BATTLETECH - Viewing Contracts Degrades Game Performance

[Zafaron]

One line summary of your issue
Viewing Contracts Degrades Game Performance

What platform are you running the game on?
Steam

What operating system do you use?
Windows 11

Which version of the game are you running?
1.9.1-686R

What DLC do you have installed?
Flashpoint, Urban Warfare, Shadowhawk Pack, Heavy Metal

Please explain your issue is in as much detail as possible.
I have noticed that after I view contracts in a few different systems that the game performance will degrade. Viewing the contracts seems to be the primary cause. I also notice that viewing the contracts takes longer to load than any other parts of the game so presumably whatever is happening in the background to view the contracts has some problems.

Have you tried verifying your files?
Yes

Steps to reproduce the issue
View contracts in one system, fly to another system and view the contracts. After a few systems you will notice a marked drop in game performance. Restarting the game corrects the degraded game performance.

Attach DxDiag (PC), System Info log (Mac), or run sudo lshw -html > specs.html and uploaded specs.html (Linux)
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Attach Output Log
Windows: \Users\YourUserName\AppData\LocalLow\Harebrained Schemes\BATTLETECH\output_log.txt
Mac OS: Users >{name} > Library > Logs > Unity > Player.log
Linux: ~/.config/unity3d/Harebrained Schemes/BATTLETECH/Player.log
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If the game crashed, please attach the crash file with the time stamp closest to the crash.
Windows: [Steam library folder]\steamapps\common\BATTLETECH\DumpBox
For v.17 and beyond try here: C:\Users\[YourUserName]\AppData\LocalLow\Harebrained Schemes\BATTLETECH
OSX: Macintosh HD > Users > [username] > Library > Application Support > Steam > steamapps > common > BattleTech > DumpBox
Linux: [Steam library folder]/steamapps/common/BATTLETECH/DumpBox
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If a save game was loaded at the start of the game session, upload it. Please make sure to upload the save game with the timestamp closest to when you loaded it.
Windows:
Steam: [Steam installation folder]\userdata[SteamID]\637090\remote\C0\SGS1
GOG: 'C:\Users\USER_ID\AppData\Local\GOG.com\Galaxy\Applications\50593543263669699\Storage\Shared\Files\C#\SGS#'
Vanilla:'C:\Users\USER_ID\AppData\LocalLow\Harebrained Schemes\BattleTech\C#\SGS#'
OSX:
Steam: Macintosh HD > Users > [username] > Library > Application Support > Steam > userdata > [SteamID] > 637090 > remote > C#> SGS#
GOG: Macintosh HD > Users > [username] > Library > Application Support > GOG.com > Galaxy > Applications > 50593543263669699 > Storage > Shared > Files > C# > SGS#
Vanilla: Macintosh HD > Users > [username]> Library > Application Support > unity.Harebrained Schemes.BattleTech > C# > SGG#
Linux:
Steam: /home/.steam/steam/userdata/[steamID]/637090/remote/C#/SGS#
GOG: /home/[username]/.config/unity3d/Harebrained Schemes/BATTLETECH/remote/C#/SGS#/
Vanilla: /home/[username]/.config/unity3d/Harebrained Schemes/BATTLETECH/remote/C#/SGS#/
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Attach screenshot / video
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[AndrewT]

Just so you know, there will be no move development or patches for this game, so if this problem requires an update to be fixed, that cannot happen I'm afraid.

I see you are running cheatengine-x86_64.exe - is that loaded while you are playing? Best to unload it while we work on this.

And you may as well update your nVidia driver to May 2022 https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
Then unload GeForce Experience before starting the game.

Does that help at all?

 

[BTNomad]

Not sure if we can recommend mods, but check out BattleTechPerformanceFix.

github[.]com/m22spencer/BattletechPerformanceFix/releases