@XTerminator my game uses all of my remaining CPU when I enter the courtyard or main hall. Goes from like 60% to 85% which puts my CPU at 99% considering OBS is running. Turned down almost all my settings and it still happens. :(

I think Bawk's i5 might be faster than mine. Mine is 3.4ghz I think.

Also I have a 1440p monitor which probably causes more strain.

My CPU is normally running at 99% too.

Bawks i5 is 3.3, my AMD 6300 is 3.4 too; I don't think your issue is CPU anymore, the 1440p monitor may cause some issues, but nothing major, what I find is when I plug in my second monitor i literally cannot run the game, my GPU doesn't have enough memory to sustain running the game on one with the other screen running too. If you're using a second monitor perhaps try unplugging that

It could be down to your graphics card, whichever one you may have, im running on a 750 Ti which is actually below the minimum recommendation as far as im aware; the only time I get harsh lag is when I lock my FPS. If you've got your FPS locked to 30,60,90 or 120, youre gonna get lag, set it to variable and it might smooth it out more.

I've figured out my problem yesterday now.

Fixes I needed to do: Variable framerate in game, lower the resolution in game, lower the framerate obs displays to 30fps, obs encoder changed to NVENC.

I recommend if people want to do well with the runs do all that as as well as setting everything to low graphics (except shadow quality keep at medium, otherwise it makes doing the shadow puzzles more difficult), shadow cache off, any lightning or lens flares off. Try then.

@XTerminator thanks for the advice. I do have two screens so I can give that a shot. Makes it difficult to interact with chat and see my splits and stuff without my second screen though.

My video card is a 980 TI so I don't think it's a graphics issue though.

Definitely not a graphics issue then; I doubt yours would struggle with two screens either but hey, it is worth a shot mine can't handle it. Aside from that, just variable framerate and perhaps in OBS (or whatever recording software you use) set your recording FPS to lower, I recommend 30, and check out your encoding options

I run everything at max, 3440x1440. My rig has two titan x cards lmao