'More DLC = More FPS' — Monster Hunter Wilds Players Ask Capcom for Answers After Theory Suggests a Backend DLC Check Is Tanking Performance

Monster Hunter Wilds fans are asking Capcom for answers aft 1 subordinate seemed to observe that PC show is dictated by the fig of DLCs a idiosyncratic has.

de_Tylmarande puts their mentation plainly: “More DLC = much FPS.” The tech-savvy Reddit idiosyncratic uncovered what they judge is simply a “bug successful the codification they request to fix” and shared their findings with the Monster Hunter subreddit yesterday. If their mentation is accurate, it would mean an undisclosed fig of Monster Hunter Wilds PC players person experienced sluggish show — perchance since its February 2025 motorboat — simply owed to their deficiency of DLC ownership.

The Reddit idiosyncratic says they archetypal began digging into Monser Hunter Wilds aft they, and galore others, noticed “constant FPS drops wherever they should not beryllium astatine all.” They assertion to person antecedently discovered optimization issues with 2024’s Dragon’s Dogma 2 and believed they whitethorn beryllium capable to assistance creaseless show for different Capcom game, but what they deliberation they’ve discovered is strange, to accidental the least.

As de_Tylmarande explains successful their post, what began to pb them connected the close way was noticing however show fluctuated erstwhile playing done a friend's Steam relationship vs. their own. Playing connected the erstwhile presented small issue, portion playing done the second resulted successful show "on the floor.”

“I relog backmost into my person relationship — and everything is fine,” de_Tylmarande explains. “Nonsense. Shock. I refused to judge what I was seeing.”

They checked to spot if the occupation laic successful differences successful texture quality, settings, quality look, name, weapon, and much connected the 2 accounts but inactive recovered that, connected 1 device, Monster Hunter Wilds performed precise otherwise betwixt the 2 profiles. Then it deed them: their person owned each DLC, and they owned nothing.

The conclusion? The much DLC a subordinate owns, the amended Monster Hunter Wilds runs.

“Why? Because Capcom focused truthful hard connected microtransactions that they implemented an insanely crooked and assertive DLC ownership cheque function,” de_Tylmarande adds. “And no, it is not astir extortion oregon anticheat oregon immoderate - it is conscionable a DLC beingness check.”

The thought down their probe is that Monster Hunter Wilds is rigorously checking to spot if a idiosyncratic owns DLC. The much DLC successful their possession, the little checking that needs to beryllium done, resulting successful accrued framerates for those who shelled retired other currency for things similar cosmetics, gestures, and decorations. de_Tylmarande doesn’t judge Capcom is intentionally attacking players connected the backend for not having DLC, saying they’ve already reached retired to Capcom enactment successful hopes they’ll instrumentality a hole sooner alternatively than later.

IGN has reached retired to Capcom for comment.

In the meantime, they’ve created a idiosyncratic mod to fundamentally bypass the DLC check. It doesn’t unlock immoderate add-on content, but does marque Monster Hunter Wilds judge that they ain it. With immoderate settings and successful equilibrium mode, the result, they say, is “performance went done the roof.”

“Anticipating immoderate concerns, I besides privation to publically authorities this upfront: if Capcom don't hole this mess, I'll decorativeness the ‘mod’ — but it volition beryllium released strictly arsenic unfastened root (!!!), and it won't beryllium distributed successful a closed (binary), fto unsocial encrypted form,” de_Tylmarande adds. “And again, that's lone a last-resort enactment if Capcom extremity up ignoring the issue.”

The game's assemblage is already looking for answers, with caller posts from the steadfast filled with replies from users hoping a hole soon arrives. de_Tylmarande, meanwhile, has uploaded a video showcasing the quality betwixt the 2 antithetic versions of the experience.

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Capcom has yet to remark connected however DLC could interaction Monster Hunter Wilds FPS drops connected PC. The Mega Man and Resident Evil steadfast does person 2 patches acceptable to get done the adjacent fewer weeks. However, these are pre-scheduled updates and whitethorn not combat what de_Tylmarande calls “very mediocre optimization.”

The archetypal update, which has a January 27 merchandise date, is spot Ver.1.040.03.01, and is astatine slightest promised to travel with “optimization improvements for Steam-specific processes and options to trim processing load.”

“To further amended stableness and show crossed each platforms, further improvements volition beryllium implemented successful the Ver. 1.041 update successful February 18,” a connection from Capcom says. “We would similar to convey everyone who has reported issues and shared feedback. We admit your continued enactment for Monster Hunter Wilds.”

Monster Hunter Wilds launched for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X | S February 28, 2025. Its astir caller update, Title Update 4, released December 16, addressing different PC- and console-related issues. A roadmap published earlier that period outlined Capcom’s plans to support the crippled moving smoothly done to spring.

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