Basically it's long pauses (~10sec) during which GPU usage percentage drops to zero. Than it jumps back to life, but only for a couple of minutes after which it freezes again...

I had this problem before on my main PC, maybe a year ago and I completely forgot about it, when it disappeared and/or what I did to fix it. But now it reappeared on my backup PC. So maybe some of you guys had it and fixed but still remember what you did to fix it? If you do, please help!

Many thanks in advance!

13 minutes ago, Bartul said:

Basically it's long pauses (~10sec) during which GPU usage percentage drops to zero. Than it jumps back to life, but only for a couple of minutes after which it freezes again...

I had this problem before on my main PC, maybe a year ago and I completely forgot about it, when it disappeared and/or what I did to fix it. But now it reappeared on my backup PC. So maybe some of you guys had it and fixed but still remember what you did to fix it? If you do, please help!

Many thanks in advance!

I have not had this problem, but I kind of remember reading about something similar -- I think it was some Windows application that would "jump in" and take control periodically pausing the sim accordingly.  Maybe some kind of backup operation. Sorry, that's the best I can recall.

Al

Edited December 9, 20223 yr by ark

I have a vague recollection that this is something to do with "Live Wallpaper" or similar apps. Any app that periodically wakes up to change the desktop background does this. Go through what you have installed to see what program is running every few minutes. 

Auto save something if it does it consistently timed.  FSUIPC Autosave? I know i had mine set and it did that.  No reason on why I did it either.

4 hours ago, FlyingGoose said:

I have a vague recollection that this is something to do with "Live Wallpaper" or similar apps. Any app that periodically wakes up to change the desktop background does this. Go through what you have installed to see what program is running every few minutes. 

That was exactly what it was for at least one user -- some sort of wallpaper switcher, I think it was built into Windows but I can't remember exactly.

Also, I have had FSUIPC autosave accidentally turned on (by me) and I forgot about it.  Then I had a pause every so often and could not figure out what it was -- well eventually I did.

Also OP make sure your vidcard isn't overheating.

5 hours ago, Bartul said:

Basically it's long pauses (~10sec) during which GPU usage percentage drops to zero. Than it jumps back to life, but only for a couple of minutes after which it freezes again...

I had this problem before on my main PC, maybe a year ago and I completely forgot about it, when it disappeared and/or what I did to fix it. But now it reappeared on my backup PC. So maybe some of you guys had it and fixed but still remember what you did to fix it? If you do, please help!

Many thanks in advance!

Do you have  windows 11 and two GPUs (build in and after market)

Thank you all, yes, I have this wallpaper changer and I'll switch it off. Thanks.

@sd_flyer in this case it's win10 and yes, it has both intel GPU and integrated one.

Also check if you excluded every MSFS-related folder from anti virus scanning. Regular-intervall freezes are always caused by external programs that do something between a certain time interval.

A number of years back (FSX days I think) there was an application called 'EndItAll' created by a modder to shut down all non-essential windows and other background applications during sim sessions.  Is there anything which does something similar now?

1 hour ago, Bartul said:

Thank you all, yes, I have this wallpaper changer and I'll switch it off. Thanks.

That is most likely the cause.  Could you please come back and confirm it has solved your issue if it does?  Useful for others.

I wish the forum had a 'solved' or 'best answer' feature like some other forums, where it takes you to the most useful post directly, but I suppose it would mean a major change for the forum arcitecture.

Hi there! Here's the results: great! Fixed!!!

The obvious problem was in the integrated wallpaper changer ( right click on desktop-personalize-background-slideshow). As soon as I selected a static picture for the background the flight went fine.

Fiorentoni's advice is also very sensible; I'll do just that. I've also used Lasso to raise MSFS process priority to high and to disable Gameoverlayui.exe process.

Now everything is hunky dory and tickety boo!

14 hours ago, Bartul said:

Thank you all, yes, I have this wallpaper changer and I'll switch it off. Thanks.

@sd_flyer in this case it's win10 and yes, it has both intel GPU and integrated one.

So I have the same setup and windows 11. Go to settings->display->graphics There are a setting which video card which app is using. Make sure  MSFS is set to fastest GPU.

3 hours ago, sd_flyer said:

So I have the same setup and windows 11. Go to settings->display->graphics There are a setting which video card which app is using. Make sure  MSFS is set to fastest GPU.

I found out that, true, MSFS and EuroTruckSim2 were set as high performance, but DerailValley and U-boat were not! So thanks for the tip! 🤓💪👍

On 12/9/2022 at 7:12 PM, FlyingGoose said:

I have a vague recollection that this is something to do with "Live Wallpaper" or similar apps. Any app that periodically wakes up to change the desktop background does this. Go through what you have installed to see what program is running every few minutes. 

Thanks for  the reminder. Just a few days ago, I had turned the wallpaper changer on and I started getting these awful pauses, but never made the connection. Goodbye changing wallpaper🤣😂👍👍👍

9 hours ago, Bartul said:

I found out that, true, MSFS and EuroTruckSim2 were set as high performance, but DerailValley and U-boat were not! So thanks for the tip! 🤓💪👍

Derail Valley?!  Now that sounds like a lot of fun.  Please don't get me started on anything else.  There are not enough hours in the day as it is!  

PS.  Glad you fixed your problem, and thanks for reporting back.