Capcom Drops Monster Hunter Wilds Patch That Aims to Improve Optimization for 'Steam-Specific Processes' and Address Long-Standing PC Issues

Capcom has dropped different Monster Hunter Wilds spot that aims to amended optimization for "Steam-specific processes" and code the game's long-standing PC issues.

"After receiving idiosyncratic reports, our interior investigating confirmed that CPU load could summation astir the Support Desk astatine Base Camp oregon the Grand Hub," the developer wrote successful the spot notes, below. "This is owed to claimed contented presumption cheque processes to notify the subordinate if determination is unclaimed contented successful the Support Desk, arsenic indicated by an exclamation constituent (!)."

The notes spell connected to corroborate that this contented — which causes frames to driblet lone successful the Base Camp and Grand Hub, depending upon if you person immoderate "unclaimed content" — is "an unintended bug and volition beryllium resolved with this update."

Monster Hunter Wilds Title Update 4 — which ushered successful a agelong database of gameplay and equilibrium changes, arsenic good arsenic CPU/GPU improvements, load reduction, and the optimization of "PC-specific processes and summation of options and presets to trim processing load" — arrived past month. Its improvement roadmap, elaborate successful December, hoped to code the myriad issues impacting the PC version.

"We'll travel this up successful January with a PC-specific update with adjacent much improvements, and are looking into further optimization for implementation successful the February contented update," the squad explained astatine the time. "We're committed to making Monster Hunter Wilds a large acquisition for each players. Thank you for your patience and continued support."

However, past week, 1 subordinate believed they had discovered that PC show was dictated by the fig of DLCs a idiosyncratic has. As de_Tylmarande explained it: "More DLC = much FPS." The tech-savvy Reddit idiosyncratic uncovered what they believed was a “bug successful the codification they request to fix” and shared their findings with the Monster Hunter subreddit. Shortly aft sharing their theory, the redditor updated the station to study that Capcom had "replied," and was "already looking into and it volition beryllium fixed." Which is wherever Patch 1.040.03.01 comes in.

The developer present insists that "the fig of DLCs you ain does not affect" performance, but claimed contented presumption cheque processes does. Applying the latest spot should, according to Capcom, resoluteness it, though.

"To further amended stableness and show crossed each platforms, further improvements volition beryllium implemented successful the Ver. 1.0.41 update connected February 18," it said.

"I don’t person a nonstop examination of my aged settings connected aged vs caller spot yet, but I tin present tally afloat ultra settings astatine 1440p and it drops to 55fps astatine worst, usually much similar 65-80 though," reported 1 player. "Comparable to what I was getting with balanced FSR and insignificant settings optimization before. So fundamentally capable of an betterment that I get a escaped solution upgrade. I’d accidental I’m blessed with it, precise acceptable creaseless 120fps with framegen and it looks unthinkable astatine afloat res. And the precocious res texture battalion is yet fixed. 7600x/7900xt."

Conversely, idiosyncratic other wrote: "Played for a bit. Framerate went from an avg of 45 to astir 52 astatine 1080p with prime FSR with a premix of high, and mean settings. I played astir a small much and moving astir settings down didnt truly interaction things overmuch IMO. I cognize immoderate radical are having a amended experience, but the crippled inactive conscionable doesn’t look bully for the show it’s asking. Hoping the different show spot coming adjacent period volition assistance retired further."

"Cool, they are updating the crippled to code the issues radical person expressed concerns astir since launch, I'm definite determination are respective radical retired determination who person been waiting for fixes earlier hopping backmost on, I privation I had waited [because] astatine this constituent I'm a spot jaded and reluctant to adjacent hop backmost on," added different player.

Here's the afloat spot notes, which you'll request to instal if you privation to entree DLC oregon online play:

Monster Hunter Wilds update 1.040.03.01 spot notes:

Required Space

Approx. 2.0 GB (With High Resolution Texture Pack: Approx. 31.0 GB total)

Note: Due to revisions to the High-Resolution Texture Pack, a re-download of astir 31 GB volition beryllium required, resulting successful an wide simplification of astir 45 GB compared to the erstwhile version.

Video Driver Version

Please update to the pursuing operator versions to guarantee the astir unchangeable acquisition possible.

– NVIDIA GeForce: 581.57 oregon newer

– AMD Radeon: 25.9.1 oregon 25.9.2

Note: Some issues person been identified with AMD Radeon drivers versions 25.10.2 and higher.

Note: This accusation is taxable to alteration astatine immoderate clip owed to factors specified arsenic NVIDIA and AMD enactment availability.

Major Additions and Changes

• Improved CPU/GPU processing circumstantial to the Steam version.
  • Reduced shader warming processes performed extracurricular the shader compilation surface to little CPU load.
  • Adjusted texture streaming to amended ocular prime portion reducing VRAM usage.
  • Adjusted the High Resolution Texture Pack to trim VRAM usage and wide bundle size.
• Added a CPU tab to the Options menu, allowing players to set settings related to CPU load.
• Added caller categories to the graphics settings, on with caller settings for existing options.
• Adjusted graphic presets and added a confirmation model to automatically update your settings connected archetypal motorboat aft updating.
• Expanded the Volumetric Fog mounting successful the graphics options from 2 levels to five. The erstwhile "High" mounting has been renamed to "Highest," and "Low" to "High," with 3 caller little options—"Medium," "Low," and "Lowest"—now available.
• Fixed an contented wherever a informing dialog incorrectly indicated that the AMD Radeon operator was outdated erstwhile utilizing operator mentation 26.1.1 oregon later.

Bug Fixes and Balance Adjustments

• Fixed an contented wherever strategy load could summation astir the Support Desk astatine Base Camp oregon the Grand Hub owed to claimed contented presumption checks.
• Adjusted Variable Rate Shading behaviour truthful it is forced disconnected during upscaling to support due effect visuals.
• Fixed different miscellaneous issues.

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