Game launches, but is mostly non-responsive. Screen flickers

[bikemath]

I posted this to the bug report page, but I'm not sure it makes sense there since I don't really have any specific error messages.

Windows 10, 64 bit
8gb DDR3
AMD x4 750k 3.4ghz
Nvidia Geforce 960

Game version 1.035

I've tried to play the game several times since the initial alpha releases, years ago. It's actually never worked. I chalked it up to it being a work in progress, and thought it would be taken care of eventually (given how catastrophic the actual bug appears to be.) To my surprise, even the release versions are still unplayable. (No other game has this issue. I've never seen it before)

I have video of the behavior, but I don't know how useful it is. The screen simply plays the sound (correctly) but the video very slowly refreshes (like ... 20 times / minute.) The menu will work, but it's extremely slow. Like, one change per... six or seven screen refreshes / flickers.
I'm happy to give you guys any other details you might want.

[James]

Are you using Bit Defender or any other antivirus apps? Some of them are causing trouble with the game, so please make sure they're disabled. You might also want to make sure you have the latest drivers since OpenGL can be finicky. Any other information or video you can give us would help greatly!

[bikemath]

Are you using Bit Defender or any other antivirus apps? Some of them are causing trouble with the game, so please make sure they're disabled. You might also want to make sure you have the latest drivers since OpenGL can be finicky. Any other information or video you can give us would help greatly!

My drivers are usually up-to-date, and were when I tried yesterday. (GeForce driver 416.34, OpenGL v. 4.6.)

I disabled windows defender and rebooted - the problem persisted.

Again, this has been the case for years - across platforms (Windows 7,8,10.. and two graphics cards: GTX 650Ti and GTX 960.) The only thing that has stayed the same for this PC is the motherboard and CPU.

[James]

What kind of monitor are you using? Do you know what the refresh rate is set to (Display Settings-> Advanced Display Settings)? The game expects a 60hz vsync, so if its different it may cause issues like slowdown.

[bikemath]

What kind of monitor are you using? Do you know what the refresh rate is set to (Display Settings-> Advanced Display Settings)? The game expects a 60hz vsync, so if its different it may cause issues like slowdown.

I've always had this box hooked up to my TV, which was defaulting the refresh rate at 30hz. I forced it to stay at 60hz and that seems to have cleared it up. Thank you!

[James]

Awesome! Glad to hear