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RE: Stuttering, Small freezes and framerate Issues - plutomaniac - 09-13-2013
Have you tried disabling both vSync options? Also, is your AMD catalyst control panel set to defaults? What soundcard do you have(you can see that in the HPL.log where is says OpenAL default)?
RE: Stuttering, Small freezes and framerate Issues - dlux - 09-13-2013
(09-13-2013, 09:13 PM)plutomaniac Wrote: Have you tried disabling both vSync options?Yes.
(09-13-2013, 09:13 PM)plutomaniac Wrote: Also, is your AMD catalyst control panel set to defaults?Yes.
(09-13-2013, 09:13 PM)plutomaniac Wrote: What soundcard do you have(you can see that in the HPL.log where is says OpenAL default)?I am using Plantronics USB headphones with an integrated sound chip. I have tried the other two audio devices in my PC also (HDMI audio and onboard sound). Doesn't help, the game still stutters.
But I don't have audio stutter at all anyway, only the graphics stutter.
RE: Stuttering, Small freezes and framerate Issues - Doomed316 - 09-13-2013
(09-10-2013, 05:56 PM)Damascus Rose Wrote: This happens a lot in TDD too, right before an event is about to run in a script the game lags for a second and the fps dropped. How do I fix this?
In TDD. When you pull out the lantern the game hitched as well if you were on a older computer. I don't know what that's about
RE: Stuttering, Small freezes and framerate Issues - Xenofur - 09-14-2013
(09-10-2013, 06:55 PM)jens Wrote: But if this was an issue only with the game, due to lack of optimization, then everyone would have this issue with these setups. They don't as if they did this forum would not be working at the moment due to the load of users wanting support.
Yes, of course it is not good that there is this issue. But chances are there is no patch possible to make, as the problem might most likely be with hardware/software conflicts or potential issues outside of the game.
Try to shut everything down possible, definitely do not leave the browser open in the background, turn off antivirus, steam overlays, hardware accelerated aero themes and what not.
I have an SSD and 8 cpu cores. My gfx card is not the best, but there definitely is no interference or weak hdd performance.
Anyhow, rather than play a game of "guess the culprit" with you, please answer me this simple question:
Are you actively working on reproducing the problem, so you can start working on a fix? Yes or no on that one?
RE: Stuttering, Small freezes and framerate Issues - plutomaniac - 09-14-2013
System 1:
CPU: i3-2310M
RAM: 4GB
OS: Windows 8 x64
Sound: Integrated Realtek
Launcher: High
GPU_1: Nvidia GT 540M (latest driver)
- Default at level 1: Lots of stutter
- Stutter5Fix at level 1: Perfect
- Default at level 1: Lots of stutter
- Stutter5Fix at level 1: Perfect
System 2:
CPU: i5-3570K
RAM: 8GB
OS: Windows 8 x64
Sound: Dedicated Asus Xonar DG
GPU_1: Nvidia GTX 660 Ti (latest driver)
- Launcher: High
- Default at level 1: Very little stutter
- Stutter5Fix at level 1: Perfect
- Launcher: Low
- Default at level 1: Very little stutter
- Stutter5Fix at level 1: Perfect
System 3:
CPU: Athlon II X3 425
RAM: 2GB
OS: Windows 7 x64
Sound: Integrated VIA
Launcher: Low
GPU: Radeon HD 4200 (latest driver 13.1)
- Default at level 1: Lots of stutter
- Stutter5Fix at level 1: Perfect
System 4:
CPU: Pentium 4 3.0GHz
RAM: 2GB
OS: Windows 7 x86
Sound: Integrated SoundMax
Launcher: Low
GPU: Radeon HD 3850 AGP (latest driver 12.4)
- Default at level 1: Lots of stutter
- Stutter5Fix at level 1: Improved
RE: Stuttering, Small freezes and framerate Issues - Damascus Rose - 09-14-2013
Am I seriously the only one who's having this mouse issue after I installed the patch? Everyone else's mouse input settings work in the menus?
The framerate is damn fine now but I can't play the game if every time I have to read a note or am in the menu I have to deal with this frustration of having such a slow mouse pointer.
RE: Stuttering, Small freezes and framerate Issues - dlux - 09-14-2013
(09-14-2013, 01:07 AM)plutomaniac Wrote: System 1:
System 2:Spoiler below!
System 3:Spoiler below!
System 4:Spoiler below!
Spoiler below!
Guess I'll just post my system too while waiting for a fix....
CPU: Phenom II X4 @ 3,2 GHz
RAM: 4 GB
OS: Windows 7 x64
Sound: Plantronics USB Headphones (AMD HDMI HD Audio, Realtek Onboard HD Audio)
Launcher: Low / Medium
GPU: HD5770, 1 GB (Catalyst 13.4 / Catalyst 13.10 Beta)
Default: Lots of stutter; Sound works perfect
Stutter5 Fix: Improved, still a lot of stutter and framedrops; Sound works perfect
(09-14-2013, 12:12 AM)Xenofur Wrote: Are you actively working on reproducing the problem, so you can start working on a fix? Yes or no on that one?
Lets hope so. Not like it's hard to get your hands on a system (like mine) that is having problems.
RE: Stuttering, Small freezes and framerate Issues - w1cked313 - 09-14-2013
Guys I'm really at a loss to what is going on here:
From the beginning, my first install and run of the game it plays fine, there is no stutter at all. If I wait the next day and continue the game, it stutters every second when walking, and every half second when running. I have uninstalled and re installed the game several times and continue to experience it. So I wouldn't be able to play this game unless I plan on doing so in a single playthrough. This is the only game I experience this with.
I've installed patch 4 with MaxChannels="48" StreamBuffers="6" StreamBufferSize="32768
my specs are:
i7
12gb ram
win 7
realtek onboard audio (uninstalled realtek so using default audio)
Gefore GTX 670
RE: Stuttering, Small freezes and framerate Issues - w1cked313 - 09-15-2013
So I tired using patch 4 which seemed to be the most stable for me. At first when I implemented it the game ran fine. I went to restart my computer and am back at the constant stuttering. Not going to troubleshoot this any further, hopefully months down the line a patch or graphics driver can be released.
RE: Stuttering, Small freezes and framerate Issues - jens - 09-15-2013
You have to either start a new game with the new main_settings. Or you have to play the game with your old profile but main settings modified in My Documents AND to complete the current level (with stutter) and have the next level load before the stutter will go away. The problem fixed is related to saved games, where cache sounds would be "uncached" when loading a save. The new exe fixes this issue, but for it to work you can not load a saved game and get the improvement.
(09-14-2013, 08:02 PM)w1cked313 Wrote: Guys I'm really at a loss to what is going on here:
From the beginning, my first install and run of the game it plays fine, there is no stutter at all. If I wait the next day and continue the game, it stutters every second when walking, and every half second when running. I have uninstalled and re installed the game several times and continue to experience it. So I wouldn't be able to play this game unless I plan on doing so in a single playthrough. This is the only game I experience this with.
I've installed patch 4 with MaxChannels="48" StreamBuffers="6" StreamBufferSize="32768
my specs are:
i7
12gb ram
win 7
realtek onboard audio (uninstalled realtek so using default audio)
Gefore GTX 670