KNOWN ISSUE: Fatal Error! Failed to read:

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Technical Support
45

We are now encouraging anybody playing on the experimental build that does not have performance issues, to revert to the live build.

If you are experiencing performance issues, please continue to use the experimental build as this contains important information on the stalls you’re experiencing.

The options to change direct storage are now supported in the live build, meaning you can make the changes below without using the experimental build.

It’s possible these changes will remain in place, so it’s possible no other action will be needed once you have switched builds.

For your information, we are looking at including these options within Darktide’s launcher, to make the process easier.

Part 1: Setting Feature Flags

  1. Navigate to your Darktide AppData by:
  • Press the Windows key + R
  • Enter %appdata% within the search input and select ‘OK’
  • Navigate to AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\Darktide
  1. Open the user_settings.config
  2. At the VERY TOP of the user_settings.config, enter the lines below:
direct_storage = {
    enabled = true
    disable_bypass_io = true
    force_file_buffering = true
    force_mapping_layer = false
}
  1. Save your changes
  2. Play!
  3. Post here to let us know the outcome

NOTE: If you currently have disable_dstorage = true in your user_settings.config from previous instructions, please remove it and replace with the updated version above.

Part 2: Didn’t Work?

In the event the instructions above did not help with your issue, please try:

  1. Navigate to your Darktide AppData by:
  • Press the Windows key + R
  • Enter %appdata% within the search input and select ‘OK’
  • Navigate to AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\Darktide
  1. Open the user_settings.config
  2. Remove the changes made previously
  3. At the VERY TOP of the user_settings.config, enter the line below:
direct_storage = {
    enabled = false
}
  1. Save your changes
  2. Play!
  3. Post here to let us know the outcome

NOTE: If you currently have disable_dstorage = true in your user_settings.config from previous instructions, please remove it and replace with the updated version above.

1 Like