Anyone get small 'stuttering' in HL2?

[MasterVampire]

does anyone get this lil problem where when your playing, when something big happens, the game 'chugs' for like 1 milisecond and then is all smooth again?
Cause my hl2 runs great, just sometimes it will chug for a split second then be fine again , like sometimes in gunfights walking into a new area etc..

2.0 ghz
768ram
9600xt

 

[Gossoon]

Yes.
Welcome to the forums. Many people are having the same problems as you. Hopefully Valve has their spies out and is aware of the problem.

 

[iamaelephant]

Yeah I get that, no major problem though.

 

[MrWynd]

yeah i have the same issue. otherwise runs 100% smooth.

2.4 P4
512MB DDR400
AIW 9800 pro 128MB (4.11 drivers)
SB audigy gamer

 

[oldagerocker]

yeah i got sound and graphic stuttering at the start of the game and after loading intervals,

Amd Athlon XP 3200+
1 gb DDR400
9800 Pro 4.11 drivers

 

[MasterVampire]

hmmm ok cause i was thinking about bumping my ram from 768 to 1gig, but is it worth it if its a game bug ?

 

[B_MAN]

i get it too
barton 2800
radeon 9800 pro 4.11
1gb ddr400

nothing too major but im sure itll be fixed very soon

 

[schaf]

yeah i got sound and graphic stuttering at the start of the game and after loading intervals,

same here.

Amd Athlon XP-M 2500+ @ 4000+ (13*200)
1 gb DDR400
9800 SE @ Pro (400/365)
4.12 beta drivers

 

[alyks]

It happening after loading is normal, I think it's when the game is replacing the textures in the graphics card, OR because we all have low-tech processors, it's the game trying the calculate the physics. I think it's the latter.

 

[XBORGZORZ]

Happens here to. So I dont think its a RAM issue.

AMD Athlon XP 2800
1 Gb RAM
9800 PRO

 

[fez]

ive noticed it autosaves at certain points during the game, this will cause i small slow down while it does this

 

[Sniperdan]

It happens to me too, seems to be when loading a new room. Doesn't happen as much later on (i'm on chptr 7) though.

p4 3.2
1gb ddr400
x800pro - 4.12

 

[Netherworld]

i think when it loads a new room (every 10 secs it seems) it also auto-saves, so that might be the reason, i did have that aswell (with sound loop ocasionally) but not all the time

 

[Vormulac]

I get the occassional stutter. I'm pretty sure its the loading textures thing. It certainly doesn't detract from the whole gaming experience though.

Athlon64 3400+
1gig DDR400
ATI X800 Pro

 

[CEREAL KILLER]

you can try and change cl_smooth to 0, this has helped me a little bit. but i havent played enough yet to confirm

 

[evecomm]

It's the AUTOSAVES as one guy said earlier. Now we just need to find out how to turn them off

 

[crabcakes66]

I had some sort of problem with sound causing bad stuttering.

 

[beppino]

look here:
http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=51480

a lot of people seem to have this problem. for some it occurs when they enter a new area. for others, like me, it occurs all the time but gets worse when a lot seems to happen in the game. so far there´s no real solution i think

 

[BigJack]

solution

I think altering the heapsize can help this. For some strange reason in hl2 the default heapsize when u start the game is 64mb.

Set it to half your system memory with the command

-heapsize (number)000

In the launch options of hl2. You have to add 3 zeros to your heapsize in mb.

 

[ewang9394]

How do you alter the heapsize? Where can I find it?

 

[wilka91]

yep happens to me too

 

[Baal]

I think altering the heapsize can help this. For some strange reason in hl2 the default heapsize when u start the game is 64mb.

Set it to half your system memory with the command

-heapsize (number)000

In the launch options of hl2. You have to add 3 zeros to your heapsize in mb.

thanks, I'll try that.

Mine studders when loading a new room, but it's nothing serious at all.

 

[mikekirk]

I think it must be a Source engine problem, rather than just HL2. I read a review of the new Vampire game earlier (which also uses Source) and it mentions a similar problem with that game too.

 

[EtherealTML]

I get the stutter too.

Athlon 64 3200+
1024MB RAM
ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 128MB

 

[Wikt]

It usually stutters heavily after I pass through a LOADING spot. And gets a bit choppy in tense situations/hi-tech sights.

 

[Pauly]

I have it too. It worsens if I turn up the model AND texture detail to high. Its fine with just one of them high

 

[anasiz]

It's texture related (and maybe video card memory related). I had this "pause" bug with the sound loop when I turned fast on myself in a new area and when I entered a new room. The bug nearly dissapeared when I turned down the textures to medium (with models still to high). I had this problem with the demo of Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault, but they fixed it in the retail.

Hope this get fixed soon! There's too much blur in medium...

 

[appoooh]

autosave 0 and snd_mixahead "0.4" fixed everything for me.

 

[robert1444]

Robert1444

I'm getting alot of shuttering. As soon as the game starts when the g-man starts talking its jumpy. Can anyone help me because I don't want to continue playing like this, its just too annoying.

PIV 2.6ht
512mb Ram
ATI 9800

 

[MiccyNarc]

yeah i got sound and graphic stuttering at the start of the game and after loading intervals,

Amd Athlon XP 3200+
1 gb DDR400
9800 Pro 4.11 drivers

Ditto. It sometimes lasts 2 or 3 seconds.
Athlon 64 3200+
1 GB DDR333
Geforce 6800, latest official drivers
80 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200

 

[Asuka]

For me it happens after i load a game for about 2-3 secs. Very rarely will it happen while im playing maybe once or twice a level. Doesnt bother me at all.

 

[Krusty]

I reckon it's when it autosaves. Not a problem.
It's so beautiful I can forgive it

Anyway, back to it... byeee

 

[Seph]

I think the stuttering is just because the game saves. Just look at the autosave files a few seconds after it happens. You should see that it stuttered right at the place the game saved.. atleast that's how it is for me.

 

[Defiler]

My god does anyone search before posting!?!?!?!?!?

http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=51480&page=1&pp=15

This should be moved to the support section.

 

[tranCendenZ]

Yes, this is a known problem, doesnt matter what system, videocard, etc, you have, everyone seems to get it and most don't seem to be able to completely eliminate it.

 

[DarkTimes]

I think altering the heapsize can help this. For some strange reason in hl2 the default heapsize when u start the game is 64mb.

Set it to half your system memory with the command

-heapsize (number)000

In the launch options of hl2. You have to add 3 zeros to your heapsize in mb.

Thanks for the tip, I've been trying everything to fix this problem. But I'm not sure what you mean by 'launch options', could you/someone explain this a little better so that I don't mess anything up? Thanks.

 

[LawOfTheStraw]

Thanks for the tip, I've been trying everything to fix this problem. But I'm not sure what you mean by 'launch options', could you/someone explain this a little better so that I don't mess anything up? Thanks.

Right click the game inside Steam...it should be under one of those options if I remember correctly. I am at work right now so I cant verify...

 

[Slayertime]

Yeah i get the samething as well and i have a monster of a machine so i know its not the machine.

 

[Mountain Man]

Right click Half-Life 2 in "My Games", select "Properties", then look for "Launch Options". Click that then enter the "-heapsize" command. I set this to half my RAM (1/2 768MB so "-heapsize 348000") and performance improvement was dramatic. Virtually eliminated freezing and sound stuttering for me and the game seems to run much more smoothly.

 

[2mass]

yeah happens to me seems to be at the checkpoints..