Resident Evil Requiem – Bugs & Solutions

Question 1

Severe FPS drops during Leon gameplay

Accepted Answer

Turn the Hair Strands option off in the Image graphics settings tab to eliminate severe FPS drops and lower CPU temperatures during Leon’s gameplay.

Question 2

Game auto-moves the character forward on its own

Accepted Answer

Check for a controller input that is stuck or remap the movement bind to stop the character from moving forward automatically.

Question 3

Game shows incorrect textures and colors for Leon outfit on Switch 2

Accepted Answer

Switch the outfit or cosmetic skin and reload the scene to force the correct textures and colors to display.

Question 4

Game crashes on startup with DirectX initialization error

Accepted Answer

Verify game files integrity through platform you have the game installed on.

Run the game in compatibility mode for Windows and disable fullscreen optimizations.

Update DirectX to the latest version.

Disable Steam Shader Pre-Caching and Allow background processing of Vulkan shaders, then clear the Steam download cache and relaunch Steam.

Add the game folder and steam.exe to Windows Security exclusions.

Resident Evil Requiem - Known Bugs, Crashes & Community Fixes