Wild Hearts

When playing Wild Hearts on consoles, you may notice some slowdown and choppiness during gameplay. To see how you can potentially fix these performance issues on your PlayStation 5, PlayStation 5 Digital Edition, Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S console, you can take a look at this troubleshooting article from Seeking Tech.

1. For the first step, you should make sure that you are playing the game in the Prioritize Performance graphics mode. By doing so, the frame rate cap for Wild Hearts will rise to 60 fps as opposed to the choppier 30 fps cap in the Prioritize Resolution graphics mode.

In order to change graphics modes, you need to take the following steps:

• First off, you need to head to the Title Screen in Wild Hearts. If you are actively playing the game, then you need to press the Options button on the DualSense or Menu button on the Xbox controller to bring up the in-game menu. From there, select the Return to Title Screen option.
• From the Title Screen, select Settings.
• In Settings, use the L1 and R1 buttons on the DualSense or LB and RB buttons of the Xbox controller to switch over to the Graphics tab.
• Inside the Graphics tab of Settings, you should make sure that Graphics Priority is set to Prioritize Performance.
• Press the Triangle button on the DualSense or Y button on the Xbox controller to confirm the graphics mode change.

2. You should also make sure that you have Variable Refresh Rate enabled if your television set or gaming monitor supports that feature.

To start off, see if there is an option to enable VRR on your TV or monitor. In some cases, this feature may be automatically turned on when you use game mode.

On the PlayStation 5 or PlayStation 5 Digital Edition console, you need to open the console’s Settings menu and then select Screen and Video > Video Output > VRR. Afterwards, you should set VRR to Automatic.

For the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, you also need to head over to your system’s Settings menu. Once you get there, select General > TV & display options > Video modes. In the “General – Video modes” screen, make sure that the “Allow variable refresh rate” setting is enabled.

3. Restarting the game may help, especially if you have it suspended or using the Quick Resume feature, as these may have been causing the frame rate issues.

4. If you have been putting your PS5 in Rest Mode or your Series X/S in Sleep Mode, then we recommend restarting your console to see if you can get better performance when playing Wild Hearts.

5. Make sure you have the latest patch downloaded for the game as a new update may make the monster hunting game run smoother.

6. You should make sure you have the latest firmware downloaded and installed on your console as well since the new system software may provide general performance optimizations.

By default, voice chat is turned on in Wild Hearts. If you don’t feel like chatting with other players and/or hearing their voices in this monster hunting game, then you can take a look at this guide from Seeking Tech to see how you can disable this feature.

1. For the first step, make sure that your gaming system is turned on and you have the Wild Hearts video game opened if you haven’t done so already.

2. Next, you need to head to the Settings menu. You can find it in the Title Screen.

If you are inside the game at this moment, then you can press the Options button on the PlayStation gamepad or the Menu button on the Xbox gamepad in order to bring up the in-game quick menu. From there, you should be able to select Settings.

3. Inside of Settings, you need to switch over to the Audio tab.

In order to switch tabs, you need to use the L1 and R1 buttons on the PlayStation controller or the LB and RB buttons on the Xbox controller.

4. Once you get to the Audio tab of Settings, you should scroll down to Voice Chat.

5. Next, you should make sure that the Voice Chat setting is set to Disabled.

6. To save the change you made, you need to press the Triangle button on the PlayStation game pad or Y button on the Xbox game pad.

You should no longer be able to communicate with other players through the microphone. You should also no longer hear their voices while playing in an online lobby.

When playing Wild Hearts on consoles, you may notice that some scenes may look too bright while others may look too dark. To see how you can get the brightness to display correctly in this monster hunting game, you can take a look at this troubleshooting article from Seeking Tech.

1. For the first step, we recommend that you re-calibrate the HDR brightness output of your console.

For the PS5 and PS5 Digital Edition consoles, you need to head over to the system’s Settings menu. Afterwards, select Screen and Video > Video Output > Adjust HDR. You should then follow the steps that appear on the screen.

On the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, you will also need to head over to its Settings menu. From there, select General > TV & display options > Calibrate HDR for games. Follow the directions on the screen to re-calibrate the HDR output.

2. You can also adjust the HDR brightness settings from within Wild Hearts. In order to do so, you need to take the following steps:

• To start off, you need to open the Settings menu in Wild Hearts.
• Inside of Settings, switch over to the Graphics tab. You can change tabs with the L1 and R1 buttons on PS5 or LB and RB buttons on the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S.
• In the Graphics tab of Settings, make sure that HDR Settings is enabled.
• Afterwards, select HDR Detailed Settings.
• From the HDR Detailed Settings menu, you will be able to adjust the Brightness, Maximum Luminance, Standard Luminance, Saturation and Contrast. The preview image will change when you move the slider.

• Once you are done, press the Triangle button on PlayStation 5 or the Y button on Series X and S to apply the changes.
• You may have to go back to the HDR Detailed Settings menu occasionally to re-adjust the sliders if you find some scenes to be overly bright or overly dark.

3. Your television screen or monitor may not be suitable when it comes to displaying games in HDR. In this case, you can try connecting your PlayStation 5, PlayStation 5 Digital Edition, Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S to a more capable HDR screen.

Alternatively, you can also try disabling HDR in the game to see if you prefer the graphics in SDR. To do so, go back to the Graphics tabs of the Settings menu in Wild Hearts. From there, make sure that the HDR Setting is set to Disabled.

When playing Wild Hearts on your PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 5 Digital Edition, Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S, you may find that the motion blur effects to be too distracting. To see how you can turn this visual feature off, you can follow the steps laid out in this tutorial at Seeking Tech.

1. For the first step, make sure you open Wild Hearts if you aren’t currently playing the game.

2. In the Title Screen, you need to select Settings.

If you are inside the game at this moment, then you can bring up the in-game menu by pressing the Options button on the PlayStation controller or Menu button on the Xbox controller. You should then be able to select Settings from the in-game menu.

3. Once you are in the Settings menu, you need to head over to the Graphics tab.

You can use the LB and RB buttons on the Xbox controller, or the L1 and R1 buttons on the PlayStation controller, to change tabs.

4. From the Graphics tab, scroll all the way down until you get to Motion Blur.

5. Set the Motion Blur setting to Disabled and then press the Triangle button on the PlayStation controller or Y button on the Xbox button to save the new setting.

6. You should no longer see a blurring effect applied to objects in motion while playing Wild Hearts.

Motion blur may look better if you are playing this game at a high frame rate. So, you may want using this effect in Prioritize Performance graphics mode on the PlayStation 5, PlayStation 5 Digital Edition, Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S. In order to do so, you can take the following steps:

First, you need to head back to the Title Screen as the graphics mode can’t be changed while you are playing the game. To do so, you need to do the following:

• Press the Options button on the PlayStation controller or Menu button on the Xbox controller to bring up the quick menu, where you can then select the Return to Title Screen option.
• Head into Settings from the Title Screen.
• In Settings, switch over to the Graphics tab.
• From the Graphics tab, set Graphical Priority to Prioritize Performance and then make sure that Motion Blur is enabled.

If you still don’t like the motion blur effects at high frame rates, then you can disable blurring altogether.

Wild Hearts supports cross play by default as players from the PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S platforms are able to play with each other. If you would rather limit the player base to others that are playing on the same gaming system as you, then you can take a look at this tutorial to see how you can disable this online matchmaking feature.

1. To start off, you need to open Wild Hearts if you haven’t done so yet.

2. Inside of the game, you need to head over to the Settings menu, which you can do by selecting Settings from the Title screen.

If you are actively playing the game, then you can bring up a quick menu by pressing the Options button on the DualSense or Menu button on the Xbox Controller. From there, you should be able to select Settings.

3. Inside of Settings, make sure you are in the Overall tab.

To switch tabs on the PlayStation 5, you can use the L1 and R1 buttons.

On the Xbox Serie X and Xbox Series S, you can use the LB and RB buttons to change tabs.

4. From the Overall tab, scroll down to the Online section.

5. Move the cursor over to the Crossplay setting and then select Disabled.

6. Press the Triangle button on the DualSense or the Y button on the Xbox controller to apply the change.

7. If you have the Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S version of Wild Hearts, then you won’t be able to disable cross play from the in-game menu. Instead, you need to do the following:

• Open the Settings menu for your Series X or Series S.
• From the front page of Settings, you need to select General > Online safety & family > Privacy & online safety > Xbox privacy > View details & customize > Communication & multiplayer.
• In the “Account – Communication & multiplayer” menu for your Xbox Live account, set the “You can join cross-network” setting to Block.

If you are playing the PC version of Wild Hearts, then you can only play with other PC players when you disable cross play.

On the PS5, you can only match up with other PS5 players with cross play turned off.

Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S players can only play the game online with each other with cross-network play disabled.

In Wild Hearts, you may hear a robotic voice reading text off of the screen while playing on your PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 5 Digital Edition . If you would rather disable this feature, then you can take a look at this tutorial from Seeking Tech to see how you can properly do so.

1. To start off, you need to turn on your gaming system and then open the Wild Hearts video game.

2. Inside of the game, you then need to head over to the Accessibility menu.

In the title screen, you can simply select Accessibility.

If you are currently playing the game, then you need to bring up the in-game menu by pressing the Menu button if you are using an Xbox controller or Options button if you are using a PlayStation controller. In the pop-up menu, you then need to select Accessibility.

3. In the Accessibility menu, you should see the option to Enabled or Disabled Screen Reader at the top.

If you would like to keep the narrator enabled but adjust its volume and speech speed, then you can use the Screen Reader Volume and Screen Reader Speed sliders underneath the Screen Reader setting.

The default Screen Reader Volume is 100. You will be able to change it, in increments of 1, from a range of 0 to 100. Setting the volume to 0 will completely mute the narration voice, which should have the same effect as disabling the Screen Reader setting.

The Default Screen Reader Speed is set to 5. You can modify this, in increments of 1, from a range of 1 to 5.

4. Once you are done making any of the changes, you can press the Y button on the Xbox controller or Triangle button on the PlayStation controller in order to apply them into the game.

5. You should no longer hear a narration voice in Wild Hearts.