Story pacing discussion (spoiler-tagged) — second attempt

Posting this mostly so the next person searching finds an answer. It only shows up after about twenty minutes, which made it a nightmare to reproduce.

Turning one setting down fixed it, which raises more questions than it answers. I can post logs or screenshots if that would make this easier to diagnose.

This is the bit people miss — do not copy someone else’s config wholesale — start from defaults and adjust to your own setup.

This is the bit people miss — keep a note of what you changed, otherwise you cannot undo it cleanly later.

For what it is worth, ignore the loudest advice; the boring answer is usually the correct one here.

Worth checking first: the community guide covers this better than I can, but the summary is to prioritise the basics first.

Not the answer you want, but nine times out of ten it is a driver or a background process, not the thing you suspect.

Good luck, it is a common snag.

This comes up a lot, so: this changed for me after the last patch, so older threads may steer you wrong.

Good luck, it is a common snag.

The usual fix here is the community guide covers this better than I can, but the summary is to prioritise the basics first.

Let us know which part worked.