{"id":1073,"date":"2017-04-24T13:17:15","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T13:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/?p=1073"},"modified":"2025-10-28T22:08:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T22:08:43","slug":"fixes-for-subnautica-lags-on-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/fixes-for-subnautica-lags-on-pc","title":{"rendered":"Fixes for Subnautica Lags on PC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Subnautica<\/b>\u2019s unique aquatic theme enticing the player into going into an exploratory drive on an alien planet has proven to be a firm favorite with game buffs.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This theme is quite different from the usual topics game are designed on. Also, the game\u2019s impending release for <b>Xbox One<\/b> (September 2017) has further sent fans into an exciting frenzy about the game.<\/p>\n<p>It is currently available only for <b>Steam<\/b> users. Even though most of the users have been praising it a lot, quite a sizeable number of fans are also complaining about the usual issue that plagues a huge number of games available today, lags. Let\u2019s look at the solutions we\u2019ve come up to help our readers get rid of this issue.<\/p>\n<p>Whenever there is a question of how t0 fix game lags, you should go for a game optimizer to take care of <strong>Subnautica<\/strong> lags.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Edit Manifestation Settings<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This solution involves tinkering with the <b>Registry Editor<\/b>. Please note that <b>Registry Editor<\/b> is a very sensitive area of the computer and do not make any changes in it unless you\u2019re absolutely sure about what you\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Click the <b>Start<\/b> button.<\/li>\n<li>Type <b>Registry Editor<\/b> and press <b>Enter<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>Now locate the following key:<br \/>\n<b>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE<\/b> | <b>SOFTWARE<\/b> | <b>Microsoft<\/b> | <b>Windows<\/b> | <b>CurrentVersion<\/b> | <b>SideBySide<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Right-click anywhere on an empty area of the screen, select <b>New<\/b> | <b>DWORD (32-bit) Value<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>Enter <b>PreferExternalManifest<\/b> for the <b>DWORD Name<\/b> and <b>1<\/b> for its <b>Value<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>Now click <b>OK<\/b> and exit the <b>Registry Editor<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>Restart your computer for the changes to be effective.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Use the Debug Console<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Navigate to the <b>Debug Console<\/b> and make a slight change. This might help make matters a lot better.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Enter the following command and then press <b>Enter<\/b> to execute it:<br \/>\n<b>Item 514<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Now press <b>Enter<\/b> + <b>Right-click<\/b> (mouse button).<\/li>\n<li>Save the changes you\u2019ve made and exit the <b>Debug Console<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Freshen Up the Cache<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><b>Cache<\/b> content is being accessed on a continuous basis during the gameplay, for it plays a vital role in ensuring the game performs up-to-the-mark. Since the files in <b>Cache<\/b> are being accessed and over-written continuously, they sometimes go rogue and cause problems. Deleting the contents of <b>CellsCache<\/b> and <b>CompiledOctreesCache<\/b> can help in resolving the <b>Subnautica<\/b> lag issue, provided the contents of these folders have been corrupted.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open <b>This PC<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to:<br \/>\n<b>C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\SteamApps\\Common\\Subnautica\\SNAppData\\ SavedGames\\Slot00xx\\<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Rename <b>CellsCache<\/b> sub-folder as <b>CellsCache_OLD<\/b> and <b>CompiledOctreesCache<\/b> as <b>CompiledOctreesCache_OLD<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Note:<\/b><\/span><\/em> Do not delete the files <b>screenshot.jpg<\/b>, <b>gameinfo.json<\/b>, <b>scene-objects.bin<\/b> and <b>global-objects.bin<\/b> as these files are absolutely necessary for the game to function as intended.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Enter Launcher Options<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The <b>Launcher Options<\/b> in the <b>Steam<\/b> client might be in need of a little adjustment. Here is how to do so.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Launch <b>Steam<\/b> and go to <b>Games Library<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>Right-click <b>Subnautica<\/b> and select <b>Properties<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>Now select <b>Set Launch Options<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>Enter the following command:<br \/>\n<strong>-force-d3d9<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click <b>Apply<\/b> | <b>OK<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subnautica\u2019s unique aquatic theme enticing the player into going into an exploratory drive on an alien planet has proven to be a firm favorite with game buffs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[644,646,645,647],"class_list":["post-1073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-games","tag-fix-lag-issue-with-subnautica-on-pc","tag-how-to-solve-the-lag-issue-of-subnautica-on-pc","tag-pc-game-subnautica-lag-fixes","tag-tips-on-solving-the-subnautica-lag-problem"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1073"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3034,"href":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073\/revisions\/3034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sorcim.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}