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So, assuming that there wasn't a patch or something I think I've figured out how to fix this. I deleted the game's settings from my computer entirely, and turned off Steam's cloud sync so when I reinstalled it I had a completely fresh install. Now I'm not getting the performance problems anymore as best as I can tell.

I've only built the spaceship once or twice. I generally play until either I lose or my colony feels so stable that it would be impossible to lose. I wouldn't mind a victory condition, but I don't think the current spaceship one is very satisfying.

I play in windowed mode normally.

So, I kind of solved my problem... Well, it's not really solved but it's manageable now. What I did was I disabled Windows 10 full-screen optimizations and set it to Windows 8 compatibility mode. The periods of lag still happen, but they seem much more rare and clear up much quicker now. Something I've noticed since doing this is that the game saving seems to be at least one of the things that causes it, so theoretically turning auto-saves off might remove the problem entirely.

I'd still like help solving the issue, but it doesn't seem like many people are experiencing this problem in the first place so it looks like I may be on my own here.

Yeah, that's actually why I didn't post the log file initially because there was nothing in it. The first thing I did was look at the log file. I did once get a message about missing frames or something, but it doesn't seem related to the fps drops. And googling it showed that it's a Unity message that sometimes happens when you minimize games, or something.

Anyway since Skeletor mentioned it happening on A17 for them, I'm going to try playing around with the window properties settings and see if that helps any.

I'm on Windows 10 w/ the fall update, and my GPU drivers are updated.

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Edit: I solved the issue so I don't need help anymore.

So, I'm having pretty bad performance problems with B18 and I'm not sure why. I've tried googling it and haven't really found much. A17 was perfectly fine, but B18 has these weird periods where the fps drops and stays low for a few seconds (5 seconds to 20+ seconds) and then it fixes itself. During that time the game doesn't even try to use more system resources, and nothing in task manager is over 20%.

Zooming out / in doesn't affect it, and the amount of pawns on the screen doesn't make a difference either. It happens just as frequently on new colonies as on older ones. Also biomes don't seem to make a difference, I've tried barren ones and it still happens. Annnd I'm not using any mods.