KNOWN ISSUE: Performance Issues/Audio Stuttering After Path of Redemption Update

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Technical Support
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On the 4th of December, the wonderful @Axloss pushed an update to the experimental build to address the remaining issues around audio and performance stuttering since the Path of Redemption update.

Part 1: How Do I Switch to The Experimental Build?

  1. Open the Steam client
  2. Right-click Darktide in your Steam library
  3. Select ‘Properties’
  4. Select ‘Betas’
  5. Enter the password cTYPtKTsfMDsLHAV
  6. Select ‘Check Code’
  7. Select the ‘None’ dropdown, and experimental - Experimental Builds should now be within the list
  8. Select experimental - Experimental Builds
  9. Close the pop-up window
  10. A download should now start

Part 2: Remove Feature Flags

Have you set Feature Flags in the past? Perhaps your user_settings.config already includes changes like this from our previous recommendations:

direct_storage = {
    enabled = true
    disable_bypass_io = true
    force_file_buffering = true
    force_mapping_layer = false
}

or

direct_storage = {
    enabled = false
}

If you have added these changes to your user_settings.config in the past, it is necessary for you to now remove them!:

  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 Feature Flags mentioned above
  3. Save your changes
  4. Play!
  5. Post here to let us know the outcome

But I’ve Never Made Any Changes to the user_settings.config!

Great! You can ignore this section (‘Part 2: Remove Feature Flags’) entirely. :wink:

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