Stutter, Lag, Framerateinconsistency since B267

Luftwaffel

Hello Everyone,
So since Update 267 most of my friends and I get 1. really bad stutter (mini game freezes ca. 100-300ms) which makes aiming in close quarters a nightmare 2. Inconsistent framerates (mine fluctuates between 90-121 while 121 is my fps-cap. all this time my gpu is never at 100% load) 3. Input lag issues, which I cannot quantify and reproduce all the time and might be server related so I will not focus on them.

I ran the Techsupport.exe and added a image showing my gpu-utilization during the last game. Download here

I also Recorded gameplay with "fps" "r_stats" "net_stats" using shadowplay at 60hz, which also shows the lags (complete freezes where the same frame with unchanged r/net_stats is displayed for around 12ish frames). If really needed I can upload that aswell

I hope you guys can help, as this affects many people (mainly high-end systems) and makes the game almost unplayable.

Greetings,
Luftwaffel

ZEROibis

I have seen this in random cases. If I alt tab and then tab back it might go away other times I restart the game and it stops.

Luftwaffel

I have it basically ALL the time. Sometimes it's worse sometimes it's better. I tried switching to dx11, which helped subjectively but the improvement might have been due to a different server. I also tried disabling/enabling multithreating, the issue persists with both. Tapping in and out or restarting is also not doing anything for me

METROID

@Luftwaffel, try to run HDD defragmentation first.

Luftwaffel

METROID wrote: »

@Luftwaffel, try to run HDD defragmentation first.

I have 2xSamsung 830 in Raid 0, so Defragmentation won't do anything. And it has to be related to the new update, since my hardware did not change. Looking at my frametime spikes I suspect some problems in the engine.

DC_Darkling

p_logall please.
It should make a plog and save it to your ns2 folder in your windows profile.

GhoulofGSG9

Yeah do as Dc_darkling says plogs really help us to debug hizching issues. Beside that your log says that you played last at build 267 but we just released build 268 today fixing tons of known issues.

So please try out the new build and give us feedback if that changed the situation in any way.

IronHorse

Like mentioned, your log shows you running an outdated version, 267.. not 268.
Try the latest build and provide another p_logall and techsupport if you are still having issues.
Also please run dx9 fullscreen only.

Luftwaffel

268 Has pretty much fixed the stutter issue for me. I will have to do some further testing and recording concerning the fps fluctuation. But thank you guys for the moment being

PoNeH

I still get significant hitching. It's quite sporadic. I can't say it happens when there's lots of things around me or not. I've grown used to it, but it does detract a lot from my experience. I've been mostly commanding due to this.

DC_Darkling

@PoNeH‌
p_logall in console please.
Then have hitches.
Then check your natural selection 2 folder in your windows profile.
Then post .plog file here.

PoNeH

Will do this evening when I get home. Thanks DC!