This also started happening to me since the 9/26 patch. Game either freezes or drops to like 1 frame every few seconds. It seems to be maybe a 10% chance of happening.
The only pattern I've noticed is it may be AMD processor related. In this thread someone posted, everyone who has posted specs has had an AMD CPU:
Total mentions of CPU usage:
3 - 7800x3d
1 - 5600x
1 - 5600
1 - 7800 XT
GPU's seem to be both AMD and Nvidia.
VIDEO OF BUG:
https://forums.playdeadlock.com/threads/haze-ult-drops-to-1-fps.37275/post-68538
Related posts:
If when playing haze you ult right after Bebop hook or Lash Ult the game goes into a stuttering madness and takes a while to come back, giving players that play Haze a major disadvantage. Please fix this.
Whenever I Haze ult after:
1. Seven stun
2. Infernus ult
3. Wraith ult
4. Mo & Krill ult
my FPS drops to zero for a good 5-10 seconds.
I'll try to get a video but for now, I'll just post this.
This doesn't happen all the time, but occasionally when you ult with Haze the instant you hit the ult key it drops to one FPS and you have no idea what is happening until the ult ends.
I've had friends get the same bug.
I've don't have a recording of it right now but next time it happens I will try and clip it.
Some people also experiencing the freeze with knife, though I haven't seen that:
https://forums.playdeadlock.com/threads/haze-knife-bug.40321/
Potential repro scenarios:
- "Haze Ult seems to cause Freeze when performed close to certain Heroes"
- "I get Ricochet and I ult, it freezes just about every time"
- "ult right after Bebop hook or Lash Ult the game goes into a stuttering madness"
- "ran into this when ulting on top of weakened patron and in the hallway that goes up like a staircase from secret shop area"
- ult after:
1. Seven stun
2. Infernus ult
3. Wraith ult
4. Mo & Krill ult
Potential workaround (works for some but others still have it persist):
1. Reload ur PC
2. If nVidia go to C:\Users\UR_USERNAME\AppData\LocalLow\NVIDIA\PerDriverVersion\DXCache
If AMD go to C:\Users\UR_USERNAME\AppData\Local\AMD\DxCache
3. Delete all files in folder
4. Go to Sandbox and activate Haze ult to cash the effect
5. No FPS drop more