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This mod enables DLSS 3 in Starfield.

DLSSFG is only supported by 4000 series cards!

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I only distribute updates via discord.

Link your discord account to patreon and you will get pulled in the server by patreon bot.

Download updates in beta-access channel.

Changelog

Beta 02

Added the option to disable FG in menus and delay-enabling it after exiting the menu. This will fixed the game freeze issue in loading screen.

Now the game reads your settings for FG when starting.

INSTALLATION

Remember to delete d3d12.dllANDdxgi.dll in the game's root folder if you have installed any other version of the mod.

Extract to game's exe folder, if you have been using ReShade, don't overwrite the ReShade.ini so that you can use your own preset.

If you want the Steam Overlay or your controller is not working, rename d3d12.dll to dxgi.dll.

Enable FSR2 and disable Dynamic Resolution in the game settings.

Press END to open the menu, then authenticate for the first time, no continuous subscription needed, if you have subscribed you can pass the authentication after the subscription expires.

Enable DLSS2 and DLSS FG in the mod menu.

There's hotkey for toggling them, and you can change them in the mods/StarfieldUpscaler.ini.

Files

Starfield DLSS3 Frame Generation Demo

It's huge gains when there's this much CPU bottleneck. It's released on patreon, like it or not, it's the service I have been providing for the last nine months. https://www.patreon.com/PureDark

Comments

Uhdeets

Does this cause the game to disable achievements or no?

Momentum

Not sure if it doe but there is a mod on Nexus that reenables achievements on Steam for modded games

Ben Lillie

This is just absolute sorcery. Gone from kind of accepting the fact that I'm playing a 60-70fps game on a 4090 to buttery smooth 120fps. Kudos.

TrashPanda

Dude, really quite amazing work here !! locked at 180 FPS indoors, ~100ish in flight and ~120ish on planet so a huge thumbs up from me.

Francesco Amadio

Mate, you are a genius. Nothing else to say. Thank you!

Alexander Seidel (edited)

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2026-09-08 00:00 Magic! Is there a possibility to target a different .exe than Starfield.exe? Currently steam users have to rename the game to fallout5.exe or something else that is flagged for AutoHDR to work, and the game looks so flat without it nvm, just works now! Do we have to cap our framerate at 60fps for 120Hz screens, or is the existing nvidia menu frameratecap at 116fps ok? If you want a small bug report, I'm on Miatha, and the sun flickers with weridly when FG is activated
2023-09-02 08:37

PureDark

It works as long as it's loaded, so renaming should work.

Reinout

Hi, what a huge bump of fps. however I noticed screentearing happening. Any suggestions on how to fix that?

US mAn VLOGS

Dude, how can I download it ???? How can I download this mod for DLSS 3.5 with FG for Starfield .. I have paid .. Became a patron ... Now please tell. Waiting.

US mAn VLOGS

Hello anyone ????? Please !!

Rokevicius

"I only distribute updates via discord."

Adam Souquieres

Same issue here, cannot join the Discord using the patreon button :'(

Pandabear23

Thanks for making this mod. I also can’t join discord! Edit - in now. Thanks

PureDark

In patreon settings, click More, then Connect Apps, link your discord account and you'll see the Join Server button under the membership page.

Adam Souquieres

Wow, this module is clearly black magic for this game. How it's possible they did not implement it from scratch....

Ryan Thomas

THANK YOU so much for this, it is a game changer for my game! Took Akila City from 40 FPS to 120 FPS!

Rokevicius

Try re-linking Discord, I had it linked before the username change, and I had to re-do it for it to work!

Chris H

Amazing! This has dropped my gpu usage from regularly being in the 90s down to a much more comfortable 50-60!

PS

I installed it and game crashes every time on loading my save. Please fix.

Mateusz Bogusz

Cheers Mate ! 120 - 150 fps even in new atlantis area , magic !

Ramon Azañón López

Any idea more than closing session and relog to solve fix? Tried pc and phone and nothing, server doesn't appear.

C Parker

linked discord but no server added?

riggerhunter

140fps in city at 50% resolution and 90fps at full. nice!!!!!!!!

Captn Nemo

Got everything working now and authenticated. Thank you

Adam Bunting

Does the mod disable achievements

rui ys

freezing...

Pete Dragun

Does this mod support 5120 x 1440 screen resolutions?

limpjellyfish

This is how I feel. Just upgraded to a 4090 and was thinking the same. Pumped to install this 😂 I’m glad I upgraded though, my 3080 would have struggled.

Alexander Seidel (edited)

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2026-09-08 00:00 How does this work exactly, if my GPU can do 120fps in certain scenes, does it compute them all, or does FG basically making my GPU only run 60fps with FG frames inbetween? I'd really prefer my GPU to work less instead of being at the power maximum
2023-09-02 14:56

Dieter Binger

I'm happy to pay for that! I stood especially at a bad place in the game and had 44-47 FPS there. With the mod I was at 85-88 FPS. Technically, this runs flawlessly with me! Many thanks for the work on this great MOD! This has sweetened a not so good day for me!

C Parker

i googled patreon link discord. unlinked my discord there, relinked and puredarks discord appeared in my server lists. hope this helps. took me a good half hour to get it to work

Azrael Brown

How do I download the mod? I became a member but i'm new to patreon

RustyShacklefordTX

I recommend turning on FSR2 and turn off dynamic display, then shut down game and then install mod. My game froze up trying to do this with the mod installed. That being said my save game where I left off went from 80fps to 135 fps with this mod.

OTTERX

you have to connect your discord on patreon to puredark server and you get acces to download the dlss3 mods

Azrael Brown

im trying too but for some reason its not connecting to discord even though i authorized it. can't seem to find the issue.

serval

I'm your backer and I'm connected to the Discord server, but I can't authenticate.

Mike

Same problem here!

Wurfi

I have the same problem as (human im not)

Zeke the Plumber

If we want DLAA, don’t we need to keep Resolution Scaler on and put it at 100 percent

Stefano Marciano

It does, I jumped from 90 to 125 in spaceship while docked in New Atlantis. Strongholds are about to hit 200 fps if the percentage is maintained!!

Stefano Marciano

Arguably, your GPU doesn't work less, in fact it should work a bit harder, but also while following a: "Work smarter, not harder" kind of metaphor if you will.

Stephen McDevitt

Sorry for such a stupid question, but does this (and all your other mods) need reshade to work?

Doc Shaftoe

Yeah it won't let me authenticate either

Jeff Craig

I can't find the link to PureDark discord server.

houssem hamrat

when i press the home button only the reshade option apear not the FG one !!!

JR

Sir PureDark, if there’s any way you could make these mods not use keys like “HOME” or “END”, that would be very helpful. Because I use a slim/narrow keyboard that doesn’t have those keys.

Drothen

lel u must be trollin

Jaaku (edited)

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2026-09-08 00:00 Where do i report bugs? I've encountered one where when you try to read logs from your inventory, the screen is just gray. You have to disable the dlss from reshade to be able to read them.
2023-09-02 18:04

bradford

which DLSS preset should we use? Does it matter?

PureDark

Reported already, gonna fix all reported bugs with updates.

Sakea_sango

i installed reshade and then mod stop working. i uninstalled reshade and then installed mod again but now mod works but controller not.

DuckSaysQuack

under "membership" up top, there will be an option to join the discord

DuckSaysQuack

Thanks @PureDark for this mod!! EDIT: NVM was able to authenticate after 5th pc restart. weird. steam copy original: doesn't seem to authenticate for me. i've tried 4 times now and restarted a few times. chrome will show a successful message after allowing patreon access but in game it still says not authenticated. anyone know a solution?

Eyelplay

Hmm my game has crashed three times in the last hour since installing the mod. Not sure if this has anything to do with it but I play on a super ultrawide screen(32:9 ration) so Ive used a hex editor to fix that. Im also using the FOV mod to use 90FOV.

Byron Ellerbeck

Where is the link to your Discord please?

BT

Check your patreon settings. In the dropdown there is more > connected apps. Connect your discord account and join puredark server

Andino

Can't seem to Authenticate. I hit the button in the game, get sent to a webpage, allow access to my info, get a "Successful!" message, go back to game and Authenticate button is still there.

J

Having issues joining the server atm, getting directed to a page with no text channels when trying to join. Maybe there is a delay with the bot or permissions are not being set properly?

D0n DaRi0

I cannot Authenticate too. PureDark fix this issue asap Please

DuckSaysQuack

have you tried restarting pc a few times? that's what solved it for me. then again, i'm imagining there's hundreds of authentication requests happening right now so could just be some sort of lag

Chase Mullins

hmmm I cant seem to access the discord, I get an error every time I try to connect the app.....is there anyway to get a direct link to the discord ? id love to start using this dlss mod

NPC 74853482

Great mod. My 4090 was around 100ish average in New Atlantis, it's 150+ now.

Anthony L.

55-60fps 1440p ultra with 4080, to 90-100+. Easily worth $5. Thanks so much.

marc dennis

discord channel doesnt work

takumi

Works great, thanks!

Bartosz Bogusz

It freezes the game, had like 4 freezes in 2 hours most often when use elevators/loading screens. I use Game Pass version if it has something to do...

dan tattersall

Working flawlessly, went from 60/70 with the occasional hitch to 100/10 with frame gen on new atlantis.

PureDark

That's what the Disable FG In Menus option do, if it happens often, bump the Re-eanble FG Interval to 2.0 or 3.0

doctor lsd

crashing when i enter the dlss menu END

doctor lsd

when i press End THE GAME IS CRASHING

nPosho

Dude please fix the authentication, I've tryed everything and I just can't get verified, discord is helpless, please check into that!

PureDark

Either mod is not working or dll is blocked or something, do you have a 40 series card and did you have HAGS on?

PureDark

For the very few people who can't get it working automatically, you can PM me on discord.

Mike

works fine here

Brennan Barger

This is pure magic! I have a 4090+5900x and playing at 3840x1600 ultrawide. I was getting around 100fps with a mix of ultra/high in most places but took a massive hit in the first main city. I quickly found out I'm CPU bound so went on a binger and decided to just jump ship to AM5...I bought a new motherboard, ram and a 7800x3d. It will be a nice upgrade moving to the x3d chip for performance gains across the board but this DLSS3 mod with frame gen is incredible. I'm now getting 120fps avg in the cities, gameplay is butter. Thank you so much for this!

Meromorphic (edited)

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2026-09-08 00:00 Hey, I'm trying to join the discord server, but it keeps not adding it to my discord app or in-browser. Not sure what to do.
2023-09-03 03:21

Onyourbike

Hey guys I just connected and got the 5usd support but struggling to find discord channel. Maybe im retarded but if anyone can msg me would appreciate

DJames

try to disable any afterburner or software to read FPS or graphic stats.

DJames

try to close all programs to read graphics stats on the screen. that works for me.

LifeForDeath6

I have the same issue, waiting on PureDark to message me back and let me in

Onyourbike

haha its only been a couple of minutes, im sure we'll get a response. prob a bug someowhere :)

Gregorio Delgado

how can we pm u on discord if we cant even find you?

gamehawk55

Also trying to join the Discord Server and keeps taking me to a blank server that doesn't add me to anything...Hopefully this is fixed ASAP or I want my money back.

LifeForDeath6

For anyone new that shows up he did message me back in about 10 minutes... be patient this mod is gr8

Arkh Longstride

Just subscribed, discord access is not working. How do i contact you ?

Onyourbike

yep he messaged me too, did you end up getting access

James Allen McDowell

I'm also having trouble with Discord access. Any way to contact you to join?

LifeForDeath6

Not yet, seems like he stepped away after sending a response that tried to fix it. I gave him my discord username and asked him to add me since the fix didn't work. Must be having an issue with his discord at the moment - I just want the mod lol

Chiggy McGee

Unable to join discord to download the beta.

LifeForDeath6

Discord name is literally just "PureDark". Same profile picture as his nexus...

skych

I am also having trouble joining the discord sadly

Arkh Longstride

Removed discord link from pateron, deleted cookies, logged back in. Still not fixed :(

Gregorio Delgado

Hello, I already linked my patreon to discord, but I havent received any patreon bot messages nor any sort of invite. I subscribed to the 5 usd tier...

Arkh Longstride

The bot thing seems to be broken at the moment

Gregorio Delgado

I found him but discord says I cannot message him as we dont have any servers in common.

Johan Hbr

10min passed and always can't join the discord :/

Prometheus

I am also having trouble joining the discord sadly

grazsrootz

me too, did you figure it out? I get a page that says "no text chanels"

grazsrootz

Unable to join the discord, any help would be appreciated!

Prometheus

Where did you see this page that said no text channels?

Ryan Chiara

Looks like I'm in the same boat. Rats.

Tristin Jones

Same, they are probably fixing the discord right now.

Bronson Elliott

So are we supposed to automatically join the discord or get sent a invite when we sub? I paid and have no idea how to join the discord.

Ryan Chiara

Just opened discord on my phone and I was in. Couldn't on PC before. Just restarted PC and now I am in on both devices. Let me know if it works. for you guys.

skych

it worked for a moment and i downloaded the mod but then the server disappeared

Arkh Longstride

So, i managed to join temporally the discord before i apparently got kicked out, i managed to download the mod and authenticate atleast. Hopefully the discord joining will be fixed soon or later

Steve

Waiting for Discord invite here as well.

masheu

opening discord on my phone showed me I was in. Then going back to the PC I was on there.

Garrett Shaw

While in game I was trying to reach another planet, when clicking on the planet to land the game keeps crashing in this same spot. Not sure why, other than that this mod has been running amazingly. It's the Altair system. Jumped to it now I can't land on any of the planets.

OniiBlends

New Atlantis was eating my CPU's ass... Hehe not today

Steve

Getting crashes when exiting inventory as well. Especially when transferring between me and the robot.

Anonymous

"d3d12CreateDevice failed with error code DXGI_ERROR_UNSUPPORTED"

Eyelplay

Are you guys having trouble with crashes? Not sure if crashed are common with all resolutions or just 5120x1440 or maybe its just my config

Garrett Shaw

So I found a way to fix my little problem, all I did was disable to DLSS then traveled to the planet after. I don't mind turning it on/off for the extra frames

PureDark

You only need to turn off FG, there's a hotkey, numpad *, but you can change it to what you prefer in the mods/StarfieldUpscaler.ini

PureDark

That's new, did you try uncheck the Disable FG In Menus option? Cuz it fixes some people's issue, but might intruduced some new issue for people who don't have the freezes.

Steve

Yep tried that. Just crashed again for me.

Baptiste Benoit

It's up to you to join the discord and link your discord patreon account

Boberto Roberto

I get freezes and crashes when travel to different locations, but sometimes even when going through a door like to talk to Sgt. Yuma. There's also weird stencil outlines on the constellations/star cluster when on a planet looking up. Especially if there's a lot of space gas. Not really sure if it's something that can be fixed. Just thought people should be aware.

Matt Wright

Its working flawless with my RTX 4090. I run a 4k 144hz monitor and having a new triple A title run at barely 60fps was driving me crazy. I have a 16core 32thread 5950x CPU which believe it or not gets bottlenecked at 4k sometimes on newer titles. With some online tutorials from hardware unboxed, I only turned down settings where there was no visual impact, but a positive impact to performance. Now I am running a mix of high and ultra, 4k, with DLSS 3 and Frame generation, getting about 120fps-150fps on average. A combination of this mod with smart choices on the settings page has this game optimized and running the way it should have on launch day. Thanks to PureDark when game companies strike deals to exclusively use one tech over the other, we can have a choice as consumers and take advantage of the hardware we paid good hard earned cash for. Great work PureDark, keep it up. I was skeptical on some of your youtube postings, but for sure this works flawlessly. The in game overlay menu is better than most games in game settings.

Dreak

So is this only about the frame generation? But still using DLLS2 super sample models?

Eri Moe

I also need help, it's really a bit annoying that this is so complicated. I also donated and am now waiting for the invitation.

MDK_PT

nice job, but the game randomly crashes sometimes, on loading screens

Josh

Mod works great. thankyou!

Eri Moe

hey guys, could someone explain to me how things are going here now? I am now a supporter & get no information at all on how to download the MOD. Step-by-step instructions would probably also be interesting for many others who have nothing to do with Patron. Discord is linked. Thanks

Eri Moe

PureDark appears under available servers, but is not connected.

Steven Swadel

This is fantastic thank you so much!

Eri Moe

Hey Dai'Kahn, yes as I just wrote I am linked to discord. I also see PureDark under "available servers" but with the note not connected.

Dai'Kahn

Have you subscribed to PureDark, as in, the Patreon fee as it says you aren't supporting anyone on your page Also, I know you wrote that earlier, I just wanted you to check the page I said as it shows whether you are connected to PureDark's discord in there too because when I joined yesterday I was having problems as Patreon didn't actually link my discord properly so I linked my discord on that page plus I also joined the discord there iirc

Eri Moe

Yes, I am a supporter and I also received the "thank you for the support" mail. Previously, PureDark was not displayed to me under available servers.

Dai'Kahn

Are you subscribed?

Eri Moe

so the server was not shown to me before. the question is why it is not connected.

Dai'Kahn

I have no idea, I'm just a random user trying to help you out

Dai'Kahn

Mayhaps you can join but not be allowed in till you pay the fee?

Eri Moe

here on the page at the top right under PureDark, it also says that I support it

Dai'Kahn

Hmm I have no idea then as it says "This patron isn’t supporting any creators at the moment." on your profile page. How odd. I can't help you but I'll write in the discord and maybe someone there can pop over and help?

Eri Moe

I signed up for a monthly subscription through PayPal. Thank you very much for writing here.

Dai'Kahn

You're welcome. Be aware your PayPal may be/may get declined as PayPal "moved" from California to Dublin recently which set off fraud detection in banks (mine included) that cancelled my three subscriptions here and I had to set them up via bank card. It will email you though if it does it

Dai'Kahn

I wrote the creator on discord regarding this. You could also message him here

Eri Moe

well, it seems to have worked, because PureDark sees the membership on the left side.

Eri Moe

I just don't understand why this is published in such a cumbersome way. there are so many better ways.

Dai'Kahn

I think they're just trying to protect their creation cause if they don't do it like this people will just get it and upload it elsewhere Also, in the meantime you could try the Starfield Upscaler post below this as it's free iirc

Ben Reeve

Absolutely incredible man, on a 4070ti and 5800x3d 1440p full ultra it doubles average fps from about 55 to 110, absurd work

Jasvinder Bhui

Im a patreon - how do i download this please?

Eri Moe

Hello, at the After authentication I get the message that I am not a member. But this is me. How can I fix this?

Dai'Kahn

Go to the top of this page, click Membership, join/open the discord server there. From there download the mod from the discord server under starfield-beta-access

Junn

Encountering a lot of loading screen freeze when using FG. Pumping the FG reenable interval to 2-3 doesnt seem to fix it. Could you please look into it? Dlss alone works excellently.

Scott Limitless

controller right stick still not working after change

Keegan the Veganator

ooo this would be so exciting if the authentication worked :(

MDK_PT (edited)

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2026-09-08 00:00 No problems with authentication here
2023-09-03 14:35

Antony

Why keep the discord a secret on the very page for the mod?

Keegan the Veganator

ok..no worries...i fixed it... for some reason i had to disable my firewall temporarily... ive auth'd once and now it just works... thanks puredark! this is awesome and starfield is amazingly smooth on HUB recommended quality settings with frame gen 3440x1440 on a 4070ti... roughly 120fps in most situations now! perfect!

Keegan the Veganator

i fixed my issue in the end by temporarily disabling my firewall

PersianNight

FG working perfectly here. Thank you for your efforts!

Pawel Pawel

Incredible boost for 4070 ti. I had before 45/50fps in New Atlantis. Now is 85-110 it just doubled my fps with 1440p ultra + 100% res scaling and I don't feel input lag like in some other games. This is insane

scipher99

Thank you for all of your work doing this.

acidkhmer .

awesome work, but what about the preset DLSS? quality, performance, etc, ive seen preset F ,A,B? what the meaning?

nPosho

Hello, tried to DM you but it seems you only DM with friends and can't accept my message

Nathaniel Knous

I am too, on 4080. Using FG every few load screens it freezes up and game has to exit

Jack - Nothing Ever Happens Here

All you need to do is go over to Patreon, settings, select "more", go to connected apps, and link up your discord account to patreon, you'll be automatically added to the discord server

Mark Spar

no, as far as I'm aware, that is not how DLAA would work. It requres a seperate DLL file if I'm not mistaken and would be another box to tick in the overlay. Doubt anything in the menu in starfield would activate DLAA even at 100 res scale

Mark Spar

You go to PureDark's main Patreon page and under membership it has his discord link

Mark Spar

There's no waiting. You pay the patreon fee, join his discord server after you link your patreon to your discord through the patreon website. Once in Pure Dark DIscord you go to the downloads side and click Starfield DLSS beta, download the file on the middle post in that room and follow the directions.

Mark Spar

This is the norm for modders who use patreon, that way their work doesn't get stolen and passed around for free

Mark Spar

did you pay the 5 bucks and link your discord to your patreon on the patreon website?

Mark Spar

use the disable frame gen in menu box. that fixes the crashes

Liam Smith

I've been trying for an hour to authenticate and nothing works. Tried both disabling firewall and making a rule to allow Starfield through firewall. Neither worked.

Steve

Unfortunately it looks like the mod may have been cracked...he might be looking up some new DRM or something to protect his work. Sucks how people are willing to steal his work like that...

Nicholas Tribul

IS there a guide for what all the presets mean? A B C etc...

T

This will work for 30 series correct? Just not the frame generation?? But DLSS?

Kevin Price

How can I tell if the fg is working?

Kevin Price

If you don’t want to use the fg then head on over to the dlss page that he has on nexus mods. It’s dlss 2

Faktorisator Gator

discord isnt pulling me in automatically. patroeon and dicord connected, membership is activ... any help?

Faktorisator Gator

need clarification if it works with dlss3.5 upscaling or only dlss2?

PureDark

By checking the FPS, and see it checked in the menu

PureDark

Oh I don't really want to spend more time, the DRM was only for preventing simple file sharing. A crack was expected. I am good as long as it last a few days.

PureDark

Sorry for that, refunded you, or you can try that cracked version, just maybe no support.

Austin

I'm not getting pulled into discord either, thank you for the mod!

Faktorisator Gator

just had to wait a little i guess... its working now like a charm!!!! i am sock f***ing happy you wont believe! till today i had no idea you could mod frame generation into games! now i feel technical issues and deals with AMD wont hold back the quality and performance of starfield! it absolutly plays as it should now! Great job man....and it seems to run better then most FG implementations by the studios themselves!!!!

Michael Wheeler

You have to click the "Settings" on the left-hand side. From there click "More" then "Connected Apps" and add it from there.

AlmightyMO

Are the FG artifacts the same artifacts we would be seeing if DLSS3 was officially supported in the game or is this just a byproduct of DLSS3FG being modded into the game? Just curious

Vykra

i did not get pulled and my discord is linked, pulled my sub.

PureDark

I've provided FG every info it needs as if it's from an official implementation, Id say it's the same as official ones.

Vykra

i did, you havent replied.

Vykra

This doesnt work.

Dan Gir

Denuvo drm resolve most problems or always online drm

Fracchio82

could you add dlss 3 to baldur's gate 3 too?

Elio

hi help me please why when I activate Puredark Reshade, I no longer have access to the DLSS menu (end key)?

djmc 76

login authenticate failed. could you please help?

addyanner

hey, i did not get pulled in the discord - i have linked in patreon and have paid for 1 month - wrote you a PM

PureDark

I'll, just DM me on discrod.

DarkHelmet28

Hey, does it work with the Microsoft Store / Gamepass version of the game?

Rogue

how do you get it to work for Gamepass it freezes on the subway everytime?

Bartosz Bogusz

I have freezes as well here and there, but nothing permanent, hope he fix that (didn't try new update yet :s)

Byron Ellerbeck

Thanks a lot for your response. :) Unfortunately the link I found there doesn't seem to be working anymore :/

Byron Ellerbeck

Thanks a lot for your response. :) I found the link there but it doesn't seem to be working for some reason :/

Garrett Shaw

Downloaded the new update, love how you made FG auto go off in the menu, you also put all menus. That will come in handy. I was having problems yesterday while trying to go through the inventory. Sometimes it would bug out and black screen, so I can't see my gear. Then I would have to manually disable or press the key bind to disable FG. Now it's a breeze. Thanks! will report back if I run into any bugs.

Nathaniel Knous

Even after disabling, still freezes and game has to be killed after a few load screens.. or less. Without FG it works fantastic, but the performance difference is crazy using FG ez 120fps vs 70-80 :(