Fix inside: frame drops on high end PCs (Incorrect CPU Affinity)

[momomo]

Edit 2: Update on the explanation for this section down below

Edit: I'd like to update my findings on this topic. I loaded my backup BIOS settings with all cores enabled and overclocked p-cores and e-cores. The fps drops were back. I can varify it in the first tunnel, with drops to 45fps and even 30 fps when leaving the tunnel. I disabled e-cores again and the fps drops were gone.

I did not want to have all apps running on p-cores, so I was looking for a solution having e-cores enabled and I think I found it, at least no fps drops for 15 minutes straight and the tunnel works fine on 60 fps.

Fix:
1. When the game is running, open task manager
2. click on Enshrouded.exe and go to details
3. Right click enshouded.exe under details and select cpu affiny from the menu. This is where you can decide which cores are used to run the game
4. Select all CPU on the top and press OK
5. Game now runs fine for me

Some more explanations/info on this. Here is where it gets strange. I have P-Cores on index 0-7 and E-Cores on index 8-11 (according to CPUID HWMonitor). If I enable only Cores 8-11 then I get 12 fps anywhere in the game (slow lane E-cores only). So that works as intended. If I only select cores 0-7, The performance is somewhat okayish, but still some drops to 50 fps, with the major drop to 30fps at the tunnel exit still hitting me down to 45 fps. And if I enable the top setting "Use all cores", it works flawlessly.

I checked other apps currently running and they all have "Use all cores" checked. BUT! When I first went to change the affinity for Enshrouded, this was not checked. only cores 0-16 were checked, and my list goes up to 19. I have no idea what 12-19 is, seriously. But checking "use all cores" did the trick. Somehow my Win 10 thought it was okay to not default to this setting for enshrouded

___________Correction to this
I thought CPU 8-11 would be e-cores, but i was wrong. Cores 0-15 are my logical processors for my 8 p-cores. CPU 16-19 are my e-cores. One can check by looking at the task manage graph view, switching it to logical processors. Enabling use one single e-core (15-19) in the affinity will fix the fps problem. But using all of them works even better. Using only the e-cores 15-19 will increase its usage to 60% maximum. Using none will still see some usage causing fps drops. Using a combination of at least 4 logical processors and 1 e-core will also give good fps, but not great fps, depending on the power of the cores it seems. using enough p-cores with at least one e-core will work. using all of them will work too, obviously.


___________ Old post below

I had massive frame drops, especially on dedicated servers. Only on my local saves it was somewhat passable playing on balanced with a cap of 60 fps via Nvidia Control Panel. On servers it was insane, drops to 10fps every couple steps. Here is how I fixed it:

1. Disable your E-cores
2. ~~Disable your CPU overclocking~~
3. Limit fps to 60 in Nvidia Control Panel

Some info: I only intended to disable e-cores, but it also automatically disabled my OC settings, pushing it down from 4.9 Ghz (which was tried and tested for the last two years with benchmarks etc.) to stock 3.6Ghz. I only noticed because of a popup I got when saying bios settings, but I just went for it. Now I have buttery smooth 60fps on balanced with no fps drops whatsoever. I can actually enter the first tunnel on servers without getting to 8 fps or something.

As for the NVidia setting: Use it because the internal refresh rate seems to be capped (look at known issues thread) and this helps smoothing out the game and helps with using the selection wheel when building.

I dont know if it was the e-cores or the overclocking, not testing it, Im enjoying the game now. Never change a running system :D

[Kodiak]

Thanks a ton for this, was having tons of frame issues no matter what settings I used going from 80 -> 20 constantly, and now I'm getting a smooth 120.

[Aniki]

This worked for me too. Thanks!

[GDestructor]

Was about to refund but I saw this post and thought I'd give it a shot. Game runs perfectly now.

[DMD]

I would like to confirm that this actually fixed the random fps drops i was having by changing the cpu (12700k) affinity for the game and checking (enabling) both cpu 16 and cpu 17. thank you OP

[Óðinn]

all CPU cores was enabled by default for me....still getting drops to 20 FPS (and getting stuck at 20 FPS until restart). Normally getting 80-90FPS which is fine.

[momomo]

if your fps drop and stay, then its some other issue, overheated cpu, gfx card, full RAM, full graphics memory. memory leak due to faulty drivers, etc. stuff like that.

[riorizzor]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย momomo:

... BUT! When I first went to change the affinity for Enshrouded, this was not checked. only cores 0-16 were checked, and my list goes up to 19. I have no idea what 12-19 is, seriously. But checking "use all cores" did the trick. Somehow my Win 10 thought it was okay to not default to this setting for enshrouded...

Yes, same here and this worked for me too. Thank you momomo ;)

[Bob_Doe]

Does this fix the 60fps/Hz bug? Unfortunately my CPU affinity was already set to use all (Ryzen)

[sMee.]

Where to you set the CPU to "Use all cores" ?
I also have performance, and efficient cores

[Eightball]

No joy for me, all cores are assigned correctly for me. I did notice the priority was set to "below normal" though. Will see what that does changing it.

[riorizzor]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย sMee.:

Where to you set the CPU to "Use all cores" ?
I also have performance, and efficient cores

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย momomo:

1. When the game is running, open task manager
2. click on Enshrouded.exe and go to details
3. Right click enshouded.exe under details and select cpu affiny from the menu. This is where you can decide which cores are used to run the game
4. Select all CPU on the top and press OK

[Milkman]

This is frustrating. I have another application (a digital audio workstation) that also has trouble with p/e cores and also with hyperthreading, and I spent years trying to find workarounds for that. This is a similar issue, in that the dev hasnt written the game engine to better utilize common CPU/architecture/scheduling and the game suffers because of it, and now we must look for workarounds....

I dont really want to change CPU affinity every time I run this, but thanks for finding this!
I will probably try it out at least once, and then Ill wait for the dev to update the engine.

My system generates 144fps (peak) at 4k with DLSS at balanced, and... drops down to 30 fps in stutters inside tunnels and at certain points on the maps. I could really use this fix...

[bxq]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Milkman:

This is frustrating. I have another application (a digital audio workstation) that also has trouble with p/e cores and also with hyperthreading, and I spent years trying to find workarounds for that. This is a similar issue, in that the dev hasnt written the game engine to better utilize common CPU/architecture/scheduling and the game suffers because of it, and now we must look for workarounds....

I dont really want to change CPU affinity every time I run this, but thanks for finding this!
I will probably try it out at least once, and then Ill wait for the dev to update the engine.

My system generates 144fps (peak) at 4k with DLSS at balanced, and... drops down to 30 fps in stutters inside tunnels and at certain points on the maps. I could really use this fix...

what i'm doing is:
- rtss cap to 60 helps with stuttering
- ingame vsync on fixes tearing
stutter likes to come back but all you have to do to fix it is turn off an on vsync few times

pain in the ass to do that so i'm clearing everything for level 4 untill i'' have red myst limiting my move and will wait for some next big patch or so

am on 4090...

[Blue Hasia]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย DeLindsay:

This could certainly explain why it's (mostly) only people with "My gaming rig cost >$9000 and I can't get 200 FPS" in Enshrouded. We've kind of collectively come to the conclusion that the game is heavily CPU bound and if it's literally having an issue with specific CPU's, that would certainly make sense.

EDIT: Have you brought this to Keen's attention?

4090
I9 13900ks
128gigs ddr5
high end mobo with 6 m.2 slots
all m.2 storage filled, sata ssd and large HDD

Under $6,000

I do photography so it is more for work. main game i play is minecraft :p but im trying to figure out where the heck you get high end pc being $9,000?