Stutter getting worse

Ebner Andreas shared this bug 20 days ago
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The game starts to stutter after about one or two hours of playing. So far, doing a quick save followed by a quick load has always fixed the issue.

Now, however, my save game has become almost unplayable. Right after loading, it starts to stutter slightly every 0.7–0.8 seconds, almost like it's happening at a perfectly regular interval. Each stutter lasts about that long as well, maybe a little shorter. After 2–3 minutes, the stuttering gets progressively worse, regardless of the graphics settings.

Between the stutters, the game runs at a stable 60 FPS. One thing I noticed is that no input is registered during the stutters—not even mouse clicks.

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I am having the same problem, the game progressively becomes worse and worse with a stutter, eventually becoming unplayable, this happens in about 30 mins for me, it started and went away and the game played beautifully at 60 fps for almost an hour and then it began again and became unplayable again, decided to see if it was something others were experiencing too, it seems some people are not having this problem at all, and some are.

My Specs; Device nameCreationsDevice

ProcessorAMD Ryzen 5 7640HS w/ Radeon 760M Graphics (4.30 GHz)

Installed RAM32.0 GB (27.8 GB usable)

Graphics cardNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU (6 GB)

AMD Radeon 760M Graphics (4 GB)

Storage369 GB of 477 GB used

System type64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Pen and touchNo pen or touch input is available for this display

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I have the same issue however it only happens after loading into a save. It might just be my graphics are slightly too high...

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I hope they fix it cause I really cant even play it longer than 30 mins

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I'm getting this (4070ti + 64gb mem) also but mostly it starts when I am going through the cloud layer on Verdure. If I stay planetside and at a fairly low altitude it happens much more slowly or not at all. As soon as I try to go from ground to space it happens 'boom'. As you say, saving and reloading usually fixes it, sometimes nor. It started I think fairly recently (within a week or so).

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have you guys tried reloading the shaders after it starts happening?

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for me, It's not the graphics. I'm pretty sure its the engine or somthing else...

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Yeah, I've tried downgrading the graphics settings to lowest settings to see if it had any impact on the rate or severity of the stuttering, and it remained consistent regardless whether I had it on ultra high or low.

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Nope, good Idea. I will try later

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I have to admit, I don't have the latest or most powerful specs, but I'm experiencing the same issue. The only difference is that my RAM usage climbs to around 80-90%. I thought this had been fixed in an earlier version, but I could be wrong. Is this possibly a memory leak?

For reference, my specs are:


  • GTX 1080 Ti (12GB VRAM)
  • 32 GB of DDR4 RAM
  • i7-13700K

The game is installed on an NVMe SSD.

I play on Medium settings. Performance is generally fine in space, where I get around 80-100 FPS, which is to be expected since there's much less to render. However, on planets like Verdure, performance drops significantly. I'm talking about 25-40 FPS, which makes navigating around the planet difficult. The moon is okay-ish, definitely more playable, but it could still be a lot better...

I really hope this gets optimized in a future update.

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A new Game Runs smooth as butter

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Is it still running smooth after saving and loading back in? is it just caused because of saved games from before the update?

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No, it's a new save game. At first, it ran perfectly fine again after loading. Now it still stutters immediately after loading, just not as badly. After a few minutes, though, it gets worse and eventually becomes unplayable.

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I am also having this issue now, appears to be the save itself as an earlier save runs absolutely fine (except the mouse input stutter that is plaguing me)


I have a very beefy system 13900KS and a 4090 this still happened to me took roughly 6 hours in the save before it became a stuttering mess, completely unplayable. I have reset shaders (deleted them from appdata folder) I have tried lowering settings to lowest (my system was running extreme with ease before)


Not sure what in the game world is causing the issue. Not sure if anyone else has had this but in that save I get these fires in the distance, really noticeable when I am on a planet, almost like something is destroyed but maybe the effects aren't being removed and stacking up causing an overload for the save game? Can't be certain it is linked but as I said I have an earlier save for the world and it runs as it did before.


I hope this can be fixed, not being able to play a world for longer than a few hours makes the game unplayable...

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One more thing just came to mind. It could just be a coincidence, but I think the stuttering got much worse after I upgraded that space sector to Settled. At least I think that's when it really started becoming a problem.

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Someone on Steam has pointed out the issue, it is the Encounters in debug menu, by delete all encounters, the game run smooth again but can't save after that

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Same problem here! =(

It's not the graphics. It's an Engine issue or something like that for me.

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This statement is true, it stays the same no matter the graphic setting. Might be Ram related???

Check ur ram usage when it stutters (I'm not sure if Task Manager averages out the usage over time so it might not see the spikes. HOWEVER there is an option to change the update rate in task manager!)

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Hi everyone, Lord Dyonisius from the official Discord shared a Steam launch parameter with me that has made a huge difference in the game’s performance.

Like many others, I was struggling with severe stuttering and was already considering putting the game aside until it became more stable.

Anyway, here’s the launch parameter:

-preloadBasedSolarGenerator

For anyone who doesn’t know how to add it, follow these steps:

In Steam, right-click the game → Properties → General → Launch Options.

Enter the command there.

I hope this helps you as much as it helped me.

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THANKS MAN!

I am about to see if this works!

I'll be back.

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It works like a charm. However, i started to freeze every now and then, just my character and input are freeze, i can see the environment around me still moving. It's better then having stutters for the rest of the game.

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It works!


Here's what I did last before loading.


•Deleted all copies of saves, leaving only the main save

•Drank tea

•Entered the launch parameter -preloadBasedSolarGenerator


After loading, the lags disappeared! Conclusion, I need another mug. Lol3884ef79605887f1f070c4a464d21e62

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Sadly did not work for my game, but thanks for the tip and glad it works for some. Still got those micro stutters, hope a fix comes soon, as I was really just starting to get into the game and enjoying it but going to have to put it aside until that's fixed.


ProcessorAMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core Processor, 4700 Mhz, 8 Core(s), 16 Logical Processor(s)

Installed Physical Memory (RAM)32.0 GB DDR5 6000MT

Total Physical Memory31.1 GB

Available Physical Memory21.1 GB

Total Virtual Memory40.6 GB

Available Virtual Memory26.6 GB

NameNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

Driver Version32.0.16.1074

ModelSamsung SSD 9100 PRO 2TB

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I tried adding the flag, seemed to make a huge difference on the lag I was seeing.

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