A Monster Hunter Wilds mod called Tex Decompressor Tool is now available for download, significantly improving stuttering issues on a good number of system configurations.

The tool, which can be downloaded from Nexus Mods and is fully compatible with the game’s latest version, is used to create a patch pak with uncompressed textures, which can improve frame rate stability but will take up more disk space with both the regular textures and the ones included in the High Resolution texture pack. The process can be somewhat complicated, but Nexus Mods member mox9291 provided a handy tutorial in the mod’s comment section on how to use the tool and enjoy the more stable performance granted by the removal of the decompression step that can cause stuttering issues even on powerful systems.

As I highlighted in my review earlier this year, Monster Hunter Wilds is one of the best entries in the series, so much so that it’s easy to look past some of its shortcomings. While the performance issues still have to be addressed, CAPCOM has started providing more challenging hunts this month with the first Title Update, which introduced returning monster Mizustune and its Tempered variant as well as the high rank variant of campaign final boss Zoh Shia. Another challenging monster, Arch tempered Rey Dau, will be made available later this month, though PC hunters can use some mods to take on the new variant of the Apex predator right now.

Monster Hunter Wilds is now available on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S.