Hello, i bought the Styx games and now i have the problem, that after every 30 minutes the game starts with stuttering till it is unplayable. This sucks like hell. I play games like Indiana Jones or Cyberpunk 2077 and don't have issues like that. These games runs smooth but not the Styx.

I have an Ryzen 9800x3D and a RTX4080 Super. All drivers are up to date.

Any solutions out there?

Thanks

Not sure if this will help you, but found this - https://steamcommunity.com/app/242640/discussions/0/4628105046667635488/

Maybe that's the problem:-
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/game-ready-drivers/13/556589/driver-57216-causing-massive-issues
https://www.techradar.com/computing/gpu/nvidia-is-investigating-reports-of-crashes-plaguing-rtx-5090-and-5080-gpus-with-possible-driver-issues-maybe-hitting-rtx-4000-models-too

Try testing an older driver to see if it still has issues. Otherwise, try lowering mouse polling rate (if you can adjust it).

Edit: Does it happen in just Styx: MOS, or in other Unreal Engine 3 games too?

Quote from Steam discussions: Quote from pcgamingwiki:

It is already set to 125. Problem still there. It only happens in STYX. All other UE3 Games like Alien Breed series or LOTD are working fine. I can't find any called "AMD Ryzen Balanced" in Windows Power Management.

With the last option to change the bSmoothFrames i will givbe it a try.

Hello,
i tried all tips in here and it still changes nothing with my problem.

- i changed mouse poll to 125 --> problem still there
- i used DDU to deinstall the graphic driver. then installed new driver --> problems the same
- i changed the resolution to lower resolution, i tried with vsync on and off, i tried fullscreen and window mode, i changed graphic details to low --> problem still there
- i changed the power management to standard which means amd ryzen balamced and changed the StyxEngine.ini --> problem still there

Nothing works.

Interesting is that i don't need to play. I can load the last check point and still wait and after 20-30 minutes the game starts to stutter and the sound too. the whole pc is not usable anymore till i end the game. then all went back to normal. The game is definitly the problem here.

By the way, the temps are all low. CPU only between 50-60°C and GPU only at 40°C.


Any other solutions?

It's certainly very odd. Shader compilation issues would show up instantly not on a 30min timer. Highly unlikely to be VRAM exhaustion given its an older title. If you've changed Power Profile, that rules out Windows limiting the CPU after a certain timer (though you could always double check that Processor Power Management, Maximum Processor State is set to 100%). Obviously not thermal throttling. Is there nothing running in the background? No odd tasks in the Windows Task Scheduler set to start something every half hour?

I think I've played Styx:MOS 2-3x times on older 1000/1600 Series nVidia GPU's and don't recall anything like that. As mentioned yesterday, people have been complaining that 56x drivers can be a bit flaky with older games, so perhaps try a 55x driver like 556.12, but you seem to have already done that?

Hello,
i am back with new tests.

I used your posted graphic driver and still the same problem. It seems that the game has a faulty memory usage. I think the game creates a memory overflow and the whole system starts stuttering. I only started the last checkpoint and then wait. The problems start near 20-30 minutes after the game was started. If i wait long enough the whole system gets unusable. The stuttering ends in a whole system freeze if i wait long enough.

To be clear, i have tons of games installed and no other game cause the same problem. This means the game itself is faulty and unplayable on modern pc.

Is there a way to start a refund for this game at gog somewhere?

Good Morning,
today is a good day because i found the reason for all the problems with the game Styx yesterday night !

The PS4 Dualsense Joypad was the guilty one. It was only a fortunate cirmstance that i was able to locate the troublemaker. I used the controller with a cable and an usb-hub. As the stutter begins i closed all trays, tried tons of tricks from the internet and nothing helped but one usb-stick in the usb-hab has a led and that was fast blinking. that was so annoying for me at this moment that i shut of the usb-hub. In this moment the stutter was gone and all worked fine.

First i thought it had to do with other connected hardware then the controller. My problem was that i used the controller now via bluetooth. that means, that i can't reproduce the error. I was so frustrated but i knew that it had something to do with that usb-hab and the connected hardware. I checked all mounted hardware but the stutter was still there. Then i got an idea and shut off the controller that was in bluetooth mode at this moment.

HEUREKA, the stutter stopped immediatly and the game runs smooth now. To check this twice i put the controller on again and the stutter starts immediatly. After this success i tried a tool called DS4Window. But with this tool the problems are the same. It doesn't matter what i do, as long as i use the PS4-Controller (an original one) the stutter and sound issues will come back again and again till the whole system freezes. This error is complete sick. How could a controller crash the system during a game???

I used the controller thousand times with different emulators and other games and all worked fine till now. Only Styx has massive problems with this controller.

The interesting thing is that when I turn the controller back on, it doesn't start again from the beginning with the PC freezing, but instead it continues exactly where I left off when I turned it off.

That means that if the system only had a slight lag, then the lag will be slight again when the controller is turned back on. But if the system was about to crash completely and you turn the controller off, the system works perfectly again immediately. But if I then turn the controller back on, I immediately end up back in the state the PC was in just before the crash. That's completely crazy.

Now i use DS4Windows (i have to use the tool because Styx doesn't recognize the new controller) with an other PS4 like controller from Dragon War. With this controller the game works.

Does anybody knows this problem?

PS:
Now the other controller doesn't work anymore with the game STYX. Sorry but this game fucks me really up.