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For any unexplained issue (especially if you're new to Vintage Story, or you just upgraded your PC or graphics card), try updating or fully re-installing your graphics drivers. Unexplained issues sometimes are due to subtly broken or out-dated graphics drivers or some weird setting made by another game, re-installing should reset everything properly. | For any unexplained issue (especially if you're new to Vintage Story, or you just upgraded your PC or graphics card), try updating or fully re-installing your graphics drivers. Unexplained issues sometimes are due to subtly broken or out-dated graphics drivers or some weird setting made by another game, re-installing should reset everything properly. | ||
For issues still not resolved, especially if it's an occasional stutter issue like once every few seconds, look at [[Framerate_and_Performance#Causes outside Vintage Story|possible causes '''outside Vintage Story''']] - in particular, if you are using the '''Discord app''' while playing - as a lot of people like to do - look at that as a possible cause, try shutting it down completely and see if that solves the issue. | For issues still not resolved, especially if it's an occasional stutter issue like once every few seconds, look at [[Framerate_and_Performance#Causes outside Vintage Story|possible causes '''outside Vintage Story''']] - in particular, if you are using the '''Discord app''' while playing - as a lot of people like to do - look at that as a possible cause, try shutting it down completely and see if that solves the issue. (More precisely it's the "Hardware Acceleration" feature in the Discord app, which is on by default; depending on hardware, this feature is known to cause problems for Vintage Story and many other games, it is a topical debate.) | ||
Do bear in mind also that some '''mods''' can increase the load on your system. For testing and solving framerate issues it is best to test in the vanilla (unmodded) game and get things working properly in that first. Then introduce mods one by one and see if things are still good. | Do bear in mind also that some '''mods''' can increase the load on your system. For testing and solving framerate issues it is best to test in the vanilla (unmodded) game and get things working properly in that first. Then introduce mods one by one and see if things are still good. | ||
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* Start by closing your browser, all tabs especially YouTube or other video players. If you need internet access to look things up or to read this page (!), it is suggested to use your phone or a different PC | * Start by closing your browser, all tabs especially YouTube or other video players. If you need internet access to look things up or to read this page (!), it is suggested to use your phone or a different PC | ||
* Close any music player | * Close any music player | ||
* Close down '''Discord''' completely (note: by default, Discord remains running but dormant, see miniaturized icons in the collection to the right of your Windows taskbar, sometimes called the [https://www.windowscentral.com/tour-windows-10-taskbar-and-what-its-icons-do Overflow area]): Discord has been known to produce severe (but uncommon) lag spikes while playing Vintage Story on some systems, so shut it down, see if that fixes the problem. If Discord is the problem, as above you can perhaps use Discord instead on your phone if you need it while playing | * Close down '''Discord''' completely (note: by default, Discord remains running but dormant, see miniaturized icons in the collection to the right of your Windows taskbar, sometimes called the [https://www.windowscentral.com/tour-windows-10-taskbar-and-what-its-icons-do Overflow area]): Discord has been known to produce severe (but uncommon) lag spikes while playing Vintage Story on some systems, so shut it down, see if that fixes the problem. If Discord is the problem, as above you can perhaps use Discord instead on your phone if you need it while playing, or you can try going into the "Voice and Video" and "Advanced Settings" in Discord and switching off Hardware Acceleration in both places. | ||
* Prevent Windows (or your other operating system) from doing heavy tasks while you are playing, including virus scans, disk indexing service, Windows Update etc. etc. - switch off all of that, at least while testing. For Windows, [https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 OOSU10] offers several satisfying settings to take more control of your own PC, and is free. | * Prevent Windows (or your other operating system) from doing heavy tasks while you are playing, including virus scans, disk indexing service, Windows Update etc. etc. - switch off all of that, at least while testing. For Windows, [https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 OOSU10] offers several satisfying settings to take more control of your own PC, and is free. | ||
* On Windows, check the '''Task Manager''', Start-up tab, disable everything which is not essential (probably only one or two things there are truly essential, including audio and mouse software), and re-start Windows for a clean start | * On Windows, check the '''Task Manager''', Start-up tab, disable everything which is not essential (probably only one or two things there are truly essential, including audio and mouse software), and re-start Windows for a clean start | ||
