[SOLVED] Game freezing for 1 second every 20-40 seconds

[Frayo]

[SOLVED]

-reinstalling the game
-reinstalling graphics drivers and checking for updates
-reverting windows updates
-lowering graphics settings
-disabling virtual drives
-disabling the "Microsoft Device Association Root Enumerator"
-checking my connected usb hardware individually for the plug-in/plug-out problem
-uninstalling the xbox game app and all associated games
-having ccleaner fix registy errors
-running a full virus scan
-manually reinstalling EAC
-used cmd prompt sfc /scannow

Leaving this up for anyone else looking for possible solutions. Try one of the above ^
Read the comments for more possible solutions.
[SOLVED]

[CazadorDeLobo]

Originally posted by Frayo:

Originally posted by p0k314NET:

Check out this thread, I had a similar discussion yesterday:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1245620/discussions/0/4133809158965596968/

Thanks for the link.

Here's what I did for my first test today: I removed all USB devices related to and including my VR gear, as suggested yesterday by lolscrauber, but didn't get around to then. Switched USB slots for my mouse and keyboard as well as my headset. Then played the game for 15 minutes to see if anything changed.
It did change. I had three consecutive freezes at the beginning when I loaded up my character, and not a single one after. This does not mean much as I've had a session last week that went similar to this, without having changed anything. Could mean progress though, and confirms mine and other people's suggestions and suspicion before.

I've played around with USB devices before and nothing changed, meaning that it's different now could be any combination of the suggestions from yesterday and what I did just now, or something entirely unrelated. Need more time to test.

Those freezes sound like shader compilation by the GPU, and are normal. If that's all, I believe you've fixed the issue, somehow. Guessing USB related, since we know that to cause problems with FS games both past and present, in some cases.

[Frayo]

This might be fixed now but I'll know for sure after a longer playsession.

[CazadorDeLobo]

Originally posted by Frayo:

This might be fixed now but I'll know for sure after a longer playsession.

I'll keep checking in but if there are no more issues then I wish you the best of luck, enjoy yourself

[=PixelSwarm=]

How many other devices are you sharing your internet with? This imho is the primary cause for internet hiccups and interruptions from gaming from home. A possible remedy would be to get a router with some form of packet priority or quality of service, so you can prioritize packets from your machine (which is usually not a lot of packets for gaming). If this is the cause, this would alleviate the stutter/freezing and give you lower latency.

The meat of it is... it's hard for your machine to compete with other devices on your network, especially considering the amount of tv/movie streaming that happens these days, and the number of internet accessing devices. Yes router/internet speeds have increased considerably but congestion is real.

Again, just something to be aware of, the problem may not be your pc/windows setup.

[Frayo]

Update: Had an entirely freeze-free playsession of one hour. After restarting my PC the freezes started happening again. This does not help identifying the issue one bit.

[CazadorDeLobo]

Originally posted by Frayo:

Update: Had an entirely freeze-free playsession of one hour. After restarting my PC the freezes started happening again. This does not help identifying the issue one bit.

Originally posted by Frayo:

Originally posted by p0k314NET:

Check out this thread, I had a similar discussion yesterday:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1245620/discussions/0/4133809158965596968/

Thanks for the link.

Here's what I did for my first test today: I removed all USB devices related to and including my VR gear, as suggested yesterday by lolscrauber, but didn't get around to then. Switched USB slots for my mouse and keyboard as well as my headset. Then played the game for 15 minutes to see if anything changed.
It did change. I had three consecutive freezes at the beginning when I loaded up my character, and not a single one after. This does not mean much as I've had a session last week that went similar to this, without having changed anything. Could mean progress though, and confirms mine and other people's suggestions and suspicion before.

I've played around with USB devices before and nothing changed, meaning that it's different now could be any combination of the suggestions from yesterday and what I did just now, or something entirely unrelated. Need more time to test.

Then you restarted, and tried without doing these things. I'd say we're narrowing it down, so don't give up hope just yet. Keep all unnecessary devices unplugged, for one thing, and try swapping the keyboard/mice around. Do you have any software installed related to them?

Also, in task manager, in the Startup tab, are any somewhat unnecessary/unrelated programs in the list? Could try sharing a screenshot if unsure

[Frayo]

I still have a backlog of suggestions from yesterday to go through, including yours. But I will be taking a break from troubleshooting because my patience has run out with this game for now.

[CazadorDeLobo]

Originally posted by Frayo:

I still have a backlog of suggestions from yesterday to go through, including yours. But I will be taking a break from troubleshooting because my patience has run out with this game for now.

Alright. But don't count out the successful run you had, as that's going to be directly related to the solution in some way

[Alyx Eranor]

playing on linux ( ubuntu 22 LTS ) with proton 8 works really great

[Kelawaikas]

froms can't into pc ports

[Frayo]

The freezes have mostly stopped and the game is now playable again, no need for further troubleshooting. Thanks to everyone who helped with solving the problem and offered suggestions.

I hope this means I get to enjoy the DLC with no hiccups too, given it actually releases at some point.

[montybrutals]

Originally posted by Frayo:

The freezes have mostly stopped and the game is now playable again, no need for further troubleshooting. Thanks to everyone who helped with solving the problem and offered suggestions.

I hope this means I get to enjoy the DLC with no hiccups too, given it actually releases at some point.

I feel your pain my friend. I am a spoiled 'rotten' performance ♥♥♥♥♥, like two weeniez in each hand and a big, giddy, unhinged, tounge out and begging smile kind of performance ♥♥♥♥♥ lol.

So as to say, the Performance in this game has serious issues. I THINK I found a fix but I'm just kinda...hoping it's not some unnecessary variable I've missed. Try this tho;

1.) Download and open VibranceGUI, it's basically a program that lets you set a custom Nvidia vibrance level (great if you don't have an HDR monitor but want to at least get a color boost. Who knew!). UnClick the box that says "Never change in game resolution". Here's our first hint..
Then at the bottom select "add game" and select elden ring. Set the desired vibrance (or just match your nvidia vibrance for desktop if ya want) and set your screens resolution/refresh rate in the bottom pane. Mine is 3860x2160/165hz for example.

2.) Run the game with Vibrance GUI already open and do the following; go to settings and select "borderless", but let the resolution default back to the fullscreen res you had selected. THEN the magic step..

3) Because Vibrance GUI seems to change the resolution via the monitor's inherant possible presets, "open tabbing" by pressing the Windows key we inadvertantly override the 60hz lock that I personally blame for the stuttering in the game. So basically just press windows button twice after the second step.

I also capped my framerate with RTSS to 59.930 to try to help this game's awful framecap, but after doing this fix 60 on the dot seemed to be more responsove.

Also understand that this game will microfreeze if your ping gets high; the server that anticheat uses is AGGRESSIVE. Monster hunter does the same thing as well though, so could be a network throttling issue on clients end. But those big shuddery stutters in fullscreen are consistent and strangley seem to be an engine issue, as the framerate often stays right on 60 when they happen. I again posit that this is due to that ♥♥♥♥♥♥ 60fps cap paired with ♥♥♥♥♥♥ 60hz on most monitors.

[montybrutals]

I also have a post here on steam forums i made this morning if you wanna follow me through the rabbit hole of how I found this fix and s'more things it seemed to do.

[CazadorDeLobo]

Originally posted by Frayo:

The freezes have mostly stopped and the game is now playable again, no need for further troubleshooting. Thanks to everyone who helped with solving the problem and offered suggestions.

I hope this means I get to enjoy the DLC with no hiccups too, given it actually releases at some point.

What do you believe solved the problem, so others can follow your example? You did a buttload of things and none worked until something eventually did - definitely worth a lot to somebody at their own wit's end

[Frayo]

I believe that it was the USB thing after all. Check all USB devices you have connected to your PC and remove all devices you don't actively use. If the problem persists, check all USB devices you do use one by one to figure out if one of them is defective. You can observe this by opening your device manager and checking if it keeps refreshing on it's own. If they are not defective you could also try to connect your USB devices to different USB slots.

Elden ring is not the only game affected by this. I had similar problems with Red Dead Redemption 2 while I was still troubleshooting Elden Ring. I don't have a controller but I assume this is an issue with any game that offers to seamlessly switch between controller and K&M and always checks and thus freezes briefly each time your PC refreshes to detect newly connected hardware and/or input devices. Though that's just my very best guess based on the things I've observed.