Dragon Age™: The Veilguard

Dragon Age™: The Veilguard

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How to reduce lags (updated)
By orkizwow
If one of this methods helps to you - like pls, ty

the game is well optimized, but if you encounter bugs, I found a solution that helps (at least it helped for my friends and players from comments)
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1 method: Install the game on SSD
One of the easiest ways is to install the game on SSD (Solid-State Drive)
1. Create a folder for the game library on the SSD. Go to settings, select the "Downloads" section and find "Library folders" there. Specify the drive letter that is assigned to the SSD and create a folder (by default, you should have - SteamLibrary).

2. Now, if the game is already installed, move the game files to a new folder. In the folder that we created, make a folder "SteamApps", inside another one - "common". You need to move the game files to it.

3. Close, save and check the integrity of the cache
Library -> Properties -> Installed files -> Check the integrity of the game files
2 method: Settings
Section: "Screen"

Size of Screen
Here I recommend you select the section: full screen (this is necessary so that you have other detailed settings windows open, and from experience, the full screen works smoother and more comfortably)
In the hertz section (Frame rate)
Select 60 hertz. You still won't notice the difference in quality and smoothness between 60 or 144, unless you have a super expensive monitor and the game is not on ultra settings, but this will reduce the load on your video card.

Vertical sync:
Turn it off, it's a useful function, but now small cosmetic things are less important to us than the smoothness of the game. (Without this function, sometimes transparent stripes can appear during the game, sharply floating across the screen, not particularly noticeable to the eye and not disturbing)
Frame rate limit:
We set it to 60, because if we set it higher, the game will try to give more fps, which at low or medium settings + the hertz limit, will jerk the picture. 60 is acceptable, the difference is also not visible, unless your computer is a super machine, bought at the price of a mortgage and assembled by the best programmers and other wizards. If you still have lags on 60, you can try 30, but 60 is really comfortable.
It is important to clarify! The game often removes the fps limit after a restart, it is better to set it from the beginning.

Section: "Image":
Full settings will depend only on you, I will tell you where it is better to put emphasis and what to watch out for. In other sections, you can set the lowest and increase until it starts to lag. This is how you will find the line.
So!
Using video memory:
I recommend on most PCs to ensure that this does not exceed 85%, this will save you both the picture and the quality and your computer, along with cooling and a video card. But if you do not care about your video card, you can use 100% (i do it, but i do not reccomend tho)
Ray tracing:
if your machine for running video games is not capable of dragging everything on high, then you need to forget this section in all games and turn it off.
Ray tracing reflection:
turn it off
Ray Tracing Ambient Occlusion:
turn it off too
Ultra tracing:
we don't need it either
Light and shadows:
Sky quality:
do you care? I don't. Low.
Drop shadows:
turn off
Ambient occlusion:
Either none or NBAO
Screen space reflection:
none
Volumetric lighting:
low
In geometry Section
I recommend setting everything related to the landscape to low, and detail to low or medium, but turning off strands of hair.

It is also better to turn off live wallpapers on your computer from any third-party application, this loads your video memory and CPU. And in general, unload your device and processes as much as possible via control + alt + delete and remove unnecessary tasks.

3 method: Additional programs
The comments also recommend
I did not try, but looks helpful tbh
USE IT VERY CAREFULLY
IT IS MORE HELPFUL ONLY FOR PLAYERS WHO DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH RAM


https://www.razer.com/cortex
https://www.wagnardsoft.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1256
21 Comments
orkizwow  [author] 11 Nov, 2024 @ 10:14am 
ah, i see, ty, pal.
Yep framrate sometimes does very weird things with the smoothness of the game. I always try to set the frame rate limit to some solid limit
Ezechiel 11 Nov, 2024 @ 8:42am 
As I said, random CTD with no error message. People with specs above mine have the same issue (4080, 4090 etc...) for what I've seen on Steam, EA or Reddit forums. If you wish I can provide you some links ;)
I tried so many things, lowering settings, run as admin etc. Nothing never prevent my game from CTD untill I read your guide who let me think that capping framerate could fix it. And it was exactly that.
Maybe your idea is not just a guide for low or middle range PC but a universal fix for people experiencing this issue ! (need more tests from other users to be sure).:lunar2020thinkingtiger:
orkizwow  [author] 11 Nov, 2024 @ 7:23am 
Bro, why do you have problems with specs like this ahahah.
And also me with 16 gb RAM: :Grumpy_Solas:
Ezechiel 11 Nov, 2024 @ 4:11am 
With my PC specs (CPU: Intel I9-9900k, GPU: RTX 4070ti, 48Go RAM & SSD NVMe on Windows 11 23H2), I got random CTD (1 hour before first patch, few minutes after).
Following this guide basicaly only by capping framerate to 60fps (according to my PC specs) with Nvidia cp + nexus tweak,I get a smooth and crash-free experience with solid 60fps.
Screenshot:
https://cs2bus.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3363369035
orkizwow  [author] 10 Nov, 2024 @ 2:52pm 
Ezechiel, i did not try but i will add it too. Thank you!
Ezechiel 10 Nov, 2024 @ 3:39am 
I also found those Windows registry tweaks on Nexus who can also helps :
https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonagetheveilguard/mods/6
or
https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonagetheveilguard/mods/1
Ezechiel 10 Nov, 2024 @ 3:30am 
@orkizwow I totally agree, uncapped framerate push CPU and GPU to limits introducing lags or worst (freezes, crashes...), 'cause both are overheating, plus overloading VRAM.
orkizwow  [author] 10 Nov, 2024 @ 3:15am 
Ezechiel, btw the key point is locked frame to 60 fps)
orkizwow  [author] 10 Nov, 2024 @ 3:15am 
exaclry
Ezechiel 10 Nov, 2024 @ 2:20am 
In my experience, the in-game frame limiter doesn't work properly: manual settings are reset when you load a save or restart the game.
So I locked it to 60fps in the Nvidia control panel, I guess it's also true for AMD cards.