Textures of character and weapon models are loading in super slowly

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Bugs
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Issue Type (Required):

Visual

Issue Description (Required):

When I switch character models in menus, the textures are very low quality, for anywhere from 5 seconds to 20+ seconds.

This problem didn’t exist for me yesterday, or at any point prior to today in over 580 hours of playtime.

Steps to Reproduce (Required):

[Example]

  1. On character select menu, first character model takes a few seconds to load properly, time varies, upwards of 20+ seconds.
  2. Switching character repeats the process.

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

Yes, and I’ve tried disabling them

Reproduction Rate (Required):

Constant (100%)

Platform (Required):

PC - Steam

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I have this same issue but it occurs everywhere in game as well as the main menu. Game is installed on a Gen 4 SSD and I have a 4090. Hadn’t played much in the last 9 months but came back to get ready for the big rework. I remember occasionally seeing the issue around launch but it seems WAY worse now.

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I have this issue also on Weapon Swapping.

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I have the same issue. I can live with it happening on switching characters and loadouts in the menus, but it’s really annoying when swapping weapons in a game.

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This issue is still happening in 2025, it wasn’t this bad halfway last year, it seems to have gotten worse somewhere towards the end of last year.
It’s particularly noticeable on some weapon swapping and some enemy spawns as their LOD is supposed to change, like mutants, plague ogryns and chaos spawns.

I’m giving the changes in these 2 threads a try: