Game freezes at intervals

[OceanFloaties]

so its been 2-3 years since i played, still the same system, just let the game age some ;) but in the past month since i started playing again I often get the game freezing it lasts for about 10-15 seconds and seems to be about every 5 min tho i haven't timed it. I have disabled steam saves and auto saves that really didn't make much difference. It's not my system freezing, due to if the freeze happens while the mouse can be seen like in a menu the mouse still moves tho the game is unresponsive. It also isn't tied to anything specific that I'm doing except that every time if it has been more than 2 minutes since i last hit 'esc' when i press it freezes the game, no crashes, if i leave the menu and go back into it then it works fine.

The other thing I have noticed is that there are regular lag spikes in my AMD gpu monitoring graphs. This is happening more than every couple of minutes as you can see. I hope this helps some.
https://imgur.com/a/jVeDTco

Any Ideas of what is going wrong? Is it something i can fix or just a bug?

oh and Im running with AMD 3700x on a x570 Aorus Pro, 5700xt gpu and 32gb ram

[Skissors_Wolf]

I'm dealing with a very similar issue, though my CPU is Intel and the GPU is nVida... This I believe is a game engine problem because I have had the problem in Medieval Engineers as well.... If the devs want any further info from me I have both log files that the game creates of my last play session as well as the output of dxdiag and a video of approximately 2+ hours of game play showing the issue occurring...

[FreshHighVoultageGandalf]

Originally posted by OceanFloaties:

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happend to me about last year, - freeze every couple of minutes for no apparent reason
i disabled the weather effects and that solved it for me.
( if they are even enabled on your world in the first place because - old)
(dont know if it`s still a problem, because i keep them off just in case)

[Dan2D3D]

Hi, I recommend to try/test on Low, Meduim and High grphic settings to see if the same,

Use a new created No Mods world to test the graphic default settings

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Share all you will find with the ones working on trhe game, to at least let them know about the problem you have so they can start working on a fix if needed or may give you a good solution on how to fix it.

Directly to the SE Programmers =

Support Portal = https://support.keenswh.com/spaceengineers/pc
(create "Bug report" or "Request help"(Private) or "Feedback"(Petition) on the Portal)

Here some important Data we have to add in the report to help the SE programmer before they ask you :
Bug report Guide
https://steamcommunity.com/app/244850/discussions/1/523897653318639486/

Note
All may use the Support Email to report the bugs found if they prefer :
Email = [e-mail]


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Tyr the Forum Workaround(s), it's all the very first things to do when having game problems and may help :

Forum Workaround(s)
https://steamcommunity.com/app/244850/discussions/0/2440336020748966737/

[OceanFloaties]

I created a bug ticket, will see what happens there.
I've tried changing graphic levels, screen resolution. no mods, training scenario, a fresh world, nothing make any difference.
I cant seem to find a setting for weather effects?

[Dan2D3D]

The weather option is in -> "edit settings" -> "Advanced settings"

And maybe disable some NPCs in there, like Cargo ships and spiders for example.

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Note
I recommend, for Local Offline mode worlds, to enable "Experimental" in game options to unlock all world Advanced settings and be able to setup to our liking.

[OceanFloaties]

Figured it out.

Something with the game is causing a conflict with the Norton VPN I use making it shut down the internet and reset. I have steam saves turned off and play offline only so I am not sure why. Noticed it in the event viewer and logs, confirmed it by turning off the vpn.

Game works good with it turned off, will try creating a split tunnel see if it works.

Will also submit a suggestion to the dev to allow vpn usage.

[Dan2D3D]

I never used Norton VPN so I could not say but good move on telling the SE programmers.

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I play with Steam cloud on Default, so cloud enabled in Steam app settings and games properties in my Library.
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In-game Steam could on default in game options, so disabled over there.
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All good.


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Edit

VPN is something to use when you’re logging onto the internet from a public place such as a coffee shop, hotel lobby, or any other spot that offers access to free public Wi-Fi, and not at home, well in my opinion cause I have nothing to hide at home.

[Dan2D3D]

Oh! I see you got the "Sorry try again":( , well I did not know SE was having problems in Windows 11 ??

I'll say, make sure you close all apps before playing SE, also Windows 10 got a "Game mode" option that should be in Windows 11 so you may try to disable or enable to see if that will help.
-> Search Google about Windows 11 Game mode to know where that option is, cause not sure if at the same place in Win10.

[Ronin Planetary Industries]

Have you tried using SHIFT + F1 to see if you're getting any errors? Also, do a quick check with the admin tool via entity list and start with the fastest grids. Maybe there's a bit of something klanging about and causing your game to lag regularly.