Guide to Change the Process Priority
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Intro
Hello everyone! iI know some people have an issue when they go to task manager and try to set the priority but it comes up with an access denied message. I am here to show you how to change it manually.
How-To
First
- Type in the windows search bar at the bottom left of your screen “%appdata%” this should take you to a list of folders in file explorer.
Second
- Locate the folder named “Fatshark” click on it then click on the folder called “Darktide”.
Third
- Open the file named “user_settings” using a text editor such as “notepad”, “sublime text”, etc.
Fourth
- Find the line labeled “process_priority = “unassigned” ” this changes the task manager priority, you can use values such as “low”, “belownormal”, “normal”, “abovenormal”, “high”, and “realtime”.
Fifth
- Now all you have to do is save the file, close it and your done (you don’t have to set it to read only).
Nice guide! Confirmed working for me in task manager, “high” priority now is highlighted.
Hello, thank you for the guide, I could not find the line process_priority in the user settings config file, are we supposed to add it at the end of the file or am I missing something?
if you cant change your priority you could also do this:
1. Click on Start, type “regedit” and press Enter.
2. Navigate to this line: “Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options”
3. Right click on “Image File Execution Options”> New> Key
4. Name the new Key as “Darktide.exe”. MAKE SURE the key name is the same as the game executable, in our case “Darktide.exe”*
5. Right click on the new key “Darktide.exe”>New>Key>”PerfOptions”:
6. Select “PerfOptions” then right click>New>DWORD 32bit “CpuPriorityClass”>double click> set 3 (High)>hexadecimal>ok
3 is equal to “High” priority, if you desire to set something else, this is the table:
1 Idle
2 Normal
3 High
4 RealTime (n.a.)
Thanx mate, this worked when the guide option didn’t.
Just like the guide suggests, you don’t have to set it to read only, but if you ever find yourself in the situation of the file changing automatically, set it to read only to prevent that.