Small game Freeze

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I've been playing for a year now and have encountered a problem where the game starts to freeze at certain moments. It doesn't look like a major frame drop, but at times it gets worse and the game literally runs at 30-40 fps at 140-200. But this used to happen very rarely, and such freeze moments lasted literally 0.5 seconds. But now, I can't get through even 2 seconds of gameplay without these freezes. I tried deleting all the workshop files, reinstalling the game, and clearing the SSD drive, but even with free space on the disk, the problem remained. My friends who had encountered this problem told me that the only thing that helped was to change the computer or wait for it to go away on its own. I don't see any problems in other games, and I don't think it's related to my video card, RAM, or CPU,

[proven wedge]

Putting aside possible hardware issues, do you have a mouse with high poll rate? try turning it down and it has helped in some circumstances, otherwise this isnt the first time, search the forum for "freeze" and youll see other posts like this one with possible fixes

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I've already tried almost all the basic methods, even updating the video card drivers to older versions and trying to change the internal system settings of the video card, as well as the mouse sensitivity e.t.c

[molten pollen]

What are your specs? What settings do you use for Mordhau? Try setting everything to potato mode and seeing if it still happens. Make sure you don't have Resolution Scale set higher than it needs to be, 1.00 is fine, and you can even try running it lower than 1.00 to murder graphical quality in exchange for more frames. Check your temps when running Mordhau, I wonder if you're just running it at very high specs and making your GPU thermal throttle.

Also disable all game overlays (Nvidia, Discord, Steam, Overwolf), or pick ONE to run at a time (Steam Overlay by itself for example should be fine).

Trapsurfer was talking about the poll rate, not the sensitivity. The often default 1000hz is much more CPU intensive than 250hz or 100hz for example, and could cause issues. I used 250hz on my old computer for smoother gameplay.

In case you don't know, 1000hz means your mouse sensor is reporting its movement to your computer 1000 times every second, which is pretty heavy, less powerful CPUs might struggle.

[weak flicker]

Hello, I tried playing with potato settings, but I always play with low settings. My monitor's refresh rate is 60 Hz, and I play with an FPS limit of 130, without any drops. The processor doesn't heat up much when Mordhau is running. I recently removed the game overlays, but it didn't help. I tried reinstalling the game, resetting all mods, and reinstalling it on another drive, but unfortunately, the problem was not solved. Sometimes the game doesn't freeze at all, very rarely, but under certain circumstances, these freezes continue.

I tried many options, but it still doesn't stop. I even closed all possible processes through the task manager, reinstalled and uninstalled the drivers. Now the game is located on my SSD drive with 130 GB of free space. I've stopped wondering why this is happening, except for one thing: could there be problems with Unreal Engine? I've had the game crash during demoplay, but I always closed it without sending an error report. Do you think that's possible? I also think the only option left is to completely delete all possible Mordhau files, but I'll be sad to lose all my characters.

[proven wedge]

how big is your drive?

total capacity

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223GB with 117GB free space

full clear SSD only mordhau and small files

[molten pollen]

What CPU and GPU? Try capping your FPS to 60 to match your refresh rate. Yes, please show us what the crash logs say, don't just close them. Only devs will see the reports you send, not external tech support like myself.

[molten pollen]

You can try the hard reset. Back up your Game.ini first, it includes your mercenaries.

https://discord.com/channels/275436245318893568/1028699557430824980

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not allow to see what is that, channel?

[molten pollen]

Click it?

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oh my bad

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16GB DDR 5 | CPU Amd Ryzen 5 1600 six-core processor and | RX 580 8gb
Yes, I tried playing at 60 fps, but the problem remained unresolved, even with high priority in the task manager. Apart from increasing the fps, nothing else changed.

[weak flicker]

It might help right now, and I'll give it a try

[molten pollen]

Those specs should be fine. Are you in some sort of power saving mode? Try setting power management to performance.

Any hint in the task manager, like how are temps and usage?

Have you cleaned your fans recently?

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The mode is productive, the video card heats up to an average of 55-65 degrees Celsius. I replaced and cleaned the thermal paste and fans more than six months ago

also after I cleard all game files game kinda not that freeze like I saw

[molten pollen]

Oh, you're saying the hard reset fixed it? Or are you still having the issue?

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nope

that fixed freezes

thanks a lot

i think problem was with mods or Unreal Engine

[molten pollen]

Glad to hear it! You can restore your mercenaries from the backed up Game.ini file to your newly created Game.ini file, each of them has a long line of text detailing the customization, be careful about formatting (back up the newly functioning Game.ini before you modify it, just in case).

Then once you have restored your mercs and confirm that they're available ingame and the game isn't freezing, back up THAT Game.ini file. Then go and tweak the settings to your preference.

[weak flicker]

ok after a while freezes back, i think something wrong with server's mods, some of them makes game freez, I'm clearing game files again to make fix that issue, xd just to let you know what maybe happend with me

[molten pollen]

As so is it a specific modded community server giving you issues? Would be interesting to determine which mod(s) are causing issues, and consult the server admin.

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Yes, I tried to figure out which mod it was, but it's probably because there are so many of them, especially since my computer starts to freeze when I have 200-400 MB of mods installed. Even after installing popular mods, it starts to freeze, like Gentlemen's Duelyard.

Another problem is that the freezing starts gradually, then gets worse and worse until I reset the files.