Stuttering and lagging every 0.5 seconds.

[Marvin]

I played sekiro a while ago and throughout all of my playtime my pc performed perfectly fine, no lagging or stuttering or anything. I redownloaded the game recently and every time i try to play it just stutters every 0.5 seconds causing input lag or a lack of input recognition and also just an overall bad time while attempting to play. I've attempted lots of solutions such as disabling the various things in device manager and control panel as well as setting the priority to high and adjusting the affinity so all GPU's are being utilised in task manager however nothing has worked so far. I've also read that starting the game with no internet connection and then reconnecting after loading in helps and also that as I have updated my graphics drivers the newest updates may be incompatible however I am yet to look into these two solutions to see if they help. Any help would be appreciated. EDIT: just tried launching without wifi, did nothing.

UPDATE:

FINALLY FIXED. I am super excited to announce that I have found a fix for this issue. While playing Dark Souls 3 the same issue occurred there as well and after searching for a solution for Ds3 I found one that worked but also works for Sekiro and also Elden Ring.
If you download this zip folder (linked below) and place the "DINPUT8.DLL" file in the "Game" folder then the stuttering should be fixed!
https://github.com/kh0nsu/FromStutterFix/tree/master

[Blind0ne]

I had a stutter/freeze that would happen every 2-3 minutes that went away when I turned off Windows Fullscreen Optimizations in the properties for the Sekiro exe file.

[robosoap1]

i'm having the same issue. It ran fine a month ago. I can confirm turning off fullscreen optimizations does not fix the issue, unfortunately.

[Crypto Gamer]

Hm.

You can play Sekiro in offline mode so no "player remnants" everything else works including achievements.

(Game only got online mode in last content update.)

You can have wifi on just have game in offline mode.
You can change mode in the options menu needs game restart.



If steam is in offline mode(no wifi or manually turned offline) you can not get achievements.


Force your strongest GPU.

Monitor settings>graphical settings search for .exe and select"high perfomance".

Nvidia control center "shader caching"size to 10GB and restart PC.
Can help with some games.

Have game installed on SSD.
Sekiro takes up very little space.

Make sure stuff like pendrives,bluetooh are plugged out as they can sometimes cause perfomance issues.

Make sure stuff like one drive is not uploading Sekiro's constantly autosaving saves to the cloud.+make sure AV is not scanning files while playing.

+we have no idea what is your GPU,CPU etc.

So you can also try to lower settings etc but the game is not demanding for any semi modern PC.

[Marvin]

It improved a little bit the first time I launched it today but even then it was still stuttering. Then I connected my duelshock 4 controller using bluetooth and "DS4", an app I use to further enhance the compatibility of controllers when I use them, then the game started stuttering like it did before. I restarted the game thinking the controller may have been causing the stuttering so I just booted the game up in offline mode using just a keyboard and mouse however it was still terribly stuttery. My graphics are on low and always have been since I play on an around 5 year old AMD gaming laptop however I have fully played through the game around 6 months ago using the same laptop and also a controller perfectly fine without any lag issues. I have seen that my graphics drivers may now be incompatible with the game after updating them since playing the last time however i wasnt able to discover a way i could easily find which drivers would be compatible nor was i able to disover how i can revert them. I've also tried reverting my game version back to when i played last but wasnt able to either as all the tutorials I watched were incompatible with Sekiro.

[Marvin]

Weridly enough the game runs perfectly smooth and fine when windows isnt focusing on the window. When i am alt+tabbing i can see the game and its running perfecley fine no stuttering also if the game window is in the middle of the screen but just not being focused on say if i click on google chrome then it will run fine. Really odd

[All my homies love Bakary]

hi try the fix on the elden ring pc game wiki page (is the same engine so some fix work)

the page : https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Elden_Ring


Random stutter and frame rate drops in open areas • Link

The game appears to suffer from stuttering issues, particularly during combat in open world areas, likely caused by background loading and shader compilation mismanagement.[6][7]

Potential fix for stutter and frame rate drops[citation needed]

The game is a DirectX 12 title with no shader precompiling. The game will stutter less the more it's played, as it saves its shaders on the system. Note that every time the drivers are updated, the shader stutter will begin again.

Disable USB selective Suspend in Power Plan on the Windows Control Panel. Using Windows Search, look for 'Power Plan', select 'Change advanced power settings'. A Power Options window should open, click [+] on 'USB Settings', then click [+] on 'USB selective suspend setting' and change the 'Setting:' to Disabled.

Hyperthreading (Intel) or SMT (AMD) seems to be a major cause for freezing/stuttering on CPUs with more than 8 cores. It is recommended to disable Hyperthreading/SMT in the BIOS settings, or by using an application such as Process Lasso.

Forcing Vsync off in the GPU control panel for the game or globally, substantially reduces stutters at the cost of introducing tearing. Setting Vsync to fast turns it off and reduces tearing to imperceptible levels.

Disable Microsoft Device Association Root Enumerator in Device Manager. To find this, go to the Control Panel, locate Software devices, Right click Microsoft Device Association Root Enumerator and click Disable Device.

Disable Steam Overlay by Right clicking Elden Ring in the Steam Library, choose Properties, Uncheck Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game.

The game may occasionally freeze up for several moments at a time when using a controller. A mod that fixes it can be found here. Uninstall all Microsoft Store and PC Game Pass games that are located in the WindowsApps folder. Update the Xbox App via the Microsoft Store. Reinstall the games via the advanced installation settings located in the General section to another custom game folder. If the Xbox app does not show the advanced installation settings, uninstall it, then reinstall it from the Microsoft Store. Some games, such as Sea of Thieves, do not currently support advanced installation. If all else fails, uninstall the Xbox app and all Xbox games. Further explanation here.

Use Maximum Performance and reduce Input Lag setting on Nvidia GPUS. On the Nvidia Control Panel go to 'Manage 3D Settings', click on the 'Program Settings Tab', then 'Add' and select Elden Ring from the list of programs or 'Browse' and you can look for it in the drive you installed it. Once added look for 'Power management mode' and change it into 'Prefer maximum performance'. In the same window look for "Low Latency Mode" and select 'On' or 'Ultra'. The 'Ultra' setting can have stutter problems on modest hardware depending on the game while 'On' is more dependable.

[All my homies love Bakary]

try especially this

Disable Microsoft Device Association Root Enumerator in Device Manager. To find this, go to the Control Panel, locate Software devices, Right click Microsoft Device Association Root Enumerator and click Disable Device.

[demoman enjoyer]

so weird, I just came here to ask the same thing!
Game was running perfectly just 4 days ago. Now I get a consistent recurring stutter every 1.0 seconds (I'm guessing, didn't actually measure it.)
Every time the game stutters I see the HDD indicator on my PC lights up. Wonder whats up, is the game trying to write/read something from my disk all the time? Is this some watchdog or call-home program that the game is running?

None of my other games are acting up, just Sekiro


I haven't made any hardware changes since last time it played perfectly.

[demoman enjoyer]

Ok after reading some of the other replies here I tried a fix.

I disconnected the Dualshock 4 that I use as a wired gamepad and... it stopped stuttering! I played around a little. As soon as I reconnected the gamepad the stuttering resumed.

So in my case its the gamepad. But this didn't happen while I was playing the game all these past 4 weeks. Same gamepad, same cable, same OS.

I'm guessing Steam pushed some sort of big picture / Steaminput change that messed with the setup.

[DJANhoang]

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[Marvin]

Hey thank you guys for your help i have tried all the above suggestions aside from the usb settings in power plan which wasnt appearing for me and still nothing seems to change. I also have an AMD graphics card meaning i use AMD Software Adrenaline Edition to fiddle with my graphics settings so I can't apply a lot of the fixes that i've seen aside from turning off V-Sync which i have done and doesn't help at all. Again thank you guy's so much for your help I will keep trying and let you know if im able to find a solution.

[DiddLYWraTH]

same with me. played perfectly fine the first time i played it in nov-dec'2023. uninstalled it then, installed it back again this june. and i was facing stuttering and input lags. subbing this thread so that i can check for updated soultions.

BTW why i cannot bookmark or favourite this thread? this seems weird!!