Fix audio cues

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide General Discussion
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Steam verify - Guess this isn’t enough. I always assumed that is enough and not have to reinstall.

Even tried the game launcher “Verify files”

I re-installed entire game then audio stutter and mini freezes went away. Played several games to be sure. I am very sure at some point some update will change this.

Basically I wasted my time searching for stutter fixes on reddit/steam forum/discord and creating list of what to go through (below) for nothing. :smiley:

I’ve never had to re-install VT2 to fix something. Never had to re-install any game actually to fix something.

Darktide files are simply getting corrupted somehow and no mechanism to self-repair. Steam verify and game launcher verify did not resolve in this case.

https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/search?q=corrupted%20files%20%23darktide%3Atechnical-issues%20order%3Alatest

  • Nvidia. Clear shader cache by disabling, reboot and re-enable to default, then 10GB to test
  • Nvidia. DDU clean re-install of drivers.
  • Nvidia. Tried previous drivers including Nvidia reddit community’s feedback of 537.58 most stable
  • Nvidia. Reset GPU to default instead of underclocking
  • Nvidia. PhysX set to GPU and not auto
  • Nvidia. Gysnc off, Vsync off, DLSS off, Frame generation off. Prefer to run over monitor refresh rate limit for lower latency.
  • Go fullscreen instead of borderless
  • Tried without mods
  • Zero background apps. I use onboard memory and delete SteelSeries, Razer, Logitech software.
  • Disable XMP for RAM
  • chkdsk and sfc /scannow
  • Test with worker threads from low to high
  • Test with CPU affinity set to physical cores
  • Put everything on lowest graphics to push FPS to 350FPS in case stuttering was frame drops. MSI afterburner overlay shows not hardware requirement bottleneck issue. Low temps and no where near full utilisation for CPU/GPU.
  • I saw on reddit someone playing with changing 1000hz to lower poll rate for mouse/keyboard to fix.
  • Check GPU scheduling enabled
  • Check Resizable BAR enabled
  • Disabled Exploit Protection (CFG) and VMP as recommended by Microsoft for gaming.
  • Whitelisted steam game folder and even to extent of disabling Windows Defender and Windows Firewall completely.
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