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Intense Lag on entering Spectator (F8)

Michael Westwood shared this bug ago

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Hello Keen Software!

I recently encountered a problem with entering spectator mode and possibly a monitor issue as well. When I press F8 to enter spec mode my game half crashes in a way... I get intense lag and am unable to move around. At some points when clicking off of Space Engineers onto to my second desktop monitor SE will minimize or go to a blank white screen. On some occasions it will give me an error message that my current monitor timing is wrong. I have checked everywhere the internet has told me to check to fix THAT particular issue, but my settings are all on the recommended/default settings already. (Not sure if it is a connected issue or not)

The main problem is that I am unable to use Spec Mode (F8) to fly around since the game freezes and will teleport me to where I attempt to go. I did download a new driver from NVIDIA yesterday and saw some settings I had never seen before which I messed with but I was still able to play normally.

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Space Engineers Support ●

Hello!

Thank you for contacting us. Since this is a bug report, I'm moving your ticket to our support page, where our QA team will take care of you.

Kind Regards

Keen Software House

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Keen SWH QA Agent 2 ●

Hello Michael,

Thank you for reaching out to us on the forum.

Could you please check if the game is experiencing actual lag, or if the Spectator camera's movement or turning speed has been accidentally slowed down? To check this:

Start a new vanilla (unmodded) world and spawn into it.
Press Shift + F11 to enable world stats, then press F8 to enter spectator mode.
Use the W key to move the camera forward.
To adjust the camera movement speed, hold Shift and use the middle mouse scroll wheel:

Scrolling up increases speed.
Scrolling down decreases speed.
Release Shift once you've set your desired speed.

The same applies to turning speed. Move your mouse left/right, and hold Ctrl, and use the middle mouse scroll wheel to adjust:

Scrolling up increases turning speed.
Scrolling down decreases it.

If there is actual lag in the game, it will be reflected in the world stats you enabled with Shift + F11.

If the issue is unrelated to the spectator camera settings, try reducing your graphics settings to Low or Medium under Options > Graphics > Quality Presets.

If the issue persists, please provide us with a screen recording/video showing the issue (with world stats enabled) and the log file from the time the issue occurred.

You can access your log files by typing %appdata% into your Windows search bar and you will be redirected to the hidden Roaming folder. After that just follow: \Roaming\SpaceEngineers.

Kind Regards,

Keen Software House: QA Department

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