Stellaris runs like treacle

[sir Eyeball]

My game has started to run like the it is in treacle ie very slow. The mouse moves slowly and the game does react slow seen when starting a new game the helpers speach starts some words in for unsatnse. This is from the start screen and has only begun recently I did not have issues when I got the game. I only have the free DLC(all of them though including the early backer ones) and will include a DXdiag here

 

[AndrewT]

The most recent game patch is 1.9.1 December 15, and before that 1.9 December 8. Did this coincide with either of those, or its more recent than that?

I also see you have a new video driver, did that trigger the issue?

Does this affect CK2 and EU4 ?

Please attach your Documents/Paradox/Stellaris/settings.txt.
From your Documents/Paradox/Stellaris/logs/ folder, attach system.log .


While it's probably not your problem, you should update that Razer driver as its quite old, and dxdiag does not recognise it as an official version.

 

[sir Eyeball]

CK2 and eu4 are not affected I would guess that it started start December whether it is before or after the 8 I am loth to say. I will update the sounddriver but I usually use the TV sounddriver though. Oh and the new driver for the video is quite recent (within a week) so no it is earlier than that

 

[AndrewT]

From your Documents/Paradox/Stellaris/logs/ folder, attach system.log .

There's some weirdness with your video setup here:

Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)

Monitor Model: SAMSUNG
Monitor Id: SAM0D3A
Native Mode: 3840 x 2160(p) (30.000Hz)

Whereas in the game you are using 3840 x 2160 at 60hz.

I suggest in the game you should use the same as your Windows desktop, 1920x1080 @ 60, OR the native mode 3840 x 2160 at 30hz.

Whether that has anything to do with your performance problem I'm not sure.


Please report the temperatures of your CPU and video (GPU)
1/ before starting the game up and
2/ after say 30 minutes' play.
If your PC's vendor has given you no way of reading temperatures, install
SPEEDFAN http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php


Run msconfig from the Windows taskbar search box. Click on Boot, Advanced. If the Number of Processors box is ticked, un-tick it.

 

[sir Eyeball]

This is how the game looks in 1920x1080 @ 60 so that is not an option. The box was not ticked so no worries there. I will get back to you with the temperature later. Oh and 3840 x 2160 at 30hz is still treacle

 

[sir Eyeball]

GPU is 35c before and 52c after I could not figure where to read the cpu?

 

[AndrewT]

This is how the game looks in 1920x1080 @ 60 so that is not an option.

It looks like the UI scaling is incorrectly set. If gui_scale=3.000000 still, change it to =1 .

I could not figure where to read the cpu?

It's right in the first screen of SpeedFan "Readings". There should be a temperature shown for each core there.

 

[sir Eyeball]

It looks like the UI scaling is incorrectly set. If gui_scale=3.000000 still, change it to =1 .


It's right in the first screen of SpeedFan "Readings". There should be a temperature shown for each core there.

I am not that savy so where do I change the UI Scaling?
The Speedfan has the following temperatures
GPU 32
HD0 31
temp1 28
temp2 30
core0 29
core1 30
core2 24
core3 25

it also has a cpu % usage but no temp there

 

[AndrewT]

I am not that savy so where do I change the UI Scaling?

In Documents/paradox/stellaris/settings.txt

GPU is 35c before and 52c after I could not figure where to read the cpu?

The Speedfan has the following temperatures
GPU 32
HD0 31
temp1 28
temp2 30
core0 29
core1 30
core2 24
core3 25

I assume that's before the game runs, as that GPU temp is like the previous one you sent in at that point. That said those starting temps of 24-30 are pretty low, it seems unlikely they'd get near or over 80c when the game runs.

Did you check the msconfig thing I mentioned? You don't say either way.

 

[sir Eyeball]

Yes the MS config was not checked of so that was not it I tried writing the box was not checked of earlier but I can see why that is not clear And yes the temperature has not been an issue with this or any other game I have run so far to my knowledge. Will try the UI scaling and see if that does the trick

 

[sir Eyeball]

It was the UI Scaling. It runs perfectly now in 1920x1080 @ 60. As this was not a problem earlier how do I make sure it does not occur again?

 

[AndrewT]

Since we don't really know what caused, it, hard to say. Was the problem triggered by changing the resolution up to 3840 x 2160 ?

 

[sir Eyeball]

I had done nothing new so my guess is that one of the patches had something to do with it. The UI Scaling was of from the beginning so the 3840 x 2160 was what I always played with it just decided one day that it no longer wanted to be fast in that setting I guess