Stuttering and Freezes Despite Stable Performance Metrics, Especially With 15+ Players

Summary

Players are experiencing noticeable stuttering, skipped frames, and brief freezes despite normal FPS, ping, and Verse ticks per second. The issue is especially noticeable on lower-end devices and becomes more frequent with 15+ players.

Some players also report that rapidly switching between weapons triggers or worsens the stuttering, though this has not yet been independently confirmed.

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Creative

What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Assets

Steps to Reproduce

Steps to Reproduce

Join the island, preferably on a lower-end device.

Play normally in a session with 15 or more players.

Observe intermittent stutters and brief freezes during gameplay.

Some players also report that rapidly switching between weapons triggers or worsens the stuttering, though this has not yet been independently confirmed.

Expected Result

Smooth gameplay and weapon switching when FPS, ping, and Verse ticks per second remain stable, without unexplained interruptions to player movement.

Observed Result

Gameplay briefly freezes or skips, sometimes making players appear to stop momentarily. The reported performance metrics remain normal despite these visible interruptions. Players have also reported these interruptions while rapidly switching weapons.

Platform(s)

Pc

Island Code

5791-2777-2631

Video

Additional Notes

The issue is particularly noticeable at:

0:00–0:30

1:00–1:30

5:33–6:30

10m vid https://youtu.be/AAe0PAg3m3A

FORT-1154614 has been created and its status is ‘Unconfirmed’. This is now in a queue to be reproduced and confirmed.

Hi @iicq-og, is this still happening after today’s update?