Surviving Mars - Unplayable - Game starts stuttering without reason

[Kenzi0815]

Description
Unplayable - Game starts stuttering without reason


Windows


Steam

What is your game version?
229,422

Please explain your issue is in as much detail as possible.
I started playing a new savegame around 3 days ago after I saw the updatenews.

My first colony started to stutter - until I gave up since it wasn't playable anymore - without a real reason. I had like 200 People and around 100 Drones. I tried to fix it and get rid of cluttered zones (where I linked 2 medium and one basic dome) but it hasn't made any difference so I abandoned the savegame.

About 1,5 - 2 h ago I started a new game. I disabled all mods, since I thought the autogathering/-exploring (those are the only ones I used in the savegame before that) might had to do with the last "crash".

And it happened again. I'm currently sitting on 56 ppl with 25 drones on Sol 40. And even on the lowest gamespeed they stutter so hard that nothing moves. I have 3 basic domes, which are linked together, but there's not much, so I can't comprehend what's wrong.

I restarted everything and load the savegame, but the issue continues. The savegame seems just broke.

Maybe interesting, too:
My fps are stable (synced to 60) and even though it hits the CPU pretty hard (haven't checked how much it uses at the start of a new game) there's room for my hardware to work even harder. So it shouldnt be a problem of my PC running on it's limits.

Can you replicate the issue?
Since it happened for the last 2 games I tried to play and it happend on the beginning on my 2nd try, I'm pretty sure it's a general problem.

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[tekjunkie28]

I have a similar issue since I upgraded but it happens on a game save and a new game start. The UI is fine but scrolling and zooming is a lag spike fest. The game uses my GPU at like 50% usage as im pushing 1440p 144hz. The problem is my processor itsnt even used any. All 8 cores never go up in Mhz but every other game works fine. I have a Ryzen 2700x and and it only has like 8% usage with this game.

 

[SNoob]

Same happening here, playing on an i7 and GTX 1060 6GB and all the game is lagging after I load a saved game. Playing any other game ultra without any problem and have played surviving mars before the update just great. Something is not working right.

 

[AndrewT]

And it happened again. I'm currently sitting on 56 ppl with 25 drones on Sol 40. And even on the lowest gamespeed they stutter so hard that nothing moves.

I have seen one report that manually moving each rover, even just a little bit, gets past this problem (until it happens next time!).

I hope that workaround helps until they can fix the bug!

 

[Kenzi0815]

Thank you for the tip, sadly it doesn't help.

I reloaded the savegame and made a short clip, maybe it gets clearer whats wrong with it that way.
Checked CPU, GPU, etc. usage (with taskmanager) and the highest point was CPU usage with 38%

 

[Thrawn93]

I'm having this exact problem on Mac as well. For a while I could pause and unpause the game and that would fix it but that trick seems to no longer work.

 

[Snowbouy]

Similar problem on ps4 but it wont run past sol 1

 

[AzHoffs]

I had the same problem. An earlier post suggested moving a rover. I found that my RC transport routing was causing it to get "stuck" behind a metal depot while on a gather route. When I manually moved the RC transport the game started running normal again.

 

[SNoob]

any news on that?

 

[Fox Emerson]

I came on here to log the same issue, I'm on a PC with Windows 10. Thanks to whoever suggested the Transport Rover. That was the problem for me, unfortunately I couldn't salvage it. It had crashed into a walkway between two domes and caused the game to glitch/stutter. No matter what I did, I couldn't get it to move. I had to destroy it and the game returned to normal. If you find your trasport rover and destroy it, it might be the same for you.
I've got a screenshot here of the destroyed walkway that the transport rover crashed into.

 

[Kenzi0815]

Haven't heard anything, played another game since and while it wasn't unplayable this time it stuttered again.

When I manually moved the RC transport the game started running normal again.

Couldn't find any stuck vehicles, I made every drone prefab again (which took ages..) and checked all RC's, nothing changed.

edit: Since a lot of ppl seem to fix the problem when they find stuck vehicles - maybe it's a routing problem which causes it, even though mine aren't stuck. Like they wan't to take a way they can't take, or those bridges for the connectortunnels cause an error? Even though they kinda move anyway. Just something that causes trouble for routing? Idk... xD

 

[Capoupacap]

I have exactly the same issue on Xbox one and on Xbox One X. Game freeze around 10seconds...

Fix quickly pléiade, the game became barrely playable

 

[Linux Sniper]

I am also experiencing the stuttering issue on an Xbox One S. All of the animations appear to stutter. Controls are responsive.

I have followed the suggestions above, but they have not helped.

The game is unplayable as intended in its current state.

 

[ChoGGi_2]

Added Menu>ECM>Fixes>Stutter With High FPS (it's on github, or wait till v4.4 on nexus).

It'll only work for units with broked pathing (like Kenzi0815's save).

 

[Cohnman5]

After today's update, the game will not start. It gives me an error message "You need a Direct 11 compatible graphics card to run this game". My graphics card is a top of the line Geoforce GTX 1080 watercooled. Please help.

 

[Cohnman5]

After today's update, the game will not start. It gives me an error message "You need a Direct 11 compatible graphics card to run this game". My graphics card is a top of the line Geoforce GTX 1080 watercooled. Please help.

Problem solved. With the latest Windows 10 update, my video driver was replaced by Windows for a generic video driver making my high end Geoforce card a generic VGA card. Solution: I reinstalled the latest NVIDIA Geoforce drivers WHQL 397.64 64 bit, PROBLEM SOLVED. Don't let this happen to you!

 

[ChoGGi_2]

Well I'm running windows 7, so it won't

 

[tekjunkie28]

Okay guys I fixed mine. Install the latest Nvidia drivers. My FPS went up to 144 (probably ingame vsyn) and its smooth as butter.

 

[Linux Sniper]

The XBox One S version has yet to be patched, and the game is still unplayable. I am moving on to other games since the developers have not fixed the issue nor even acknowledged that this is a problem. It is a shame, since I usually do not return to games to play them again. This game is a lot of fun, but the developers should take note that failing to address issues or even acknowledge that you are aware of them is damaging to your brand and your titles.

 

[ChoGGi_2]

Found someone else having sort of the same problem, his turned out to be colonists instead of rovers
https://imgur.com/5mP3EoD

https://steamcommunity.com/app/464920/discussions/0/1693795812313483015

I've added a fix to ECM (still in github, be added to 4.8 on nexus). I added it on to "Added Menu>ECM>Fixes>Stutter With High FPS", so run it again if you already have.