Turns out it was Steam Cloud that was causing the stuttering. It must disable when the task manager is open. My user disabled Steam Cloud for my game and the problem is gone.

Found this on the web.

https://support.thebehemoth.com/hc/en-u ... ame-audio-

I'm going to guess that I had a similar problem.

I asked him some questions and he gave me some answers. You can find the original conversation here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/370120/discussions/0/1694919808738353006/?ctp=2#c1692669912388137414 I've been researching this for you. Here's a few things to try: 1. Make sure you have the latest dr...

There's nothing unusual in it. It loads just fine, but has a black screen.

Hi Guys! I have a user who complains about "engine stuttering" where the music starts skipping and the game seems to stick and then speed up to catch up. I guess there's nothing that interesting there, but he says that if he opens the task manager in the background that the stuttering stops. Any ide...

Well this problem was my fault. In my haste to debug I had turned on "IgnoreDSOs" which is why none of my files would load after that. The released version of the game only has DSOs. The user still only gets a black screen with music though and I'm at a loss about why. His setup is almost the exact ...

It wasn't able to load the file directly either! Here's the end of the console.log file: Missing file: D:/Steam/steamapps/common/Pirate Code/modules/Bootstrap/1/boot.cs! Module Manager: Cannot load explicit module Id 'Bootstrap' at version Id '1' as it failed to have the script file 'D:/Steam/steama...

Well I definitely need debugging suggestions as I'm completely out. He doesn't have the console, but even if he did, it would be in a module and it probably would have the same problem. Instead, I'll pass him a new main (I know that loads at least) with the exec for the file directly in it. I'll let...

His OS is Windows 10 Home x64 version 1803. Nothing out of the ordinary there.

I had him replace the script file already and still no success. I also had him re-install the whole game and that didn't work. A case-sensitive setting might be the problem. The script files are loaded differently than the assets (I think). This would have to be something the operating system or dri...