[MEGATHREAD] Tick Lag/Stuttering Issues

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Same stutter, I also have it in HoI IV btw.

Windows 10 (inside build fast ring)
i7 8700K
EVGA Z370 FTW
EVGA GTX 980ti
Corsair 32GB RAM LPX
SSD

It's super annoying.
 

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I made a tiny error in the script, which led to a slightly higher Autohotkey CPU usage.
Apologies.
Here's the revised version.

Thanks a lot for your effort. However, I couldn't get it to work. The pause/unpause sounds + pause banner are gone but the game does not pause when the camera is moving. Any idea about what I might be doing wrong?

Have a nice holiday.
 

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Having the same issue here. Major stuttering anytime it's unpaused. I was directed here from the Steam discussion thread and asked to submit my CPU and GPU specs to help out, and if ironman is on or off:

CPU: Intel Core i7-5930k 3.5GHz
GPU: Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080ti
Ironman: off

Thanks
 

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Thanks a lot for your effort. However, I couldn't get it to work. The pause/unpause sounds + pause banner are gone but the game does not pause when the camera is moving. Any idea about what I might be doing wrong?

Have a nice holiday.

Did you install Autohotkey and did you run the NoStutter.ahk script?
There should be a Autohotkey icon in the notification area of your taskbar (a green square with an 'H' inside) when the script is running.

A great holiday to you, too :)
 

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Did you install Autohotkey and did you run the NoStutter.ahk script?
There should be a Autohotkey icon in the notification area of your taskbar (a green square with an 'H' inside) when the script is running.

A great holiday to you, too :)

Yes, I also made sure the mod is loaded on the launcher. I think the script is active, for example when I scroll really fast it says '71 hotkeys received in the last 574ms' but only when the autohotkey window is not minimized.
 

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Game running in SSD Samsung 860
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Ironman On
2k resolution (IDK if this affects or not)
 
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Stutters every day tick after I unpause the game. Does not matter what graphic settings I have. I am playing Ironman mode

CPU: i7 3770
GPU: 1660 TI Geforce GTX 6 GB
32 GB Ram, running at 1440p
Installed on SSD
 

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stuttering on speed 3 and up, speed 5 I get max 20 fps

i7-6700k 4.4GHz
GTX 1080 Ti
16GB DDR4 RAM
Installed on my SSD

Stutters are as frequent on Ironmand as not on Ironman, but when the ironman autosaves are forced the game is basically paused for 15-20 seconds