DivineRabbit

I beleive so, I'll run it with it off for while. I think it was off before and turn on when I was cycling through presets but I'm not sure.

I can try the settings changes you suggested but you and I have very different hardware so wondering if you have any evidence to back anything up. I've tried dozens of settings configurations, one more won't hurt, but i'd still like the game to look nice and not just shut everything off. I was actually hoping to stream later today so that would work in lieu of the video your requested - I can just post share a clip of it here. I do have a 144Hz monitor (vsync is off) and tend to get 120+ FPS most of the time, when it drops to 10-20 it gets painful lol

Sorry but where are these world gens coming from? I know NitroGen is dead, and these options windows look different anyway... What am I missing here? Would love to try some new customised gens.

So I can just dismiss that, and my profile goes from 0% to 100% complete? Seems like the only way to procede from that banner - maybe they should just remove it at this point if that's the case? I may be one of the few to ask, but certainly others have wondering... Let's save everyone time and get rid of a deprecitaed function!

Sorry, I know this is out of place... I saw a forum support thing before I signed up but now can't find it after I signed up... (so that's bug number 1 lol) Forum bug two... There's a header up here saying "Next Step: Kickstarter / Paypal Email" but when I hit "Complete my profile" and choose to "Skip this step" it jsut kicks me back to the forums. I would assume and hope I don't need to give you my profile to complete my profile...?

Love this game, play all the time. I'd say my time playing this game has been 70% SP and 30% MP. According to Steam, at time of writing this, I have 866 hours into the game. Looking for 1 or 2 others to play with... My simple, committed request is this: We play at least a few times a week, and only play together. I work full time, you probably do too. I just want to play the game, but co-op with someone else. Work happens, life happens... Hoping we could connect and play a few times a week, maybe more on the weekends. Also, we play together so the world progression matches up. You: Play on PC and have Discord for voice chat while playing. Know the basics - I have no problem helping a newer player, but please at least have the basic experience - let's say 50+ hours gameplay. Me: Min-maxer - got a quest at a building you haven't looted? Loot it first, then activate the quest, and loot it again! Game mechanics ARE NOT CHEATING lol. I prefer a slower game, i.e. 10 day hoards - I like exploring and building, but I like the game to kick just as hard based on the default game stage progression. I can host no problem, I have the internets. Looking for (central time) 7-ish to 10-ish PM weekdays and whenever-ish weekends.

Summary: Random performance/FPS drop/lag Game Version: A18-ish through A20.5 b2 Platform: Windows PC/Steam OS/Version: Windows 10 21H2 19044.1706 CPU Model: i9 9900k, not overclocked System Memory: 64GB GPU Model and VRAM: RTX 2080Ti 11GB (normally not overclocked, but also tried MSI Afterburner auto-overclock-thing with the same results) Screen Resolution: Game is run in fullscreen mode on primary monitor 2560x1440 - two additional 1920x1080 monitors are also on system (left and right of primary, so negative x,y window locations are a thing) Video Settings: I've experimented with settings in a trial-and-error fashion, details below, current settings: Custom... AA Temporal 10%, full/high textures, medium UMA and reflection, reflected shadows off, shadows distance low, particles 50%, LOD distand 50%, Terrain high, grass medium, object quality high. Bloom, depth of feild, motion blur; off. Game mode: SP, MP host, and MP client Did you wipe old saves? Yes Did you start a new game? Yes Did you validate your files? Yes Are you using any mods? No EAC on or off? On ***Not part of the form, but I'll add... Game is installed directly on the C : drive in Steam's default folder - the drive is a 1TB Samsung EVO 970 plus M.2 NVME SSD I've uninstalled that game and completely removed everything... Manually deleted the folder in program files, user directy, etc. Status: NEW Bug Description: I've experienced a weird lag issue for quite a while, maybe since A18. Googling the issue, and changing my settings, eventually I discovered setting shadow distance to low was the fix. But, since A20, the issue has returned, and shadow distance is no longer the fix. So, let me get in to the issue... I can be playing and playing and playing, no problem, then randomly the game just tanks - I go from 140 FPS to 10. This lasts about 5 seconds on average. This happens in SP and MP, though when I'm hosting a MP game the others do not report any lag. I have not yet been able to draw any pattern related to POI, entities loaded or entites in direct view, etc. It really does seam completely random. I can say it happens more on hoard night, so maybe loaded entites is part of the problem, but again it can be perfectly fine for minutes then randomly tank for 5 seconds. Turning down my shadow draw disatance was originally a fix, that worked. But since A20 that is no longer the solution. I've done my best to change graphic settings in a trial-and-error method to see what, if anything, fixes it but I haven't figured anything out yet. Detailed steps to reproduce the bug: I can't really give any steps to reproduce, I'm assuming it's a system or settings thing, and it's totally random. Actual result: Random performance dips and lag Expected result: Consistant performance (whereever the performance falls on a scale of 1 to 10, consistancy would be nice, not randomly dropping from 10 to 1) Logs: There's a lot of log files available, I'm not sure which, if any, would be helpful in this situation so let me know and I can provide them! RWG Files: Can be provided, but I've excluded since this is an ongoing issue over multiple versions so I'm pretty sure that's not the issue. All the same, happy to provide if requested! Final thought: I'm more than happy to do or try whatever I can to give more information or help. I'm a computer nerd so feel free to talk nerdy and skip the fine details and niceties.