Stutter/lag every 2 seconds, but only at sea

Laeleia · June 2018

It's not really a bug and there's no tech support forum, so hopefully this is cool here.

I've been having the weirdest issue since I upgraded my video card (1080ti) (and of course it was the same day a big windows update a couple days ago so I can't rule either out) where there's a consistent stutter every 2 seconds exactly, but only at sea. It's just a few frames dropped but it's oddly annoying. It doesn't really feel like a hardware issue since no other game does it at all and on land it's perfectly smooth. It's just at sea, and only in this game. I've been trying for days to figure it out and haven't found or fixed anything. Anyone else had something similar happen? Here's what I've tried so far:

Alternate Vsync/Gsync/off, both in game and in nvidia control panel.
Tried all those variations alongside frame limiting at 60/120/144 fps.
Tried multiple variations while setting my monitor's refresh rate between 60/120/144.
Turned off HPET in bios
Turned on CPU overclocking in bios
Turned on ram overclocking in bios (can only have one on at a time, ram or cpu)
Tried various resolutions, full screen and windowed.
Turned graphics all the way down, and all the way up, and multiple variations of graphics settings.
Tried each setting in the config startup menu (Back buffer count, device reset at scene, 3d background control, 3d background control draw level)
Tried running single display (sometimes multi-display causes frame issues)
Used MSI Afterburner to turn power limits up.
Used MSI Afterburner to ensure card wouldn't idle and verified full clock speed
Turned nvidia power settings to Maximum performance and prefer single display
Turned windows setting power profile to maximum
Tried various hardware audio configurations
turned off win 10 xbox recording
Uninstalled nvidia experience
Updated to newest drivers
Tried a few older drivers
Ran DDU for a clean video driver install
Turned off as many background processes as possible
Turned off windows defender
Changed windows tick timing

...I really can't think of anything else to try. It's so weird too that no other games are having a stutter issue. It's only UWO, and only at sea. Anyone else have something similar happen and know an arcane ritual to fix it, or is my computer just unique in it's ability to have trouble running a 10 year old game? My gpu's only at like, 8% utilization, it's not like it's exactly straining here.

fields1234 · June 2018

I sometimes get it when I'm recording for my videos, however I don't notice it on the videos which is kinda odd.

The odd occations I do get it when not recording I assume it was gameguard checking for anti cheats as sometimes when I played other games which had punkbuster activated it would do the same.

How often does it lag for you? Mine is around once a hour or so.

hope this helps

YunoAloe · June 2018

What exactly kind of stutter it is, can you provide more details? Try running the game in W7/XP compatibility mode.

Alianre · June 2018

I had this issue off and on, however I have found that it was due to Windows 10 downloading yet another update.

@Laeleia I recommend you submitting a ticket to support to see if your issues are something the tech team can address. If you click on the support link at the top right hand of this (or any Papaya Play) page.

[CA]Alianore

LyonesseJoseph · June 2018

Tbh, I think this did start to happen right after maintenance since I got dc'd, frozen, forced end of process ,and (red x at top right while foggy). However, last 2 might be very rarity since I got both at once ,so i hope I don't get of them anymore. Surely dc'd started to annoy me especially middle of ocean with my 2 alts.

Laeleia · June 2018

Haven't been recording or anything like that, have the nvidia and windows recording turned off. It's been consistent, ever 2 seconds on the clock, not downloading any windows updates or anything. It's not off and on like lag or at specific times. Totally consistent. I didn't actually try XP compatibility, though I did try Win7 compatibility and it didn't help, as well as toggling the full screen optimizations on the compatibility page. Dang.

Still been occurring just the same since I made the OP. Thanks for the ideas. I'll try making a support ticket, maybe there's some totally weird-ass compatibility issue like with my specific gpu/mobo/ram/video card combo and something in the game they'll notice or something. That is a thing with PC games and wouldn't surprise me at all actually.

Stutter/lag every 2 seconds, but only at sea

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