Okay, so I wanted to get Wuthering Waves running smoother, you know, chasing that 120 frames per second dream. The game’s pretty cool, but I felt it could be better on my setup.
My First Steps
First thing I did was jump straight into the game’s settings menu. Pretty standard stuff. Looked through Graphics options, hoping for a simple dropdown or slider that just let me pick 120 FPS. Found options for resolution, graphics quality, V-Sync, all that jazz. But the frame rate option? It was capped. Looked like 60 FPS was the max they offered right there in the menu. A bit of a letdown, honestly.
Digging Around
Alright, the in-game option was a no-go. So, my next step was to see what other folks were doing. Fired up my browser and started searching around. You know, things like “Wuthering Waves 120 fps unlock” or “how to increase frame rate Wuthering Waves PC”. Found a bunch of forum posts and community discussions. Seemed like quite a few people were hitting the same wall. The consensus pointed towards needing to tweak some game files directly. Not my favorite thing to do, always feels a bit like poking the bear, but hey, smoother gameplay is smoother gameplay.
Finding and Editing the Config File
Based on what I read, I needed to find a specific configuration file. Usually, these things hide somewhere in your user folders, like AppData, or sometimes directly in the game’s installation directory. It took a little bit of clicking around, but I eventually located the folder containing the game’s saved settings and configuration files.
Important bit here: Before touching anything, I made a copy of the config file I thought was the right one. Just copied and pasted it to my desktop. Always, always back stuff up before you edit it. Saved me headaches more than once.
Okay, backup done. I opened the original file using a basic text editor, like Notepad. Inside, it was just lines of text with settings and values. I scanned through it, looking for anything related to frame rate. Found a line that looked promising, something like `TargetFrameRate` or `FrameRateLimit`. It was set to 60.
Bingo. I carefully changed that `60` to `120`. Double-checked I hadn’t accidentally deleted anything else or added weird characters. Then I just saved the file and closed the text editor.
The Moment of Truth
With the file edited and saved, it was time to see if it actually worked. Closed all the folders and launched Wuthering Waves again. Got past the loading screens and into the game world. I didn’t immediately check the FPS counter; I just ran around a bit. Honestly? It felt different. Smoother. Less choppy when spinning the camera quickly.
To be sure, I turned on my performance overlay (the one that comes with my graphics card software) which shows the live frame rate. And there it was, hovering mostly around the 110-120 mark! Success! It wasn’t locked solid at 120 all the time, obviously depends on the scene complexity and my hardware, but it was definitely uncapped from the old 60 FPS limit.
Final Thoughts
So yeah, that was my little adventure into unlocking 120 FPS for Wuthering Waves. Just involved digging into a config file and changing one value. Made a noticeable difference for me, the game feels much more fluid now, especially during combat. Just remember to back up that file before you change anything! Hope this little walkthrough of what I did helps someone else out there looking for that smoother experience.
