Before you start, I recommend implementing my separate Darktide optimsations found here. These in combination with updating Direct Storage will massively improve your gameplay expereince.

To update Direct Storage for Darktide, you will need 2 things:

• New version of Direct Storage files[devblogs.microsoft.com]
  
• 7zip[www.7zip.com]

If you feel unsure about clicking links, please search these up directly yourself :)


To download the latest version of Direct Storage, click on the latest version (at the time of writing this is 1.3.0), this will open a new page. On the right hand side, click the 'Download package' link.

Once the file (file name is microsoft.direct3d.directstorage.1.3.0.nupkg) is downloaded, extract the contents to a new folder using 7zip.

Once you have this done, you are ready to update Direct Storage.


In your newly extracted Direct Storage Folder, follow this path: native > bin > x64. Here you shoud see 2 files:

• dstorage.dll
  
• dstoragecore.dll

You will need to replace 2 files with the same name in your Darktide game folder.


The files you need to replace can be found here:

File Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warhammer 40,000 DARKTIDE\binaries

Once you are here simply copy over the new Direct Storage files and select the 'Copy and replace' option.

Hope this helps :)