Internet being Limited

[verbal spindle]

My internet goes from 850mbps to 256kbps whenever PZ is open, is there a way for this fix? Despite being on ethernet, its still slow

w/zomboid being on background or doing something

without it being on background

Speedtest with zomboid on

Speedtest without zomboid running

[forest shell]

Having the same problem

[random ivy]

Does this also happen when you are in-game? Such as loaded in a singleplayer save

[verbal spindle]

Yep, even during when I self host my server.

No other games messed with my internet rate until i launched zomboid

[random ivy]

Do you have any background programs running? Especially any sort of apps that promise optimization or internet boosting?

Can you screenshot your Windows Icon tray so I can check the background apps?

[verbal spindle]

Nope

Roblox or any other online video games doesn't make my internet limited

[random ivy]

What are the first two and the last one?

The first one looks familiar, Lenovo? That one does optimize network as far as I know

[random ivy]

The game has no function to do that either

[verbal spindle]

Nope, the internet optimization option is disabled

[verbal spindle]

ffirst oneis lenovo, last one is my mouse's program

the first two is lenovo and microsoft cloud

[random ivy]

I would personally disable all of them as well, and CCleaner too

Then retest

I would also disable bluetooth as a test

And lastly check your Windows Security warning

[verbal spindle]

I just disabled my firewall due to my friends not being able to connect me in other games using playit.gg, ccleaner disabled and sum of them are, the results are still the same as long as project zomboid is open

[random ivy]

Do you have any other PCs on this network to test the game on?