame rates tend to drop significantly in certain areas of shrines too. It tends to be when looking at the far back wall of any shrine - fps will drop from 60 to 20. Curious if anyone else has been having similar issues

[@maxlastbreath]

@@beeeev I've heard something about the shrines but i really don't know how to replicate it, specifically the rx gpus have a lot of issues for some reason

[@connormclean8004]

​@@beeeevI have an Rx 6900xt and Ryzen 9 5950x no issues runs fine and can even play 4k with drops down to the 40s and as high as 60s. The only thing I would suggest is try and swap to a different rom of totk or update or change the yuzu version to a different one.

[@Diogenerate]

I can't understand you during the vsync part. Also, I thought Async GPU Emulation made image quality worse in other games

[@maxlastbreath]

Vsync usually mailbox is the recommended option, fifo is basically default vsync, what every other game uses Asynchronous GPU emulation under default graphical settings, shouldn't make quality worse, infact this setting has been mentioned by the developers as mandatory, according to the developers they are in the process of removing it from the UI and leaving it turned on by default eventually.

[@numbersix9468]

the vsync options are in the general yuzu settings, not the specific game settings. just in case that was your problem; it took me a bit to figure that out

[@josiahverghese9111]

For ATSC Recompression, I have it on BC3 instead of uncompressed. I receive a better FPS but my game freezes a bit when exiting and opening menus. Is there a fix for this or do I have to go back to using uncompressed.

[@Kam.....]

Brother let me help you out here. I had the exact same issue as you described and it annoyed the hell out of me. I recommend using Ryujinx (with Totk Optimizer) if your computer can handle it. Ryujinx runs so smooth and without any glitches at 30fps. I wish I tried Ryujinx before spending hours tweaking Yuzu. In case you are wondering about my specs: Ryzen 5 3600, GTX 1650 Super and 16GB Ram.

[@maxlastbreath]

Locking fps should fix this issue, ppc actually the new Ultracam version should fix it when it's out too.

[@AnANas00-x3p]

Every time I want to switch weapons the game stops for a second or two, like it has trouble loading the screen. Same for going into menus or map. Do you have any ideas what I could do besides deleting shader cash? Will check my settings again and try to match yours.

[@maxlastbreath]

Yeah that's atsc textures lag, maybe using the recompression will help

[@AnANas00-x3p]

@@maxlastbreath 🤔 ok, good to know. Will try both options, maybe it will solve my issue. Thank you.

[@MrDexiaChannel]

what version of yuzu was used for this tutorial?

[@maxlastbreath]

EA3652 which was the current best at the time. Currently i recommend mainline as new EA versions have slowed down the past month

[@ALonerGuy995]

Okay but can I get a tutorial for these settings?

[@Berwve]

Do we still need the antisotropic filtering mod if we use the new yuzu setting (for all mipmap)?

[@maxlastbreath]

Currently that setting has been completely removed in the new EA version as it was causing bad visual artifacts and crashes for nvidia gpus, so I'd recommend sticking to AF mod and EA3682+

[@gojouwakana9921]

Mỹ laptop is i5 11400H RTX3050 4gb vram and 16gb RAM, can it run 60fps?

[@maxlastbreath]

No, more like 45

[@afumulafumuluossas284]

after i did every setting u did, i worked really really good at first, but after an hour i noticed a bunch of huge pixels that were in front of me and i coudnt see anything because of it, (i only saw a gigantic pixel glitch and nothing else when u moved arround), after i teleported somewhere it got away... u know how to fix this so this doesnt happen again?

[@maxlastbreath]

Try removing your shaders, sounds like your shaders corruped themselves

[@afumulafumuluossas284]

@@maxlastbreath didnt happen before and i got the shader cache from youtuber from a guy that played trough the game, so i thought i download it to have better performance

[@beaconing7689]

The point is the game still unoptimized, we need to wait couple of months to enjoy good performance

[@maxlastbreath]

Well you're not wrong, it's just an educational video on what each setting does, it's to clear the confusions on people's claims of this setting magically gives you +10 fps.

[@rustyshackleford4117]

Seems to run mostly fine on my 5800x, stable at 60FPS in much of the open world with the occasional frame dip. Yes, cities and settlements defintiely still have their drops to the mid 40s and 50s most of the time, but fact is the game is still emulating above the 30FPS it was designed for 100% of the time which isn't bad for a new release. Is it as good as CEMU BOTW which can easily average 90-100FPS+ on a good CPU? No, but that game has had years of optimizations and updates to support that. ToTK is definitely playable on a decent PC right now, Steam Deck I am still tweaking though as it's a bit stuttery with drops below 30FPS.

[@sauhamm3821]

a better way to look at totk's future on yuzu, is to look at the past. how well does botw run on yuzu? do the yuzu devs have botw running at 60fps stable on older hardware? like a ryzen 3600? then there is hope for that level of optimization. but if you can only get 30fps out of botw on yuzu ... then your totk performance will be similar. sadly, cemu doesn't really enter the equation if only for comparison ... as that is emulating the wiiu version of botw, not the switch one.

[@vital9523]

My GPU is a 6700 XT should i leave fore max clocks on or off?

[@maxlastbreath]

Leave it on, on AMD it's always recommended on especially the new cards because they have a very heavy downclocking built into them

[@alexpan2059]

Mailbox sucks at least in super mario odyssey, it get worse imput latency and stutters compared to fifo.

[@alexpan2059]

4.15*32 mailbox, 4.15*31 fifo, super mario odyssey witch also stutters in mailbox. By default latest yuzu uses fifo, but recommends mailbox 😆

[@thatswavy]

I'm getting some reallllly bad lag today in the depths, to the point of unplayability. Anyone had similar situations arise? Been hovering around 30fps while exploring all the light shrines, but it just completely tanked today. (Yuzu 3652)

[@RazoRaptor93]

Clear your shaders

[@maxlastbreath]

Like the guy said, try to clean da shaders

[@thatswavy]

@@maxlastbreath Ahh, alright I'll give that shot. I'm at like 33k shaders at the moment.

[@redray88yt]

Yeah I cleared shaders and did a restart that seemed to fix it

[@maxanimator9547]

Didn't async presentation introduce physics issues ?

[@maxlastbreath]

Nope that was never the case, the physic issues are from dynamic fps above 30 fps, which are currently being fixed

[@maxanimator9547]

@@maxlastbreath right, I was confused by this. Does FPS++ suffer from the same physics issues ?

[@maxlastbreath]

Yes, infact DFPs has less physics issues currently on beta4

[@pyrimad8]

NVDEC Emulation which option?

[@maxlastbreath]

The default one, it's video player for cutscenes

[@Blackmamba-zn7mo]

I have an amd processor and i dont see the option to select mailbox v-sync

[@maxlastbreath]

I'm also on an amd processor, the vsync options should be available under graphical settings though

[@Araraura1]

@@maxlastbreath I'm also not seeing it. There's only immediate, fifo and fifo relaxed.

[@maxlastbreath]

@Araraura1 ok that's weird, I'm not sure why it's gone for you guys, do you by any chance have an AMD GPU?

[@Blackmamba-zn7mo]

@maxlastbreath I'm playing on the Rog Ally, so it should be an amd gpu

[@maxlastbreath]

@@Blackmamba-zn7mo ah ya makes sense then, also are you crashing on the ROG? I've gotten a lot of reports of crashes on rog ally

[@XxCarlosAlexis99xX]

Wdym by sacrifiing accurate?

[@maxlastbreath]

For example, Turning off reactive flushing makes all the grass disappear, this is what emulation accuracy is like, it can be double edged sword, you'll get extra performance but things may break, some games literally can't render with GPU accuracy on normal.

[@MrJaymzhet]

Please, instead of showing the gameplay, show where the settings are in yuzu

[@maxlastbreath]

Read the onscreen captions, it already points out where each setting is located

[@VicinalElk44104]

​@@maxlastbreathwhere is "decode atsc textures async" at? You mentioned it but i cant find it anywhere and your guide doesnt show where that setting is located

[@leexy3395]

Where you from mate?

[@maxlastbreath]

Hey, I'm from Bulgaria :) I know my english isn't ideal, I'm definitely trying to improve my speech patterns though!

[@leexy3395]

@@maxlastbreath nono your english is fine I'm just bit confused cuz i though you're French

[@maxlastbreath]

@@leexy3395 haha, I'm very self critical, there's actually quite a lot of French people in my audience though according to KZbin :)

[@masadorabasilica2565]

Please, crash often why?

[@emrekadiryaman1006]

clear the shader caches

[@abanash4149]

android version?

[@pr0chszy]

force maximun WHAT? 1:05