How many tslgame.exe processes should be?

[Sir Prometeus]

PUBG has become increasingly troublesome for me over the course of time

First it was the random crashes

Then, whenever I started the game (1 every 2 times) some processes started to run duplicated. One of them being the Battleye launcher (I think) but it closed the second one soon after. However, regarding Tslgame.exe, it didn't close the second one. If I tried to play the game, there was serious stuttering, that only disappeared after terminating all the processes related to the game, start again, and then only one tslgame.exe appeared. And everything was smooth.

Now, it turns out that I can't get rid of the second tslgame.exe. It always appears. It barely hogs any resource at all (according to task manager) and it appears to be stopped, but the game runs like rubbish.

(Extra: MSI Afterburner closes itself and has to be reopened when I'm in the lobby) (I never had this issue in any other game)


Things I tried:

- Verify the files through Steam

- Fresh install of the entire game (first time only removing the steam folders, and the second one removing even the app data folder, and losing the settings as a consequence)

- I also tried to uninstall Battleye, and reinstall it with the executables in the game's folder

- Also, killing the second proccess, but the performance hit remained


Lastly, I'm pretty sure it doesn't have anything to do with the graphic card. Reasons below:

- It started happening when I had an NVIDIA card and there was an Steam update (from then onwards, it started happening)

- Of course I removed the old NVIDIA drivers before installing an AMD card (both normal removal, and using DDU)

- It only happens with PUBG. No other game, on Steam or any other platform, has the same problems.

[CyBER]

Brother, I have exactly the same problem with NVIDIA graphics card. In other games there are no such problems, all reinstalled did not help,please if you solve the problem,write to me. I'm tired of looking for a reason...

[llllBigBossllll]

Same i need to start it 4 to 5 times so the game can lunch from steam!!!

[⚡Baumfall⚡]

same problem and it sucks so hard

[二三丶]

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[Ballagur]

same problem

[Sir Prometeus]

I had to change my GPU from the RX 580 to my old GTX 950 for non-related reasons

The problem persisted, but something helped to make it a bit more tolerable:

First, disable HPET (High Precision Event Timer) from Windows GUI (not using CMD)

- From Windows Device Manager, go to system devices, and disable HPET from there

Then, in-game, enable Vsync (or frame cap limiter) to have some GPU and CPU usage % to spare


Now, I mainly have trouble driving around populated areas, and that's when stuttering hits me really bad. So the problem persists, but this solution made it a bit more tolerable on foot in the fields and woods

Also, if both the CPU and GPU usage drop whilst having low frame rate, probably the RAM is full. Disabling Steam Overlay helps a lot

[Sir Prometeus]

Originally posted by hoes mad:

Maybe your GPU is outdated?

Except I could play at stable 60 fps before recent updates