[MODDED] Issues with sudden slowdowns

[Enterpriser1995]

Hey guys, as the title says, i'm getting sudden slowdowns every 2-3 seconds, which, in fact, makes the game totally unplayable.

What's the mod that's causing the issue? Or is it the game?
Anyway, here are my mods.

(That's taken directly from the modslist.json.)

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    "mods": [
        {
            "name": "base",
            "enabled": "true"
        },
        {
            "name": "BeltBlocker",
            "enabled": "true"
        },
        {
            "name": "CORE-DyTech-Core",
            "enabled": "true"
        },
        {
            "name": "CORE-DyTech-Script",
            "enabled": "true"
        },
        {
            "name": "Cursed-Exp",
            "enabled": "true"
        },
        {
            "name": "F-mod",
            "enabled": "true"
        },
        {
            "name": "MAIN-DyTech-Dynamics",
            "enabled": "true"
        },
        {
            "name": "MAIN-DyTech-Machine",
            "enabled": "true"
        },
        {
            "name": "MAIN-DyTech-Power",
            "enabled": "true"
        },
        {
            "name": "MAIN-DyTech-War",
            "enabled": "true"
        },
        {
            "name": "RailTanker",
            "enabled": "true"
        },
        {
            "name": "RecordYourStuff",
            "enabled": "true"
        },
        {
            "name": "RoadWorks",
            "enabled": "true"
        },
        {
            "name": "Slipstream",
            "enabled": "true"
        },
        {
            "name": "Treefarm-AC",
            "enabled": "true"
        },
        {
            "name": "Treefarm-Lite",
            "enabled": "true"
        },
        {
            "name": "UraniumPower",
            "enabled": "true"
        },
        {
            "name": "bobassembly",
            "enabled": "true"
        },
        {
            "name": "bobelecoveride",
            "enabled": "true"
        },
        {
            "name": "bobenemies",
            "enabled": "true"
        },
        {
            "name": "boblogistics",
            "enabled": "true"
        },
        {
            "name": "bobmodules",
            "enabled": "true"
        },
        {
            "name": "bobores",
            "enabled": "true"
        },
        {
            "name": "bobplates",
            "enabled": "true"
        },
        {
            "name": "bobpower",
            "enabled": "true"
        },
        {
            "name": "offshore-dump",
            "enabled": "true"
        }
    ]
}

And here is my configuration.
(Taken directly from SiSoftware Sandra)

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SiSoftware Sandra

ID
Host Name : Enterpriser-PC
Workgroup : WORKGROUP

Computer
Model : ASUS BM6630_BM6330_BP6230
Serial Number : C8PFCG******
Chassis : Desktop
Mainboard : ASUS BM6630_BM6330_BP6230
Serial Number : 1207007********
BIOS : AMI (OEM) 4103 06/26/2012
Total Memory : 16GB DIMM DDR3

Processors
Processor : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2320 CPU @ 3.00GHz (4C 3.09GHz/3.3GHz, 3.1GHz IMC, 4x 256kB L2, 6MB L3)
Socket/Slot : FC LGA1155

Chipset
Memory Controller : ASUS Core (Sandy Bridge) DRAM Controller 100MHz, 2x 8GB DIMM DDR3 1.33GHz 128-bit

Memory Module(s)
Memory Module : Corsair CML16GX3M2A1600C10 8GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (9-9-9-25 4-34-10-5)
Memory Module : Corsair CML16GX3M2A1600C10 8GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (9-9-9-25 4-34-10-5)

Video System
Monitor/Panel : PKB Viseo223DX
   (1920x1080, 21.7")
Video Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST (4CU 768SP SM5.0 1GHz/1.25GHz, 384kB L2, 2GB 6GHz 192-bit, PCIe 2.00 x16)

Graphics Processor
OpenCL GP Processor : GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST (768SP 4C 1GHz/1.25GHz, 384kB L2, 2GB 6GHz 192-bit)
Compute Shader Processor : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST (768SP 4C 1GHz/1.25GHz, 384kB L2, 2GB 6GHz 192-bit)
CUDA GP Processor : GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST (768SP 4C 1GHz/1.25GHz, 384kB L2, 2GB 6GHz 192-bit)

Storage Devices
Seagate ST500DM002-1BD142 (500.1GB, SATA600, 7200rpm, 16MB Cache) : 466GB (C:)
WDC WD20NMVW-11AV3S2 (2TB, USB2/SATA300, 5200rpm, 8MB Cache) : 2TB (E:)
ATAPI   DVD A  DH24ACSH (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache) : N/A (D:)
DiscSoftVirtual (7GB, ) : 7GB (F:)

Logical Storage Devices
Hard Disk : 100MB (NTFS)
Elements (E:) : 2TB (NTFS) @ WDC WD20NMVW-11AV3S2 (2TB, USB2/SATA300, 5200rpm, 8MB Cache)
Hard Disk (C:) : 466GB (NTFS) @ Seagate ST500DM002-1BD142 (500.1GB, SATA600, 7200rpm, 16MB Cache)
Optical Drive (D:) : N/A @ ATAPI   DVD A  DH24ACSH (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache)
NFSpMoWaLimEd-FULLITA (F:) : 7GB (UDF) @ DiscSoftVirtual (7GB, )

Peripherals
LPC Hub Controller 1 : ASUS H61 LPC Controller
Audio Device : ASUS Cougar Point High Definition Audio Controller
Audio Codec : Realtek Semi High Definition Audio
Audio Device : Gigabyte GK106 HDMI Audio Controller
Audio Codec : nVidia GeForce 6800 [NV40.1]
Serial Port(s) : 2
Parallel Port(s) : 1
Disk Controller : ASUS Cougar Point 4 port SATA IDE Controller
Disk Controller : ASUS Cougar Point 2 port SATA IDE Controller
Disk Controller : ASUS Asmedia 106x SATA Controller
USB Controller 1 : ASUS Cougar Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2
USB Controller 2 : ASUS Cougar Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1
USB Controller 3 : ASUS ASMedia XHCI Controller
SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : Intel ICH SMBus

Printers and Faxes
Printer : Microsoft XPS Document Writer (600x600, Colour)
Fax : Microsoft Shared Fax Driver (200x200)
Printer : Adobe PDF Converter (4000x4000, Colour)

Network Services
Network Adapter : Intel(R) 82579V Gigabit Network Connection (Ethernet, 100Mbps)

Operating System
Windows System : Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 6.01.7601 (Service Pack 1)
Platform Compliance : x64

Windows Experience Index
Current System : 5.9

[cube]

if you run the game with debug info enabled (F5), there is a list of mods and the times they take (at the end of Update section). The values are milliseconds per tick and the format is previous tick/average for 10s/maximum for 10 s. Look for large values in the last column.

[Enterpriser1995]

Hi cube, i'm afraid i can't help it.

But i might have discovered the cause of it.

Removing transport belts almost fixed the issue, with the largest value in the last column being "lua garbage incremental" @ 4.417 and the largest value in the first column being "mod-TreeFarm-Lite" @ 0.349.

Basically, what i'm getting is a process lag spike ranging from 0.5 secs to 5 secs on the worst of the cases, it happens every 3-4 secs, and as you would guess, it makes the game unplayable. Also, i removed RecordYourStuff, it was worsening the process lag.

Alas, removing transport belts and placing underground belts everywhere isn't a good solution for me, so the problem is definitely not solved.

I'm afraid that it has to be the number of items on belts. I tried putting my graphics on low, but since item sprites change only that tiny bit, that's not enough for the game to run smoothly.

[cube]

Can you please post a screenshot of the timing statistics when the slowdowns are happening? Just make sure that you let the game run for at least 10 seconds before screenshoting it. Also if transport belts are your problem, Kovarex has optimized the belts a lot for 0.12.0 :-)

[Enterpriser1995]

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That's it.

Still can't see what's wrong with it.
FPS will swing around 57, but still i can't understand what's the issue that's slowing me down. You know, the feeling is like the game freezes and resumes, getting from 0.1s to 5s to begin responding.
Also, it increases unpredictably.

FPS will stay the same during this period of time, and i guess mods do, too, cause i couldn't see nothing else.

And another issue that may cause a ton of lag is RoadWorks. Back on 0.11.16 i remember i used to build roads around my factories, but the last one was the fatal one. After paving one, i placed some tracks.
After three or four seconds the game was totally unplayable, beginning to freeze for 0.5 secs every second.

[cube]

There seems to be a bug with our timing statistics, but the time is obviously spent in script updates (the 18 ms max value is way too much). Now the question is which :-)
My guess would be treefarm lite, because it takes the most of time that is counted, but this really is just a wild guess. Can you please upload the save and mod folder? I'll try to look at it when I have some time.