Need More Info Graphics Stuttering Not Related to Hardware

[cocodrylo]

Basic Computer Stats

• Core i7-4770k
• 8 GB RAM
• SSD (Game files were on SSD, but looks like saved games were being put on my regular disk drive - see below)
• Radeon R9 380

While my hardware is a bit old, I've never had issues running 1080p on medium to high settings. But I was getting massive stuttering in Bannerlord (sometimes 2-3 second lags in frames, basically unplayable), especially in combat, but also in overhead map. This happened even when I set settings all performance and video settings to the absolute lowest (720p, 200 battlesize, lowest on all graphics).

Looked at performance monitor when I started a battle and was getting massive stuttering. CPU, GPU, and RAM looked fine - under utilized. SSD was fine as well. However, my auxiliary 1TB disk-drive was at 100% and loading like crazy.

Turned off, disconnected the disk-drive (running only from SSD), and started up Windows 10. Some issues with some programs being cranky (MS OneDrive). Started Bannerlord, which started saving games now on SSD drive, so started a new game from scratch. Game played pretty smoothly in 4K, and then was super super smooth in 1080p - no lags, no stuttering at all.

Not sure what the problem is, but it looks like possibly the game is constantly loading or modifying files in the documents folder for some reason. Might have something to do with MS OneDrive constantly trying to re-upload to the cloud with Bannerlord is making changes? But it doesn't seem that the game should be accessing that drive/folder unless it's saving games, and the stuttering problem was constant no matter what was going on in the game.

This could be the source of stuttering for other folks also. Love the game when it's smooth!

 

[Hosam]

So basically your saying , any occurrence of this micro-stutters on the medium specs PCs are caused by the HDD?
Cuz some people told me that in the medium specs PCs .. 8 GB RAM is what causes the issue.. and upgrading to additional 8 GB fixes it.
my specs are:
RAM : 8 GB DDR4
GPU: GTX 1050 ti
CPU : Intel Core i5 8400
(Got only HDD no SSD)

 

[kozirjev]

I have the game on SSD but still sttuters in combat and in world map while lot of parties appears
I didnit notice the usgage of ssd , but I have 100% usage of CPU and I think that is what make fps drop.
My laptop : Gtx 1660ti , ryzen 7 3750h 8gb ddr4 ram

 

[cocodrylo]

@Hosam - no, I didn't say any minor "micro-stutters" - I'm said stuttering that sometimes resulted in 0.33 fps (not 33 fps, 1/3 fps - basically freezing at some points) to the point where some battles were simply unplayable, even at lowest settings (in fact stutters appeared to not be affected by settings). I got so frustrated with combat that I just started trading, which also lagged at times. Then w/o my HDD plugged in performance went sky high with no stutters at all. So it seems there might be something going on there, potentially with the way the Bannerlord files (saves) on the HDD were interacting, since the game files were on the SSD.
@kozirjev - yeah, seems like we have different issues. Your specs seem reasonable as well, so not sure.

 

[kozirjev]

Man I bought brand new laptop for this game, more than 1000$ , and I cant play it right, Im so dissapointed, and I have only SSD 512gb and only that game and no other program installed, and 1.1.0 run smoothier than 1.2.0 , I tried everything but fps always drop in battles of 500 units and sieges unplayable...

 

[Hosam]

@Hosam - no, I didn't say any minor "micro-stutters" - I'm said stuttering that sometimes resulted in 0.33 fps (not 33 fps, 1/3 fps - basically freezing at some points) to the point where some battles were simply unplayable, even at lowest settings (in fact stutters appeared to not be affected by settings). I got so frustrated with combat that I just started trading, which also lagged at times. Then w/o my HDD plugged in performance went sky high with no stutters at all. So it seems there might be something going on there, potentially with the way the Bannerlord files (saves) on the HDD were interacting, since the game files were on the SSD.
@kozirjev - yeah, seems like we have different issues. Your specs seem reasonable as well, so not sure.

no no , I didn't mean FPS Drop to 33 , I meant stutters which frequently drops to 1 FPS and games freezes and even sound stutters ...
That's what I meant ... it might be problem caused by HDD or RAM getting fulled & VRAM ...
They're trying hard to fix this problem which I think lots of players having it .. it's just they don't know where is the problem specifically ,but I think by the time it will get fixed or at least better
also you said that the game is writing or saving files in HDD which slows down HDD and result in stutters.. I truly don't know about that never heard of smt like that before..

 

[cocodrylo]

@Hosam - Ah ok, I guess "micro-stutters" to me sounded very brief and rare, while mine were not. Well, from what I can tell it seems that it wasn't related to my GPU, CPU, RAM or SSD, as my performance tracker in my task manager had those all way under in the previous minute with tons of stuttering. But my HDD, which only had the Bannerlord save files (and Config, Editor Files, and Online Images folders), was going crazy at 100%. Not sure what other people's video problems are, but I just thought the devs might want to see what kinds of things cause HDD loading/writing like that in the middle of battles.

My problem is solved now -- I moved my documents folder (which contains Bannerlord saves) to my SSD. Game runs really smooth now, 1080p and high settings, 500 battlesize.

One potential issue might be MS OneDrive? I have the OneDrive program for 1TB storage, and it cloud syncs the Documents folder (which contained saves) and it might not play nice with Bannerlord?

 

[uçanbiblo]

Hello, sorry for the late reply. We have fixed a considerable amount of the problems we have encountered so far and improved the game performance with the multiple patches we have released. Please make sure that your game, your drivers, and OS are up to date and the game has necessary permissions over your security software. Please let us know if the problem persists after completing these steps and verifying the integrity of the game files.