However, it did improve matters for me so it could be worth a try. Hopefully enjoy the game with slightly better FPS.Īgain, this isn’t a full fix and may not even do the trick for you. Personally, I also turned off SSAO and “distortion effects.” Switching on the “unlimited video memory” option helped a bit too.Ħ). The most demanding ones seem to be Shadows and Unit Detail, so you may have to bump those down a bit for now until Creative Assembly sorts things out. Fire up Rome 2 again and tinker with your graphics settings. Download the latest beta drivers for your Nvidia or AMD card from their respective sites.ĥ). Find the folder “Steam/Steamapps/Common/TotalwarRomeII/redist/directx” on your PC and install DirectX with the “DXSETUP” application located here.Ĥ). Wait for a bit, because this will take a while.ģ). Right-click Total War: Rome 2 in your Steam library and make your way to the “local files” tab, where you can click the “verify game cache” option. Delete the preferences.script in there (this is your graphics settings and stuff – don’t worry it’ll be coming back soon.)Ģ). Locate “C/users/USERNAME/appdata/roaming/thecreativeassembly/rome2/scripts” on your PC. For some reason, doing this also made the previously broken-looking font/typeface readable again.

It doesn’t run great now, but it is actually playable. The campaign map started to look less horrific and managed to get out of the sub-20 FPS doldrums.

I have no idea why it works, but it did improve matters for me. We’ve already pointed towards a round-up of possible Total War: Rome 2 fixes for FPS issues and campaign map lag, but here’s one I found while combing the Steam community forums in search of a way to stop the game committing acts of grievous bodily harm against my PC. Oh god I can feel the FPS chugging from here.

Rome total war lag