{"id":4097,"date":"2019-09-15T11:40:43","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T18:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=4097"},"modified":"2022-07-22T23:20:33","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T06:20:33","slug":"removing-the-60fps-limit-in-dead-by-daylight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=4097","title":{"rendered":"Removing the 60fps limit in Dead by Daylight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It seems that as games target more platforms on release, they are increasingly dumbing down the controls and limiting features to the lowest common denominator platform. For PC&#8217;s, this means suffering with frame rates that are often capped at 60fps. Dead by Daylight doesn&#8217;t even allowing you to change the FPS limit in the PC game. Those that have tried increasing the limit have run into various animation\/physics bugs &#8211; indicating that this limit is due to lack of validation, poor programming, and game engine issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How-to:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To change the VSync or FPS limit, exit Dead by Daylight then edit the <strong>GameUserSettings.ini<\/strong> file located in your user directory:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">C:\\Users\\'yourUsername'\\AppData\\Local\\DeadByDaylight\\Saved\\Config\\WindowsNoEditor\\GameUserSettings.ini <\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>In the <strong>GameUserSettings.ini<\/strong> file, change the following line to whatever you want your max frame rate to be. I have a 144hz display, so I set mine to this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">FrameRateLimit=144\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>07-2022 Update:<\/strong> with the latest update, you need to set this line (I left both lines in):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">FPSLimit=144<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>This next step is not required if you just want to set the FPS limit, but you can also to turn vsync on\/off by changing this line to true\/false respectively:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">bUseVsync=False<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Save file. Play game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source:  <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/app\/381210\/discussions\/0\/1741106440032943073\/\">https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/app\/381210\/discussions\/0\/1741106440032943073\/<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems that as games target more platforms on release, they are increasingly dumbing down the controls and limiting features to the lowest common denominator platform. For PC&#8217;s, this means suffering with frame rates that are often capped at 60fps. Dead by Daylight doesn&#8217;t even allowing you to change the FPS limit in the PC game. 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