Great game but periodic lag spikes might prevent me from finishing it.

[velvetrose]

While playing the game every so often (maybe like every 30-60 seconds) the game will just freeze for a split second but holds my last movement input so when the game unfreezes I will be somewhere else. This was manageable (but still annoying) all to the level 8 boss where it finally got me killed. Is there any known ways to fix this problem? I already tried messing around with most of the in game settings.

My specs are:
Windows 7 64-bit
Intel i7 2.67ghz quad core
Nvidia GTX 560 Driver version 9.18.13.4411
9GB of ram

[terrivellmann]

This happens constantly? Like if you restart your system and walk around on level 1, does it also happen?

[velvetrose]

It seems my problem isn't very consistent, last nigth on my level 8 run the spikes were happening pretty consistently as I got further in the game. This morning it seemed to also be happening just walking around level 1, so I messed around with the settings and nothing seemed to fix it so I posted here.

Then I just started up the game again just now to see if I could capture footage of it happening but now it doesn't seem to be spiking consistently and just seems to happen randomly sometimes as I progress through the level.

[terrivellmann]

Originally posted by velvetrose:

It seems my problem isn't very consistent, last nigth on my level 8 run the spikes were happening pretty consistently as I got further in the game. This morning it seemed to also be happening just walking around level 1, so I messed around with the settings and nothing seemed to fix it so I posted here.

Then I just started up the game again just now to see if I could capture footage of it happening but now it doesn't seem to be spiking consistently and just seems to happen randomly sometimes as I progress through the level.

Ok, thanks I'm doing some research into possible causes, I have a couple ideas to try for next update , hopefully that will fix it. Sorry about that, must be very frustrating specially on level 8

[velvetrose]

Ya, sometimes when I was trying to sneak around corners to get an angle where I could shoot the helicopter laser bots without aggroing them it would spike, then all of a sudden I'd be in line of sight with 3 of them lol.

Then when going into the final boss room the spikes seemed to get much worse to the point I had no idea what was going on and just fell over dead from running into a bomb plant.

[A.W.S.H.]

I have lag spikes, too. It's rare, but it happens, and it can be annoying when you're just being attacked by an enemy, particularly a turret.

[drunk auntie]

I knew I wasn't the only one with this issue. The only difference is that it happens a lot less often with me, but still happens. It sucks. I play without Camera Effects and in 1270x720.

[terrivellmann]

Thanks, I haven't been able to reproduce so I'm trying a few different things for next update which should be up early next week.

[Power_Bert]

Same "problem" here. Except it happens very rarely and is only a fraction of a second in my game.

[DPZ420]

i started to notice this problem too where its like randomly skips like 10 frames. lol. possible memory leak?

[TinyLesbianRobot]

I've got the same issue, though I've noticed it seems to be most persistent after level 5.
Not sure if that's just me or not, though.

[CaptBasil]

I'm having the same problem. Like the OP said, it freezes for a split-second about every 30 seconds or so. And if you're unlucky, this can actually get you killed.

You can see it happen at around 19:00 in Jim Sterling's video for the game:
http://youtu.be/zriJBR_MFC0?t=18m50s

[terrivellmann]

Thanks everyone, I'm trying different things to track this down and fix it.

[Computer]

It's likely to be a GC issue, I get it too, not entirely sure what specific is causing it.

[mail man]

for me its very constant.. it lags for like a split second and then everything is fine can happen anywhere after 10-30 seconds of smooth gameplay. But that split second gets me killed sometimes ahha

[Swell]

Just to further back this claim, I am currently receiving random stutters as well. I tried messing around with settings, but it just seems to occur in random areas. Hope the update rolls out and fixes it! Keep up the great work!