Dynasty Warriors 9 PC is one of the most anticipated games of this year which launched with mixed reception from critics and gamers alike. Also, there are some issues with the game but there are some steps you can take to make your gameplay experience better and that is what we are going to discuss in this Dynasty Warriors 9 PC tweaks and optimizations guide.
There are some things that many PC users haven’t been able to figure out like how to set up a PS4 controller to play the game, how to select Chinese Voice Over and how to boost FPS for the game.
Dynasty Warriors 9 PC Tweaks
In our Dynasty Warriors PC 9 Tweaks and optimizations guide, we will discuss how you can improve your gameplay experience in the game by boosting FPS without compromising many graphical settings and more.
Chinese Voice Over And Subtitles
Many of the players are wondering about the Chinese voice-over or subtitles not being present in the game. However, the Chinese voice over and subtitles can be enabled by following the below mentioned steps.
Type “regedit” in the Windows OS search bar and press enter to open up the Registry Editor. Once it’s open look for “HKEY-USERS/S-1-5-21-….” and then navigate SOFTWARE/Koei Tecmo/Dynasty Warriors9/Graphic Setting.
Here, look for “language voice” once you locate it to open it up and change its value to 2 ads. This will change the voice over to Chinese in the game.
Furthermore, if you want Chinese subtitles and menu, then look for “language” in the same folder, open it and change its value to 5.
How To Set Up A PS4 Controller
To set up the PS4 controller for Dynasty Warrior 9 on PC, open up Steam and go to settings and click on “In-game”. Here, check the “Use Big Picture Overlay when using a Steam controller on Desktop”.
Now, select “Controller” from the same menu from where you selected “In-game” and then click on “general controller settings”. Here you will have some checkboxes and you need the check the “Guide Button Focuses Steam”.
Now, launch the game and open the Steam Overlay by pressing “Shift + Tab” and click on controller configuration. At the bottom, select Browse configs and then select “Show other Controller Types” in the bottom.
Now you will be presented with a few options and you need to select the Xbox One Controller config and press “Ok” when prompted. Now just press Done and you will be able to use your PS4 controller in Dynasty Warriors 9 PC Version. Once the Controller is working, you can just go disable the “Big Picture Overlay” if you want.
FPS Boost
FPS drops is one of the main issues faced by PC gamers while playing Dynasty Warriors 9. However, there are some ways in which you can boost your FPS or at least get some stability in performance.
All Types of Graphic Cards
The following steps can be tried on all types of Graphic Cards.
- You can always try to play your game in lower resolutions if your fps are unplayable and unstable.
- You can also improve your game performance by turning down Anti-aliasing and shadows quality.
- You can try to improve performance by disabling full screen optimizations by right clicking dw9.exe. Look for Compatibility Tab after choosing properties and disable full screen optimizations from there.
- You can improve your game fps by lowering your graphic settings by testing them one by one and choose the one on which your game runs best.
- Performance can sometimes be enhanced by playing the game in Fullscreen mode.
- You can improve game performance by setting the vsync value to 2. Although, it will be on 30fps but your game will run a lot smoother.
Nvidia/AMD GPU
The following steps are only for those who own a Nvidia/AMD GPU.
- Open up the Nvidia control panel and go to the “Manage 3D Settings” in and then select “Program Settings” and look for the DW9 in the drop-down list. If it’s not there, you can just add it by clicking on “Add”. Once you have located the game on the list, look for graphics processor and set it to “High-Performance Nvidia Processor” and apply the setting.
- If you don’t have this option in the Control Panel, then go to ” Adjust image setting with preview” and tick “use advanced 3D image setting” and apply it.
- Now come back to Manage 3D settings -? Program Settings-> DW9 and select “Power management mode” and change it to “Prefer Maximum Performance”. Then below this option look for “Texture filtering-Quality” and set it to high-performance and apply these settings. Now go to “Configure Surround, PhysX” and select your GPU. This should eliminate the FPS drops in the game and stuttering.
GTX 10 Series GPU
This method only works for GTX 10 series graphics cards.
All you have to do is open the Nvidia Control Panel-> Manage 3D Settings-> Program Settings-> DW9 and look for the V-sync option and set it to “Fast”.
V-Sync “Fast” lets the GPU render the game above the monitor’s refresh rate and only displays the frames that the monitor can handle, and the rest are discarded. While it might seem to do much but for some games, it actually increases the performance significantly.
