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SpartanV15

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ever since i got the game its been running fine with no stoppages or freezes now with the current update my game is slow and gets choppy im not into the late mddle age either im around the year 1120 and the game runs slower than it should i have tried defragging my cache and even validating , i thought it was all the processes running on my laptop i even tried to cancel some processes but still i get the same lacking performance has anyone else suffered from long pauses in the game? whenever something happens even when a character in my court dies it takes about 30 seconds for the game to resume especially when i sieze land from an enemy once i press the enforce demands the game takes a long pause its getting me to the point where i want to throw my laptop through the window ,im confident it has something to do with the game possibly the update because my laptop has ran fine before
 
One possibility is overheating, especially if you have a laptop. They will slow your CPU to generate less heat. Please report the temperatures of your CPU and video (GPU) 1/ before starting the game up and 2/ after say 20 minutes' play. If your PC's vendor has given you no way of reading temperatures, Google for and install SPEEDFAN.

If that is the problem then you should make sure all fans are working, clear out the vents of any dust or other blockages. Or you could take it in to a PC shop to get it checked out and cleaned. You might get them to fix your shift and period keys while you're at it.
 
That's OK, but did they help?
 
actually yes it did i have noticed increased performance again and also when i play it from a shortcut on my home screen it also does better than in steam for some reason