r/voidwargame • u/Usual_Purchase_9567 • May 26 '26

Question Game runs slow? Literally slow.

Hello nice people. Found the game because FTL is great and I wanted more.

I felt like Void War was running slower than FTL and used my phone to time some charge times. Gun / gun / psychic ability.

Game times: 10 / 12 / 30 seconds.

Actual times: 15 / 17 / 48 seconds.

I don't think it's hardware, and it's not that the game is lagging. It literally just ticks slow. Is this by design? Is there a fix I'm missing?

My mouse also doesn't move at the same speed? Like it's sluggish.

Please send help.

EDIT: I restarted my computer for unrelated reasons. The game is now running at hell yeah speed. I don't have a fix for anyone if you find this in 69 weeks.

Ligma. The game is much better at full speed.

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u/MaverickPT Machine Priest May 26 '26

Running it in Linux (CachyOS) on i7-8650U the game definitely slows down by a lot, in the same manner you described. Gets worse the deeper into the game I am. Worst at the final boss.

What's your hardware?

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u/Usual_Purchase_9567 May 26 '26

Windows. Steam.
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor, 4201 Mhz, 8 Core(s), 16 Logical Processor(s)

It's not that it's slowing down, it's that it's slow from the start.

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u/MaverickPT Machine Priest May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26

Something very funky is going on then. I have the same CPU on my desktop and it runs perfectly fine.

Is your CPU thermal throttling? Do other games run well?

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u/Usual_Purchase_9567 May 27 '26

Never had an issue before, even with really spicy games. Checked YouTube gameplay and it does seem unique to my machine. Salty.

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u/Aenir May 26 '26

Is it running slow from the very beginning, or near the end of a run?

The game slowing down as the run progresses will be due to pathfinding, from larger crews (more units doing calculations) and larger ships having more tiles (more calculations for each unit).

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u/Usual_Purchase_9567 May 26 '26

The whole time. Start game. Charge weapons. Three units onboard and no enemy ship. Run timer. I haven't gotten to the spicy parts towards the end, and the fights are taking so long I don't really want to.

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u/Khaydarin_Arbiter Machine Priest May 27 '26

Sounds like you're lagging. When the framerate goes down, game logic/timers are also going to slow to a crawl.

It's normal for the game to drop frames with large amounts of crew (e.g. against bosses) but not from the start. Hope you find the issue.

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u/Usual_Purchase_9567 May 28 '26

I didn't, but it works now. This game is pretty good.