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Game runs in slow motion until ALT-Tab
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By Weeew 2020-06-22 07:40:10
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Hi Guys,

Was wondering if anyone was facing the same problem as me.

Issue: Every few minutes or so my game gets really slow and feels like im playing at 50% slow motion. As soon as I ALT-Tab out and in it instantly goes back to full speed. Its been happening for over a year and I just got used to ALT-Tabbing every time i notice it getting slow.

My PC is fairly new using an i7-7700K, GTX1080, 2x8GB ram, and a 960EVO SSD, so I highly doubt PC hardware is an issue unless its compatibility.

Would appreciate advice on how I would deal with this or how I would go about finding a fix.

Thanks!
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By RadialArcana 2020-06-22 07:52:53
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Could it be a virus checker or something doing a scan?

It sounds like something in windows is stealing focus from ffxi and alt tabbing puts it back.
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By Weeew 2020-06-22 09:16:39
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RadialArcana said: »

It sounds like something in windows is stealing focus from ffxi and alt tabbing puts it back.

Sounds like this is a possibility. I am currently not running any antivirus software.
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By Fenrir.Svens 2020-06-22 10:10:15
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Try turning off Microsoft Game Mode, it helped me with this issue. I think an update a while back forced it on. For some reason, Nashmau is still sort of affected, but stability is back to normal.
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By Weeew 2020-06-22 10:21:41
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Fenrir.Svens said: »
Try turning off Microsoft Game Mode, it helped me with this issue. I think an update a while back forced it on. For some reason, Nashmau is still sort of affected, but stability is back to normal.

Thanks. Did not know about that. Turned it off now.

I also got some advice from a friend to set FFXI to run on only 1 specific core so I am testing that too. If this fixes the issue then I will go back and test these 2 methods individually to figure out what was causing it.
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