GPU usage drop to 0% every couple of seconds, leading to stutter / micro freeze

from Sins2 Forums

Hi,

I did not see any thread about that so...
Is this problem known by devs ? Every time I play for hours, this stuttering problem will happen eventually.

I currently have a save file with a 7+ hours gameplay with 10 AI. Most of them are defeated.
Problem is, every couple of seconds, I have a micro-freeze. It is really annoying. My fleet is not moving at all. I don't have any of my planet under enemy fire. The CPU and GPU Usage are around 20-25% (yeah, the computer is litterally sleeping). But every couple of seconds, it will drop for less than a second to 0 FPS...

So this seems to be related to some background task ingame... Or maybe because of a huge AI fight somewhere (I can't see it). Maybe it drops every time a AI ship is going down or use some special ability... I don't know.

But the odd part is, every time this happens, I can see the GPU going down to 0% usage on Rivatuner. Then it goes back to normal. I never saw something like this.

This is not a lack of performance issue, I have a 13600k and a 4070Ti with 64Gb DDR5.
Also not something related to auto-save.

Any help ?

Thanks !

sins ii support
2,339 views 3 replies
Reply #2 from Sins2 Forums Top

Hi ! Sorry for the delay

Here you'll find my current save : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aozyVrN7FKT9lO4rZU1YgaXCkhVXRwm6/view?usp=sharing

Mods enabled (If I'm correct you can't see/load the save file without same mods in Soase II...) :

 

Right after loading, you'll see a Orange vessel reach your planet. (Camera is pointing the right direction)
1 second after that, you'll have the famous freeze. Maybe because all my fleet is there and AI is telling them to attack.

You can play with the camera panning with your mouse right after loading the save to see it more easily.

On this save, the stutter/freeze is not as constant as it was.
I suppose there is less fights or less things AI have to calculate after 8 hours... but it seems related to ships entering gravity wells.

Thanks.

Elemental: Reforged
Reply #3 from Sins2 Forums Top

I haven't played this game for a couple months, just updated and am now experiencing this exact same issue.  Didn't have problems like this in previous games.