Stutttering :(

[xenoaroe]

Hello. I haven't played in a while, but when I went to play the game it constantly stutters. I've tried different options and nothing seems to help. I am on an Ryzen 1800x, 16 GB ram, Vega 56 system. I've tried turning FreeSync on and off, but that doesnt seem to help. I am already on the latest driver. 18.11.1. Any help would be appreciated.

[Andrewbh2003]

i mean depends on what difficulty on brutal/nightmare the game lags LITERALLY all the time "brutal to a lesser extent" but thats because of the raw number of infected also it lags during later game swarms cause the swarm sizes get a lil bit retarded "aka they are billions lol" but if the above conditions are not meat and your lagging that bad then i suggest you ask gomez in the bugs subforum to see if its a bug/optimization issue

[Gomez]

Originally posted by xenoaroe:

Hello. I haven't played in a while, but when I went to play the game it constantly stutters. I've tried different options and nothing seems to help. I am on an Ryzen 1800x, 16 GB ram, Vega 56 system. I've tried turning FreeSync on and off, but that doesnt seem to help. I am already on the latest driver. 18.11.1. Any help would be appreciated.

Hello!

I would need to know what steps have you tried. Have you ever tried widowed mode?

Thanks.

Regards.

[xenoaroe]

I'ved tried windowed, full screen, Freesync on, freesync off, v-sync on, v-sync off. I've also tried decreasing the resolution from 1440p to 1080p, but it had no effect. Game still ran like it was stop motion. AMD had a new driver release today, so installing that now to try. Edit: new drivers did not fix the issue.

[Gomez]

Hello,

Please, could you copy the lines in your log file after you get the issue?. This file usually is in the path Documents/My Games/They are billions.

Thanks in advance.

Regards

[xenoaroe]

Lines posted below. It stuttered in the menu and in the game as soon as it loaded.


8:25 AM - Log Start
8:25 AM - Main - Log Start
8:25 AM - DXGame: Focused Changed to True
8:25 AM - DXGame: Visible Changed to True
8:25 AM - Tables Excel Read: Start
8:25 AM - Tables Excel Read: OK
8:25 AM - x64 No neeed to preload libraries.
8:25 AM - Check Physics OK
8:25 AM - Main - Start
8:25 AM - Module: TheyAreBillions.exe
8:25 AM - Max. Samplers: 15
8:25 AM - Is Steam: True
8:25 AM - Steamworks: IDapp = 644930
8:25 AM - Steamworks.SteamAPI.Init(): OK
8:25 AM - Steam Validation: OK
8:25 AM - Run - Start
8:25 AM - Run - Platform Run
8:25 AM - Platform Init: OK
8:25 AM - DXSlim - InitRenderer
8:25 AM - Direct3D Creation Success
8:25 AM - DXSlim : D3DUpdatePresentationParameters
8:25 AM - DXSlim : D3DCheckScreenParameters
8:25 AM - IDXRenderer.GetDisplayModes: 1
8:25 AM - New Device() Success:Monitor: 0, FullScreen Mode: {Width=2560, Height=1440}, 144hz
Backbuffer:2560,1440
Monitor: 0, FullScreen Mode: {Width=2560, Height=1440}, 144hz
8:25 AM - Run - Start
8:25 AM - Run - Init
8:25 AM - Run - Load
8:25 AM - ZXGame: OnLoad
8:25 AM - DXGame - Show
8:25 AM - ZXGame: OnShow
8:25 AM - Window - ShowDialog
8:25 AM - Window_Paint - First Call
8:25 AM - DXGame - OnRender
8:25 AM - DXGame - OnStartFrame
8:25 AM - DXGame - PostMethods_OnStartFrame
8:25 AM - GPUs: Radeon RX Vega,
8:25 AM - OnLoad - Start
8:25 AM - Tables Excel Read: OK
8:25 AM - ZXGame - ShowStartScreen
8:25 AM - ZXGame - ChangeScene - Init
8:25 AM - ZXGame - ChangeScene - Paused
8:25 AM - ZXGame - Fade - True With onFinish
8:25 AM - ZXGame - Fade - End
8:25 AM - DXGame - RenderFrame
8:25 AM - DXGame - FinishFrame
8:25 AM - DXGame - PostMethods_OnFinishFrame
8:25 AM - ZXGame - Fade - onFinish
8:25 AM - ZXGame - ChangeScene - Fade Action 1
8:25 AM - ZXGame - ShowLoadScreen
8:25 AM - ZXGame - ShowLoadScreen - End
8:25 AM - ZXGame - Fade - False With onFinish
8:25 AM - ZXGame - Fade - End
8:25 AM - ZXGame - Fade - onFinish
8:25 AM - ZXGame - ChangeScene - Fade Action 2
8:25 AM - ZXGame - ChangeScene - loadScene
8:25 AM - ZXGame - ChangeScene - Load Scene
8:25 AM - ZXSystem_StartScreen - Load
8:25 AM - ZXGame - ChangeScene - pre-Invoke
8:25 AM - ZXGame - ChangeScene - Invoke
8:25 AM - ZXGame - Fade - True With onFinish
8:25 AM - ZXGame - Fade - End
8:25 AM - ZXGame - Fade - onFinish
8:25 AM - ZXGame - ChangeScene - showScene
8:25 AM - ZXGame - ChangeScene - Show Scene
8:25 AM - ZXSystem_StartScreen - ShowScene
8:25 AM - ZXGame - Fade - False With onFinish
8:25 AM - ZXGame - Fade - End
8:25 AM - ZXGame - Fade - onFinish
8:25 AM - ZXGame - ChangeScene -End
8:25 AM - Window Show: Name
8:25 AM - Window Show: Warning
8:25 AM - Window Hide: Warning
8:25 AM - Window Hide: Name
8:25 AM - Window Show: Survival Game
8:25 AM - Window Hide: Survival Game
8:25 AM - ZXGame - ChangeScene - Init
8:25 AM - ZXGame - ChangeScene - Paused
8:25 AM - ZXGame - Fade - True With onFinish
8:25 AM - ZXGame - Fade - End
8:25 AM - ZXGame - Fade - onFinish
8:25 AM - ZXGame - ChangeScene - Fade Action 1
8:25 AM - ZXGame - ShowLoadScreen
8:25 AM - ZXGame - ShowLoadScreen - End
8:25 AM - ZXGame - Fade - False With onFinish
8:25 AM - ZXGame - Fade - End
8:25 AM - ZXGame - Fade - onFinish
8:25 AM - ZXGame - ChangeScene - Fade Action 2
8:25 AM - ZXGame - ChangeScene - loadScene
8:25 AM - Random Map Creation with seed: 2020508045
8:25 AM - ZXSystem_GameLevel - LoadLevel - Begin
8:25 AM - ZXSystem_GameLevel - GetMiniMapImage - Begin
8:25 AM - ZXSystem_GameLevel - GetMiniMapImage - End
8:26 AM - ZXSystem_GameLevel - LoadLevel - End
8:26 AM - ZXGame - ChangeScene - pre-Invoke
8:26 AM - ZXGame - ChangeScene - Invoke
8:26 AM - ZXGame - Fade - True With onFinish
8:26 AM - ZXGame - Fade - End
8:26 AM - ZXGame - Fade - onFinish
8:26 AM - ZXGame - ChangeScene - showScene
8:26 AM - GameLevel.ShowScene - Start
8:26 AM - ZXGame - Fade - False With onFinish
8:26 AM - ZXGame - Fade - End
8:26 AM - ZXGame - Fade - onFinish
8:26 AM - ZXGame - ChangeScene -End
8:26 AM - Window Show: Saving Game State
8:26 AM - Window Hide: Saving Game State
8:26 AM - ZXGame - ChangeScene - Init
8:26 AM - ZXGame - ChangeScene - Paused
8:26 AM - ZXGame - Fade - True With onFinish
8:26 AM - ZXGame - Fade - End
8:26 AM - ZXGame - Fade - onFinish
8:26 AM - ZXGame - ChangeScene - Fade Action 1
8:26 AM - ZXGame - ShowLoadScreen
8:26 AM - ZXGame - ShowLoadScreen - End
8:26 AM - ZXGame - Fade - False With onFinish
8:26 AM - ZXGame - Fade - End
8:26 AM - ZXGame - Fade - onFinish
8:26 AM - ZXGame - ChangeScene - Fade Action 2
8:26 AM - ZXGame - ChangeScene - loadScene
8:26 AM - ZXGame - ChangeScene - Load Scene
8:26 AM - ZXSystem_StartScreen - Load
8:26 AM - ZXGame - ChangeScene - pre-Invoke
8:26 AM - ZXGame - ChangeScene - Invoke
8:26 AM - ZXGame - Fade - True With onFinish
8:26 AM - ZXGame - Fade - End
8:26 AM - ZXGame - Fade - onFinish
8:26 AM - ZXGame - ChangeScene - showScene
8:26 AM - ZXGame - ChangeScene - Show Scene
8:26 AM - ZXSystem_StartScreen - ShowScene
8:26 AM - ZXGame - Fade - False With onFinish
8:26 AM - ZXGame - Fade - End
8:26 AM - ZXGame - Fade - onFinish
8:26 AM - ZXGame - ChangeScene -End
8:26 AM - DXSlim - FinishRenderer

[Gomez]

Hello,

Have you tried to switch on/off the option High performace timing?

Regards.

[NineSevenZero]

Originally posted by xenoaroe:

I'ved tried windowed, full screen, Freesync on, freesync off, v-sync on, v-sync off.

Xenoaroe, your story is frighteningly similar to what I am experiencing.
I am also coming back to this game from a 2-3 month hiatus.
I am also experiencing extreme stuttering at the main menu and in game.
Frame rate has been stable at 60.

I do not experience this stuttering in any other games that I have recently played.
Just as a reference:
Black Ops 4 & Battlefield V both run @ 100+fps and very smooth

AMD RYZEN 7 1800X 8-Core @3.8
G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 16GB @3200, 14-14-14-34
EVGA GTX 970 SC 4GB @1366/3505
(GeForce Driver: 417.01)

[NineSevenZero]

Originally posted by Gomez:

Have you tried to switch on/off the option High performance timing?
Regards.

I personally have tried this option, and it appeared to have no affect.

[Gomez]

Hello,

Very soon there will be a new update with some improvements. Check it and let us know if your issue is gone.

Regards.

[Booker]

FPS drops slowly and gets worse the longer I play.

Okay I play high end games on my computer so there shouldn't be a performance issue on my end. Unless Steam installed incorrectly. Games that came out this year and last year run fine.

Acer
Intel Core i7-4770 CPU
Ram 16.0 GB
64 Bit OS
Windows 8.1

My brother has a older computer and runs this game just fine.
I've also been reading recent discussions on the game. It seems to have a studdering problem right now with the newest version of the game.

No idea what my fps is. I don't know how to display it while running this game. I haven't messed with any settings yet. Just ran the game by default settings.

The studdering seems to get progressively worse the longer I play. I only played for about 10 minutes and it became unplayable. I could not lasso units. The lasso would miss when I tried to select the unit even though the mouse cursor was on the top left of the screen just right above the unit.
Units seem to studder step. Its fine when I launch the game. but after about 2 minutes it starts to show some performance issue.
The map also has some delays and the scrolling around the map isn't smooth. Nor is scrolling on the mini map.

[Gomez]

Hello,

Please, restart your Steam app and check it again.

Thanks.

Regards.

[Booker]

I restarted steam, even verified files. Its still the same issue.

[xenoaroe]

Originally posted by Gomez:

Hello,

Have you tried to switch on/off the option High performace timing?

Regards.

Just tried. Game still runs stop motion like its claymation or something.

[xenoaroe]

Originally posted by Gomez:

Hello,

Very soon there will be a new update with some improvements. Check it and let us know if your issue is gone.

Regards.

Looking forward to the update. Thanks for checking in on this Gomez.

[Booker]

I have the same issue even after this so called updated fix today. Hopefully we will see a fix within a week's time.