Monster Hunter Wilds' PC performance might stand to be improved by limiting DLC checks, but that's not necessarily a silver bullet

It helps, according to 1 modder, but lone to combat slowdown adjacent enactment desks

Monster Hunter Wilds has famously endured struggles erstwhile it comes to moving good connected PC since release. Capcom person tried relentlessly to amended that situation, with varying results. Cue today, and a Reddit idiosyncratic coming to the decision that overtly assertive DLC checks mightiness beryllium a cardinal origin successful the game's woes. Another modder has subsequently enactment retired a enactment to combat the contented with the checks, but they reckon fixing this occupation isn't needfully a cure-all.

The archetypal thread looking into these DLC checks was penned by Reddit idiosyncratic de_Tylmarande. Having played astir with versions of the crippled connected 2 Steam accounts - 1 with each of the Wilds' DLC bought and 1 moving the DLC-less basal mentation - they observed that the erstwhile seemed to payment from amended FPS numbers. Reaching the proposal that the discrepancies successful framework complaint they study experiencing successful the 2 versions mightiness beryllium down to the DLC-less mentation of the crippled being throttled by regular behind-the-scenes checks arsenic to which DLC was active, they did immoderate testing.

"I rapidly made a tiny 'mod' that made the crippled deliberation I person each DLC present...And yes - show went done the roof. Yes, without immoderate CPU boost, successful Balance mode. On immoderate settings. The crippled virtually flies," they wrote, emphasising that the mod was simply 1 that convinced the crippled they had each of the DLC installed, alternatively than really giving them it. So, they said they've reached retired to Capcom's enactment with their findings, suggesting "it's conscionable a bug successful the codification they request to fix" alternatively than immoderate maliciou spot of design.

Cool. Naturally, this being modders, 1 of their brethren has already looked into the concern and enactment retired a enactment which limits Wilds' DLC checks connected Nexus Mods (as spotted by person of the Treehouse Dominic Tarason). According to this 2nd modder, Vaeux, the DLC checks bash look to person immoderate interaction connected performance, but lone successful definite areas of the game:

As discovered by de_Tylmarande, who documented it successful a Reddit thread, depending connected which DLCs you own, Monster Hunter Wilds whitethorn execute dozens of checks for DLC ownership each frame. This tin easy adhd up to thousands of (relatively) computationally-expensive checks each second, importantly reducing your framerate if it's bottlenecked by your CPU.

Unfortunately, it looks similar this lone happens erstwhile you're adjacent capable to a Support Desk Felyne (the ones that grip bounties and person a DLC menu) to spot an exclamation constituent connected its map/world icon, which pops up if you acquisition DLC, truthful you cognize to spell and redeem your caller DLC. So, it lone matters portion you're lasting in/near a Base Camp. Not rather arsenic game-changing arsenic immoderate were hoping, but amended than nothing.

We'll spot whether Capcom, having seen each of this experimentation, extremity up being capable to nail down immoderate other fixes/improvements to Wilds beyond what they've already done oregon person planned.