Game runs choppy after hotfix | Windrose | Page 1

neon tusk Apr 17, 2026, 5:52 PM

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I've tried restarting, changing the settings to minimum. Ran fine during the demo and all day yesterday. This morning, after the hotfix loading takes (seemingly) much longer. FPS between 29-32, audio is choppy as well.

NVIDIA system information report created on: 04/17/2026 12:52:23
NVIDIA App version: 11.0.7.237
Operating system: Microsoft Windows 11 Home, Version 10.0.26200
DirectX runtime version: DirectX 12
Driver: Game Ready Driver - 595.97 - Tue Mar 24, 2026
CPU: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700H
RAM: 16.0 GB
Storage: SSD - 953.9 GB

Graphics card
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU
Direct3D feature level: 12_1
CUDA cores: 3840
Graphics clock: 1702 MHz
Max-Q technologies: Gen-5
Dynamic Boost: Yes
WhisperMode: Yes
Advanced Optimus: No
Maximum graphics power: 140 W
Memory data rate: 14.00 Gbps
Memory interface: 192-bit
Memory bandwidth: 336.048 GB/s
Total available graphics memory: 14186 MB
System video memory: N/A
Shared system memory: 8042 MB
Dedicated video memory: 6144 MB GDDR6
Video BIOS version: 94.06.36.00.12
Device ID: 10DE 2520 13241462
Part number: 4735 0110
IRQ: Not used
Bus: PCI Express x8 Gen4

jolly oxide Apr 17, 2026, 6:41 PM

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Hi!

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We didn't have any graphics related changes in recent update

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May I ask you to reboot your PC and launch JUST windrose, without launching anything else? And see if issue is still there

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Also if you experience FPS drops - please give me screenshot of performance tab from task manager (Crtl-Shift-Esc -> tab Performance)

neon tusk Apr 17, 2026, 8:30 PM

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I've tried restarting and reinstalling...now I can't open the game. Tried reinstalling, verifying files, and rebooting.

jolly oxide Apr 17, 2026, 8:34 PM

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First time I'm seeing this

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Give me some time

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You play solo offline?

neon tusk Apr 17, 2026, 8:37 PM

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Yes

jolly oxide Apr 17, 2026, 8:37 PM

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Ok, I need full info then.

Dxdiag.txt and whole saved folder located here %localappdata%\R5\Saved\

neon tusk Apr 17, 2026, 8:44 PM

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📎 DxDiag.txt 📎 EnhancedInputUserSettings.sav

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📎 R5.log

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📎 CrashReportClient.ini

jolly oxide Apr 17, 2026, 8:45 PM

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neon tusk

Whole folder please

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As .zip file please

neon tusk Apr 17, 2026, 8:46 PM

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📎 Saved.zip

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Sorry about that

deft quartz Apr 17, 2026, 8:46 PM

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neon tusk I've tried restarting and reinstalling...now I can't open the game. Tried reinst...

That's a permission issue so ensure the game process isn't being blocked by a trash posing as a security app called "Smart App Control" in Windows 11, or any other AV or a cleaning app.

neon tusk Apr 17, 2026, 8:47 PM

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deft quartz That's a permission issue so ensure the game process isn't being blocked by a tr...

Smart App Control is showing as off

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Ok, booting as an Admin. Going to see if that helps.

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It'll ask to make changes, I click yes, then it goes away for a second and comes back. Verifying the files again

jolly oxide Apr 17, 2026, 9:00 PM

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Keep me posted please

deft quartz Apr 17, 2026, 9:00 PM

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Very much a permission issue :3

neon tusk Apr 17, 2026, 9:02 PM

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493 files validated.

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I get the pop up to allow permissions, I click yes, then Steam tells me it's already running. Checked Task Manager and it's not there. I'm about to uninstall and come back to it later😅

deft quartz Apr 17, 2026, 9:09 PM

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You get this popup because the game or Steam got blocked by your security or other app with admin/kernel-level access.
Smart App Control is not the only thing that does this.

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It's basically a tell tale sign there of.

neon tusk Apr 17, 2026, 9:10 PM

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I played the demo and for hours yesterday without issue. I don't touch permissions, I'm the only one using this computer

harsh granite Apr 17, 2026, 9:12 PM

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Have you tried setting your upscaler to DLAA? That appears to have fixed the choppyness for me. Kind of, audio still cuts out a bit.

jolly oxide Apr 17, 2026, 9:17 PM

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neon tusk I played the demo and for hours yesterday without issue. I don't touch permissio...

Maybe it's just needs permission once again after update?

neon tusk Apr 18, 2026, 12:15 AM

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No dice. Based on the steam forums other people having the same issue, with configurations all over the place new and Auld drivers. Someone mentioned it might be something with boot straps, not starting it upright, which might make sense to me because when I ran it as admin, that was what it asked to change when I clicked yes, nothing happened. The window to make changes went away and it acted like it was going to open and then nothing happened and it told me it was already running

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The dark part I click at the end is Steam saying it’s already running

spiral sleet Apr 18, 2026, 12:38 AM

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A shot in the dark, but if you have a lot of torches around the base, it seems to cause my game to be choppy aswell

neon tusk Apr 18, 2026, 1:22 AM

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Appreciate the thought @spiral sleet but I've just got a campfire and a bed at this particular spot next to the first ship you repair

jolly oxide Apr 18, 2026, 11:13 AM

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Seems to be some sort of local installation problem

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First time I'm seeing this one :(

neon tusk Apr 18, 2026, 1:13 PM

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So what does that mean for a result? 😢

jolly oxide Apr 18, 2026, 2:52 PM

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Probably only some sort of windows reinstall, because it seems like local windows problem :(

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