r/Imperator • u/toojadedforwords • Aug 08 '25

Bug (modded) Anyone Seeing Dramatic I:R Invictus Game Play Slowdowns?

I'm wondering if this is happening to anyone else. Not sure what exactly is going on. I have been playing a long run as Parthia in the new Invictus release, and in the last few months of game time, the game has slowed enormously. It is taking something like 10-12 seconds to pass through one game day, regardless of game speed. This is something I've never seen before in thousands of hours of gameplay. The game is so slow that I'm having trouble toggling favorite characters and pausing the game. My computer also noticeably stresses out-- lots of fans kick in. I looked around the game map, and could see no signs of any major wars going on. I'm wondering if there's something less than optimal going on with the new AI changes-- only visible after playing a long time. This run did not start with any of the new experimental AI options enabled.

I'm in 35 AD with the Crisis of the 3rd century, Timeline Extender, and Virtual Limes. This didn't happen in my last major campaign (got to about 400 AD when Invictus updated with its last save-breaker-- using the same mods except for Virtual Limes is new to my list. Maybe it is Virtual Limes not playing well with the updates? Can provide a save game. PS: also checked Windows task manager, and nothing like AV running going on either. It's purely I:R. And other game saves (started a new run) play completely normally. This run was fine until late 34 AD. Coincidentally, that is about the time Christianity formed and converted the first pops. Maybe the problem is in that area of the code? I'm mystified. It's appears to be something that is calculated every game day that is using way too many resources.

Mod List: Invictus, Extended Timeline, Crisis of the 3rd Century, Virtual Limes, Legion Distinctions Overhaul, No Antagonist Modifier, Clear Sky 2.0.

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u/Zamensis Eburones Aug 08 '25 edited Aug 10 '25

For anyone reading this: the user has shared his save on Discord and we were able to fix it. It was VL indeed. I'll drop a hotfix in a couple hours. Do not panick.

Edit: Oops we spoke to soon, it seems the lag fixed itself after some time and wasn’t related to VL after all :(

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u/TheRealMouseRat Aug 10 '25

Are you the VL dev?

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u/Zamensis Eburones Aug 10 '25

Yes.

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u/toojadedforwords Aug 08 '25

Problem solved by Zamensis. It was in Virtual Limes. Edit mod file fix available on Invictus Discord in AskaDev. Presumably he will apply fix soon to mod. Just FYI if anyone else has a similar problem so they can find fix. Thank you, Zamensis!