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<![CDATA[The Chronicles of Spellborn - Bug reports and known issues]]> https://forum.spellborn.org/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 11:54:30 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[Crash from launcher]]> https://forum.spellborn.org/showthread.php?tid=1907 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:16:58 +0200 Crowharrick]]> https://forum.spellborn.org/showthread.php?tid=1907
Application: Spellborn Installer v2.exe
Framework Version: v4.0.30319
Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.
Exception Info: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception
at System.Diagnostics.Process.StartWithShellExecuteEx(System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo)
at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start()
at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo)
at Spellborn_Installer_v2.mainGUI.Lbl_progressBar_Click(System.Object, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs)
at System.Windows.RoutedEventHandlerInfo.InvokeHandler(System.Object, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs)
at System.Windows.EventRoute.InvokeHandlersImpl(System.Object, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs, Boolean)
at System.Windows.UIElement.RaiseEventImpl(System.Windows.DependencyObject, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs)
at System.Windows.UIElement.RaiseEvent(System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs)
at System.Windows.Controls.Primitives.ButtonBase.OnClick()
at System.Windows.Controls.Button.OnClick()
at System.Windows.Controls.Primitives.ButtonBase.OnMouseLeftButtonUp(System.Windows.Input.MouseButtonEventArgs)
at System.Windows.UIElement.OnMouseLeftButtonUpThunk(System.Object, System.Windows.Input.MouseButtonEventArgs)
at System.Windows.Input.MouseButtonEventArgs.InvokeEventHandler(System.Delegate, System.Object)
at System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs.InvokeHandler(System.Delegate, System.Object)
at System.Windows.RoutedEventHandlerInfo.InvokeHandler(System.Object, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs)
at System.Windows.EventRoute.InvokeHandlersImpl(System.Object, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs, Boolean)
at System.Windows.UIElement.ReRaiseEventAs(System.Windows.DependencyObject, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs, System.Windows.RoutedEvent)
at System.Windows.UIElement.OnMouseUpThunk(System.Object, System.Windows.Input.MouseButtonEventArgs)
at System.Windows.Input.MouseButtonEventArgs.InvokeEventHandler(System.Delegate, System.Object)
at System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs.InvokeHandler(System.Delegate, System.Object)
at System.Windows.RoutedEventHandlerInfo.InvokeHandler(System.Object, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs)
at System.Windows.EventRoute.InvokeHandlersImpl(System.Object, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs, Boolean)
at System.Windows.UIElement.RaiseEventImpl(System.Windows.DependencyObject, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs)
at System.Windows.UIElement.RaiseTrustedEvent(System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs)
at System.Windows.UIElement.RaiseEvent(System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs, Boolean)
at System.Windows.Input.InputManager.ProcessStagingArea()
at System.Windows.Input.InputManager.ProcessInput(System.Windows.Input.InputEventArgs)
at System.Windows.Input.InputProviderSite.ReportInput(System.Windows.Input.InputReport)
at System.Windows.Interop.HwndMouseInputProvider.ReportInput(IntPtr, System.Windows.Input.InputMode, Int32, System.Windows.Input.RawMouseActions, Int32, Int32, Int32)
at System.Windows.Interop.HwndMouseInputProvider.FilterMessage(IntPtr, MS.Internal.Interop.WindowMessage, IntPtr, IntPtr, Boolean ByRef)
at System.Windows.Interop.HwndSource.InputFilterMessage(IntPtr, Int32, IntPtr, IntPtr, Boolean ByRef)
at MS.Win32.HwndWrapper.WndProc(IntPtr, Int32, IntPtr, IntPtr, Boolean ByRef)
at MS.Win32.HwndSubclass.DispatcherCallbackOperation(System.Object)
at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(System.Delegate, System.Object, Int32)
at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.TryCatchWhen(System.Object, System.Delegate, System.Object, Int32, System.Delegate)
at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.LegacyInvokeImpl(System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherPriority, System.TimeSpan, System.Delegate, System.Object, Int32)
at MS.Win32.HwndSubclass.SubclassWndProc(IntPtr, Int32, IntPtr, IntPtr)
at MS.Win32.UnsafeNativeMethods.DispatchMessage(System.Windows.Interop.MSG ByRef)
at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.PushFrameImpl(System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherFrame)
at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.PushFrame(System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherFrame)
at System.Windows.Application.RunDispatcher(System.Object)
at System.Windows.Application.RunInternal(System.Windows.Window)
at System.Windows.Application.Run(System.Windows.Window)
at Spellborn_Installer_v2.App.Main()

I'll try reinstalling.

This error is reproducible in 100% of launches.

Windows build 10.0.26200 N/A Build 26200]]>
Application: Spellborn Installer v2.exe
Framework Version: v4.0.30319
Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.
Exception Info: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception
at System.Diagnostics.Process.StartWithShellExecuteEx(System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo)
at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start()
at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo)
at Spellborn_Installer_v2.mainGUI.Lbl_progressBar_Click(System.Object, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs)
at System.Windows.RoutedEventHandlerInfo.InvokeHandler(System.Object, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs)
at System.Windows.EventRoute.InvokeHandlersImpl(System.Object, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs, Boolean)
at System.Windows.UIElement.RaiseEventImpl(System.Windows.DependencyObject, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs)
at System.Windows.UIElement.RaiseEvent(System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs)
at System.Windows.Controls.Primitives.ButtonBase.OnClick()
at System.Windows.Controls.Button.OnClick()
at System.Windows.Controls.Primitives.ButtonBase.OnMouseLeftButtonUp(System.Windows.Input.MouseButtonEventArgs)
at System.Windows.UIElement.OnMouseLeftButtonUpThunk(System.Object, System.Windows.Input.MouseButtonEventArgs)
at System.Windows.Input.MouseButtonEventArgs.InvokeEventHandler(System.Delegate, System.Object)
at System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs.InvokeHandler(System.Delegate, System.Object)
at System.Windows.RoutedEventHandlerInfo.InvokeHandler(System.Object, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs)
at System.Windows.EventRoute.InvokeHandlersImpl(System.Object, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs, Boolean)
at System.Windows.UIElement.ReRaiseEventAs(System.Windows.DependencyObject, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs, System.Windows.RoutedEvent)
at System.Windows.UIElement.OnMouseUpThunk(System.Object, System.Windows.Input.MouseButtonEventArgs)
at System.Windows.Input.MouseButtonEventArgs.InvokeEventHandler(System.Delegate, System.Object)
at System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs.InvokeHandler(System.Delegate, System.Object)
at System.Windows.RoutedEventHandlerInfo.InvokeHandler(System.Object, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs)
at System.Windows.EventRoute.InvokeHandlersImpl(System.Object, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs, Boolean)
at System.Windows.UIElement.RaiseEventImpl(System.Windows.DependencyObject, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs)
at System.Windows.UIElement.RaiseTrustedEvent(System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs)
at System.Windows.UIElement.RaiseEvent(System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs, Boolean)
at System.Windows.Input.InputManager.ProcessStagingArea()
at System.Windows.Input.InputManager.ProcessInput(System.Windows.Input.InputEventArgs)
at System.Windows.Input.InputProviderSite.ReportInput(System.Windows.Input.InputReport)
at System.Windows.Interop.HwndMouseInputProvider.ReportInput(IntPtr, System.Windows.Input.InputMode, Int32, System.Windows.Input.RawMouseActions, Int32, Int32, Int32)
at System.Windows.Interop.HwndMouseInputProvider.FilterMessage(IntPtr, MS.Internal.Interop.WindowMessage, IntPtr, IntPtr, Boolean ByRef)
at System.Windows.Interop.HwndSource.InputFilterMessage(IntPtr, Int32, IntPtr, IntPtr, Boolean ByRef)
at MS.Win32.HwndWrapper.WndProc(IntPtr, Int32, IntPtr, IntPtr, Boolean ByRef)
at MS.Win32.HwndSubclass.DispatcherCallbackOperation(System.Object)
at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(System.Delegate, System.Object, Int32)
at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.TryCatchWhen(System.Object, System.Delegate, System.Object, Int32, System.Delegate)
at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.LegacyInvokeImpl(System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherPriority, System.TimeSpan, System.Delegate, System.Object, Int32)
at MS.Win32.HwndSubclass.SubclassWndProc(IntPtr, Int32, IntPtr, IntPtr)
at MS.Win32.UnsafeNativeMethods.DispatchMessage(System.Windows.Interop.MSG ByRef)
at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.PushFrameImpl(System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherFrame)
at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.PushFrame(System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherFrame)
at System.Windows.Application.RunDispatcher(System.Object)
at System.Windows.Application.RunInternal(System.Windows.Window)
at System.Windows.Application.Run(System.Windows.Window)
at Spellborn_Installer_v2.App.Main()

I'll try reinstalling.

This error is reproducible in 100% of launches.

Windows build 10.0.26200 N/A Build 26200]]> <![CDATA[issue quest The myth (the deadspell storm)]]> https://forum.spellborn.org/showthread.php?tid=1904 Sun, 09 Jul 2023 13:07:12 +0200 Alighieri]]> https://forum.spellborn.org/showthread.php?tid=1904 I finish this quest and the red book is above npc head, I can answer the right question to finish and then nothing happen.
I think there's a little bug here.
Is someone finish it? if yes I ll glad to know how Smile

Edit :
it seems I don't have a potion bottle...]]> I finish this quest and the red book is above npc head, I can answer the right question to finish and then nothing happen.
I think there's a little bug here.
Is someone finish it? if yes I ll glad to know how Smile

Edit :
it seems I don't have a potion bottle...]]> <![CDATA[Gephari Quest Marker Bug]]> https://forum.spellborn.org/showthread.php?tid=1903 Sat, 26 Feb 2022 21:05:31 +0100 magae]]> https://forum.spellborn.org/showthread.php?tid=1903 Gephari not gives Quest (Quest Marker is on Gwinny near Gepharis Location)
Location: Palace District (QS)
Involved NPC(s): Gephari and Gwinny
Quest Name: Something Brown lvl15 and after, That Smell... lvl15
Repro Rate: Random
Summary: [b]Error occours not on all of my Characters but on Moire (Ancestral-Mage) and now Vermivorousia (Deathhand) also.[/b]]]> Gephari not gives Quest (Quest Marker is on Gwinny near Gepharis Location)
Location: Palace District (QS)
Involved NPC(s): Gephari and Gwinny
Quest Name: Something Brown lvl15 and after, That Smell... lvl15
Repro Rate: Random
Summary: [b]Error occours not on all of my Characters but on Moire (Ancestral-Mage) and now Vermivorousia (Deathhand) also.[/b]]]> <![CDATA[Deathhand Bodyslot Bug]]> https://forum.spellborn.org/showthread.php?tid=1902 Sat, 26 Feb 2022 20:41:32 +0100 magae]]> https://forum.spellborn.org/showthread.php?tid=1902
Tested in the shops from Hawksmouth and Quarterstone with Vermovorousia lvl 13.]]>
Tested in the shops from Hawksmouth and Quarterstone with Vermovorousia lvl 13.]]> <![CDATA[DAC caravan chest bug]]> https://forum.spellborn.org/showthread.php?tid=1901 Wed, 16 Feb 2022 12:31:12 +0100 magae]]> https://forum.spellborn.org/showthread.php?tid=1901 Demon army camp caravan chest bug
Location: Demon army camp
Involved NPC(s):
Quest Name: Suppression of the legion
Repro Rate: Always
Summary: [b]Demon army camp caravan chest is inactive and wont give the player the armor. Its not possible to continue this quest. Tested with multiple Characters. Ellashaye, Lucretia, magae. And the chest was working in a earlier version of spellborn.[/b]]]> Demon army camp caravan chest bug
Location: Demon army camp
Involved NPC(s):
Quest Name: Suppression of the legion
Repro Rate: Always
Summary: [b]Demon army camp caravan chest is inactive and wont give the player the armor. Its not possible to continue this quest. Tested with multiple Characters. Ellashaye, Lucretia, magae. And the chest was working in a earlier version of spellborn.[/b]]]> <![CDATA[Not enough lvl 40-45 raptors in game]]> https://forum.spellborn.org/showthread.php?tid=945 Sun, 12 Apr 2020 22:51:47 +0200 Ghost]]> https://forum.spellborn.org/showthread.php?tid=945 Message: There are to many raptors in desolate in the 45-46 range( both adult strixtors and young strixtors) and no lvl 40-45 raptors at all. The Adults are located in the wasted dunes area of desolate, and the young are located in the grewound area of desolate. I propose lowering the young strixtors in greywound, Desolate down to the lvl 40-45 range so that items of this drop table range can drop.
Location: Desolate
Involved NPC(s): Strixtors
Quest Name: NA
Repro Rate: NA
Summary: Lower the young strixtors in greywound area of desolate by 5 lvls and make sure they have the drop table for the new lvl.]]> Message: There are to many raptors in desolate in the 45-46 range( both adult strixtors and young strixtors) and no lvl 40-45 raptors at all. The Adults are located in the wasted dunes area of desolate, and the young are located in the grewound area of desolate. I propose lowering the young strixtors in greywound, Desolate down to the lvl 40-45 range so that items of this drop table range can drop.
Location: Desolate
Involved NPC(s): Strixtors
Quest Name: NA
Repro Rate: NA
Summary: Lower the young strixtors in greywound area of desolate by 5 lvls and make sure they have the drop table for the new lvl.]]> <![CDATA[Steelskin wont drop things]]> https://forum.spellborn.org/showthread.php?tid=942 Fri, 03 Apr 2020 22:55:35 +0200 magae]]> https://forum.spellborn.org/showthread.php?tid=942 [Desoltae] Steelskin drops nothing

Message: Many of kills on Steelskin not may drop any crap or ressource "Pristine Bathandar Hide" btw.
Location: Desolate
Involved NPC(s): Stellskin (Mammut)
Quest Name: no
Repro Rate: Always
Summary: Many Players wait for this (4-5) Wink

Thy all

Cheers
magae ]]> [Desoltae] Steelskin drops nothing

Message: Many of kills on Steelskin not may drop any crap or ressource "Pristine Bathandar Hide" btw.
Location: Desolate
Involved NPC(s): Stellskin (Mammut)
Quest Name: no
Repro Rate: Always
Summary: Many Players wait for this (4-5) Wink

Thy all

Cheers
magae ]]> <![CDATA[Chest Keys causing a Critical error]]> https://forum.spellborn.org/showthread.php?tid=934 Sun, 22 Mar 2020 00:37:27 +0100 Ghost]]> https://forum.spellborn.org/showthread.php?tid=934
If you have one of the chest keys (Glaive, Urvhail, ect) and you are killed in PvP the game has a critical error and crashes the player that loses the key. Since the chest room is locked and they are useless. I suggest breaking them down if you get one. at least until the bug is fixed.

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If you have one of the chest keys (Glaive, Urvhail, ect) and you are killed in PvP the game has a critical error and crashes the player that loses the key. Since the chest room is locked and they are useless. I suggest breaking them down if you get one. at least until the bug is fixed.

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]]> <![CDATA[Tricksters Bodyslot Bombs]]> https://forum.spellborn.org/showthread.php?tid=933 Sat, 21 Mar 2020 20:59:11 +0100 Ghost]]> https://forum.spellborn.org/showthread.php?tid=933 Message: Tricksters body slot gadgets are not working correctly because of targeting issues. They are currently targeting an enemy specifically and should just be targeting a location, and their effect should affect any(damage on enemies and heals on party members) in that target location. current targeting is causing some of the gadget types to work incorrectly (aka some skills using Projection snare are causing suicide death, restorative charge will only heal enemies and not other party members) also the level of the body slot gadgets needs to be changed to improve game balance.
Location: NA
Involved NPC(s): NA
Quest Name: NA
Repro Rate: Always
Summary: 1) Trickster body slot skills should be targeting an area not a specific target they are all area of effect.

2)They should also be reordered as followed:

level 5 Disorienting charge
level 10 Serrated charge
Level 15 Attenuating snare
level 20 restorative charge (moved here from level 45, this promotes party play)
Level 25 Flashfire charge (moved here from level 20)
Level 30 Suppressive squibs
Level 35 Ambushing snare
Level 40 Projection snare
Level 45 Burgeoning Bomb
Level 50 Piercing Bomb (moved here from level 25)

This will balance out the trickster and promote party play in line with the opening of Exarchyon, The first major game instance requiring partys.
The skills using the gadgets are: Throw, Sling, Cluster bomb, Gadget storm, and Double Trouble]]> Message: Tricksters body slot gadgets are not working correctly because of targeting issues. They are currently targeting an enemy specifically and should just be targeting a location, and their effect should affect any(damage on enemies and heals on party members) in that target location. current targeting is causing some of the gadget types to work incorrectly (aka some skills using Projection snare are causing suicide death, restorative charge will only heal enemies and not other party members) also the level of the body slot gadgets needs to be changed to improve game balance.
Location: NA
Involved NPC(s): NA
Quest Name: NA
Repro Rate: Always
Summary: 1) Trickster body slot skills should be targeting an area not a specific target they are all area of effect.

2)They should also be reordered as followed:

level 5 Disorienting charge
level 10 Serrated charge
Level 15 Attenuating snare
level 20 restorative charge (moved here from level 45, this promotes party play)
Level 25 Flashfire charge (moved here from level 20)
Level 30 Suppressive squibs
Level 35 Ambushing snare
Level 40 Projection snare
Level 45 Burgeoning Bomb
Level 50 Piercing Bomb (moved here from level 25)

This will balance out the trickster and promote party play in line with the opening of Exarchyon, The first major game instance requiring partys.
The skills using the gadgets are: Throw, Sling, Cluster bomb, Gadget storm, and Double Trouble]]> <![CDATA[Torque House quest chain]]> https://forum.spellborn.org/showthread.php?tid=930 Sat, 21 Mar 2020 06:35:54 +0100 Ghost]]> https://forum.spellborn.org/showthread.php?tid=930
Quest The Truth of the matter

Shroud guard says first line of his dialog telling you to stay away from the shroud house delegate and draws his sword.

Next dialog box fails to run, he stands there a sec then puts his sword away, after a few it starts again.
Looks like he's stuck in a loop. The delegate doesn't turn around.

Girsol tried helping but we could never get it to work]]>
Quest The Truth of the matter

Shroud guard says first line of his dialog telling you to stay away from the shroud house delegate and draws his sword.

Next dialog box fails to run, he stands there a sec then puts his sword away, after a few it starts again.
Looks like he's stuck in a loop. The delegate doesn't turn around.

Girsol tried helping but we could never get it to work]]> <![CDATA[Character cannot enter universe]]> https://forum.spellborn.org/showthread.php?tid=776 Fri, 29 Nov 2019 11:57:01 +0100 Ravel]]> https://forum.spellborn.org/showthread.php?tid=776
As for the cause of this bug: it remains unknown.
But it is related to the inventory, and most likely a side-effect of the mail attachment bug in which attachments send to another character are received but cannot be collected by the other character. The attached items are returned to the inventory of the sender to the same slot from which it was dragged and dropped to the mail. When another item has been placed in that slot, this, most likely, causes a conflict that prevents the character to enter the universe after login.]]>
As for the cause of this bug: it remains unknown.
But it is related to the inventory, and most likely a side-effect of the mail attachment bug in which attachments send to another character are received but cannot be collected by the other character. The attached items are returned to the inventory of the sender to the same slot from which it was dragged and dropped to the mail. When another item has been placed in that slot, this, most likely, causes a conflict that prevents the character to enter the universe after login.]]> <![CDATA[Logout to unverse selection is broken]]> https://forum.spellborn.org/showthread.php?tid=775 Fri, 29 Nov 2019 11:34:47 +0100 Ravel]]> https://forum.spellborn.org/showthread.php?tid=775

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]]> <![CDATA[Mail attachment bug]]> https://forum.spellborn.org/showthread.php?tid=625 Sun, 27 Oct 2019 00:01:17 +0200 Ravel]]> https://forum.spellborn.org/showthread.php?tid=625
When receiving multiple mails in the mailbox upon activating a mailbox an animation associated with receiving loot is displayed for all the items that are attached to all the mails in the mailbox. The items do not wind up in the inventory of the character though, but are still present in the mails from where they can be retreived normally, except for the items displayed but that cannot be retrieved due to the bug described above.]]>
When receiving multiple mails in the mailbox upon activating a mailbox an animation associated with receiving loot is displayed for all the items that are attached to all the mails in the mailbox. The items do not wind up in the inventory of the character though, but are still present in the mails from where they can be retreived normally, except for the items displayed but that cannot be retrieved due to the bug described above.]]> <![CDATA[Healthy Bread consumable]]> https://forum.spellborn.org/showthread.php?tid=584 Sat, 12 Oct 2019 02:11:21 +0200 AurochsReborn]]> https://forum.spellborn.org/showthread.php?tid=584 <![CDATA[Frametime spikes while when moving through areas]]> https://forum.spellborn.org/showthread.php?tid=559 Sat, 14 Sep 2019 03:12:59 +0200 Bjartvangr]]> https://forum.spellborn.org/showthread.php?tid=559
I've been looking forward to TCOS being playable again and I gave it a go yesterday and today.
I noticed immediately there were a lot of hickups in framerate, so I started to look into it today, just running around the forest outside of Hawksmouth.

As has been said in another post on framerate, the game is single-threaded.
So, using Process Lasso I've set affinity for the process to a single core or a couple of cores to see how it behaves.
When doing so I've also set affinity for all other processes to only use the remaining cores.

With my now pretty old i5 3570k overclocked to 4.3 GHz I still don't reach 100% when I've locked the process to one core, it's usually around 90% with some variance, and split between two cores I can see that even though the work is using both cores it is at least seemingly fully or close to fully single-threaded, as the two cores hover between 40% and 60%, rarely ever reaching a combined 100%.

With that said, frametimes and framerate are both fine so long as I stay in one area. But when I run into an area I haven't been in for a little while, the frametimes shoot up from ~17ms to spikes between 50-200ms. CPU usage stays the same throughout, so the issue seems to lie in loading in new resources into memory.

I'm not sure what kind of expertise is currently available from the dev team but in terms of user experience this issue is a major hurdle which I can't overcome, and I can't enjoy the game like this. Was it always like this?

OS: Windows 10 Pro
Processor: i5-3570K @ 3.40GHz (Boost OC to 4.30 GHz)
RAM: 8,00 GB DDR3 @ 1600 MHz
GPU: GTX 970
Game installed on drive: Samsung SSD 860 Evo]]>
I've been looking forward to TCOS being playable again and I gave it a go yesterday and today.
I noticed immediately there were a lot of hickups in framerate, so I started to look into it today, just running around the forest outside of Hawksmouth.

As has been said in another post on framerate, the game is single-threaded.
So, using Process Lasso I've set affinity for the process to a single core or a couple of cores to see how it behaves.
When doing so I've also set affinity for all other processes to only use the remaining cores.

With my now pretty old i5 3570k overclocked to 4.3 GHz I still don't reach 100% when I've locked the process to one core, it's usually around 90% with some variance, and split between two cores I can see that even though the work is using both cores it is at least seemingly fully or close to fully single-threaded, as the two cores hover between 40% and 60%, rarely ever reaching a combined 100%.

With that said, frametimes and framerate are both fine so long as I stay in one area. But when I run into an area I haven't been in for a little while, the frametimes shoot up from ~17ms to spikes between 50-200ms. CPU usage stays the same throughout, so the issue seems to lie in loading in new resources into memory.

I'm not sure what kind of expertise is currently available from the dev team but in terms of user experience this issue is a major hurdle which I can't overcome, and I can't enjoy the game like this. Was it always like this?

OS: Windows 10 Pro
Processor: i5-3570K @ 3.40GHz (Boost OC to 4.30 GHz)
RAM: 8,00 GB DDR3 @ 1600 MHz
GPU: GTX 970
Game installed on drive: Samsung SSD 860 Evo]]>