Need More Info Max out CPU on launch

[will4141]

Summary: Immediately upon launching the game and arriving at the first loading screen (before the Taleworlds logo), CPU usage maxes at 100% and the game and computer slows to unplayable pace. If given enough time, the game may proceed through the loading screen, brightness settings, main menu, etc. but it is unplayable. I know that my build is not top of the line by any means, but months ago when I first bought the game I was able to run it fine on decent graphics settings so I'm not sure what happened. I have installed the game on a new SSD (with 75 GB of free space), but the same issue occurs when installed on the internal HDD (918.81 GB free space). I readily admit my knowledge of computers is lacking so if I have left out any relevant information please let me know.
How to Reproduce: Occurs every launch, in safe mode or not.
Have you used cheats and if so which: No
Scene Name (if related): N/A
Media (Screenshots & Video): N/A
Computer Specs:
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
GPU: AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
GPU Driver Version: 22.19.162.4
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G3258 @ 3.20GHz 3.20 GHz
RAM: 8.00 GB
Motherboard: MSI H81m-E33 (MS-7817)
Storage Device (HDD/SSD): SSD

 

[MArdA TaleWorlds]

Could you check if your VSync option is enabled? What is the average FPS you get while playing?
Under the configs folder can you check the file named engine_config.txt? In that you can enable showing the framerate by changing config.show_framerate to 1 on the text file.

 

[will4141]

Could you check if your VSync option is enabled? What is the average FPS you get while playing?
Under the configs folder can you check the file named engine_config.txt? In that you can enable showing the framerate by changing config.show_framerate to 1 on the text file.

Thank you for your reply. After approximately 30 minutes of waiting for various loading times, I was able to reach the options tab of the main menu and confirm that Vsync is off. I have enabled showing framerate as you recommended but unfortunately after a significant amount of time needed to reach the main menu, the loading screen to actually play the game stalls indefinitely. I am at a loss as to what is causing the game to move at this glacial pace through various attempts to un- and re-install; as I said, I was able to run the game fine early this year. Any assistance you can provide would be much appreciated!