Cosmetics memory leak / performance bug

[Vizra]

Issue Type (Required):

Character Customisation

Issue Description (Required):

Sometimes when booting up Darktide / loading into the Morningstar, my game runs terribly. Normally I would restart my game, but I found that changing my cosmetic and swapping back fixes my performance.

I went from 80fps in the Morning star to 120fps just from swapping around a helmet.

Steps to Reproduce (Required):

1. Play the game / boot up the game / sit in the Morningstar
2. Performance drops heavily
3. Change my helmet off and back on

[PC] Do You Use Mods? (Optional):

Yes, and I’ve tried disabling them

Reproduction Rate (Required):

Often (<75%)

Platform (Required):

PC - Steam

[silentbob515]

Can second this, started happening today out of nowhere

[FatsharkJulia]

Hey Vizra, I’m moving this to Technical Support. Has this been a consistent issue for you since?

[Vizra]

This does still happen, though has been happening less frequently since patch 1.10.6.

[FatsharkJulia]

Hmmm, interesting! The next time this happens, would you be able to share the corresponding console log with us?

1. Press the Windows key + R
2. Enter %appdata% within the search input and select ‘OK’
3. Navigate to AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\Darktide\console_logs
4. Locate the console log that corresponds with the session in which the issue occurred, by looking at the timestamps in the log names

[SodiumPyre]

I’m having a similar issue that could be related to this. Whenever I load into the Morningstar after finishing a mission, I experience a noticeable low poly rendering glitch on my character model + cosmetics. It also can only be fixed by changing my cosmetics by equipping something else and re-equipping, but comes back if I play another mission and load back into the hub. 100% repeatable for me.

[FatsharkJulia]

Appreciate the information!