Game slows down/becomes very sluggish

[terje439]

So, a friend bought this on steam and asked me to do a MP game, so I rebought it on steam. So far so fine, however;

After a while the game becomes very sluggish (only experienced it as the Axis, and late in the turn). This was never an issue for me when I was first playing this game on release.

Is this something new, and is it something devs are aware of and working on?



Terje

[Denniss]

Please provide more details.
Does it seem to hang/not respond during an AI turn or is it happening to you on your turn ?
What exactly happens ?
What's your game version ?
Tried to disable Steam overlay ?

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: Denniss

Please provide more details.
Does it seem to hang/not respond during an AI turn or is it happening to you on your turn ?

On my turn.

What exactly happens ?

The game slows down and becomes "sluggish". From I click to attack an enemy stack to the attack actually takes place it takes .5-1sec. Moving the map around also becomes "sluggish". Saving and reloading clears the issue.

What's your game version ?

1.11.00 (steam install)

Tried to disable Steam overlay ?

Nope, will try that.

Thx for the quick reply.
Terje

[terje439]

Disabling steam overlay did not help.

[Denniss]

We've had problems with such a behaviour in the past but weren't really able to identify the root cause.
Please upload a Dxdiag report file.
If you'r soemwhat experienced with windows task manager please look at the CPU load of the game executable - anythign odd looking ?
It's possible the graphics card driver does not detect activities so it clock the gfx card down to a power saving mode - you may want to verify the gfx clock rates via GPU-Z

[terje439]

Dxdiag attached.
CPU showed nothing peculiar, nor did mem usage.

[Denniss]

Nothing unusual in the report at the first look.
Why do you run your screen/TV(?) with 50Hz refresh rate? according to report it has native 60 Hz.

If the game has a problem and hogs CPU time in taskmanager it ould be listed with 25% CPU load.
Once the game aggain reacts sluggish, please start GPU-Z and run its render test and check WiTE again - does it stay sluggish ?

You may try to run the main game executable in Win7 compatibility mode.

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: Denniss

Nothing unusual in the report at the first look.
Why do you run your screen/TV(?) with 50Hz refresh rate? according to report it has native 60 Hz.

If the game has a problem and hogs CPU time in taskmanager it ould be listed with 25% CPU load.
Once the game aggain reacts sluggish, please start GPU-Z and run its render test and check WiTE again - does it stay sluggish ?

You may try to run the main game executable in Win7 compatibility mode.

Hehe nice catch, have simply overlooked that my refresh rate was at 50. Yes, nowhere near 25% CPU usage. Will try GPU-Z and to play with win7 comp mode.

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: Denniss
You may try to run the main game executable in Win7 compatibility mode.

This seems to have done the trick, atleast so far. Thanks.


Terje