Game freezes\stutter for 1-2 seconds when unloads unused assets

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Game freezes\stutter for 1-2 seconds when unloads unused assets. My game runs on SSD.
Player.log - Unloading 1009 unused Assets to reduce memory usage. Loaded Objects now: 138500.

Under consideration Suggested by: Viking (05 Dec, '22) • Upvoted: 29 May, '23 • Comments: 8

Comments: 8

05 Dec, '22
Smiffe Admin
Hello Viking!

What version of valheim are you on right now?

What is your:
Processor
Graphics card
RAM? (DDR3/4/5 ? and how much?

Is it a laptop or desktop?
05 Dec, '22
Viking
Hi, thank you for fast reply.
my system: i7-3770k, 32GB ddr3, ssd 1tb, gtx1080
windows10 settings: no pagingfile
desktop, valheim 0.212.7
06 Dec, '22
Smiffe Admin
That might explain things.

We have an issue right now with something called Garbage Collection where the game removes objects the player don't need to see.
Not sure if your older DDR3 makes things extra sensitive or not.

You can always try and adjust the settings ingame and see if you notice any diffrence.
06 Dec, '22
Viking
Please, fix that issue in game. I don't want to change game setting to look bad in game, my all setting at very high and i like it. Fix issue fix garbage.

I found parametrs in boot.config
gc-max-time-slice=0

i tryyed with 0, i tryed with 3, and 10... not helping. game freezes for 1-2 seconds when uloading assets.

please fix that issue before release from mistlands beta.

Thank you for your help. I ❤ Valheim
06 Dec, '22
Viking
One more thing. I spoke to players that have slow pc than mine, like 8Gb ram and gtx1050Ti, and their game frezees for 10 seconds, 10! I checked their player.log and what i see, again that garbage unloading assets. You need to set priority for this issue and fixit!

Thank you in advance.
08 Dec, '22
Nico
Version 0.212.7*

RTX 2080TI
I5 9600K
DDR4 32GB
Desktop

Same issues, about 6 of us in our friend group are experiencing it both on our dedicated server and local sessions, at first I thought maybe it was the save but we all experience it at different times and checking that log file shows the "Unloading X unused Assets to reduce memory usage..." Started happening only with the release of Mistlands.

*edit add version
08 Dec, '22
Jeff Rogers
Also stuttering at exact same time player.log unloads assets.

Valheim 0.212.7

System:
Intel 12700K
32GB DDR4 3200
Nvidia 3080Ti
NVME SSD
Win 10
09 Dec, '22
Safton
Your issue sounds similar to mine (stuttering/freezing for 0.5-2 seconds at a time) but I haven't been able to verify if it has anything to do with unloading assets as I'm not sure where to find the player.log you're referencing. Where is that located?