Crippling SP/MP performance

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Howdy,

I've been having some troubles with performance, I don't believe are FPS related (the problem happens equally on all graphics settings and any resolution) but more CPU/lag related?

The symptoms are:

  • Overall sluggish control
  • delays in tooltips (1-5 seconds)
  • delays in gameplay actions (in MP sometimes entire days pass)

It's not so bad early game SP though it starts to get pretty bad late-game SP, but it's still playable and actions usually happen pretty rapidly even if the tooltips are sluggish to appear.

The real problem, and most frustrating since playing Humans is fun, is MP when entire days pass or actions take 5+ seconds to complete even in the early game, and it gets worse moving into the late-game. I've missed buyouts because I click, nothing happens, nothing happens, someone else bought out, I sometimes double or triple bid on an auction because of it. And it's really fun seeing a swarm of blimps and auctions instantly completed because a day passed with no updates.

 

I haven't seen any other complaints about this, but I also have no problems with other games like CoH2, so I don't feel that I'm just running a toaster wanted to find out if anyone else has experienced and/or ot has suggestions on improving performance.

 

My System Specs:

  • A10 7580k
  • 16gb ram
  • AMD R9 285
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Reply #1 from Offworld Forums Top

Hey Dysiode,

Sorry to hear you're having some trouble with performance! 

I'd like to grab some data about your system that will help with troubleshooting this issue.

Please take a look at the Knowledge Base Article below and check out the section entitled "Placing a ticket":

https://esupport.stardock.com/index.php?/default_import/Knowledgebase/Article/View/523/173/general-offworld-trading-company-troubleshooting#support

 

 

Reply #2 from Offworld Forums Top

So I played the game for the first time on the weekend. Firstly I played two 1vs1 games with a friend which ran fine start to end. Have also played the tutorial without any problems.

We then convinced two other friends to buy the game (all using steam) and after the halfway point in the game the behavior described above seemed to happen - the game got out of sync, pricing was different, auctions were just passed. It became unplayable - for me there seemed to be a 2-3 minute delay on all the actions performed - other players saw the same, but the host said it appeared fine?

We all restarted the game and recreated this issue 3 times, one player then didn't play and we tried a 3 player game and the problem still occured.

-Daniel 

Galactic Civilizations III
Reply #3 from Offworld Forums Top

Unfortunate to hear other people are having the problem too :(

 

I discovered during some MP games that disabling replay recording can help lag. Players in my room still experienced it when I hosted, but supposedly it makes things better. Having some dedicated servers would be nice if just to ensure there are some hosts with the capacity to run a smooth game.

Reply #4 from Offworld Forums Top

can confirm the bad performanc, have even tryed to play on low and bad resolutions..

 

maybe its because of the A-10 7850..

 

 

Win 8.1
A-10 7850
R9 270
16GB Ram
SSD

Reply #5 from Offworld Forums Top

Is the game frame rate relatively high and the in-game interface not responsive?

If so, we're working on getting the in-game interface changed to a more responsive system. It will probably be another few months before that comes online.

-Scott-

Reply #6 from Offworld Forums Top

Hi,

 

Bought the game today, been SUPER excited for it. 

Unfortunately, game is so unresponsive that it is unplayable (same as original poster). I can't even get through the tutorials because the tooltips take so long to pop up and buying and selling all have 2-4 second delays. Playing on low settings. Attempted to change everything I could, nothing helps.

I opted in to steam beta changes, verified installation, verified that I have latest non-beta videos drivers.

Specs: i5, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650, 8 GB Ram

Please let me know what I can do.

Reply #7 from Offworld Forums Top

We're working on improving the responsiveness of the UI in the game. I am adding to my task list an option to turn off the interface so that players can see how performance is without it.

Please also fill out a ticket as Stardock support recommends.

Thank you! We really want to get to the bottom of this issue!

Reply #8 from Offworld Forums Top

If people are experiencing this problem, please send me a PM to help me test and fix the problem.

Thanks!

-Scott-

Reply #10 from Offworld Forums Top

Ok, those who were helping me test:

We need to use that branch for testing for the next version, so I'm going to take it down. I didn't get any reports back from people. Perhaps after the next version is up I can run the test again.

Thanks!

-Scott-