If you’re a PC gamer wishing to improve your Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds experience, then it’s time to tinker with some of Steam's PUBG launch options. There are a few settings that you can adjust that will give you the best gaming experience your computer can provide. But before we dive into how to accomplish that, we’ll need to provide you with some preliminary information.
Below are a few of the properties you can adjust to help troubleshoot the common issues people have when running PUBG. Once you’ve learned how to alter these commands, we’ll go over how to apply them to your Steam launch options.
The best PUBG Launch Options
Open notepad and begin to construct a string with the following properties and adjust the bold text to suit your needs.
-refresh 144
This will force the refresh rate and the above would only apply if you play on a 144hz monitor. Adjust the number to accommodate your setup.
-maxMem=13000
This controls the maximum amount of RAM to allocate to the game. If you have 16GB of RAM and wish to allocate 13GB, then the input you’d place after the equal sign would be 13000.
-malloc=system
This will let your operating system decide the amount of memory to use while the game is running. Since the game is not optimized yet, allowing your system to control this will improve gameplay significantly.
-USEALLAVAILABLECORES
This does exactly as it specifies. This will ensure that all of your CPU cores are being used while running PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds.
-sm4
If you’re still having a difficult time running the game then add this to your current Steam launch options. This will change shading from DirectX 11 to DirectX 10. It won’t look as stunning, but it should run a bit more smoothly.
Applying Steam Launch Options
Your final product should look something like this but with your own inputs.
-refresh 144-maxMem=13000-malloc=system-USEALLAVAILABLECORES-sm4
Copy the entire text and apply your Steam PUBG launch options by doing the following:
- Open Steam.
- Navigate to your Steam Library.
- Right-click on Playerunknown Battlegrounds.
- Click on Priorities.
- Click on SET LAUNCH OPTIONS.
- Paste your launch settings.
- Press OK.
Try launching the game after you’ve done this. Hopefully, this has improved your gameplay experience. If you’re still having trouble, you can adjust some of the inputs above. You can also read more on how to do this in the Steam Support article about how Launch Options work which is sure to help you achieve your goal.
For more on PUBG than launch options, see our article about the minimum PC specs required to run the game, check out our map with all the car spawn locations, and know what the best loot is with this guide to all the weapons and their stats.