Spectating games bug - Games are in slow motion (Video)

[Deadcel]

Right now if you spectate games, after a few seconds the games slow down a halt and basically become unwatchable.


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For the past month we haven't been able to spectate games at all, because of the infinite loop bug that I also reported with video evidence. Now we have this.

Eventually if you stay long enough in the spectated game the characters stop moving almost entirely.

 

[Deadcel]

As of 30th of October, this bug still happens.

 

[yusufahmet943]

Same happens to me too.

 

[Lurien]

Same thing here, attaching console log, it spams the same HLTV broadcast too fast to read

 

[Deadcel]

Same thing here, attaching console log, it spams the same HLTV broadcast too fast to read

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This seems to be the issue. I spectated a game today and the first one had slow downs and I was sure it would get stuck, however it didn't.

Video of that:


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I was able to spectate the entire game this time, which is great for a couch player like me who likes to see wild builds made by the community.

So it seems like it is fixed and slowdowns happen, but it's not as bad based on this one game I spectated. I open the console every time the game slows down and you can see the HLTV having trouble staying live.

 

[B1shop]

Just wanted to bump this thread and report that I'm currently experiencing the same issue. Wanted to watch live Shiv gameplay and I noticed as the broadcast continued on, it started gradually getting slower over time to the point where they almost stop moving, as OP mentioned.

Edit: I managed to fix this bug by running a validation check on the files. Not sure what happened tbh.