Performance Stuttering

[Mewffa]

I don't know why, but in some areas there is a massive stutter. It is as though I suddenly have a low framerate while not having a low framerate if that makes any sense? Movements, reloading, lighting... practically everything is affected. This isn't always the case, but so it happened more on mountain maps and I think the lighting is a big factor, because in some cases, turning on the flashlight makes the stuttering better.

I tried reducing the graphics to minimal settings (best performance) and the stuttering didn't improve one bit (I also tried out different variations with the video settings, including frame limiting). At this point I believe it's just the games fault, but I don't know.

Did anyone experience this before? Is it a common issue?
Does anyone have any suggestions for me?

Update:
The latest fixes (which were around 5 months ago) didn't help me, but recently I beefed up my PC. I got some good specs now, but I don't think that is all. I switched to Linux and while the game is not native to linux, using proton it seems to be working better than on windows.

[Neyreyan_Youtube]

yes
No:)
it's mostly in hell for me because of the way the game is made, its not so bad but it gets anoying.
The game is just not optimised, almost all new games have these problems, no optimisation= need a better pc but even with the best pc you will still have problems, we have to wait for a fix

[Trouser_Dune_Worm]

Yeah...most of the time the game runs like butter. Then all of a sudden I'll load a map and there is just constant microstuttering and it feels really bad.

[Butter]

me too, the suburb area it runs smoothly then came to mountain and city with few hiccups here and there but when i made it to hell, it really hell to play cuz it stutters constantly

[Mewffa]

Originally posted by Butter:

me too, the suburb area it runs smoothly then came to mountain and city with few hiccups here and there but when i made it to hell, it really hell to play cuz it stutters constantly

I haven't made it to the end of the sunken city yet, so I don't know what hell is like, but thanks for warning me in advance. I hope this will be fixed soon, because it's quite game breaking already imo. I can play like this, but it certainly adds frustration and I don't want that from a game.

[Sabin]

Adding my +1 to the conversation. Definitely isn't hardware related (Ryzen 5 2600X and RTX2060 Super) but sometimes, some areas, there is a constant - and deeply aggravating - "stuttering" going on. Hitching, stalling, freezing, whatever you want to call it.. it's there and hoo boy.

[[Bot] Skaven]

If one of those random stutters happen- its always with those pissy fattys around.. i've lost two runners off stuttering and just having to give up and die as the mutation takes 4 bars..

[WarNerve]

Originally posted by Neyreyan_Youtube:

yes
No:)
it's mostly in hell for me because of the way the game is made, its not so bad but it gets anoying.
The game is just not optimised, almost all new games have these problems, no optimisation= need a better pc but even with the best pc you will still have problems, we have to wait for a fix

Not true at all. I run this game with all settings maxed, at 144fps, and I have no stuttering or issues at all.

[Sabin]

Stop lying and go away.

[Hard_Shake]

i do have it all the time its stuttering all the way. Also the mouse speed is like 1 sec after my hands movement...wat basicaly makes it a strangers hand...wait ill be back with my hand...so im back you think we will get a fix ?

[Mewffa]

Originally posted by Hard_Shake:

i do have it all the time its stuttering all the way. Also the mouse speed is like 1 sec after my hands movement...wat basicaly makes it a strangers hand...wait ill be back with my hand...so im back you think we will get a fix ?

At this point I don't expect them to fix this. I'm not even mad, just indifferent. If they fix it, good. If they don't, then they should learn a thing or two about optimizing their games, before they release another.

Either way I totally understand if you or others feel more than indifferent about it. I don't see any news from the devs since april and the complaints are stacking. Refund if you can.

However I have just tried the game out again thanks to your reply.
I now have a stronger PC & I use Linux, that's what changed and did it for me. The game runs well now with no stuttering. The difference was stunning, it was what I needed to "finish" the game in fact. First run since a few months and I immediately managed.
Imo that shows how much of a disadvantage it is to play with the stuttering.
Despite that, there were still plenty of bugs and inconveniences.